Medical marketing is the art of promoting and pandering pharmaceutical drugs to doctors. The so-called “licit” drug sector spends more money doing this than researching its products. This may explain, in part, why relatively little money is devoted to following up on the countless harmful
Good News/Bad News The Good News: a nine-year international study, funded by the Agency for International Development (AID) and executed by Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of Columbia, MD, joyfully reported that fertility in the developing world has declined sharply in the past two decades.
The U.S. House of Representatives, Committee of Government Operations, has called for Congressional hearings on A.I.D. A report on the agency’s finances is presently being prepared by the U.S. Government Accounting Organization. During the first week of December, millions of television viewers saw evidence of
by Jean M. Guilfoyle “Thou shalt not kill.” “The United States does not consider abortion an acceptable element of family planning programs and will no longer contribute to those of which it is a part. Accordingly, when dealing with nations which support abortion with funds
“Youth Deficits — An Emerging Problem” The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency reports a decline of young adults in developed countries and the emergence of a youth deficit, defined as less than 15 percent share of young adults within the total population. By 1985, the proportion
U.S. Computer System Calculates Death Risk Researchers say they have developed a system that can help physicians and families of severely ill patients calculate the patient’s chance of dying. The APACHE III system enables doctors to compare one patient’s condition against the experience of thousands
As pressures for euthanasia mount on the European continent, memories of the involvement of German physicians and intellectuals in Nazi atrocities haunt the debate. At a 5 November press conference in the Brussels International Press Center, the European Medical Education Trust warned of the tragic
The sprawling island continent of Australia, once viewed as a land of adventure and forward looking people, now faces a desiccated future of childlessness. During the period from 1972 to 1989, Australian birth and reproduction rates show a steady decline. Between 1972–87, fertility declined by
CANADIAN PROLIFERS IN CHARGE “The superb political machine of the prolifers kicks into gear with letters, phone calls and visits. Come time for the hospital annual meeting, there are hundreds of new members — and another hospital joins the list of hospitals refusing to do
JOY COMES TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY! Patricia Poppe, program officer of the Latin American Division of Johns Hopkins University Population Communications Services JHUIPCS, crowed with joy when, investigating opportunities for USAID-funded population control among Mexicans, she discovered that: “… suddenly we saw, on top of
Medical marketing is the art of promoting and pandering pharmaceutical drugs to doctors. The so-called “licit” drug sector spends more money doing this than researching
Good News/Bad News The Good News: a nine-year international study, funded by the Agency for International Development (AID) and executed by Demographic and Health Surveys
The U.S. House of Representatives, Committee of Government Operations, has called for Congressional hearings on A.I.D. A report on the agency’s finances is presently being
by Jean M. Guilfoyle “Thou shalt not kill.” “The United States does not consider abortion an acceptable element of family planning programs and will no
“Youth Deficits — An Emerging Problem” The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency reports a decline of young adults in developed countries and the emergence of a
U.S. Computer System Calculates Death Risk Researchers say they have developed a system that can help physicians and families of severely ill patients calculate the
As pressures for euthanasia mount on the European continent, memories of the involvement of German physicians and intellectuals in Nazi atrocities haunt the debate. At
The sprawling island continent of Australia, once viewed as a land of adventure and forward looking people, now faces a desiccated future of childlessness. During
CANADIAN PROLIFERS IN CHARGE “The superb political machine of the prolifers kicks into gear with letters, phone calls and visits. Come time for the hospital
JOY COMES TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY! Patricia Poppe, program officer of the Latin American Division of Johns Hopkins University Population Communications Services JHUIPCS, crowed with