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Should doctors refuse to treat obese patients?

World of DTC Marketing

IN BRIEF: Doctors are not required to treat obese patients who won’t do anything to lose weight but the problem is more than reminding patients they need to get exercise and drop pounds. Susan knew she needed to lose weight, especially when her doctor told her that her A1C indicated that she was prediabetic.

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HCP’s use of social media: the good and the not so good

World of DTC Marketing

HCPs are also connecting more than ever: one study showed that HCP posts about healthcare increased from 10% in 2013 to 50% in 2019. According to Sermo, two-thirds of physicians spend at least an hour on social media, with an average daily use of two hours and twenty-two minutes. 33 Even now, nearly 70% of all HCPs are digital natives.

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Constipation Patients Are Suffering in Silence—Here’s How to Help Them

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1 Yet, most patients haven’t tried prescription therapies, a discovery Phreesia Life Sciences made after surveying 6,780 adults age 18 and older who previously had been diagnosed with or treated for constipation as they checked in for their doctors’ appointments. Why the disconnect? Give Patients the Resources They Want.

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Personal responsibility in the obesity epidemic

World of DTC Marketing

After a visit to his doctor, he found out that he had diabetes and was immediately put on medication. ” Roughly 40% of all US cases of incident diabetes during 2013-2016 were directly attributable to obesity , a finding that further solidifies the major etiologic role for obesity in the current American diabetes epidemic.

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Top 12 Healthcare Technology Start-ups To Know

Medico Reach

Founder: Tim Barry Year of Establishment: 2013 Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois. Now, the organization is looking at opening over 500 to 700 new doctors’ offices in collaboration with Walgreens by 2025. Founders: Ali Diab and Rajaie Batniji Year of establishment: 2013 Headquarters: San Mateo, California. Collective Health.

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How Pharma Companies Can Benefit from eatNgage

eatNgage

The implementation of the Sunshine Act in 2013, was a game changer for the pharmaceutical sales process. Research has shown that doctors who are treated to a meal by pharmaceutical reps, are more likely to prescribe the promoted drug. For Guests. Case Studies. Integrations. How Pharma Companies Can Benefit from eatNgage.

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Targeting tumours with novel radiopharmaceuticals

European Pharmaceutical Review

He attended the College of the Holy Cross studying Mathematics and Physics and went on to receive his doctorate from the University of Arizona in Applied Mathematics under Professor Harrison H. He has over 20 years of research and business development experience in Nuclear Medicine. Barrett at the Center for Gamma Ray Imaging.