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Sometimes doctors are/were of full of shite:
Posted on 1/9/14 at 2:13 am
Posted on 1/9/14 at 2:13 am
And will do anything for extra money. Doctor endorsed cigarette brands in the 50's 
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Posted on 1/9/14 at 2:17 am to okietiger
So the big question is.. what are the cigarettes of today? What are doctors endorsing today that will be revealed to be harmful for our health in the future?
Posted on 1/9/14 at 2:19 am to GEAUXmedic
I often times disregard doctors' opinions until I dig deeper.
Scientists too.
And to answer your question: I have no idea.
Scientists too.
And to answer your question: I have no idea.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 2:20 am to okietiger
Don Draper doin' work, son.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 2:25 am to GEAUXmedic
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So the big question is.. what are the cigarettes of today? What are doctors endorsing today that will be revealed to be harmful for our health in the future?
Adderall and other specific brands of pharmaceuticals
Posted on 1/9/14 at 2:39 am to okietiger
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Doctor endorsed cigarette brands in the 50's
Going back to the 1920s, there was also the Torches of Freedom public relations campaign developed by Edward Bernays (nephew of Sigmund Freud) and A.A. Brill.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 2:49 am to okietiger
Always remember that doctors don't know everything.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 3:24 am to lsuwontonwrap
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Always remember that doctors don't know everything.
This is very true and I'm living proof of that.
Last March when I was in the hospital, I had two heart transplant doctors come into my room and flat out told me and the wife that I needed to get my biz in order right away. Then they told me and the wife that I had less then 6 months to live.
Right then and there I told them to just get me back on my feet and to frick off! I fired there arse and had a talk with the head cheese.
I'm still here and kicking.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 3:31 am to fishfighter
Posted on 1/9/14 at 4:30 am to Ellis Dee
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So the big question is.. what are the cigarettes of today? What are doctors endorsing today that will be revealed to be harmful for our health in the future?
Low fat/high carbohydrate diets.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 4:39 am to just1dawg
The over prescription of antibiotics since WWII is going to result in a lot of deaths in the next century. Way more than cigarettes.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 5:36 am to okietiger
Smoking - It was a different time. Smoking was ubiquitous. When I went to college in 1970. It was up to the teacher, but it was common to walk into class and see ashtrays sitting on the desk or tables. That's right, we could smoke in class. I'm glad to see that is not popular anymore; in the US. There's still a lot of smoking in Germany and Belgium.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 5:48 am to fishfighter
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Always remember that doctors don't know everything.
Truth my buddy was in a car accident this week and the local Dr discharged him not knowing his wife was a nurse. Wife took him to UVA and he had 2 broken vertebrae collapsed lung and had lost over 40% of his blood, would have died if he didnt have a nurse for a wife.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 6:47 am to GEAUXmedic
Follow the money, what are they getting paid to push now?
Posted on 1/9/14 at 6:56 am to Cockopotamus
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Adderall and other specific brands of pharmaceuticals
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 6:57 am to fishfighter
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I'm still here and kicking.
The movie will be called:
Fishfighter(tm): Too Stubborn to Die
This post was edited on 1/9/14 at 6:58 am
Posted on 1/9/14 at 7:03 am to mauser
Hasn't the smoking rate hovered around 20% for the last couple of decades? Thanks largely to West Virginia & Kentucky. Those folks can smoke!
This post was edited on 1/9/14 at 7:04 am
Posted on 1/9/14 at 7:05 am to okietiger
Can't wait to tell someone about the T-zone
Posted on 1/9/14 at 7:11 am to TejasHorn
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Hasn't the smoking rate hovered around 20% for the last couple of decades? Thanks largely to West Virginia & Kentucky. Those folks can smoke!
They smoke heavily down here, too. Louisiana (among many other southern states) remains at 25 to 26% adult smoking rates.
One of the things that keeps us down.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 7:20 am to okietiger
Have been a drug rep for 15 years and can say that you are 100% correct.
The MD profession is no different that mechanic, plumber, insurance agent. Some are really good and talented, care about what they do and want to stay ahead of the curve as far as new therapies, medicines, etc. Others just want to get you in and out of their office as fast as they can so they can bill for a visit, put no thought into why they are giving you a certain medicine and many times are extremely burned out with being an MD.
If you ever have a serious diagnosis, always get a 2nd opinion.
The MD profession is no different that mechanic, plumber, insurance agent. Some are really good and talented, care about what they do and want to stay ahead of the curve as far as new therapies, medicines, etc. Others just want to get you in and out of their office as fast as they can so they can bill for a visit, put no thought into why they are giving you a certain medicine and many times are extremely burned out with being an MD.
If you ever have a serious diagnosis, always get a 2nd opinion.
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