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No Panacea
Submitted by Deroy Murdock on 3.28.2005
Now that the Easter Bunny has completed his Sunday rounds, perhaps he will fulfill the fantasies of American politicians and make Canadian drug importation work.
Consumers Are Looking Past Commercials to Study Prescription Drugs
Submitted by Nat Ives on 3.25.2005
CONSUMERS appear to have taken careful note of the recent major troubles among prescription drug makers, according to an annual survey on direct-to-consumer advertising released yesterday.
Canadian health care is free and first-class - if you can wait
Submitted by Beth Duff-Brown on 3.20.2005
TORONTO - A letter from the Moncton Hospital to a New Brunswick heart patient in need of an electrocardiogram said the appointment would be in three months. It added: "If the person named on this computer-generated letter is deceased, please accept our sincere apologies."
Obesity Matters
Submitted on 3.18.2005
Earlier this month, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his intentions to support a bill outlawing the sale of junk food in schools. Science shows the governor is right to worry about an obesity crisis, but banning candy is schools is like putting a Band-Aid on a third-degree burn.
Studies sound alarm over drug ads; Ads for drugs under fire
Submitted by Rachel Ross on 3.3.2005
'Bringing a drug to market is an expensive endeavour. Building a market for a drug can be pricey too.
Will Bush's New Health Czar Seize The Reforms At Hand?
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 3.3.2005
Health care in the United States is a road wreck, strewn with failing government programs and an increasing number of uninsured citizens. Like a group of well-intentioned but befuddled gawkers at the site of the crash, Congress has been debating health care for a decade without figuring out what to do.
Drug importation is dangerous to public health
Submitted by Peter Pitts on 3.1.2005
When it comes to medicines, Americans historically have been attracted to offers of quick, easy cures.
Hidden in Plain Sight
Submitted by Aaron Dalton on 3.1.2005
The problem with drug importation
Submitted by Peter J. Pitts on 3.1.2005
When it comes to medicines, Americans historically have been attracted to offers of quick, easy cures. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, those offers were the core of the so-called "patent medicine" industry, with innumerable shysters peddling panaceas. Today's cable TV spots for Viagra are models of restraint compared to the newspaper ads of a hundred years ago for patent medicines promising cures for everything from depression to diarrhea.
The Truth About Drug Importation: Testimony before state legislative committees in West Virginia, Maine and Connecticut
Submitted by Peter J. Pitts on 3.1.2005
The issue of broader access to safe and effective drugs is an extraordinarily complicated problem. And importation of foreign drugs is a simplistic solution with a container-full of unintended consequences. First, let me get one thing out of the way. If you walk into a pharmacy in Windsor, Ontario and have your prescription filled by a real pharmacist, the drugs you receive will be both safe and effective
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