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My Patients Are Not Customers

By SCOTT HAIG
“Line-up” at the hospital happens at the beginning of every new shift. The head nurse reads a printed message from the hospital administration to all the other nurses and aides. They’re not her words nor her thoughts, but simply messages from above that are hers to enforce. During the readings, I’m often […]

The Problem with Jarvik’s Prescription

By Alice Park
For nearly two years, millions of Americans have seen television ads featuring artificial heart inventor Robert Jarvik touting the benefits of the cholesterol-lowering medication Lipitor. No longer. On Monday, Lipitor’s maker, Pfizer, decided to pull the $139 million campaign after a Congressional committee raised questions about Jarvik’s qualifications as pitchman.
“The way […]

Authors’ Response to Letter.

Authors’ Response to Letter.
Letters to the Editor Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. 46(3):346-347, March 2008.
Koletzko, Berthold MD; Szajewska, Hania MD

Dietitians Debate Hot Nutrition Issues In Belast

This week sees the UK’s biggest gathering of experts in diet and nutrition gathering and debating the hottest topics in nutrition in Belfast: Are elderly men at risk of poor health because they can’t cook? Does exam stress make students crave sugar? Is better community nutrition and improved hospital food coming to Northern Ireland? Do […]

Vital Signs: Mental Abilities: Caffeine Helps Women, but Not Men, Stay Sharp

The caffeine in three cups of coffee or tea a day may help maintain mental sharpness in older women, but caffeine consumption appears to have no effect in men.
French researchers studied more than 7,000 men and women with an average age of 74, following them over four years. They determined coffee and tea intake […]