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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.mercola.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>$19B to Influence Doctors -- Do You Know Why?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/10/04/19B-to-Influence-Doctors--Do-You-Know-Why.aspx</link><description>It's no secret that some drug companies pay for doctors to attend medical conferences in exotic locales. Others treat them to pricey meals and pass out pens and Post-it notes branded with product names. All told, drug and medical-device makers dole out</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: $19B to Influence Doctors -- Do You Know Why?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/10/04/19B-to-Influence-Doctors--Do-You-Know-Why.aspx#114844</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:30:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:114844</guid><dc:creator>Magnolia</dc:creator><description>The only thing that will end this healthcare monopoly is pressure from those who have been injured by it or who know someone who has been damaged by drugs/vaccines. That number is in the millions, folks and it is our job to responsibly and effectively get the word out. If you are a healthcare professional, stand up and assert your authority. RNs, you are a powerful group, having been on both sides of the issue, so to speak. You see the damages and you know first hand what various drugs and vaccines&amp;nbsp;can do. Do everything you can to increase your respectable standing in the medical community. Speak from positions of strength. What is needed is education of the layman on these issues. Keep the pressure on and hold steady with it. All of us together can make the greatest difference. &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=114844" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Will Pharma Finally Have To Fess Up?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/10/04/19B-to-Influence-Doctors--Do-You-Know-Why.aspx#114843</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:41:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:114843</guid><dc:creator>Arizona</dc:creator><description>Even though nobody likes paperwork, I am sure it won't lessen the payouts. It will be interesting to see what happens. &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=114843" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Will Pharma Finally Have To Fess Up?</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/10/04/19B-to-Influence-Doctors--Do-You-Know-Why.aspx#114840</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:33:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:114840</guid><dc:creator>The Herb Doc</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;font color=#000000&gt; If we  &lt;i&gt; (As people that truly want to change the face of medicine) &lt;/i&gt;  don’t start being a little more aggressive and confronting about things they will never have to fess up! We have people on both sides of the political isle that talk and talk about the evils of big pharma and never step up to the plate!  &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt; 
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 &lt;p&gt; &lt;font color=#000000&gt; Besides owning about half of all the commercial TV spots, and bombarding us hypnotically with their rhetoric every time we watch TV, The giant pharmaceutical companies have paid for many university medical teaching buildings. If you don’t think this buys "Big Pharma" a way to have doctors taught the way "Big Pharma" wants, then you are seriously naive!  &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt; 
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 &lt;p&gt; &lt;font color=#000000&gt; So is it not time to wake up the media (Who claims to have a negative view of big pharma) and literally  &lt;b&gt; &lt;i&gt; &lt;u&gt; force &lt;/u&gt; &lt;/i&gt; &lt;/b&gt;  them to make some serious documentaries about this????  &lt;strong&gt; IT CAN BE DONE! &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt; 
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 &lt;p&gt; &lt;font color=#000000&gt; Let’s get forcefully people!!! We have to or pharma will keep going! &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=114840" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>