Topics are listed alphabetically. Following each topic, the volume and issue number of the Health Letter containing the article is listed. For example, an article on the topic of Accutane can be found in volume 4 number 5 (V4#5) of the Health Letter. Volumes are chronological (volume 1 was issued in 1985). These issues are available for $3.00 each. To order, please send a check (payable to Public Citizen) to Health Research Group, 1600 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009, or you can order by phone with a major credit card (Visa/Mastercard/Discover/American Express) at 202 588-1000.
| Volume 1 1985 | Volume 2 1986 | Volume 3 1987 | Volume 4 1988 | Volume 5 1989 |
| Volume 6 1990 | Volume 7 1991 | Volume 8 1992 | Volume 9 1993 | Volume 10 1994 |
| Volume 11 1995 | Volume 12 1996 | Volume 13 1997 | Volume 14 1998 | Volume 15 1999 |
| Volume 16 2000 | Volume 17 2001 |
A
AARP: V5#6, V5#7, V7#6, V7#8, V8#1, V8#3, V8#4, V8#8, V9#2,
V9#5, V9#12, V10#2, V10#9
Accutane: V4#5, V4#6, V5#6, V6#7
ACE Inhibitors: see Hypertension
Acetaminophen: see Tobacco
ACLU: V9#9 (tobacco), V10#1
Actos: V16#4
Advance Directives: V7#11
Adverse Drug Reactions: V6#4, V6#11,V9#10, V15#4, V16#10
Advertising: see Drug, Advertising
Reporting: V8#10, V9#7, V12#3, V14#5, V14#6, see also Food and Drug Administration Affirmative Action: V13#4 (doctors)
AIDS: V1#5, V3#8, V4#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, V12#11
Unapproved Drugs: V4#9
Vaccinating Children: V16#6
Vaccine Studies (army): V10#12
Air Force, Drug Use: V4#9
Air Traffic Controllers: V3#12
Alar: V2#3, V2#4, V3#6, V3#9, V4#4, V5#7
Albuterol: V10#2, V17#4
Alendronate: see Fosamax
Aleve: V10#8
Allergies: V1#6, V6#12
Alosetron: see Lotronex
Alprazolam: see Xanax
Alternative Medicine: V14#11
Alupent: V10#3
American Cancer Society: V14#5
American Council on Science & Health: V5#5
American Heart Association: V14#5
American Medical Association: V4#4, V5#6, V5#11, V6#2, V7#10, V10#1, V10#2, V10#9, V11#6, V13#4, V13#9, V14#3. V14#9, V15#4
American Red Cross: V17#1
Amoxicillin: V15#9
Angioplasty Catheters: V9#12
Antibiotics: V5#7, V11#8, V13#10
Anticoagulants: V9#9
Anti-Aging Hormones: V14#2
Anti-Diarrhea Drugs: V9#2
Antidepressants: V11#2
Cost Comparison: V14#9
Antihistamines: V8#9
Anti-inflamatory drugs (NSAIDS): V17#3
Antipsychotics: V14#9 (cost comparison)
Apnea Monitors: V9#10
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, 5#9, V7#9
Reye's Syndrome: V1#1, V1#2, V1#5, V1#6, V2#2, V3#5, V5#10, V9#7, V15#12
Astemizole: see Hismanal
Asthma: V1#6, V6#12, V10#2, V10#3, 17#4
and Women: V7#3
Ativan: V3#4, V16#8
Autologous Blood: V3#4
Avandia: V16#4
Awards: V9#3, V11#5, V12#5, see also Project Censored
B
Back Pain: V11#1
Baldness: V3#3, V3#7, V5#8
Bed Rest: V15#11
Benzene in Denture Adhesives: V7#3
Benzodiazepines: V3#4, V6#4,V8#12,V16#8
Bereavement: V16#7
Beta-Blockers: V6#5
Bhopal: V1#1
Bicycle Helmets: V10#8
Birth Control Pills: V4#3, V4#5, V5#2,V5#8, V7#1, V7#2. V13#4
Bjork-Shiley Heart Valve: V1#5, V3#1,V5#10, V6#5, V6#9, V8#4, 9#4, V10#9,
see also Pfizer
Blood Donors: V3#4
Blood Supply Safety: see American 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
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, see also DES, Silicone Gel Implants, Tamoxifen
Breastfeeding:
and Formula: 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
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
Cancer: see type of cancer
Business: V7#3
Causing Chemicals: V4#1, V7#2
Causing Pain Relievers: V7#3
Delaney Clause: V3#12, V8#10
Candles: V16#4,8 (lead wicks)
Capoten (captopril): V5#10
Carbon Monoxide and Heart Disease: V6#12
Care of the Seriously Mentally Ill: V2#2,V4#11, V6#10, see also 'eLetter' Website
Carpet Hazards: V9#3
CASHCOW: V17#4
Cataracts: V3#3, V9#5, V9#7, V14#4, V14#6
Catastrophic Coverage: see Medicare
Celebrex: V16#6
Celecoxib: see Celebrex
Cellular Phones: V12#7, see also Pacemakers
Centrax: V1#4, V3#4, V16#8
Cesarean Sections, Unnecessary: V3#11, V3#12, V4#1, V5#3, V8#6, V10#6
Cesarean Sections, Rates: V7#6, V7#9
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
Children, poisoned: V13#12
Child-Proof Medication Containers: V6#5
Chiropractic Treatment: V14#11
Chlorazepate: see Tranxene
Chlordiazepoxide: see Librium
Cholesterol: V4#8, V5#12, V10#12
Cholesterol-lowering Drugs: V10#12
Cholestyramine: V4#9
Chromium: V9#9, V16#8 (Hexavalent, and lung cancer)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: V4#4
Cigarettes: see Tobacco
Cigna: V16#4
Cisapride: see Propulsid
Claritin: V9#10, V16#5
Clioquinol: see Vioform
Clozapine (clozaril): V7#7
Coffee, Decaffeination: see Methylene Chloride
Cognex: V10#1
Colds: V9#1, V9#2
Colorectal Cancer: V16#4 (screening of)
Color Additives: see Food Dyes
Columbia/HCA: V12#9, V12#10, V13#5, V13#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
Constipation: V3#4, V3#7
Consumer Product Safety Alert: see Product Safety Alert
Contact Lenses: V3#3, V4#11, V6#11
Contaminated Blood: V10#7
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, V6#10
Coumadin: V11#1, V13#9
C.R. Bard: V9#12
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease: see Mad Cow Disease
Crohns Disease: see Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Cytotec: V5#9
D
Dalmane: V1#4, V3#4, V16#8
Daminozide: see Alar
Danthron: V3#4, V3#7
Darvon: V5#8
Decaffeination: see Methylene Chloride
Defibrillators: V9#10
Delaney Clause: V3#12, V8#10, see also Cancer
Dental X-rays: see X-rays
Denture Adhesives: V7#3
Deprenyl: see Eldepryl
Depression: V5#4, V6#12
DES: V1#2, V1#3, V1#4
Devices: see Medical Devices
Dexedrine: V4#9, V14#10
Diabetes: V4#12, V13#2
Drugs For: V16#4
Diarrhea: see Anti-Diarrhea Drugs
Diazepam: see Valium
Diclofenac: see Voltaren
Diet: V2#1
Clinics: V14#3
Pills: V7#1, V14#3
Products: V5#6, V13#11
Dietary Supplements: V17#5
FDA Regulations: V16#2, 5
Diethylstilbestrol: see DES
Doctor
Bribing Hotline: V6#3, V8#5, V13#10
Competency Testing: V9#1
Corporate Deals: V12#2
Data Disclosure: V1#3, V5#11, V5#12, V17#7, see also National Practitioner Data Bank
Doctor Defamation Suit: V11#4
Diversity: V13#4
Fraud: V3#6
Incomes: V3#11, V5#1, V5#5, V6#7, V6#10, V8#6, V9#2, V9#3, 11#10, V13#2
Kickbacks: V5#5, V5#6, V5#7, V6#1, V6#3, V7#1, V14#10, V15#8, V15#10
Managed Care Opinions: V13#3, V13#4, V13#9, V13#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, V9#11, V10#5, V10#8, V11#4, V12#4, V12#5, V12#12, V13#2, V13#5, V13#7, V14#3, V14#4, V15#8, V16#3 (web sites), 9, V17#4,5, 7
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, V9#8, V10#6,
V11#5, V12#5, V13#5, V14#5, V17#5
State Boards: V6#8, V7#7, V9#11,V12#4, V12#5, V12#12, V13#5, V14#3, V16#3 (web sites), V17#5
State Initiatives: V7#1, V12#12
Self-referral: V7#10, V8#3, V8#4, V9#1, V9#5, V9#10
Selling Patients: V3#9
Sex-Related Offenses: V13#7
Training: V5#9, V9#1, V17#6
Working Hours: V17#6
Dorbantyl: see Danthron
Doxidan: see Danthron
DPT: V4#5
Drug: see also Over-the-Counter
Advertising: V1#4, V5#8, V8#8, V10#2, V10#12, V11#8, V11#9, V12#3 (to medical students),V12#10 (to pharmacists), V12#12, V13#8, V14#2, V14#9 (USA Today), V14#10, V15#7, V15#10 (to consumers and physicians), V15#12 (company representatives). V16#2 (flu drugs)V16#11, V17#3 (misleading) V17#7
Antidepressants: V11#2
Approval: V2#5, V4#9, V5#10, {Council on Competiveness Plan) V8#1, (moving too quickly), V14#8, V15#2,V15#7, V17#4
Exports: V3#1, V3#2, V8#12, V9#9
Generic: V3#8, V4#11, V6#10, V11#3, V13#9
Induced Diseases: V4#9, V5#8, V7#8, V13#2, V13#6, V14#6
Industry: V15#12 (mergers), V16#8, V17#7
Conflict of Interest in Studies: V16#9
Criminal Activity: V7#3
Gifts: V7#10 , V13#8, V14#10
Labeling: V9#9 (Third World), V11#9, V11#11
Liability: V6#7
Misleading Media Reports: V16#8
Off-Label Uses: V15#9
Older Adults Study: V10#9
Painkillers: V11#2
Perks: V5#5, V6#1, V13#8, V13#9
Policies: V15#6
Post Marketing Research Studies: V16#6
Prescribing: V5#1, V5#2 V6#4, V8#3, V12#1, V13#6
Pricing (overcharging): V17#3, 4
Profits: V17#4, 7
Third Party Companies: V14#4
Prescription Information: V12#1, V13#6, V14#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
Product Safety: V14#5
Recalls: V8#7, V8#10, V9#1, V9#4, V9#7, V9#10, V10#1, V10#4, V10#7, V10#10,
V11#1, V11#4, V11#7, V11#10, V12#1, V12#4, V12#7, V12#10, V13#1, all issues beginning with V13#3
Research, Conflict of Interest: V9#11, V10#2, V13#9
Sales: V7#9 (Versed)
Third World: V8#12, V17#4
Worksheet: V8#3
Drug Enforcement Administration, Doctor Sanctions: V4#3, V5#4, V6#4, V7#12, V12#4, V12#5,V17#7
Dumping: see Patient Dumping
Duragesic Pain Patch: see Fentanyl
Dust Mites: V6#12
Dyes: see Food Dyes
E
Eldepryl: V11#2
eletter web site on Drugs for Severe Psychiatric Illnesses: V16#6
Electromagnetic Fields: V10#8, V12#6
Elensys: V14#4
Emergency Rooms: V7#12, V11#2, V11#7, see also Patient Dumping
Enalapril: see Vasotec
Enkaid (encainide): V5#7, V5#11
Enterovioform: see Vioform
Environmental Hazards: V1#5, V9#3
Ephedra: V17#5
Epilepsy: V16#10
Episiotomies, Unnecessary: V16#3
Ergoloid Mesylates: see Hydergine
Estrogen: see Birth Control Pills, DES, Hormones
Menopausal: V5#9, V7#6, V16#3, V17#7
Therapy: V3#6, V5#9, V13#6, V13#8, V14#2
Ethyl Hexanediol: V7#11
Exercise: V5#12, V17#3
Osteoporosis: V4#5
Seniors: V7#8
Women & Diabetes: V8#8
Experimentation, Human: V3#10, V6#11, V7#2, V11#4, V12#11, V14#5, V14#7, V16#7,9, V17#4
see also Institutional Review Boards
Eye Problems in Older Adults: V14#4, V14#6
F
Farm Equipment, Unsafe/Accidents: V4#3, V4#6, V5#3, V15#9
Federal Trade Commission: V17#7
Feldene: V2#1, V2#2, V2#3, V2#4, V3#1, V3#6, V11#1
Fentanyl, Narcotic Lollipops: V5#4, V10#3, V10#5 (Pain Patch)
Fiberglass: V10#9
Finasteride: see Proscar
Fish Oil Supplements: V3#3
Flecainide: see Tambocor
Flosequinan: see Manoplax
Flu: V3#1, V3#2, V16#2
Fluoroscopy: V16#12
Fluoxetine: see Prozac
Flurazepam: see Dalmane
Food and Drug Administration: V4#9, see also Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug Recalls, Medical Devices
Abbott Connection: V15#3
Approval: V14#8, V17#4, V17#6
As Excuse for Liability: V6#7, V9#12
Code of Ethics for Government Service Act: V16#5
Legislation Affecting Control: V12#6
Medical Officers: V15#1
MedWatch Program: V16#10
Operation Cure.All: V17#7
Phase IV Studies: V16#6
Regulation: V11#3, V12#6, V16#3,5,V17#4
Reporting Problems: V12#3
Food Dyes: V1#1, V1#3, V1#4, V3#12, V4#1, V4#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
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
Furosemide: see Lasix
G
Gall Bladder Surgery: V6#5
Generic Drug: see Drug, Generic
Gerovital: V7#5
Glaucoma: V6#3
Gore, Al: V15#8
Growth Hormone: V6#8
H
Halazepam: see Paxipam
Halcion: V1#4, V3#4, V6#1, V6#7, V7#11, V9#7, V11#3, V16#8
Haitian Children, poisoned: V13#12
Hay Fever: V1#6
Health Care System: V6#5, V8#11, V10#5, V10#10, V11#12, V12#3, V12#10, V13#4, V13#6, V13#8, V13#11, V14#1, V14#3, V14#5, V14#8, V14#12, see also National Health Insurance
Canadian Doctor View: V10#1, V10#2
Comparison with Other Countries: V3#4, V4#5, V5#11, V5#12, V6#8, V7#6, V7#12, V8#8, V8#9, V9#6, V9#10, V14#4, V14#5, V16#12
Corporate Health Care: V12#2, V12#4, V12#8,V12#9
Costs: V4#5, V4#8, V7#1, V7#2, V8#2, V9#2, V9#9, V10#2, V11#4, V12#3, V12#4,
V12#10, V13#8, V16#1
Health Competition: V11#4
Managed Care: see Managed Care
Patients' Rights Bills: V16#7
Profits from: V12#2, V12#4, V12#8, V12#10, V12#12
Waste, Administrative: V4#8, V9#6
Health Detectives Handbook: V1#5
Health Food Store Recommendations: V16#10
Health Insurance: see Insurance, Health
Health Maintenance Organization: see HMOs
Health Mergers: V10#7, V11#9, V12#6, V12#7, V12#9, V12#10, V13#1, V13#3, V13#5
Health PACs: V5#6
Hearing Aids: V9#10, V9#12
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
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
HIV Experiments: V13#6, V14#5
Hismanal: V8#9, V9#7
HMO: V1#2, V6#1, V7#10, V7#11, V10#3, V10#12, V11#2, V11#4, V11#5, V11#6,
V11#7, V12#2, V12#9, V12#11, V12#12, V13#1, V13#2, V13#3, V13#7, V13#9, V13#11, V13#12, V14#2 ,V14#7, V14#12, V15#1, V15#12 see also Medicare, Medicaid HMOs
Arbitration Process: V13#9
Access: V12#9, V13#12, V14#2, V14#12
Comparisons: V14#7
Cost Consideration: V13#1, V14#2, V14#9
Discipline: V13#2, V13#9, V14#4
Doctor-run: V13#7
For-Profit vs. Not-For-Profit: V12#2, V13#3, V14#7, V14#9, V15#8
Mentally Ill Treatment: V13#3
Mergers: V13#1
Hoechst: V7#3
Hoffman-LaRoche: V7#9
Home-Testing Kits: V13#11
Hope Lodge: V15#12
Hormones: V14#2 (anti-aging), V16#3, V17#7 (HRT) see also Estrogen
Hospices: V9#8
Hospitalization, Unnecessary: V3#3
Hospitals
Buying MD Practices: V3#9
Buying Patients: V7#4
Conversions: V12#7, v12#10, V13#5
Costs: V10#4, V13#4
Disciplinary Actions: V13#2
Errors: V11#8, V13#2, V13#4, V14#8
For-Profit: V2#2, V7#7, V12#7, V12#9, V12#12, V13#4, V15#9, V15#10
Illegal Changing: V14#8
Incident Reporting: V5#10
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO): V6#1, V10#9, V10#10, V11#2, V12#7, V14#1
McDonalds in: V4#4, V4#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
Negligence: V6#4
Not-for-Profit: V12#7, V12#12, V15#9
Nutrition: V4#4, V4#10, V6#9
Patients Rights: V7#4, V14#8
Quality of Care: V4#8, V4#9, V6#1, V16#6
Self-Regulation: V13#2
Sick Hospitals (book overview): V8#2
Texas: V8#2 (border patrol)
Winsted, CT: V12#7
Human Experimentation: see Experimentation, Human
Human Experimentation Corporations: V16#7,9
Human Radiation Exposure: V11#4
Hydergine: V6#12
Hypertension: V4#9, V5#10, V6#3, V6#9
Hysterectomy: V6#2
I
Iatrogenic Disease: V4#9, V5#8, V6#7
Ibuprofen: V5#6, V6#6, V10#8
Ilosone: V5#10
Immunization, Chicken Pox: V11#8
Immunization, DPT: V4#5, see also Taiwan Flu
Implants: V7#5, see also Silicone Gel Breast Implants
Incontinence: V8#2
Indexes:
Volume 1993 and 1994: V11#1
Volume 1994 and 1995: V12#1
Volume 1996 and 1997: V14#1
Volume 1997 and 1998: V15#1
Volume 1999: V16#1
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: V10#9
Influenza: see Flu
Informed Consent: see Experimentation
Insect Repellents: V7#11
Inspector General: V16#7
Insomnia: V2#2
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
CIGNA: V16#4
Golden Rule Company: V13#2
Insurance, Health: V3#11, V6#12, V15#3, see also National Health Insurance
Access: V14#5, V14#10, V14#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
Censorship: V16#4
Costs: V7#6, V11#7
Coverage: V14#3, V16#12
Diabetes Coverage: V13#2
Employee Benefits: V12#8
Fraud: V11#4, V13#2
Long-Term Care, see Long-Term Care
Medical Bills Claims: V13#3, V13#7
Medical Savings Accounts: V12#10, V13#10
Medical Service Problems: V11#4
Medigap, see Medicare, Medigap
Mental Illness Payment: V12#11, V13#3
Michigan: V13#2
Pets: V13#3
Risk-Rated: V8#8, V11#6
State Health Plans: V6#11, V7#3, V8#7, V14#10
Uninsurance, Epidemic of: V7#7, V8#6, V9#1, V11#2, V11#3, V14#11, V14#12, V15#2, V15#11
Universal Coverage: V14#9, V14#12, V16#12
Internet: V13#9, V14#10 (health information), V15#6 (drug information), V15#7, V17#7
Intraocular Lenses: V3#3
Iodinated Glycerol: V4#12, V9#6
Iodochlorxyquin: see Vioform
Irradiated Food: V2#1, V2#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
Kidney Disease: V6#6
Kidney Failure: V7#3, V11#2 (drug-induced)
Kidney Transplant: V14#11
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
Latex Gloves: V14#2, V16#5
Latin America: V17#4
Laxatives: V3#4, V3#7
Lead Candle Wicks: V16#4,8; V17#3
Leaded Crystal: V7#5
Levamisole: V8#7
Liability (Drug & Device): V6#7
Librium: V1#4, V3#4, V16#8
Lisinopril: see Prinivil
Listeria: V8#6
Liver Problems: V11#2
Living Will: V7#11
Lollipops: see Fentanyl
Long-Term Care Insurance: V6#5, V6#6, V6#8, V7#10, V7#12, V13#7, V13#12
National Program: V8#1, V8#7, V10#5
Nursing Homes: V11#10
Plan FE (AARP): V9#12
Veterans: V7#11
Loratidine: see Claritan
Lorazepam: see Ativan
Lotronex: V17#6
Lumpectomy: V6#2
Lung Cancer: see Chromium, Hexavalent
Lyme Disease: V3#7
M
Mad Cow Disease: V17#3,5
Malpractice: V14#3, see also Doctor Sanctions
Malpractice Reforms (Bush): V7#7
Mammography: V7#8, V7#9, V11#1, V13#8
Managed Care: V10#3, V10#4, V10#12, V11#7, V11#9, V12#2, V12#7, V12#8, V12#11, V12#12, V13#1, V13#2, V13#3, V13#9, V13#11, V14#2, V15#2, V15#5, V15#12, V16#2,6; V17#2
Humor: V13#2, V13#4, V13#9, V13#11, V14#2, V16#2
Managerial Medicine: V11#4
Manoplax: V9#7
Marijuana, Legalizing for Medical Treatment: V10#9
Massachusetts, Physician Profiles: V12#12
Mastectomy: V1#3
Outpatient: V12#10, V12#11
Medicaid: V4#1, V11#4 (Florida), V11#12, (HMOs) V12#1, V12#2, V12#9
Medical Advice: V10#11
Medical Care: V11#6, V11#7
Medical Breakthroughs: V3#10, V6#6
Medical Decision-making: V10#10
Medical Devices
Companies Liability: V6#7
Dangerous: V3#6, V7#5, V9#10, V9#12, V14#5
Effects of Metal Dectectors On: V14#11
Recalls: V8#6, V8#9, V9#1, V9#3, V9#6, V9#9, V9#12, V10#3, V10#6, V10#9, V10#12, V11#3, V11#6, V11#9, V11#12, V12#3, V12#6, V12#9, V12#12, all issues beginning with V13#3
Regulation: V5#6, V5#10, V6#12, V8#5, V9#12
Reporting: see Food and Drug Administration, Adverse Drug Reporting
Medical Education: V16#12
Medical Errors: V16#1
Medical Ethics: V10#3, V15#5; V16#1
Medical Journals: V10#2, V17#4
Medical Officers: see Food and Drug Administration
Medical Records Access: V2#4, V2#5, V3#1, V8#9, V11#9, V12#1
Medical Research:
Conflict of Interest: V17#4
Funding: V7#3, V11#7, V12#6
Paying Subjects: V16#1
Medical Savings Accounts: V12#10, V13#2
Medical School, Letters From: V8#12, V9#4, V9#5, V10#2, V12#3, V12#5
Medical Students: V9#7 (drug industry perks)
Medicare:
Anti-fraud legislation: V12#8
Benefits: V9#9
Budget Cuts: V5#1, V6#12, V9#10, V11#5, V11#11, V11#12, V12#9, V13#10, V15#2
Catastrophic Coverage: V3#9, V4#3, V4#11, V5#5, V5#6, V5#7, V5#9, V5#11,
V6#1, V11#12
Claims, Auto Phone System: V6#3
Colorectal Cancer Screening: V16#4
Congress: V11#4, V11#11, V11#12, V12#9
Costs, Out-of-Pocket: V1#2, V2#5, V3#11, V4#3, V8#4, V8#9, V13#10
Doctors Denied Payment: V4#7
Doctors Sanctioned: V3#5, V3#10, V3#12, V4#1, V4#7, V4#12, V7#2
Drug Prices: V6#3, V15#4
Educational Interventions: V7#11
Fraud: V12#8
HMOs: V11#5, V11#6, V11#12, V12#2, V12#11, V14#12
Home Health Benefits: V4#5, V8#6
Hospital Discharge (Early): V4#4
Hospital Mortality Data: see Hospitals, Mortality Data
Illegal Deposits: V8#10
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
Medigap: V5#7, V6#5, V6#8, V9#9, V12#3, V13#5
National Home Care Program: V4#5
Nursing Home Overcharges: V8#10
Overcharging: V3#6, V3#7, V4#8, V4#10, V5#10, V6#1, V8#4, V9#12
Peer Review Organizations: see Medicare Doctors Sanctioned
Quality of Care Hospital: V4#9, V16#6
Reform: V11#10, V12#8
Respiratory Equipment (Waste): V8#9
Solvency: V12#9, V12#12
Unnecessary Hospitalization: V4#6
Unnecessary Procedures: V4#1
Medigap: see Medicare, Medigap
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, V6#7, V6#10, V11#1, V11#9, V17#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
Mergers: see Health Mergers
Meridia: V14#3
Merital: V2#3, V7#3
Methylene Chloride: V2#3
Metoclopramide: see Reglan
Microbes: V14#1
Midazolam: see Versed
Midwives: V11#11
Milk, Raw: see Raw Milk
Minilaparatomy: V6#2
Minoxidil: see Rogaine
Misoprostol: see Cytotec
Modane: see Danthron
Mononucleosis: V4#4
Montelukast: see Singulair
Mypap: V7#12
N
Naprosyn: V10#2
Naproxen: V10#8
Narcotics: V4#3 see also Fentanyl, Narcotic Lollipops
Narrow Therapeutic Index: V13#9
National Health Insurance: V8#5,V10#3, V10#12, V11#2, V15#11;V16#1
AARP Postion: see AARP
Clinton Administration Position: V8#12, V9#4, V9#5, V9#6, V9#7, V10#2
Congressional Legislation: V7#4, V8#4
Lobbying: V10#11
Plans, Comparisons: V6#3, V9#5, V10#1, V10#11
Single Payer Support: V8#7, V8#12, V9#7,V9#12, V10#1, V10#3, V10#7, V10#9,
V10#11, V14#9, V16#12
State Plans: see Insurance, State Health Plans
National Medical Enterprises: V10#9
National Practitioner Data Bank: V5#12, V6#3, V6#11, V8#3, V9#8, V10#7, V17#7
Needle Contamination: V11#8
Needle Exchange Programs: V12#3, V12#11
Needlestick Injuries: V17#1
Nestor, John:V15#6
New England Journal of Medicine: V17#4
Niacin: V6#11
Niacin (Sustained Release): V10#4
Nicotine Gum: V4#12
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
Improper Drug Prescribing: V5#1
Nutri/Systems: V14#3
O
Obesity, Children & TV: V16#11
Occupational Safety and Health:
Canadian Plan: V10#5
Health Care Worker: V11#8
Occupational Safety and Health Administration: V1#3, V4#7, V5#9, V10#3, V10#10
Enforcement: V15#10
Safety Bingo : V10#10
Older Adults, Drug Use: V4#6, V4#9, V5#2, V6#8, V6#11, V7#8, V8#3
Olestra: V12#3
Operation Cure.All: V17#7
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation: V11#4
Orudis: V2#3
Osteoarthritis: V14#6
Osteoporosis: V3#5, V3#6, V4#5, V6#11, V11#4, V15#4, V16#12, V17#7
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
Pacemakers:
Cellular Phone Interference: V12#7
Defective: V4#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, V5#7, V9#10, V10#10
Patient Cost Sharing: V11#6
Patient Dumping: V4#11, V5#1, V5#9, V7#5, V7#9, V9#6, V10#8, V10#11, V12#4, V14#1
Patient Guide: V11#6, V11#7
Patient Outcome Research Teams (PORTs): V10#11, V10#12
Patient Package Inserts: V11#11
Patients Rights: V6#2, V7#4, V7#11, V16#7
Patient Safety Act 1994: V10#10
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, V7#2
Pertussis Vaccine: V4#5
Pesticides: V7#2
Peterson, Esther: V14#2
Pfizer: V15#9 (ear infections), V15#11 (correction), see also Bjork-Shiley
Pharmaceutical Industry: see Drug Industry
Pharmacists: V11#12
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
Plants, Toxic: V8#4
Playground Safety: V6#11
Play Sand, Dangers: see Sand
Poisonings: V13#12
Polls: V10#5
PORTS: see Patient Outcome Research Teams
Potassium: V4#9
Poultry, Irradiated: V8#9
PPA: see Phenylpropanolamine
Prazepam: see Centrax
Pregancy, Complications: V17#2
Pregnancy, Herbs and Supplements for: V16#3,5
Preparation H: V8#5
Prescription: see Drug, Prescription
Pressure Ulcers: V12#11
Primary Care: V16#1, V16#2
Prinivil: V5#10
Product Safety, Alert: V6#10, V6#11, V7#5, V7#7, V7#11, V8#2, V8#4, V8#5, V8#8, V8#11, V9#2, V9#5, V9#8, V9#11, V10#2, V10#5, V10#8, V10#11, V11#2, V11#5, V11#8, V11#11, V12#2, V12#5, V12#7, V12#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
Prozac: V6#6, V7#5, V10#5, V10#7, V10#8 (with Dilantin)
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, V4#9, V9#8, see also Medical Care
Questionable Doctors Publication: V6#8, V7#7, V9#11,V12#4, V14#3, V16#9
Questran: see Cholestyramine
Quinine Sulfate: V4#9, V5#1, V10#10
Qui-Tam Lawsuits: V13#4, v13#10, V13#12
R
R.J. Reynolds: V3#7, V5#8, V5#9, V8#5
Radial Keratotomy: V1#6
Radiation: see also Fluoroscopy and Xray and Human Radiation Exposure
Nuclear: V3#10
Radon Gas: V3#2
Raw Milk: V3#2, V5#4, V7#3
Reglan: V6#7
Relenza: V16#2
Research: see Medical Research
Residency, Long Hours: V5#9, V15#3, V15#7, V17#6
Restoril: V1#4, V3#4, V16#8
Retin-A: V4#9, V11#4
Rexall Showcase International (RSI): V15#10
Reye's Syndrome: see Aspirin
Rezulin: V15#5; V16#4, V16#5
Right to Know: V1#1, V1#2, V1#3, V1#5, V1#6, V5#11
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: V3#7
Rogaine (Regaine): V3#3, V3#7, V5#8
Rosiglitazone: V16#4
RU 486: V6#10
S
Safety Bingo: V10#10
Safety Cables: V9#10 (deaths)
Sand: V4#8, V5#8
Schering-Plough: V17#4
Schizophrenia: V2#2, V6#7, V11#10
Scoliosis: V1#6
Searle: V6#1
Second Opinion: V1#2, V3#3, V3#11, V6#2
Sedatives: V7#3
Seldane: V8#9
Selegiline: see Eldepryl
Serax: V1#4, V3#4, V5#5, V16#8
Sex: V15#4
Sex Education: V17#1
Sex-related Offenses, see Doctors, Sex-related Offenses
Self-referral: see Doctor, Self-referral
Sibutramine: see Meridia
Silicone Gel Implants: V4#12, V5#3, V5#5, V8#3, V10#1, V10#8, V14#9
Advertising: V7#4, V7#6,
FDA advisory panel: V8#1, V8#2
Sildenafil: see Viagra
Singulair: V14#10
Sinutab: V11#9
Skin Cancer: V13#8, V16#6
Sleeping Pills: V1#4, V3#4, V5#5, V6#1
Smokeless Tobacco: V1#1, V1#2, V1#3, V1#4, V1#5, V2#1, V2#2, V2#5, V3#5
Smokers Rights: V5#9
Smoking
Advertisements: see Tobacco
Campaign Contributions: see Tobacco
Cessation: V4#10, V4#11, V4#12, V5#4
Depression: V6#12
Recommendation to Congress: V5#4
Snuff: see Smokeless Tobacco
Sodium Nitroprusside: V6#4
Spinal Cord Injuries: V6#6
St. John's Wort: V16#4
Stadol: V13#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
Sunbeam and AMA: V13#9
Sunscreen: see Melanoma
Suprol (Suprofen): V2#3, V2#5, V3#1, V3#7
Surfaxin: V17#4
Surgery
Advertising: V6#4
Pain Control After: V12#9
Second Opinion: V6#2
Unnecessary: V1#2, V4#1, V4#9
Synthroid: V12#6, see also medical research
T
Tacrine: see Cognex
Taiwan Flu: V3#1, V3#2
Tamiflu: V16#2
Tamoxifen: V10#7, V10#8 (correction), V14#12
Tambocor: V5#7, V5#11
Tampering: V7#4
Tampon Absorbency Warnings: V3#9, V4#7, V5#10, V6#6
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, V3#8, V3#12, V4#2, V5#8, V5#12, V6#9, V8#5, V10#4, V14#10
Congress: V8#12, V9#11
Exports: V3#7, V5#12, V6#5, V14#10
Health, Minority, Other Organizations: V9#1, V14#5, V14#9
Industry: V8#10 , V14#5
Insider, The (movie): V16#2
Labeling: V14#10
Lobbyists: V12#9, V14#5, V14#9
Philip Morris: V4#2, V5#12, V10#12; V16#4
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: V10#7
Toradol: V9#8, V9#12, V10#11
Toxic Shock Syndrome: see Tampon
Toxoplasmosis: V4#5
Trandate: see Labetalol
Tranquilizers: V1#4, V3#4, V3#12, V5#5, V7#3, V8#12, V16#8
Tranxene: V1#4, V3#4, V16#8
Transfusions: see Blood Transfusions
Tretinoin: see Retin-A
Triazolam: see Halcion
Triplicate Prescriptions: V6#4
Troglitazone: V16#4
Tuberculosis: V5#3
TV and Obese Children: V1#3
Tye, James: V12#10
Tylenol: V7#3, V10#12 (with alcohol), V11#2
U
Ulcers: V12#11, see also Pressure Ulcers
Ulcerative Colitis: see Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Urinary Incontinence: V8#2
USA Today, Drug Advertising: V14#9
V
Vaccination Policy: V16#6
Vaccine, DPT: V4#5
Vaccine Drug Price Control: V4#10
Valium: V1#4, V3#4, V16#8
ValueJet Healthcare: V12#10
Varicella: see Chickenpox
Vasectomy: V2#2
Vasotec: V5#10
Versed: V4#3, V4#6, V7#9
Veterans, Long-Term Care: V7#11
Viagra: V14#8
Vioform: V1#4, V1#5, V1#6
Vitamins: V6#11, V9#12, V10#4
Vitamin B3: see Niacin
Voltaren: V7#5
Volume Index, 2000 and Cumulative Alphabetic Index: V17#1
W
Warfarin: see Coumadin
Web Sites: V16#3,5,6
Weight Loss: V10#4, V13#11, V15#11, see also Olestra
Wellbutrin: V2#3
Womens Health Alert (book overview): V7#4
Workplace Hazards: V1#1, V1#2, V1#3, V1#5, V3#5, V3#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
Wyeth-Ayerst: V5#5, V5#7, V7#1
X
Xanax: V1#4, V3#4, V8#12, V16#8
X-Rays: V3#2, V3#3
Z
Zithromax: V15#9
