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		<title>&#8220;When diet doesn&#8217;t work&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Rose</dc:creator>
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Here is a graphic illustration of the concept of moral hazard as applied to the drug treatment of lifestyle diseases.
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Many studies confirm that doctors’ behaviour can be influenced by drug advertising, but many of them are unaware of this.
Not only the advertising text, but also the images play an important part.
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		<title>FREE LUNCHES COME AT A PRICE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No professional should take any benefits from any industry for which s/he makes recommendations to clients. Medical licensing bodies should de-license any doctor who does so.
FREE LUNCHES COME AT A PRICE
ALEX ROSLIN SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
The Gazette
12 Sep 2009

Adam Hofmann is used to getting teased about his lunch. It’s not because his mom gave him [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalmyths.wordpress.com&blog=4095333&post=1007&subd=medicalmyths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Dealers Fund Doctors&#8217; Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a classic example of Big Pharma controlling what doctors get to hear during &#8220;continuing medical education&#8221;. Big Pharma pays big money to have their logos appear below that of McGill, a presumed institute of higher learning that is tacitly approving of their drugs and the methods they use to promote them.
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		<title>Drug costs have ballooned in Quebec</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why am I not surprised? In Quebec, doctors are paid by drug dealers to prescribe drugs.

Drug costs have ballooned in Quebec
AARON DERFEL GAZETTE HEALTH REPORTER
The Gazette
17 Apr 2009

Quebec spends far more on prescription drugs than any other province or territory in Canada – a factor that’s to blame for spiralling healthcare costs, a new study reveals. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalmyths.wordpress.com&blog=4095333&post=926&subd=medicalmyths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OBSTAT-Doctors being paid to push drug study</title>
		<link>http://medicalmyths.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/doctors-being-paid-to-push-drug-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Dr. LeLorier reports having served as a paid speaker or consultant for the following manufacturers of statins: Merck Frosst Canada, Pfizer Canada, AstraZeneca, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.” Why would anyone take any advice on statins from him?
Doctors being paid to push drug study
BY TOM BLACKWELL
National Post
03 Apr 2009

Quebec doctors are being offered $100 for every new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalmyths.wordpress.com&blog=4095333&post=907&subd=medicalmyths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Marketing by &#8220;Study&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Rose</dc:creator>
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