Don't become a victim of medical marketing

Courtesy CNN.com - Health  Thu, 08/21/2008 - 7:31am

When your doctor chooses a drug for you, is it really because it's best for you health, or because your doctor's under the influence of a pharmaceutical company?

In this week's Empowered Patient, CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen talks to a woman who believes she was debilitated by a physician whose judgment was clouded by industry money.



 

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