Consumer Health Choices

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Sep 2023

Prohealth Keto and ACV Gummies Reviews (Controversial 2023) Weight Loss! Safe Or Not

Prohealth Keto and ACV Gummies Today a lot of people have been suffering from the problems of health caused by the lack of a healthy diet and proper exercise among…

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Jul 2023

Health

Symmastia: Causes, Signs, Symptoms, and Treatments, Prevention

Symmastia is when your breasts stick together, with little or no space between them. Instead, there’s a band of skin, fat, and tissue across the space. This condition can be…

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Jun 2023

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Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Antibiotics (large posters, for children)

Campaign Series: Choosing Wisely Medical Category: Drugs Article Type: Cards and Posters Language: Plain English, Spanish Format: PDF Most recent update: 02/26/2014 Use these five questions to talk to your doctor about when you need antibiotics…

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Jun 2023

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Hazards in vitamins and supplements

In a new report in its September issue and online at www.ConsumerReports.org, Consumer Reports identifies ten hazards that might surprise the large swath of American adults-more than 50 percent-who take vitamins, herbs, or other…

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Jun 2023

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How to do more, for less

Despite decades of medical advances, there’s a huge disconnect between what medical science knows how to do, and what America’s overly complex health care system actually delivers, according to a…

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Jun 2023

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They didn’t cover this in Econ 101

If you’ve ever felt a twinge of guilt for not asking about the price of medical care beforehand, don’t worry about it. Because apparently many hospitals don’t know the price either. The…

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Jun 2023

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Three times as many procedures to question

In an important expansion of the Choosing Wisely campaign, medical specialty groups have released new lists of overused tests and treatments that patients and doctors should question. This brings to 135…

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Jun 2023

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Choosing Wisely campaigners recognized as Health Policy Heroes

Consumer Reports is proud to be one of three groups being honored as 2013 Health Policy Heroes — for their contributions to the Choosing Wisely campaign — by the National Research Center…

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Jun 2023

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Share this video: More is not always better

One theme underlying Choosing Wisely and similar campaigns is not necessarily obvious to the audience: Some tests and treatments are wasteful, useless and even harmful. That’s not an easy message to deliver to…

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Jun 2023

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Was that care appropriate? Share your story!

With so much of our healthcare spending — an estimated 30 percent — going toward needless tests and treatment, Consumer Reports has stepped up its efforts to highlight both the…