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« Primary care doctors in short supply, survey says | Main | Telling all, genetically speaking » Wednesday, July 25, 2007Today's Globe: Katrina doctor, herpes ads, circumcision, menopause pill, Albert Ellis, primary care
An ad campaign by drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline to educate blacks about genital herpes, a sexually transmitted disease that is far more common among African-Americans than other racial or ethnic groups, has divided public health authorities and raised complicated questions about race, sex, disease, and commerce. A US health specialist urged governments worldwide yesterday to endorse circumcision to slow the spread of HIV, saying men without the procedure have a greater risk of contracting the virus from infected female partners. Wyeth, the world's largest maker of hormone treatments, has unexpectedly failed to win federal approval for its experimental menopause pill, Pristiq.
Even though patients receive 95 percent of their healthcare outside of a hospital, it's just too expensive to be a primary-care doctor in America today, Debra A. Geihsler, president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates & Atrius Health, writes in an opinion piece. Posted by Elizabeth Cooney at 06:41 AM
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A grand jury yesterday refused to indict Dr. Anna M. Pou (left), who was accused of killing four elderly patients in the chaotic aftermath of 
