November 2006 - Posts

• It gets nasty for Nice

  For such a haven of faceless bureaucrats, NICE has suddenly become the hate figure of the UK. NICE - or the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - is the gatekeeper of the National Health Service , and it is the ultimate arbiter of the Read More... Posted 17 November 2006 14:50 by Bryan Hubbard | 2 Comments Filed under: national health service, national institute for clinical excellence, drug companies, alzheimer's, pfizer, herceptin, aricept, doctors, cancer

• Mr Bush's poodle

  Most agree that the American health model is in meltdown. Driven by insurance money, surgeons perform too many unnecessary operations while doctors dispense too many unnecessary drugs . Not only does this aggressively interventionist approach keep medical Read More... Posted 16 November 2006 17:22 by Bryan Hubbard | 1 Comments Filed under: drug advertising, national health service, alex azar, national institute for clinical excellence, drug companies

• Welcome to Adverse Reactions

  Welcome! This is a Blog by Bryan Hubbard , of What Doctors Don't Tell You , and I promise to write frequently, and especially if I'm so moved by something nasty, dramatic or plain daft that happens in medicine (so that means I'll be writing Read More... Posted 16 November 2006 17:13 by Bryan Hubbard | 0 Comments