Science and Research

Would You Cancel a Surgery if Your Surgeon is Getting a Kick-Back?

The specific question is about getting kickbacks as a surgeon using a medical device, and was originally asked on Quora. The explanation to the question (posted by the asker) said, “The department of justice has investigated conflicts of interest, and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has published on the topic. To quote from the gazette: Payments [...]

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Is taurine in Red Bull harmful?

Question on Quora asks about taurine: “It’s the ingredient in Red Bull. I’m aware that each Red Bull contains the amount of caffeine a cup of coffee would have but what about the taurine ingredient?” According to a pubmed citation – this one specifically examines the effects of energy drinks containing Taurine and other additives [...]

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Medicines and Drugs – Do Doctors and Scientists Know What They’re Talking About?!

Here’s a great question from Quora: “Do doctors and/or scientists really understand why or how drugs work or do they only understand that they (begin emphasis) do (end emphasis) work?” I think an accurate description would be, “doctors and scientists mostly understand one or few aspects of how the active compound of a drug could/should [...]

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How Pharma Employees Rip Off Their Employers

Not sure if this adds up much to the costs of drugs, but it does bloat the overhead that is paid by pharma companies to keep its employees. For example, a pharma field manager wants to do a “ride along” with her subordinate. Sounds logical, yes? Only she wants to go to a state where [...]

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