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Health Group Asks Congress To Create National Drug Data Resource

The U.S. Institute of Medicine called on Congress today to "establish a single national resource of health information." The resource would collect all available data on every drug in the marketplace, and be available to consumers to educate themselves about any and all possible treatments in order to make better-informed decisions with their doctors. More »

8:11 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Chris Walters
535 views, 15 comments

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Minorities Not Prescribed Opioids As Frequently As Whites

If you're black, Hispanic, or "Asian/other," you might want to make sure your voice is heard loud and clear the next time you have to make a trip to the ER. Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that over the past 13 years, white patients were prescribed powerful opioid painkillers 31% of the time, versus 23% for blacks, 24% for Hisanics, and 28% for Asians and "others." More »

5:04 PM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Chris Walters
2,528 views, 67 comments