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Half of U.S. doctors regularly prescribe placebos
Up to half of all doctors in the U.S. regularly prescribe placebos to their patients, according to a new study in BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal). Since there is no way for a doctor to... Read more...
Reports suggest that Merck downplayed Vioxx risks
Another day, another report suggesting that a pharmaceutical company tried to bury data impugning the safety of one of its products. This time, a study has been published in The Journal of the... Read more...
