2009

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is currently updating all its practice guidelines.  According to a study recently…

Pharmascolds has been added to the American vocabulary this week according to Schott’s Vocabulary column in the New York Times.…

According to the Executive Summary of the March, 2009 Board Meeting of Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education…

In an e-mail to their physicians, Partners Healthcare, which includes Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women’s Boston, and…

According to NLARX “gift” ban proposals in Minnesota (Withdrawn) and Iowa passed the senate but (Striped out of the bill in the…

  According to a study done by the Commonwealth Fund, inefficient and poor quality care costs the nation at least $50 to…

Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a series of warnings to 14 pharmaceutical companies.  According…

Generic Prescriptions            Branded Prescriptions According to…

An article critical of the University of Wisconsin’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) Department was published in the…

David Shaywitz and Thomas Stossel, M.D., had a terrific editorial in the April 8, 2009 edition of The Wall Street Journal. …