Health Letter Cumulative Alphabetical Index
January 1985 - August 2010
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A
AARP: V5#6,7;V7#6,8;V8#1,3,4,8;V9#2,5,12;V10#2,9; V20#2
Access to Care: V25#2
Accutane: V4#5,6;V5#6;V6#7
ACE Inhibitors: see Hypertension
Acetaminophen: see Tobacco
Acetaminophen and Propoxyphene Hydrochloride: V22#4
ACLU: V9#9 (tobacco);V10#1
Actos: V16#4
Advair: V21#9
Advance Directives: V7#11
Adverse Drug Reactions: V6#4,11;V9#10;V15#4;V16#10; V19#1,7,10,12; V21#2, V26#4
Advertising: see Drug, Advertising
Reporting: V8#10;V9#7;V12#3;V14#5,6, see also Food and Drug Administration
Affirmative Action: V13#4 (doctors)
Aging: V26#2
AIDS: V1#5;V3#8;V4#2; V19#7, V26#2
Commission: V3#11
Drug Price Control: V4#10
HIV Unethical Experiments: V13#6;V14#5
Home Test Kits: V13#11
Knowledge: V7#7;V8#1
Needle Exchange Programs: V12#3,11
Unapproved Drugs: V4#9
Vaccinating Children: V16#6
Vaccine Studies (army): V10#12
Air Force, Drug Use: V4#9; V19#3
Air Traffic Controllers: V3#12
Alar: V2#3,4;V3#6,9;V4#4;V5#7
Albuterol: V10#2;V17#4,9
Aldactone: V22#3
Alendronate: see Fosamax
Aleve: V10#8
Allergies: V1#6;V6#12
Alosetron: see Lotronex
Alprazolam: see Xanax
Alternative Medicine: V14#11;V22#10
Alupent: V10#3
Alzheimer’s Disease: V18#10,11; V20#3
American Cancer Society: V14#5; V18#1
American Council on Science & Health: V5#5
American Heart Association: V14#5; V18#5
American Medical Association: V4#4;V5#6,11;V6#2;V7#10;V10#1,2,9;V11#6;V13#4,9;V14#3,9;V15#4; V18#2
American Red Cross: V17#1; V18#2
Amiloride: V22#3
Amoxicillin: V15#9
Angioplasty Catheters: V9#12
Anthrax: V17#11
Antibiotics: V5#7;V11#8;V13#10; V19#6; V20#6 (overuse of)
Anticoagulants: V9#9
Anti‑Aging Hormones: V14#2
Anti‑Diarrhea Drugs: V9#2
Antidepressants: V11#2
Cost Comparison: V14#9
Marketing of: V21#7
Suicide and:V20#5,8;V23#10
Antihistamines: V8#9
Anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS): V17#3
Antipsychotics: V14#9 (cost comparison)
Apnea Monitors: V9#10
Aricept: V20#3,9
Arthritis: see Feldene and Celecoxib
Arthritis Foundation: V10#12
Artificial Nail Glue: V6#11
Asbestos: V4#8;V5#8
Aspirin
Atrial fibrillation: V6#5
Heart attack/stroke: V2#1;V4#9;V5#9;V7#9
Reye’s Syndrome: V1#1,2,5,6;V2#2;V3#5;V5#10;V9#7;V15#12; V19#10
Astemizole: see Hismanal
Asthma: V1#6;V6#12;V10#2,3;V17#4,9; V21#9 and Women: V7#3
Ativan: V3#4;V16#8
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder: V22#5
Autologous Blood: V3#4
Avandia: V16#4, V22#11;V23#6,12, V26#5,6
Awards: V9#3;V11#5;V12#5, see also Project Censored
B
Back Pain: V11#1, V26#3
Baldness: V3#3, 7;V5#8
Bankruptcies: V21#3 (health care costs and)
Baycol: V21#3
Baxter International: V21#5 (dialysis machine contamination and)
Bed Rest: V15#11
Benadryl: V20#8
Bendroflumethiazide: V22#3
Benzene in Denture Adhesives: V7#3
Benzodiazepines: V3#4;V6#4;V8#12;V16#8
Bereavement: V16#7;V17#12; V19#5; V21#2; V25#4
Beryllium: V17#11
Bergman, Henry: V17#8
Beta‑Blockers: V6#5
Bextra: V20#9;V20#11
Bhopal: V1#1
Biaxin: V21#10
Bicycle Helmets: V10#8
Biochoice: V17#9
Bioequivalence: V21#12
Birth Control
Pills: V4#3,5;V5#2,8;V7#1,2;V13#4
Patch: V23#6
Plan B: V25#2
Bjork‑Shiley Heart Valve: V1#5;V3#1;V5#10;V6#5,9;V8#4;V9#4;V10#9,
see also Pfizer
Bladder infections: V20#6 (improper antibiotic use and)
Blog: V24#3
Blood Donors: V3#4
Blood Substitutes: V24#6
Blood Supply Safety: see Red Cross
Blood Thinners: V9#9
Blood Transfusions: V2#4;V3#4;V10#7
Blue Cross/Blue Shield: V3#6 (fraud squads);V6#12;V12#5;V17#2
Botox: V18#8; V24#8, V26#3
Boutique medicine: see Concierge medicine
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE): see Mad Cow Disease
Breakthroughs, Medical: see Medical Breakthroughs
Breast Cancer: V1#3;V3#6;V7#6;V10#8;V16#3 (and HRT) 10 (and Health Food Store Recommendations) V17#7 (and HRT); V18#1; V20#1 (and mammography) see also DES, Silicone Gel Implants, Tamoxifen
Breastfeeding: V15#10
Breast Implants: see Silicone Gel Implants
Breast Self‑examination: V3#6
Bromocriptine: see Parlodel
Buckets, Danger to Children: V6#10
Budget Bill: V13#10
Bumetanide: V22#3
Bumex: V22#3
Buproprion: see Wellbutrin
Burt, Dr. James: V4#12
Buspar (buspirone): V3#12;V4#4
Bypass Surgery: see Coronary Bypass Surgery
C
Cadmium: V2#3;V3#8
Calcium: V3#6;V14#2;V16#11,12
Calcium Channel Blockers: V16#11
Canadian healthcare system: V20#4
Cancer: see also type of cancer
Business: V7#3
Causing Chemicals: V4#1;V7#2
Causing Pain Relievers: V7#3
Corporate Blame: V23#8
Delaney Clause: V3#12;V8#10
Treatment Costs: V22#2
Candles: V16#4,8;V17#3 (lead wicks)
Capoten (captopril): V5#10
Carbon Monoxide and Heart Disease: V6#12
Cardiac defibrillators: See defibrillators
Care of the Seriously Mentally Ill: V2#2;V4#11;V6#10, see also ‘eLetter’ Website, V26#6
Carpet Hazards: V9#3
CASHCOW: V17#4
Cataracts: V3#3;V9#5,7;V14#4,6
Catastrophic Coverage: see Medicare
Celebrex: V16#6;V17#3;V20#11
Celecoxib: see Celebrex
Celexa: V20#8
Cellular Phones: V12#7, see also Pacemakers
Centrax: V1#4;V3#4;V16#8
Cerivastatin: See Baycol
Cesarean Sections, Unnecessary: V3#11,12;V4#1;V5#3;V8#6;V10#6;V22#8,9, V26#5
Cesarean Sections, Rates: V7#6,9, V26#5
Chemical Burns: V8#4
Chemical‑caused Sterility: V13#12
Chemical Hazards: V1#5;V13#12
Chemical Industry: V1#1
Chemicals in Carpets: V9#3
Chickenpox: V11#8
Childbirth: see Cesarean Sections, Midwives
Child mortality: V21#8
Children, cough and cold medication: V23#3
Children, poisoned: V13#12
Children’s jewelry: see Lead Children’s Jewelry
Child‑Proof Medication Containers: V6#5
Chiropractic Treatment: V14#11
Chlorazepate: see Tranxene
Chlordiazepoxide: see Librium
Chlorothiazide: V22#3
Chlorthalidone: V22#3
Cholesterol: V4#8;V5#12;V10#12; V20#4; V22#3
Cholesterol‑lowering Drugs: V10#12; V20#4
Cholestyramine: V4#9
Chondroitin: V22#6
Chromium: V9#9;V16#8; V18#12 (Hexavalent, and lung cancer)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: V4#4
Cigarettes: see Tobacco
Cigna: V16#4
Circumcision: V26#2
Cisapride: see Propulsid
Citalopram: see Celexa
Clarithromycin: See Biaxin
Claritin: V9#10;V16#5
Clinical trials: see medical research
Clioquinol: see Vioform
Clozapine (clozaril): V7#7
Coffee, Decaffeination: see Methylene Chloride
Cognex: V10#1
Colchicine: V21#10
Colds: V9#1,2;V17#11;V23#3
Colorectal Cancer, screening of: V16#4 ; V20#11
Color Additives: see Food Dyes
Columbia/HCA: V12#9, 10;V13#5,11
Commerce Department Health Cost Statistics: V8#2;V9#2;V10#2
Community Mental Health Centers: V6#5, V26#6
Community Right to Know: see Right to Know
Communication: V25#7; V25#10
Comparative Effectiveness Research: V25#6
Concierge Medicine: V19#10; V20#8; V25#1
Conflict of Interest: V23#1;V23#2
Conscience Protection: V24#11
Constipation: V3#4,7
Consumer Product Safety Alert: see Product Safety Alert
Contact Lenses: V3#3;V4#11;V6#11
Contaminated Blood: V10#7
Contraception: see Birth Control
Cordis Corporation: V4#10
Cornstarch Powder, see Latex Gloves
Coronary Bypass Surgery: V2#2;V3#11
Coronary Disease: see Heart
Corporate Power: V16#12
Cosmetic Surgery: V6#4,10; V18#8
Coumadin: V11#1;V13#9
Cox-2 Inhibitors: V17#3
C.R. Bard: V9#12
Crestor: V21#3; V22#4
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease: see Mad Cow Disease
Crohns Disease: see Inflammatory Bowel Disease
CT Scans: V24#8
Cytotec: V5#9
D
Dalmane: V1#4;V3#4;V16#8
Daminozide: see Alar
Danthron: V3#4,7
Darvocet: V22#4
Darvon: V5#8;V17#8; V22#4; V24#7
Decaffeination: see Methylene Chloride
Defibrillators: V9#10; V21#10
Delaney Clause: V3#12;V8#10, see also Cancer
Delsym: see dextromethorphan
Demadex: V22#3
Dental X‑rays: see X‑rays
Denture Adhesives: V7#3
Deprenyl: see Eldepryl
Depression: V5#4;V6#12, V26#3
DES: V1#2,3,4
Devices: see Medical Devices
Dexedrine: V4#9;V14#10
Dextromethorphan: V20#8;V23#5
Diabetes: V4#12;V13#2; V22#11
Drugs For: V16#4, V22#11, V26#5,6
Diarrhea: see Anti‑Diarrhea Drugs
Diazepam: see Valium
Diclofenac: see Voltaren
Diet: V2#1;V17#3;V23#1
Clinics: V14#3
Pills: V7#1;V14#3; V19#10
Products: V5#6;V13#11
Dietary Supplements: V17#5,9,10; V18#2,7,9; V19#5,11; V22#3,10
FDA Regulations: V16#2, 5
Diethylstilbestrol: see DES
Diucardin: V22#3
Diuril: V22#3
Diphenhydramine: see Benadryl
Disease Mongering: V22#5,9;V23#2; V24#11
Doctor
Bribery: V20#7,8; V25#8, V26#1
Bribing Hotline: V6#3;V8#5;V13#10
Competency Testing: V9#1
Corporate Deals: V12#2
Data Disclosure: V1#3;V5#11,12;V17#7, V21#5 see also National Practitioner Data Bank
Doctor Defamation Suit: V11#4
Diversity: V13#4
Fraud: V3#6
Gifts: V25#6
Impaired Physicians: V24#5
Incomes: V3#11;V5#1,5;V6#7,10;V8#6;V9#2,3;V11#10;V13#2
International: V20#7
Kickbacks: V5#5,6,7;V6#1,3;V7#1;V14#10;V15#8,10;V17#11
Managed Care Opinions: V13#3,4,9,11;V14#1;V16#2
Patient Relationship: V11#4;V12#11;V14#1;V16#2
Physician Profiles (Massachusetts): V12#12
Quality of Care: V4#8
Sanctions: V6#8; V7#7; V9#10,11; V10#5,8; V11#4; V12#4,5,12; V13#2,3,7; V14#3,4; V15#8; V16#3 (web sites), 9; V17#4,5, 7; V18#2,6, V21#6
Appeals from Sanction: V8#11
California Law Allowing Doctors to Have Sex With Patients: V8#11
Drug Enforcement Administration: see Drug Enforcement Administration
Medicare: see Medicare, Doctors Sanctioned
Ranking of States: V1#5;V3#2;V4#4;V5#11;V7#1;V9#3,8;V10#6;V11#5;V12#5;V13#5;V14#5;V17#5; V18#5; V19#5; V20#5; V21#6
State Boards: V6#8;V7#7;V9#11;V12#4,5,12;V13#5;V14#3;V16#3 (web sites);V17#5; V18#2; V18#5, V22#12 (web sites); V19#2 ; V20#3; V21#6
State Initiatives: V7#1;V12#12, V22#10
Self‑referral: V7#10;V8#3,4;V9#1, 5,10
Selling Patients: V3#9
Sex‑Related Offenses: V13#7
Training: V5#9;V9#1;V17#6
Working Hours: V17#6
Donepezil: see Aricept
Dorbantyl: see Danthron
Doxidan: see Danthron
DPT: V4#5
Drug: see also Over‑the‑Counter
Advertising: V1#4;V5#8;V8#8;V10#2,12;V11#8,9;V12#12;V13#8;V14#2;V15#7,10, 12;V17#3,7,9;V8#3;V18#7,9;V19#8;V20#3,4,8;V23#3,11; V24#9
Direct-to-consumer: V21#7,9,10;V23#11
Flu Drugs: V16#2, V26#1
Medical consumerism: V22#8
Medical journals and: V21#7
To Doctors: V21#7,8;V23#5
To Medical Students V12#3
To Pharmacists V12#10,
USA Today V14#10
Antidepressants: V11#2; V19#12
Approval: V2#5;V4#9;V5#10 {Council on Competiveness Plan),; V8#1;V14#8;V15#2,7;V17#4; V20#2, V26#4
Consumer information: See Medical Guides
Exports: V3#1,2;V8#12;V9#9
Generic: V3#8;V4#11;V6#10;V11#3;V13#9; V21#12
Importation: V20#4,5,7
Induced Diseases: V4#9;V5#8;V7#8;V13#2, 6;V14#6, V26#4
Industry: V15#12 (mergers);V16#8;V17#7; V18#12;
Congressional Oversight: V18#11
Conflict of Interest in Studies: V16#9
Criminal Activity: V7#3;V17#11; V19#7, V26#6,7
Funded Trials: V20#2
Ghostwriting: V25#9
Gifts: V7#10; V13#8;V14#10;V17#9; V18#7; V19#9
Influence of: V21#11, V26#7
Labeling: V9#9 (Third World);V11#9,11
Liability: V6#7
Misleading Media Reports: V16#8; V20#4
Off-Label Uses: V15#9; V18#9
Older Adults Study: V10#9
Optical Isomers: V19#3,4
PACs and: V20#11
Painkillers: V11#2
Perks: V5#5;V6#1;V13#8, 9
Policies: V15#6
Post Marketing Research Studies: V16#6
Prescribing: V5#1;V5#2 V6#4;V8#3;V12#1;V13#6; V20#4; V25#5; V25#10
Price Controls: V22#6
Profits: V17#4, 7; V20#4; V21#12
Promotion: V24#2, V26#7
Public opinion and: V20#8
Third Party Companies: V14#4
Medication Guides: V21#8
Misprescribing of: V21#4,5
Overprescribing of: V21#4,5
Patents: V20#6
Patient Information Leaflets (PILs): V21#8
Pedigrees: V20#5
Pharmaceutical representatives: V21#7,8
Prescribing practices: V21#4,5; V25#9
Prescription Information: V12#1;V13#6;V14#8; V19#9; V21#8
Prescription Privacy Concerns: V14#4
Prescription to Over‑the‑Counter: V6#9
Prescription Profiles: V15#6
Prices: V6#3;V8#7;V9#4;V11#3 (comparison with foreign countries);V14#9;V16#8;V#17,3,4,9; V18#2,3; V20#4,6; V21#11,12
Price controls: V20#9; V21#12
Product Safety: V14#5; V18#11,12
Recalls: V8#7,10;V9#1, 4,7,10;V10#1,4,7,10;V11#1,4,7,10;V12#1,4,7,10;V13#1, all issues beginning with V13#3
Research, Conflict of Interest: V9#11;V10#2;V13#9;V24#6
Sales: V7#9 (Versed)
Seven Year Rule: V18#6; V21#11
Third World: V8#12;V17#4
Worksheet: V8#3
Drug Enforcement Administration, Doctor Sanctions: V4#3; V5#4; V6#4; V7#12; V12#4,5; V17#7,12
DTC advertising: See Drug Advertising, Direct-to-Consumer
Dumping: see Patient Dumping
Duragesic Pain Patch: see Fentanyl
Dust Mites: V6#12
Dutch Healthcare System: V24#2
Dyes: see Food Dyes
Dying: V17#12
Dyrenium: V22#3
E
Edecrin: V22#3
Effexor: V20#8
Eldepryl: V11#2
eletter web site on Drugs for Severe Psychiatric Illnesses: V16#6
Electromagnetic Fields: V10#8;V12#6
Elensys: V14#4
Emergency Contraception: V25#2
Emergency Rooms: V7#12;V11#2,7, see also Patient Dumping
Enalapril: see Vasotec
Enduron: V22#3
Enkaid (encainide): V5#7,11
Enterovioform: see Vioform
Environmental Hazards: V1#5;V9#3
Ephedra (ephedrine): V17#5,10; V18#2,7,9,12; V19#5
Epilepsy: V16#10
Episiotomies, Unnecessary: V16#3
Eplerenone: V22#3
Ergoloid Mesylates: see Hydergine
Escitalopram: See Lexapro
Esidrex: V22#3
Estrogen: see Birth Control Pills, DES, Hormones
Menopausal: V5#9;V7#6;V16#3;V17#7
Therapy: V3#6;V5#9;V13#6,8;V14#2; V18#8
Ethacrynic acid: V22#3
Ethyl Hexanediol: V7#11
European Union: V24#1
Evidence-Based Medicine: V22#7
Exercise: V5#12;V17#3; V20#7,9
Dementia: V22#2,6
Osteoporosis: V4#5
Seniors: V7#8
Women & Diabetes: V8#8
Experimentation, Human: V3#10;V6#11;V7#2;V11#4;V12#11;V14#5,7;V16#7,9;V17#4; V18#8; V24#6; V25#2
See also Institutional Review Boards
Eye Problems in Older Adults: V14#4, 6; V18#4
F
Fairness Cream: V22#9
Fall prevention: V21#1 (shoes and)
Farm Equipment, Unsafe/Accidents: V4#3,6;V5#3;V15#9
Federal Trade Commission: V17#7
Feldene: V2#1,2,3,4;V3#1,6;V11#1
Female sexual dysfunction: V21#9
Fentanyl, Narcotic Lollipops: V5#4;V10#3, 5 (Pain Patch)
Fiberglass: V10#9
Finasteride: see Proscar
Fish Oil Supplements: V3#3
Flecainide: see Tambocor
Flosequinan: see Manoplax
Flu: V3#1,2;V16#2; V19#2; V20#2, V26#1
Fluoroscopy: V16#12
Fluoxetine: see Prozac
Flurazepam: see Dalmane
Focus Factor: V17#9
Food and Drug Administration: V4#9;V22#10, see also Adverse Drug Reactions, Medical Devices: V20#4
Abbott Connection: V15#3
Approval: V14#8;V17#4,6,
As Excuse for Liability: V6#7;V9#12
Code of Ethics for Government Service Act: V16#5
Congressional Oversight: V17#10
Drug information from: V20#10
Legislation Affecting Control: V12#6
Medical Officers: V15#1
MedWatch Program: V16#10; V19#3,12; V23#12
Operation Cure.All: V17#7
Phase IV Studies: V16#6
Pregnancy Complication: V17#2
Public Opinion: V22#6
Regulation: V11#3;V12#6;V16#3,5;V17#4; V19#10,11, V20#4,5; V21#2,3, V26#4,5
Reporting Problems: V12#3
Risk management and: V21#2
User Fees: V18#11
Food Dyes: V1#1,3,4;V3#12;V4#1,7;V6#3 (Red Dye #3)
Food Irradiation: see Irradiated Food
Food Labeling: V13#2
Food Poisoning: V14#1 (bugs)
Food Safety: V5#5
Food Supplements: V9#12;V16#3;V17#9
Foradil: V21#9
Formoterol: See Foradil
Fosamax: V16#12
Fraud
Consumer: V7#5
Health: V13#2;V14#2;V15#9;V17#7
Insurance: V3#6
Research: V3#10;V11#7;V12#6
Frist, Bill: V21#5
Furosemide: V9#4, V22#3
G
Gapapentin: V18#9
Gall Bladder Surgery: V6#5
Gardasil: see HPV Vaccine
Generic Drug: see Drug, Generic
Gerovital: V7#5
Glaucoma: V6#3
GlaxoSmithKline: V21#11
Glucosamine: V22#6
Gore, Al: V15#8
Grief: V25#4
Growth Hormone: V6#8
Guidant: V21#10 (recall and)
H
Halazepam: see Paxipam
Halcion: V1#4;V3#4;V6#1,7;V7#11;V9#7;V11#3;V16#8
Haitian Children, poisoned: V13#12
Hay Fever: V1#6
Headache:
Health Care System: V6#5;V8#11;V10#5,10;V11#12;V12#3,10;V13#4,6,8,11;V14#1,3,5,8,12;V17#10,12; V19#4; V24#8; see also National Health Insurance; V20#9;V23#8
Bankruptcies and: V21#3
Canadian Doctor View: V10#1,2
Comparison with Other Countries: V3#4;V4#5;V5#11,12;V6#8;V7#6,12, V8#8,9;V9#6, 10;V14#4,5;V16#12
Corporate Health Care: V12#2,4,8,9
Costs: V4#5,8;V7#1,2;V8#2;V9#2,9;V10#2;V11#4;V12#3,10;V13#8;V16#1; V19#5; V20#7; V21#1,3; V24#3
Elderly: V23#11
Health Competition: V11#4
Incentives: V24#1
Inequalities: V22#12
Managed Care: see Managed Care
Markets and: V21#1
Patients’ Rights Bills: V16#7
Profits from: V12#2,4,8,10,12; V20#7
Reform: V26#5,7
Safety Reforms: V25#10
Uninsured: V23#9
Waste, Administrative: V4#8;V9#6
Health Detectives Handbook: V1#5
Health Food Store Recommendations: V16#10
Health Information Technology: V26#2
Health Insurance: see Insurance, Health
Health Maintenance Organization: see HMOs
Health Mergers: V10#7;V11#9;V12#6,7,9,10;V13#1,3, 5
Health PACs: V5#6
Health Policy: V21#4; V25#3
Health Policy Terms: V23#8;V25#7;V25#10
Health Savings Account (HSA): V20#10;12
Hearing Aids: V9#10,12; V22#4
Heart Disease: V5#12;V6#9
Carbon Monoxide: V6#12
Women: V7#9
Heart, Procedures for Diagnosing: V4#8
Heart Valve: see Bjork‑Shiley
Heat: V17#6; V18#6
Heating Pads (electric): V12#4
Hemorrhoids: V7#3;V8#5
Hepatitis B: V16#6
Hepatitis C: V16#11
Hepatitis, Home Test Kits: V13#11
Herbal Products: V11#2;V16#2,3,4,5
High Blood Pressure: see Hypertension
High‑Heeled Shoes: see Osteoarthritis
Hines, Bill: V21#5
HIV Experiments: V13#6;V14#5
Hismanal: V8#9;V9#7
HMO: V1#2;V6#1;V7#10, 11;V10#3,12;V11#2,4,5,6,7;V12#2,9,11,12;V13#1,2, 3,7,9,11,12;V14#2 ,7,12;V15#1,12;V17#2; V18#12; V21#5 see also Medicare, Medicaid HMOs
Arbitration Process: V13#9
Access: V12#9;V13#12;V14#2,12; V21#5
Comparisons: V14#7
Cost Consideration: V13#1;V14#2,9
Discipline: V13#2,9;V14#4
Doctor‑run: V13#7
For‑Profit vs. Not‑For‑Profit: V12#2;V13#3;V14#7,9;V15#8
Mentally Ill Treatment: V13#3
Mergers: V13#1
Hoechst: V7#3
Hoffman‑LaRoche: V7#9
Home‑Testing Kits: V13#11
Homeopathy: V25#10
Hoodia: V23#10
Hope Lodge: V15#12
Hormones: V14#2 (anti‑aging);V16#3;V17#7; V8#8 (HRT) see also Estrogen
Hospices: V9#8
Hospitalization, Unnecessary: V3#3
Hospitals
Buying MD Practices: V3#9
Buying Patients: V7#4
Conversions: V12#7,10;V13#5
Costs: V10#4;V13#4; V20#7, V26#2
Disciplinary Actions: V13#2;V25#9
Dumping: see Patient Dumping
Errors: V11#8;V13#2,4;V14#8;V17#12
For‑Profit: V2#2;V7#7;V12#7,9,12;V13#4;V15#9, 10; V20#7
Hospital-Acquired Infections: V23#10
Illegal Changing: V14#8
Incident Reporting: V5#10
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO): V6#1,V10#9,10;V11#2;V12#7;V14#1
McDonalds in: V4#4,10
Mergers: see Health Mergers
Mortality Data: V1#3
Acute Heart Disease: V4#2;V5#2;V6#5
Coronary Bypass Surgery: V2#2;V3#11
Infections: V21#8
Negligence: V6#4
Not‑for‑Profit: V12#7,12;V15#9; V20#7
Nutrition: V4#4,10;V6#9
Patients Rights: V7#4;V14#8
Quality of Care: V4#8,9;V6#1;V16#6;V23#10
Questionable Hospitals: V17#8
Self‑Regulation: V13#2;V25#7
Sick Hospitals (book overview): V8#2
Texas: V8#2 (border patrol)
Winsted, CT: V12#7
HPV Vaccine: V23#7
HSAs: V20#10,12
Human Experimentation: see Experimentation, Human
Human Experimentation Corporations: V16#7,9; V24#6
Human Radiation Exposure: V11#4
Hydergine: V6#12
Hydrochlorothiazide: V22#3
Hydroflumethiazide: V22#3
Hygroton: V22#3
Hypertension: V4#9;V5#10;V6#3,9; V18#11; V22#2, V26#6
Hysterectomy: V6#2
I
Iatrogenic Disease: V4#9;V5#8;V6#7
Ibuprofen: V5#6;V6#6;V10#8
Ilosone: V5#10
Immunization, Adult: V19#2
Immunization, Child: V24#6
Immunization, Chicken Pox: V11#8
Immunization, DPT: V4#5, see also Taiwan Flu
Implants: V7#5; V20#7, see also Silicone Gel Breast Implants
Incontinence: V8#2
Indapamide: V22#3
Infections: V21#8 (hospitals and)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: V10#9
Influenza: see Flu
Informed Consent: see Experimentation
Inmates, U.S.: V25#2
Insect Repellents: V7#11
Inspector General: V16#7
Insomnia: V2#2
Inspira: V22#3
Institute of Medicine: V6#1
Institutional Review Boards: V14#7, see also Experimentation, Human
Insulin: V13#2;V14#5
Insurance Companies: V6#12;V7#2, see also AARP, V26#5
CIGNA: V16#4
Golden Rule Company: V13#2
Insurance, Health: V3#11;V6#12;V15#3;V20#12;V25#4;V25#6;V25#6;V25#7 see also National Health Insurance
Access: V14#5,10,12
Age Discrimination: V7#12
Blue Cross: see Blue Cross
Bradley, Bill vs. Gore, Al: V15#11; V16#1
Canadian System: V14#4;V15#12, V20#4
Censorship: V16#4
Costs: V7#6;V11#7, V20#2; V24#12, V26#2
Coverage: V14#3;V16#12
Diabetes Coverage: V13#2
Employee Benefits: V12#8;V17#11
Executive Pay: V26#2
Fraud: V11#4;V13#2
Long‑Term Care, see Long‑Term Care
Medical Bills Claims: V13#3,7
Medical Savings Accounts: V12#10;V13#10
Medical Service Problems: V11#4
Medigap, see Medicare, Medigap
Mental Illness Payment: V12#11;V13#3
Massachusetts: V25#3
Michigan: V13#2
Misprescribing of: V26#4
Overprescribing of: V26#4
Personal Information: V17#2
Pets: V13#3
Public Option: V25#7
Risk‑Rated: V8#8;V11#6
State Health Plans: V6#11;V7#3;V8#7;V14#10
Tax Credits: V17#11
Tips: V26#4
Veterans: V20#11
Uninsurance, Epidemic of: V7#7;V8#6;V9#1;V11#2,3;V14#11,12;V15#2,11;V17#11,12; V18#4; V20#11(veterans and);V22#10; V24#11; V25#10
Universal Coverage: V14#9,12;V16#12;V17#11,12; V22#5, V26#2, V26#6 (off-label uses), V26#6 (liability), V26#1 (perks)
Women: V24#12
Internet: V13#9;V14#10 (health information);V15#6 (drug information), 7;V17#1,7; V19#11; V20#7, V22#1 (prescription drug ordering), V22#11 (bogus cures)
Intraocular Lenses: V3#3
Iodinated Glycerol: V4#12;V9#6
Iodochlorxyquin: see Vioform
Irradiated Food: V2#1,5;V3#6;V8#9
Isoniazid: V7#5
Ivermectin: V3#2
J
Jail Survey: see Mental Health
Jaw Implants: V7#6
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO): see Hospital, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
Jim Bu Huan: V11#2
Journalism Awards for Health Letter: V9#3;V11#4;V12#5
K
Ketoprofen: see Orudis
Ketorolac: see Toradol
Kidney Dialysis Centers: V16#1; V18#12; V20#3
Kidney Dialysis Machines: V21#4 (contaminaion of)
Kidney Disease: V6#6
Kidney Failure: V7#3;V11#2 (drug‑induced)
Kidney Transplant: V14#11; V24#3
Koop: V15#8;V16#5
L
Lab Testing: V3#10
Labeling: see Food
Labetalol: see Normodyne
Lactation Suppressants: see Bromocriptine
Laparoscopy: V1#3
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: V8#8
Larium: V11#6
Lasix: V9#4, V22#3
Latex Gloves: V14#2;V16#5
Latin America: V17#4
Laxatives: V3#4,7
Lead Candle Wicks: V16#4,8;V17#3
Lead Children’s Jewelry: V21#3
Leaded Crystal: V7#5
Leuprolide: see Lupron
Levamisole: V8#7
Lexapro: V20#7
Liability (Drug & Device): V6#7
Liability reform: V21#3
Librium: V1#4;V3#4;V16#8
Life Expectancy: V23#3, V26#2
Lisinopril: see Prinivil
Listeria: V8#6
Liver Problems: V11#2
Living Will: V7#11
Lollipops: see Fentanyl
Long‑Term Care Insurance: V6#5,6,8;V7#10, 12;V13#7,12: V24#9
National Program: V8#1, 7;V10#5
Nursing Homes: V11#10
Plan FE (AARP): V9#12
Veterans: V7#11
Loratidine: see Claritin
Lorazepam: see Ativan
Lotronex: V17#6
Lozol: V22#3
Lumpectomy: V6#2
Lupron: V17#11; V20#7
Lung Cancer: see Chromium, Hexavalent
Lyme Disease: V3#7;V17#11
M
Macular Degeneration: V#24#7
Mad Cow Disease: V17#3,5; V20#3
Malpractice: V7#7; V14#3; V19#2,8; V21#6,10; see also Doctor Sanctions
Causes of: V21#9
Mammography: V7#8, 9;V11#1;V13#8; V18#1; V20#1, V26#7
Managed Care: V10#3,4, 12;V11#7,9;V12#2,7,8,11,12;V13#1, 2,3,9,11;V14#2;V15#2,5,12;V16#2,6; V17#2
Humor: V13#2,4,#9,11;V14#2;V16#2
Managerial Medicine: V11#4
Manoplax: V9#7
Marijuana, Legalizing for Medical Treatment: V10#9
Massachusetts
Behavioral Health Partnership: V17#2
Physician Profiles: V12#12
Mastectomy: V1#3
Outpatient: V12#10,11
Medicaid: V4#1;V11#4 (Florida),12 (HMOs);V12#1,2,9; 21#5;V23#2;V23#4;V23#9;V23#10; V25#4
Medical Advice: V10#11, V26#6
Medical Boards, disciplinary rate ranking: V23#6; V25#5
Medical Care: V11#6,7
Medical Breakthroughs: V3#10;V6#6
Medical Decision‑making: V10#10
Medical Devices
Companies Liability: V6#7
Company kickbacks: V23#12
Dangerous: V3#6;V7#5;V9#10,12;V14#5; V21#8,10,11
Effects of Metal Dectectors On: V14#11
Recalls: V8#6,9;V9#1,3,6,9,12;V10#3,6,9,12;V11#3,6,9,12;V12#3,6,9,12, all issues beginning with V13#3
Regulation: V5#6,10;V6#12;V8#5;V9#12; V21#8,10,11
Reporting: see Food and Drug Administration, Adverse Drug Reporting
Medical Education: V16#12; V18#2; V19#6; V24#11, V26#3
Medical Errors: V16#1;V17#12; V18#1; V18#2; V24#4; V24#8, V26#3
Medical Ethics: V10#3;V15#5; V16#1, V26#6
Medical Journals: V10#2;V17#4; V18#7
Medical liability reform: see Liability reform
Medical Officers: see Food and Drug Administration
Medical Records Access: V2#4,5;V3#1;V8#9;V11#9;V12#1; V24#3
Medical Research:
Conflict of Interest: V17#4
Funding: V7#3;V11#7;V12#6; V21#12
Paying Subjects: V16#1
Trial Design and Results: V20#2;V23#9;V26#6
Medical Savings Accounts: V12#10;V13#2;V20#10
Medical School, Letters From: V8#12;V9#4,5;V10#2;V12#3;V12#5
Medical Students: V9#7 (drug industry perks); V18#2, V26#3
Medical Tourism: V22#7,9
Medicare:
Anti‑fraud legislation: V12#8
Benefits: V9#9
Budget Cuts: V5#1;V6#12;V9#10;V11#5,11,12;V12#9;V13#10;V15#2
Catastrophic Coverage: V3#9;V4#3, 11;V5#5,6,7,9,11;V6#1;V11#12
Choice of Doctor: V19#7
Claims, Auto Phone System: V6#3
Colorectal Cancer Screening: V16#4 ; V20#10
Congress: V11#4,11,12;V12#9
Costs, Out‑of‑Pocket: V1#2;V2#5;V3#11;V4#3;V8#4,9;V13#10
Doctors Denied Payment: V4#7
Doctors Sanctioned: V3#5,10,12;V4#1,7,12;V7#2; V19#8
Drug Prices: V6#3;V15#4;V17#10; V20#2
Educational Interventions: V7#11
Fraud: V12#8;V17#11
HMOs: V11#5,6,12;V12#2,11;V14#12; V21#5
Home Health Benefits: V4#5;V8#6
Hospital Discharge (Early): V4#4
Hospital Mortality Data: see Hospitals, Mortality Data
Illegal Deposits: V8#10
Information service: V20#10
Kidney Dialysis Facilities and: V20#3
Kidney Transplant Program: V14#11
Long‑Term Care Insurance: see Long‑Term Care Insurance
Malaise: V12#12
Mandatory Assignment: V3#9;V4#1;V5#7;V6#4;V8#4;V9#12
Medicaid: V11#12;V12#1;V13#10;V23#9;V23#10
Medigap: V5#7;V6#5,8;V9#9;V12#3;V13#5;V17#10
National Home Care Program: V4#5
Nursing Home Overcharges: V8#10
Overcharging: V3#6,7;V4#8,10;V5#10;V6#1;V8#4;V9#12
Part D: V22#1
Peer Review Organizations: see Medicare Doctors Sanctioned
Quality of Care Hospital: V4#9;V16#6
Quality Standards: V20#3
Reform: V11#10;V12#8
Respiratory Equipment (Waste): V8#9
Solvency: V12#9,12
Unnecessary Hospitalization: V4#6
Unnecessary Procedures: V4#1
Medigap: see Medicare, Medigap
Medizine: see Drug, Advertising
MedWatch Program: see Food and Drug Administration, MedWatch Program
Mefloquine: see Larium
Melanoma: V13#8 (and males);V16#6 (skin)
Menopause: V5#9
HRT: V16#3, 12;V17#7
Mental Health: V6#5,7,10;V11#1,9; V18#9; V20#1; see also Community Mental Health Centers, eletter
British Columbia: V9#10
Jails: V8#11;V9#12;V11#12, V26#6
State Ratings: V2#2;V4#11;V6#10 see also Care of the Seriously Mentally Ill
Merck: V14#10; V21#8
Mergers: see Health Mergers
Meridia: V14#3; V19#10; V21#3,9
Merital: V2#3;V7#3
Methylene Chloride: V2#3
Metoclopramide: see Reglan
Metolazone: V22#3
Methyclothiazide: V22#3
Microbes: V14#1
Microzide: V22#3
Midamor: V22#3
Midazolam: see Versed
Midwives: V11#11
Migraine: V26#3
Milk, Raw: see Raw Milk
Minilaparatomy: V6#2
Minoxidil: see Rogaine
Mirtazipine: see Remeron
Misoprostol: see Cytotec
Modane: see Danthron
Mononucleosis: V4#4
Montelukast: see Singulair
MRI Scans: V25#4
Multinational Corporations: V17#2;V23#7
Mykrox: V22#3
Mypap: V7#12
N
Naprosyn: V10#2
Naproxen: V10#8
Naqua: V22#3
Narcotics: V4#3 see also Fentanyl, Narcotic Lollipops
Narrow Therapeutic Index: V13#9
National Health Care Census: V21#11
National Health Insurance: V8#5;V10#3, 12;V11#2;V15#11;V16#1;V17#12; V20#2,6; V24#5
AARP Postion: see AARP
Clinton Administration Position: V8#12;V9#4,5,6,7;V10#2
Congressional Legislation: V7#4;V8#4
Lobbying: V10#11
Plans, Comparisons: V6#3;V9#5;V10#1,11
Single Payer Support: V8#7,12;V9#7,12;V10#1,3, 7,9,11;V14#9;V16#12;V17#12; V18#7, V20#2,4,12, V22#7,8; V24#5
State Plans: see Insurance, State Health Plans
National Medical Enterprises: V10#9
National Practitioner Data Bank: V5#12;V6#3,11;V8#3;V9#8;V10#7;V17#7; V21#6
Naturetin: V22#3
Needle Contamination: V11#8
Needle Exchange Programs: V12#3,11
Needlestick Injuries: V17#1; V21#11 (prevention of)
Nefazodone: see Serzone
Nestor, John:V15#6
Neurontin: V18#9
New England Journal of Medicine: V17#4
Niacin: V6#11
Niacin (Sustained Release): V10#4
Nicotine Gum: V4#12
Nicotine Lollipops: V18#7
Nicotine Patch: V8#7
Nitroprusside (Nipride): V6#4
Nolvadex: V14#12
Noise: V3#9
Nomifensine: see Merital
Non-governmental Organizations: V17#2
Nonsteroidal anti‑inflamatory drugs (NSAIDs): V6#6;V9#9, see also individual drug name
Normodyne: V6#9
North American Free Trade Agreement, Effects on Health and Safety Regulation: V9#3
Nurse Practitioners: V8#10;V16#6
Nursing Homes
Care:V11#9; V19#1
Improper Drug Prescribing: V5#1
Patient Abuse: V8#4
Nutri/Systems: V14#3
O
Obesity: V21#9
Obesity, Children & TV: V16#11
Occupational Safety and Health:
Canadian Plan: V10#5
Chromium Industry: V22#4
Health Care Worker: V11#8, V26#3
Occupational Safety and Health Administration: V1#3;V4#7;V5#9;V10#3,10;V17#11; V18#12
Enforcement: V15#10
Safety Bingo : V10#10
Office of Technology Assessment (OTA): V23#8
Older Adults, Drug Use: V4#6,9;V5#2;V6#8,11;V7#8;V8#3, V26#4
Olestra: V12#3
Operation Cure-All: V17#7
Organ Donation: V23#7
Orlistat: V22#2
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation: V11#4
Orudis: V2#3
Osteoarthritis: V14#6
Osteoporosis: V3#5,6;V4#5;V6#11;V11#4;V15#4;V16#12;V17#7; V21#9
Outpatient Commitment: V11#9
Over‑the‑Counter Drugs
Switch from Prescription: V6#9
Capsules: V7#4
Vs. On the Street: V13#6
Oxazepam: see Serax
P
PACs: see Political Action Committee
Pacemakers:
Cellular Phone Interference: V12#7
Defective: V4#10; V21#10
Electromagnetic Interference: V12#6;V14#11
Respiratory Equipment: V8#9
Unnecessary: V4#4
Pain: V2#3
Control After Surgery: V12#9
Management Guidelines: V8#4
Pap Smear: V7#12 (home kit)
Parkinsonism, Drug‑Induced: V6#7
Parlodel: V4#7;V5#1,7;V9#10;V10#10
Paroxetine: see Paxil
Patient Cost Sharing: V11#6
Patient Dumping: V4#11;V5#1,9;V7#5,9;V9#6;V10#8,11;V12#4;V14#1;V17#8
Patient Guide: V11#6,7
Patient Outcome Research Teams (PORTs): V10#11,12
Patient Package Inserts: V11#11
Patients Rights: V6#2;V7#4,11;V16#7
Patient Safety Act 1994: V10#10
Paxil: V20#8
Paxipam: V1#4;V3#4;V16#8
Pedicle Screws: V11#1
Peer Review Organizations: V3#12;V6#1;V10#3;V16#5 see also Drug Enforcement Administration, Doctor Sanctions, and Medicare Doctors Sanctioned
Pepper Commission Report: V6#5
Persian Gulf War: V7#1,2
Pertussis Vaccine: V4#5
Pesticides: V7#2
Peterson, Esther: V14#2
Pfizer: V15#9 (ear infections),11 (correction), see also Bjork‑Shiley
Pharmaceutical Industry: see Drug Industry
Pharmacists: V11#12
PhRMA: See Drug Industry
Phenacetin: V7#3
Phenergan: V5#9
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA): V7#1;V16#11
Philip Morris: see Tobacco, Philip Morris
Physician: see Doctor
Physio‑Control: V9#10
Pilot Fatigue: V8#5;V11#12
Pioglitazone: V16#4
Piroxicam: see Feldene
Placebo Effect: V25#8
Plants, Toxic: V8#4
Playground Safety: V6#11
Play Sand, Dangers: see Sand
Poisonings: V13#12
Political Action Committee: V20#11
Political Campaigns: V23#8, V24#7
Polls: V10#5
Polythiazide: V22#3
Portable respirator/ventilator: see ventilator
PORTS: see Patient Outcome Research Teams
Potassium: V4#9; V22#3
Poultry, Irradiated: V8#9
PPA: see Phenylpropanolamine
Prazepam: see Centrax
Pregnancy, Complications: V17#2
Pregnancy, Herbs and Supplements for: V16#3,5
Preparation H: V8#5
Prescription: see Drug, Prescription
Prescription Drugs User Fee Act (PDUFA): V23#2;V23#7
Pressure Ulcers: V12#11
Preventive Medicine: V24#8
Primary Care: V16#1,2
Prinivil: V5#10
Product Safety, Alert: V6#10, 11;V7#5,7,11;V8#2,4,5,8,11;V9#2,5,8,11;V10#2,5,8,11;V11#2,5,8,11;V12#2,5,7,11;V13#2, all issues beginning with V13#3
Project Censored: V9#3;V11#5;V12#5
Progestagen: V5#9
Propoxyphene: see Darvon
Propulsid: V11#3;V16#5
Proscar: V9#11
Prostate: V3#4;V9#11; V19#8
Proventil: see Albuterol
Prozac: V6#6;V7#5;V10#5,7,8 (with Dilantin); V20#5,8
Psychiatric Institutes of America: V8#10 (fraud)
Psychologists Prescribing Drugs Debate: V7#1
Psyllium: V10#4
Public Health: V11#2
Q
Quality of Care: V4#8,9;V9#8, V22#3 see also Medical Care
Quality Adjusted Life-Years: V25#4
Questionable Doctors Publication: V6#8;V7#7;V9#11;V12#4;V14#3;V16#9;V17#12; V18#6,10
Questionable Hospitals Publication: V17#8
Questran: see Cholestyramine
Quinine Sulfate: V4#9;V5#1;V10#10
Qui‑Tam Lawsuits: V13#4,10,12
R
R.J. Reynolds: V3#7;V5#8,9;V8#5
Radial Keratotomy: V1#6
Radiation: see also Fluoroscopy and Xray and Human Radiation Exposure
Nuclear: V3#10; V24#4; V25#1
Radon Gas: V3#2
Raw Milk: V3#2;V5#4;V7#3
Red Cross: V17#1; V20#9
Reglan: V6#7
Reimportation: V20#7
Relenza: V16#2
Remeron: V20#8
Renese: V22#3
Reproductive Health: V22#7
Research: see Medical Research
Residency, Long Hours: V5#9;V15#3,7;V17#6; V18#6; V25#9, V26#7
Respirators, recall of: see ventilator
Restoril: V1#4;V3#4;V16#8
Restless Leg Syndrome: V22#5
Retin‑A: V4#9;V11#4
Rexall Showcase International (RSI): V15#10
Reye’s Syndrome: see Aspirin
Rezulin: V15#5; V16#4, 5; V21#3
Right to Know: V1#1,2,3,5,6;V5#11
Risk: V18#6 (relative vs. absolute); V24#12
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: V3#7
Rofecoxib: see Vioxx
Rogaine (Regaine): V3#3, 7;V5#8
Rosiglitazone: V16#4, V22#11
Rosuvastatin: V21#3; V22#4
RU 486: V6#10
S
Safety Bingo: V10#10
Safety Cables: V9#10 (deaths)
Saline spray: V20#5
Salmeterol: See Serevent
With Fluticasone: see Advair
Saluron: V22#3
Sand: V4#8;V5#8
Schering-Plough: V17#4, 9
Schizophrenia: V2#2;V6#7;V11#10
Scientific misconduct: V21#7
Scoliosis: V1#6
Screening Tests: V19#3
Searle: V6#1
Second Opinion: V1#2;V3#3,11;V6#2
Sedatives: V7#3
Seldane: V8#9
Selegiline: see Eldepryl
Self‑referral: see Doctor, Self‑referral
Serax: V1#4;V3#4;V5#5;V16#8
Serevent: V21#9,11
Serzone: V20#8
Sex: V15#4
Sex Education: V17#1
Sex‑related Offenses, see Doctors, Sex‑related Offenses
Sibutramine: see Meridia
Silicone Gel Implants: V4#12;V5#3,5;V8#3;V10#1,8;V14#9
Advertising: V7#4;V7#6
FDA advisory panel: V8#1,2
Sildenafil: see Viagra
Silver, George A: V21#4
Single Payer: V23#11; V24#5; V25#1; V25#2; V25#3; V25#6; V25#7; V25#8, V26#2
Singulair: V14#10
Sinutab: V11#9
Skin Cancer: V13#8;V16#6; V21#9
Sleeping Pills: V1#4;V3#4;V5#5;V6#1
Smokeless Tobacco: V1#1,2,3,4,5;V2#1,2,5;V3#5; V25#1
Smokers Rights: V5#9
Smoking
Advertisements: see Tobacco
Campaign Contributions: see Tobacco
Cessation: V4#10,11,12;V5#4;V22#7, V26#3
Depression: V6#12
Recommendation to Congress: V5#4
Snuff: see Smokeless Tobacco
Sodium Nitroprusside: V6#4
Spinal Cord Injuries: V6#6
Spironolactone: V22#3
SSRIs: V20#8;V23#10; see also antidepressants
St. John’s Wort: V16#4
St. Jude: V21#10 (device manufacturer)
Stadol: V13#11
Statins: see Cholesterol-lovering drugs
Stealth PACs: V20#11
Sterilization:
Chemical‑caused: V13#12
Female: V6#2
Male: see Vasectomy
Stern, Philip: V8#7
Stimulator: V13#11
Strep Throat Test: V4#10;V7#7
Stress, Children: V7#7
Subway Safety: V16#11
Suicide: V20#5,8
Sunbeam and AMA: V13#9
Sunscreen: see Melanoma
Suprol (Suprofen): V2#3,5;V3#1,7
Surfaxin: V17#4
Surgery
Advertising: V6#4
Errors: V17#12
Pain Control After: V12#9
Second Opinion: V6#2
Unnecessary: V1#2;V4#1,9, V26#1
Synthroid: V12#6, V21#12 see also medical research
T
Tacrine: see Cognex
TAP Pharmaceuticals: V20#7
Taiwan Flu: V3#1,2
Tamiflu: V16#2, V26#1
Tamoxifen: V10#7, 8 (correction);V14#12; V19#2
Tambocor: V5#7,11
Tampering: V7#4
Tampon Absorbency Warnings: V3#9;V4#7;V5#10;V6#6
Tegaserod: see Zelnorm
Temazepam: see Restoril
Terfenadine: see Seldane
Terminal Illness: V13#5
Tetanus: V11#5
Thai Infants Infected w/HIV: V14#5
Thiazides: V6#3
Thyroid Hormone: V6#11
Ticks: V3#7
Tinnitus: V7#9
Tobacco
ACLU: V9#9;V14#12;V15#4
Advertising/Promotion: V3#7,8, 12;V4#2;V5#8,12;V6#9;V8#5;V10#4;V14#10; V24#10, V26#3
Cigarettes: V18#1, V22#9 (smuggling)
Congress: V8#12;V9#11
Exports: V3#7;V5#12;V6#5;V14#10;V17#12
Health Care Industry and: V21#12
Health, Minority, Other Organizations: V9#1;V14#5,9
Industry: V8#10 ;V14#5
Insider, The (movie): V16#2
Labeling: V14#10
Lobbyists: V12#9;V14#5,9
Low Tar & Nicotine
Philip Morris: V4#2;V5#12;V10#12; V16#4;V17#12; V18#10; V19#2
Presidential: V8#11
Sales to Children: V5#3;V8#9
Smokeless: see Smokeless Tobacco
State Deals: V15#1
Stock: V11#8 (health care giants’ investment in)
Taxes: V9#4
Tobacco Control: V10#4 MS & FL, 7
Toradol: V9#8,12;V10#11
Torsemide: V22#3
Toxic Shock Syndrome: see Tampon
Toxoplasmosis: V4#5
Trandate: see Labetalol
Tranquilizers: V1#4;V3#4,12;V5#5;V7#3;V8#12;V16#8
Tranxene: V1#4;V3#4;V16#8
Transfusions: see Blood Transfusions
Tretinoin: see Retin‑A
Triamterene: V22#3
Triazolam: see Halcion
Trichlormethiazide: V22#3
Triplicate Prescriptions: V6#4
Troglitazone: See Rezulin
Trovafloxacin: see Trovan
Trovan: V21#3
Tuberculosis: V5#3
TV and Obese Children: V1#3
Tye, James: V12#10
Tylenol: V7#3;V10#12 (with alcohol);V11#2; V18#11
U
Ulcers: V12#11, see also Pressure Ulcers
Ulcerative Colitis: see Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Unnecessary Medical Care: V20#9
Urinary Incontinence: V8#2
USA Today, Drug Advertising: V14#9
U.S. Health Care: V23#12
V
Vaccination Policy: V16#6, V20#2
Vaccines
DPT: V4#5
Vaccine Drug Price Control: V4#10
Vagus Nerve Stimulator: V21#8
Valdecoxib: V20#9
Valium: V1#4;V3#4;V16#8
ValueJet Healthcare: V12#10
Varicella: see Chickenpox
Vasectomy: V2#2
Vasotec: V5#10
Venlafaxine: see Effexor
Ventilators, recall of: V20#4
Versed: V4#3,6;V7#9
Veterans, Health Insurance: V20#11
Veterans, Long‑Term Care: V7#11
Viagra: V14#8;V23#9
Vioform: V1#4,5,6
Vioxx: V17#3; V20#11; V21#3,8
Vitamins: V6#11;V9#12;V10#4; V18#10
Vitamin B3: see Niacin
VNS: see Vagus Nerve Stimulator
Voltaren: V7#5
W
Warfarin: see Coumadin
Water: V23#5
Web Sites: V16#3,5,6
Weight Loss: V10#4;V13#11;V15#11;V17#3 see also Olestra;V23#5;V23#10
Wellbutrin: V2#3; V20#8
Womens Health Alert (book overview): V7#4
West Nile Virus: V18#9
Whistleblowers: V20#10
Wisdom Teeth: V26#1
Workplace Health Plans: V23#2
Workplace Hazards: V1#1,2,3,5;V3#5,12;V4#7;V5#9;V8#12;V10#3;V15#7 (deaths)
Worst Pills Best Pills III, The Older Adults Guide to Avoiding Drug Induced Death and Injury: V15#3
Worst Pills Best Pills Online: V19#3
Wyeth‑Ayerst: V5#5,7;V7#1
X
Xanax: V1#4;V3#4;V8#12;V16#8
Xenical: V22#2
X‑Rays: V3#2,3
Y
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL): V24#10
Z
Zaroxolyn: V22#3
Zithromax: V15#9
Zelnorm: V20#6