Originally posted at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-weil-md/much-to-like-more-to-come_b_282188.html —– I am encouraged. There was much to like in President Obama’s Wednesday night health care reform speech to a joint session of Congress. First, he promised to freeze out of the debate those who spew nonsense about death panels and similar claptrap. He thus exiled the bad-faith obstructionists to the [...]
By Dr. Andrew Weil Original Post published at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-weil-md/disease-mongering-good-fo_b_275616.html In “Should You Get Your Drug Information From an Actor?” I discussed the pharmaceutical industry’s egregious practice of using celebrity-driven, prime time television commercials to promote drugs directly to consumers. Illegal in most of the world — and legal in this country only since 1985 — [...]
By Dr. Andrew Weil This article originally published at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-weil-md/fear-greed-and-x-rays_b_270828.html — Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. And doctors — despite many expectations to the contrary — are human beings. This is one reason why medical costs in the [...]
