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Hey, wanna be disgusted?

Well, I can help.

Doctors’ Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View

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Yeah, you did help. It got me disgusted. This was one of the better articles about this subject that I have read. Some of the stats and quotes were just about enough to consider firing several of my docs.

I especially liked the stat about Dr. Grimm having received more than $798,000 between '97 & '05, but by golly he did give a whopping $50,000 (during that same time frame) to the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation. Oh, and by the way, he says he is not biased. (ahem) Wow, generous. That only left him $748,000.

And the quote from Dr. Eric Storvick, "It beats talking to little old ladies about their bowels". Yeah, that's putting the interest of your patients first. Smarmy asshole.

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.