CHICAGO - There may be good reason to ask about financial ties if your doctor orders an expensive imaging test for your aching back: Patients whose physicians own the equipment are more likely to get scans they might not need than those whose doctors have no financial interest, a small study suggests.
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About 15 years ago, after more than 25 years as a runner, I awoke one morning to incredible back pain — as in, I couldn’t get out of bed. Because I was in the habit of running, it never occurred to me to stop.
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Doctors’ financial ties may lead to needless MRIs Associated Press Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 09:06 p.m., Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Researchers analyzed reports on 500 MRI scans performed on patients with lower back pain that had been sent for review to Duke University. [...] the …
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CINCINNATI, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — A new line of practical pregnancy products designed with mom in mind is being introduced through wearmamadoc.com. After years of listening to her patients and having three children of her own, Ob/Gyn Dr. Somi Javaid took a holistic and…
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Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, together, therapies to treat chronic back pain and arthritis pain will continue to be the most lucrative segments of the chronic pain drug market through 2020 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.
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