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Potential changes in regulation of medical devices would likely impact health care costs
As the medical device industry ramps up its campaign against further government regulation, Merrill Goozner takes stock of the regulatory…
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Everyone reacts to Avandia roller coaster
First, the background: Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone, is an anti-diabetes drug that helps patients control their blood sugar. It…
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Medical groups voluntarily tighten ethics rules
Writing for NPR’s health blog, Maggie Mertens reports that while recently passed reform legislation includes the “Physician Payments Sunshine Act”…
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Deconstructing a NYT op-ed in three acts
On April 17, New York Times‘ op-ed columnist Thomas Friedman wrote a column about globalization, international competition and entrepreneurship. Here,…
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CSPI shuts down Integrity in Science Watch
The ongoing economic crunch has claimed yet another casualty – the Integrity in Science Watch program that was run by…