Doctors getting more generic pitches

Posted by Administrator on April 12th, 2006 — in Nexium Top News

PHILADELPHIA – Like salespeople for pharmaceutical companies, Kristen Nocco shows up in doctors’ offices with slick brochures, well-rehearsed talking points, and the budget to buy lunch.
But Nocco’s goal is the opposite of the company people: She wants doctors to consider alternatives to expensive brand-name drugs.
Nocco, who used to be an Eli Lilly & […]

Vitamin B-12 deficiency often overlooked

Posted by Administrator on April 12th, 2006 — in Nexium Top News

Tired and run down? No appetite? Trouble walking? Depressed or irritable? Do your hands or feet tingle?
These symptoms describe dozens of different disorders, yet many people are not tested for one possible cause: a deficiency of B-12, a vitamin essential to health that is found in meat and dairy products.http://www.drugonline.cc
Those vulnerable to potentially serious complications […]

Our Broken Health Care System, Aleph-Nought in a Series

Posted by Administrator on April 12th, 2006 — in Nexium Top News

One of the standard conservatarian responses to anyone suggesting government-funded universal health care is to start talking about how universal health care will inevitably lead to faceless, heartless bureaucrats denying or delaying treatment for stupid reasons. My response to these stories is “Who’s supplying your health insurance? And how do I get on that plan?”
Through […]