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Physicians Often Prescribe "Placebo" Treatments
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Many physicians routinely recommend placebo therapy - "treatment whose benefits derive from positive patient expectations and not from the physiological mechanism of the treatment itself" - a team of ethicists reports in the October 24 issue of BMJ Online First. Reuters Health Information
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Community Health 3rd-Quarter Profit Rises
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Hospital operator Community Health Systems Inc said on Wednesday its third-quarter profit almost quadrupled, helped by a 23 percent increase in admissions due primarily to expansion of its hospital network last year. Reuters Health Information
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