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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…

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Jun 2023

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Our new video: Talking points

Want to quiz your doctor about that test, diagnosis or treatment? How can you squeeze your questions into an already rushed appointment? We know it’s not easy. So here’s our newest Choosing…

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Jun 2023

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Missed the patient expo? We took notes!

Ever had one of those meetings that was so successful that you wanted to share it with everyone? It happened to us, when we teamed up with the American College of…