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June 19, 2008
Lack of price transparancy is the main hurdle towards moving to a free market medical system
Analysis of: Writing New Prescriptions for Change--Policymakers' Interest in Health Care Intensifies | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Medical care in the U.S. is continuing its slide toward Socialism.  The lack of price transparancy in medicine scares people and leads them to believe that the government must step in to protect them from being price gouged.  The best protection for most people is to be...
June 19, 2008
Government is hindering good surgical care
Analysis of: Writing New Prescriptions for Change--Policymakers' Interest in Health Care Intensifies | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
'Safety' scalpels, blunt needles and government interference.
May 14, 2008
EHR is way too expensivce and unaffordable for the majority of Physicians
Analysis of: EHR Is Inevitable | www.eclinicalworks.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
EHR should not be mandated unless the government steps in and picks up the majority of the costs to implement and maintain EHR in a physician practice. 
John SpurlockMay 13, 2008
FDA approval of strattera in kids should be good news for Lilly
Analysis of: FDA Approves Strattera® for Maintenance of ADHD in Children and Adolescents | newsroom.lilly.com
Author: John Spurlock, Medical Director, Continence Management Institute of the LeHigh Valley
1. Lilly should be pleased with approval of Strattera in children and adolescents 2. Strattera is the superior agent for ADHD 3. approval should boost Liily sales
John SpurlockMarch 25, 2008
bribes and bad apples
Analysis of: New Focus of Inquiry Into Bribes: Doctors | www.nytimes.com
Author: John Spurlock, Medical Director, Continence Management Institute of the LeHigh Valley
1. Do doctors accept bribes? 2. Would a bribe affect a doctors usage of a product 3. Is there a need for a greater crack down on bribes?
January 14, 2008
A caveat pertaining to studies of Postmenopausal Vaginal Syndrome
Analysis of: QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 3 Results for Study of Ophena(TM) (ospemifene) to Treat Postmenopausal Vaginal Syndrome | www.prnewswire.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Have women with severe vulvovaginal atrophy been excluded? I am not aware of the inclusion/exclusion criteria for the study reported here, but studies of this sort generally require an endometrial biopsy at the beginning and end of the study to ensure no adverse endometrial effect from the study drug....
October 19, 2007
CMS pay for performance scam
Analysis of: Nonpayment for Performance? Medicare's New Reimbursement Rule | content.nejm.org
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
This is a chilling concept. To have a govenrment agent decide what is a "preventable" complication is a disaster. This is another step in the development  of Hillary Care.
October 1, 2007
Question the efficacy of this procedure
Analysis of: EsophyX(TM) Receives FDA Clearance For Performing Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication Surgery | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
There is not enough information to evaluate this procedure. The open procedure is time tested and performed by surgeons. Since a lot of these procedures will not be done by surgoens, complications will arise that the non-surgeon will not recognize. This is dangerous.
July 13, 2007
Virtually none
Analysis of: FDA Clears Wyeth Contraceptive Pill | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Most gynecologists already use continuous regimens of ocp's A large percentage of patients using continuous regimens have problems with intermenstrual bleeding/spotting Many patients think it is "unnatural" to not have menses (regardless of the evidence otherwise)
John SpurlockJune 25, 2007
Overworked Interns, "Holy Grays Anatomy!"
Analysis of: Overworked Medical Interns a Danger to Patients | www.forbes.com
Author: John Spurlock, Medical Director, Continence Management Institute of the LeHigh Valley
1. overworked interns are the result of service versus education 2. Hour's of work limitations need to be expanded.

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