Physicians at the American Medical Association's annual meeting booed President Obama when he said he would not advocate caps on malpractice awards. The writer argues the AMA has long been obstructionist and that vitamin D drew more attention this year than care for troops and veterans.
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Why are hormone makers still pushing HRT?
Industry-sponsored studies and marketing now claim women can get hormone therapy's benefits by starting in their early 50s. The piece compares this to tobacco-funded research, noting 5,000 Prempro and Premarin lawsuits and that a cited 2004 study's lead author consulted for Wyeth.
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Oprah chicken giveaway sparks farming questions
Animal advocates protested outside Oprah's Harpo Studios after she offered coupons for an estimated 40,000 free Kentucky Grilled Chicken meals, months after airing shows on factory-farm cruelty and trying a vegan diet. Mercy For Animals organized the demonstration.
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Retraction paragraph from Martha
A correction letter from writer Martha Rosenberg saying Dr. Michelle O'Donovan was wrongly identified in an earlier article about Seroquel litigation, with an editor's note that the article has been removed.
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High fructose corn syrup, sugar, and several fruit juices all contain the same simple sugars
A letter to the editor from Audrae Erickson, president of the Corn Refiners Association, responding to a June 25 article and defending high fructose corn syrup as no different from other common sweeteners.
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Comment on reports on John McCain's health
A reader's letter faulting the site's coverage of John McCain's medical records for not reporting that no physicians were allowed to see them and that the candidate was not given available tests for short-term memory loss or incipient Alzheimer's.
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