Although some would warn about privacy problems, knowing the medical history is essential to good care. Sharing info on patients overcomes some problems, like inadequate or incomplete patient or family sourced information. http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/46928-when-hospitals-share-patient-records-emergency-patients-benefit-study-suggests.html
You might ask why is there a dogma that universal health insurance coverage would reduce Emergency Department utilization? All the smart guys say so, all the way up to the President. Well, in fact the consensus about ED visits and utilization has always been based on junk science analysis.
The Brisbane Times reports:
We report. You decide.
Routine supplementation of vitamin C in the general population is not justified for the prevention of colds. But athletes may benefit.
Can you really trust a health care provider that opts for political correctness over science?
“The Salt Institute says 2011 was a year of vindication for salt as half a dozen medical studies showed health benefits of salt or revealed significant risks of low-sodium diets.”
By Steven Milloy September 04, 2008, FoxNews.com Why is the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine encouraging a cancer scare over the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin? Is he overcompensating for past bad behavior? Prescribed for millions of patients, Vytorin is a single pill that combines the cholesterol-lowering medicines Zocor and Zetia. Its popularity declined … Continue reading Cholesterol Drug Scare Shenanigans