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

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)

AIDS: V1#5;V3#8;V4#2; V19#7

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

Awards: V9#3;V11#5;V12#5, see also Project Censored

 

B

Back Pain: V11#1

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

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

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

Carpet Hazards: V9#3

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

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

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

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

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

Bribing Hotline: V6#3;V8#5;V13#10

Competency Testing: V9#1

Corporate Deals: V12#2

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

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

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

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

Funded Trials: V20#2

Ghostwriting: V25#9

Gifts: V7#10; V13#8;V14#10;V17#9; V18#7; V19#9

Influence of: V21#11

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

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 

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

 

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

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

 

Buying MD Practices: V3#9

Buying Patients: V7#4

Conversions: V12#7,10;V13#5

Costs: V10#4;V13#4; V20#7

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

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

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

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

Medical Errors: V16#1;V17#12; V18#1; V18#2; V24#4; V24#8

Medical Ethics: V10#3;V15#5; V16#1

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

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