1) How do you get patients to take their TB meds? Reward them with free cellular air time.

This is similar to paying patients to quit smoking or lose weight. It’s somewhat sad that physicians have to resort to bribing patients for their own good. Better health doesn’t seem to be reward enough.

2) Naturopaths in Minnesota can now call themselves “Doctor” with confidence.

Before one concludes that the controversy is stirred up by turf-protecting MDs, consider how easy it is to become a “certified” naturopathic provider.

3) A reader writes: “I wondered if you’ve covered the issue of free drug samples.”

Drug reps, Big Pharma and drug samples are common topics here.

Free samples are simply a gateway to a lifetime of expensive brand-name medications. So, the only samples that I’ll accept are ones where there are no generic equivalent.

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