Comments on: Cardiac society gets half of its funding from stent industry https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/24/cardiac-society-funded-by-stent-industry/ Marketing Ethics for the Easily Swayed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/24/cardiac-society-funded-by-stent-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-31987 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:06:34 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=5912#comment-31987 Well, maybe it’s merely the PERCEPTION of arrogance and stupidity, Rocky. As Dr. Gordon Guyatt writes (above) about device manufacturers funding medical societies: “If it weren’t influencing the doctors, they wouldn’t be doing it.”

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]]> By: Rocky Mtns https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/24/cardiac-society-funded-by-stent-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-31904 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:29:58 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=5912#comment-31904 These socalled professionals do not “GET” it. There’s integrity, and then there’s the PERCEPTION of lack of integrity when accepting money from the very organizations that can be seen to be unduly influencing you. Arrogant and stupid if you ask me.

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]]> By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/24/cardiac-society-funded-by-stent-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-18869 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:31:30 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=5912#comment-18869 That’s what Dr. Werner Hambrecht thinks, too. His 2004 studies showed that 90% of heart patients “who rode bikes regularly were free of heart problems one year after they started their exercise regimen” compared to 70% problem-free following angioplasty but no exercise.

But encouraging exercising is financially less appealing for hospitals. After his 2009 follow-up study (again confirming earlier results), Dr. H wrote: “That was my feeling – that hospitals were reluctant to participate in this study, because they derive revenue from revascularization procedures in their cath labs.”

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]]> By: Dr Joe https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/24/cardiac-society-funded-by-stent-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-18793 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:44:16 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=5912#comment-18793 The fact that doctors get paid more to “do” rather than talk does not help either. Far more profitable to put in a stent than talk about diet and exercise. Doctors are not blameless but the system encourages them in many ways. As for funding of medical societies… well… there is no such thing as a free lunch.

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]]> By: Heart Defibrillator https://ethicalnag.org/2011/09/24/cardiac-society-funded-by-stent-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-18672 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:22:04 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=5912#comment-18672 […] control abnormal heart rhythms, had sometimes left … … Go here to see the original: Cardiac society gets half of its funding from stent industry | The … ← Zoll Medical to Provide AED Units to Amherst Patriots | Amherst […]

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