Obviously vaccinations suffer from a battered public image these days. What is needed is a new advertising campaign.
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We know these people by different names. All too often they use and abuse our legal systems to spread their misery throughout the world.
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Relatively new imaging techniques have found evidence of conscious awareness in a minority of traumatic injury patients diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state.
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Abstinence-only sex education has never been shown to work well. What if they just threw out all of that "no sex until marriage" stuff and instead, focused on the hazards of teenage sexual activity?
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Trial lawyers and Democrats already know what happens to the practice patterns of physicians when their malpractice liability goes up. That's why Washington has all but ignored national medical malpractice reform lately.
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There are a ton of misconceptions and outright falsehoods regarding doctors and substance abuse problems. This is not helped by media reports that make it seem as if physicians are abusing every substance "under the sun". There is not an army of crazy, addicted, physician zombies out there ready to eat your brains.
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Q: What happens when the chronically sick and elderly have to pay more out of pocket every time they see their doctor? A: They go to the hospital more. It's not cost shifting. It's Medicare.
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Dr. Wakefield will likely lose his UK medical license for "dishonest, irresponsible and callous disregard for the distress and pain of children" in attempting to prove a link between the MMR vaccine and autism. Good thing he currently works in Texas!
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The next Newton?
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What if a patient or family member secretly records your conversation. Is this legal. Is this a medical legal crisis? Should you freak out? Should you call your lawyer or the police? Or should you be polite and remain calm?
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