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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
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Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
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LONDON (AP) -- About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments - usually drugs or vitamins that won't really help their condition. And many of these doctors are not honest with their patients about what they are doing, the survey found....
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'Benevolent deception' allows patient to believe she's getting a useful treatment because, paradoxically, it might work, researchers say If your doctor has prescribed antibiotics for the flu or told you to try B12 vitamins for fatigue, those treatments were probably just a placebo—an unproven therapy offered with the hope you would feel better if you took something.
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About half of American internists and rheumatologists in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments - usually drugs or vitamins that won't really help their condition.
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A jury has been told two NHS doctors planned "murder on a terrible scale" with a series of car bombings across Britain.
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When it comes to exercise, many doctors may need to start practicing what they preach, a survey of young UK physicians suggests.
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The mayor of Port Coquitlam will seek a councillor's seat in the upcoming municipal election despite being found guilty of assault.
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Senior defensive tackle received a fifth year of eligibility after missing most of last season because of a knee injury, and he's determined to make the most of it. UCLA's Brigham Harwell had finally received the telephone call he'd waited for all last winter. A fifth year of eligibility to play football had been granted.
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World financial leaders met to quell market stress and strengthen institutions.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that the Bush administration will move ahead with a plan to buy stock in financial institutions.
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Blaming a drastic recent downturn in revenues, Channel 4 announces a policy reversal and pulls out of a consortium in which it is the majority shareholder
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Finance officials from the world’s top economic powers endorsed a sweeping plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century.
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Rangers have been given the goahead for a multimillionpound development at Ibrox.
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US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the US government is planning to invest directly in US banks to prevent them from failing, expanding the focus of the government's $US700 billion ($1 trillion) rescue plan.
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Group Managing Director/CEO of BGL Plc, Mr. Albert Okumagba has said that a well articulated Development Action Plan (DAP) is imperative for economic transformation of Northern Nigeria to free the region from the firm grip of poverty.
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The Group of Seven finance chiefs announced Friday a plan of action to fight the global crisis, including the use of "all available tools" to support key institutions and prevent their failure.
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Anita Guidera
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A RADICAL plan to allow first-time buyers to purchase new houses with a mortgage financed by the State is set to be unveiled in the Budget, the Irish Independent has learned.
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Parliament passed a law unlocking Central Bank lending to private banks in a $36 billion bailout, continuing a strategy that has relied on making government oil profits available to banks.
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A series of exhibitions go on display showing detailed plans for a controversial relief road through Dorset.
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Nasa pushes ahead with plans to launch its 2009 Mars mission, but acknowledges the need for extra funds to make it happen.
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The Group of Seven finance chiefs announced Friday a plan of action to fight a global crisis including the use of "all available tools" to support key institutions and prevent their failure.
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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday welcomed a plan by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to buy equity in financial institutions if necessary to halt market turmoil.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that the Bush administration will move ahead with a plan to buy stock in financial institutions.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic leaders are likely to call Congress back to work after the election in hopes of passing legislation that would include extended jobless benefits, money for food stamps and possibly a tax rebate, officials said Saturday....
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The new approach, which would have the government inject capital directly into banks, is one that administration officials had publicly opposed.
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A new approach that would inject capital into banks raises questions on whether officials squandered time with an earlier $700 billion plan to buy securities.
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Slumping Rays third baseman Evan Longoria gets a mild lecture from Manager Joe Maddon about maintaining the same strike zone.
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On the evening of Sept. 30, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) helped unveil a bipartisan deal that would open the door to massive government intervention in the financial markets, calling it "one of the finer moments in the Senate."
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Pressure mounted at the weekend on the world's leading economies to spell out the specific 'urgent and exceptional' steps they have promised to take to stabilise financial markets before they open on Monday
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Sir Clive Woodward's future as British Olympic Association's head of performance is hanging in balance.
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Last week's scare, an unverified rumor that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack, sent Apple stock plummeting, expert investment analysts scolding, and some writers believing that Apple needs a public succession plan to avoid confusion and concerns about these kinds of incidents. That's nonsense. First of all, Apple does have a succession plan.
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The International Monetary Fund is backing a plan by Canada and the other G7 countries to fight the worldwide credit crisis, which continues to play havoc with the world's major financial sectors.
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