Day: May 23, 2014

Charitable fraud

Kevin Outterson May 23, 2014

The Office of Inspector General just issued a Special Advisory Bulletin on how drug-company funded charities (patient assistance programs or PAPs) might violate fraud &

Further adventures in misunderstanding risk

Aaron Carroll May 23, 2014

Missing appendicitis can be a death sentence. It’s not a prolonged one, either. If you have appendicitis, you pretty much get treatment (an appendectomy, or at

You’re so old, researchers don’t even include you in clinical trials

Austin Frakt May 23, 2014

Ouch! This is more than insulting, it’s downright dangerous. Doctors are often in the dark about whether certain drugs, procedures and tests will benefit older

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Day: May 23, 2014

Charitable fraud

Further adventures in misunderstanding risk

You’re so old, researchers don’t even include you in clinical trials

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