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cbayer

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4. While I understand and support the requirements for CE, many of these are

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 12:21 PM

Mar 2013

really not that, but pitches for specific drugs.

The studies presented are often flawed and the way they are presented is clearly biased. And everyone knows that.

The TV MD's are another story. While some present some decent information, others are shills.

And then there are the myriad of websites that patients scour looking for something, anything, that will give them relief. The general public can't properly evaluate the material and many just believe it because they read it on the internet.

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Did the good people at medscape pose an explanation for that? HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #1

Drat. Can't get to the article without signing up, which I am not going to do. cbayer Mar 2013 #2

Medical professions require continuing education, the allied industries fund most of that. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #3

While I understand and support the requirements for CE, many of these are cbayer Mar 2013 #4

I see it sort of the other way, I think TV MD's are among the most conflicted HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #5