{"id":81,"date":"2009-01-16T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pithyloquacity.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/16\/doctors-influenced-by-rest-and-fluids-industry\/"},"modified":"2009-01-16T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T10:06:00","slug":"doctors-influenced-by-rest-and-fluids-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jha.in\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"Doctors influenced by Rest and Fluids Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news\/powerful_rest_and_fluids_industry\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:800px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/files\/images\/Powerful-Rest-R.article.jpg\" \/><\/a> <font face=\"serif\">This physician enjoyed an all-expenses-paid trip to Aspen, just for telling his patients to &#8220;relax.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p>I have noticed that medical satire from theonion.com is awfully good. Hats off to the writers(?writer). In keeping with the current flaying of pharma-physican backslapping ties; The Onion investigates and finds ulterior motive in prescription of just fluids and rest for common cold rather than antibiotics ;-0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The investigation\u2014the full details of which will be disclosed in this newspaper over the coming months\u2014documented thousands of instances in which sick patients were repeatedly instructed, often verbatim, to &#8220;lie down and drink plenty of liquids.&#8221; This treatment, recommended a staggering 4 out of 5 times on average, was in each case prescribed by a physician known to have recently enjoyed a golf vacation courtesy of Big Rest and Fluids.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have no idea how deep this goes,&#8221; said Dr. X, a physician who wished to remain anonymous. &#8220;They&#8217;ve got everyone, from the pediatricians and family doctors, right on down to the school nurses. We&#8217;ve had the cure for the common cold for nearly 40 years, but it&#8217;s still &#8216;rest and fluids, rest and fluids.&#8217; Why? Because these guys are getting paid through the nose, that&#8217;s why.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> The ending of the article is pretty good too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>h\/t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news\/powerful_rest_and_fluids_industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The complete article from The Onion<\/a>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Pharma\" rel=\"tag\">Pharma<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Humor\" rel=\"tag\">Humor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This physician enjoyed an all-expenses-paid trip to Aspen, just for telling his patients to &#8220;relax.&#8221; I have noticed that medical satire from theonion.com is awfully good. Hats off to the writers(?writer). 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