Reader's Digest: Doctor's Secrets

This is from Reader's Digest Website, including Mr. Cutie Patootie with his mouth covered above.... http://www.rd.com/.

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• Sometimes it's easier for a doctor to write a prescription for a medicine than to explain why the patient doesn't need it. --Cardiologist, Bangor, Maine

• Those so-called free medication samples of the newest and most expensive drugs may not be the best or safest. --Internist, Philadelphia

• Taking psychiatric drugs affects your insurability. If you take Prozac, it may be harder and more expensive for you to get life insurance, health insurance, or long-term-care insurance. --Daniel Amen, MD, psychiatrist, Newport Beach, California

• Ninety-four percent of doctors take gifts from drug companies, even though research has shown that these gifts bias our clinical decision making. --Internist, Rochester, Minnesota

I don't know about you, but we could talk on each one of these, couldn't we? And may in future blogs. For now, I wanted to let you know about the article. It is very informative.