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Demand Unbiased Medical Research

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Consumers Union

A disease diagnosis can be terrifying. Especially when we don't have enough information to choose the best way to treat the disease.

Our nation spends $2 trillion annually on health care, but we don't spend it very well. The medical research available to your doctor--often funded by drug companies, device manufacturers and other self-interested parties--is notoriously incomplete.

Congress has set aside $30 million for unbiased research comparing treatments--research that could save billions and improve your results. But that's a drop in the bucket.

Studies already conducted on treatments for depression, prostate cancer and high blood pressure are expected to help save our nation countless dollars and lives.

Tell Congress to increase the budget for this critical, independent research to make sure we can give patients and doctors the best information about treatments for diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other major debilitating conditions.

deadline: 8-5-2009
goal: 10,000

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Dear [Decision Maker],

One way to help lower health care costs and improve our nation's health is to make sure we know which treatments work best from prescription drugs to medical devices to procedures like surgery. To help us begin to get the best care for the best value, I urge you to support $50 million in the 2009 budget for comparative effectiveness research at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Comparative effectiveness research -- which evaluates the relative safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical procedures and other interventions used to treat the same conditions holds great promise for improving the quality of our health care. Not only can this research help physicians better treat patients, it also can prevent inappropriate or ineffective care, saving countless lives and dollars.

We signed the “Demand Unbiased Medical Research” petition!

# 5,801:

10:23 am PDT, Oct 6, Lisa Porter, California

# 5,800:

9:24 am PDT, Oct 6, Melanie King, California
No more biases!

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5:46 pm PDT, Oct 5, Susan Marden, Maine

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9:23 am PDT, Oct 5, Kira Goldsmith, New York

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12:31 pm PDT, Oct 4, Debra Hayes, Illinois

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9:52 am PDT, Oct 4, ELAINE ROBINSON, United Kingdom

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7:44 pm PDT, Oct 1, Shannon Payne, New York

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10:26 am PDT, Oct 1, Debra Apperson, California

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9:12 am PDT, Oct 1, Cathy Parker, California

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5:54 am PDT, Oct 1, Lisa Jones, Florida

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7:36 pm PDT, Sep 30, Name not displayed, New York

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5:02 pm PDT, Sep 30, Jennifer Bauman, New Jersey

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3:55 pm PDT, Sep 30, Kellie Smith, New Hampshire

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3:28 pm PDT, Sep 30, Melanie Nowlin, New Jersey

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1:31 pm PDT, Sep 30, Marie Parcell, Oregon

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10:00 pm PDT, Sep 29, Julie Coleman, Maryland
Research results from companies that benefit based on the outcome are unreliable and incomplete!

# 5,785:

2:48 pm PDT, Sep 29, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
This issue is extremely important for all Americans.

# 5,784:

9:19 am PDT, Sep 29, Victor Ly, California

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10:25 pm PDT, Sep 27, Lori Rawlings, Utah

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8:16 pm PDT, Sep 27, Michelle Wilkes, Colorado

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3:21 pm PDT, Sep 27, Ellen Gilmore, Massachusetts

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9:08 am PDT, Sep 27, Sofia Aedo, Minnesota

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6:17 pm PDT, Sep 26, Paola De Castro, Florida

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2:15 pm PDT, Sep 26, Devin Leiva, New York

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12:45 pm PDT, Sep 26, Susan Holland, New York

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2:22 pm PDT, Sep 25, Kathryn Furedy, Arizona
Fair funding for medical research is necessary for consistent and adequate data and development, for all citizens equally

# 5,775:

9:42 am PDT, Sep 25, Nelson DeLaRosa, Florida
Stop the unfair practices, I urge you to support $50 million in the 2009 budget for comparative effectiveness research at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

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11:35 pm PDT, Sep 24, Robert Diamond, Illinois

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9:04 pm PDT, Sep 24, Name not displayed, Canada

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7:49 pm PDT, Sep 24, Jessica Walker, Texas

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7:20 pm PDT, Sep 24, Eric Williams, Ohio

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6:15 pm PDT, Sep 24, Pete Harvey, California

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1:10 pm PDT, Sep 24, Elizabeth Andersen, Maryland

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7:34 pm PDT, Sep 23, John McLane, Texas

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3:28 pm PDT, Sep 23, Michael Owens, Virginia

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1:02 pm PDT, Sep 23, Betty Kohler, Virginia

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11:35 am PDT, Sep 23, Joshelle Gildon-Williams, Illinois

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4:25 am PDT, Sep 23, Robyn Barnes, North Carolina

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6:53 pm PDT, Sep 22, Jennifer Kinzie, New York
This issue is particularly pressing with psychiatric diagnosis, as well. Many children and adults are being treated with brain disabling chemicals, just because that is the "flavor"of the month. This has to stop

# 5,762:

1:15 pm PDT, Sep 22, Elizabeth Cardone, New York

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11:27 am PDT, Sep 22, Ryan Anderson, Minnesota
Doctors should work for the best interest of their patients and looking a bias sources is wrong on all levels. SO start supporting the right people like the AHRQ and not the drug companies. They many have money but that is their interest, money, not the people.

# 5,760:

3:27 am PDT, Sep 22, Suzette Elwell-Scardino, California

# 5,759:

2:16 am PDT, Sep 22, Jackson Ly, California
The public health should be a huge concern when it comes to funding for treatments for diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. The future of the world: our children need better treatments that or unbiased and renovated so they work better for everyone.

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7:33 pm PDT, Sep 21, Charles Hoskins, North Carolina

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11:42 am PDT, Sep 21, NATASHA LAFAVE, Indiana

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8:21 am PDT, Sep 21, Vanessa Garvy, Illinois

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8:01 am PDT, Sep 21, Vivian Contreras, Ohio

# 5,754:

6:30 am PDT, Sep 21, Sue Steinke, Ohio
Please support Comparative Effectiveness research to get the best deal for the American patients who get the treatments.

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8:11 pm PDT, Sep 20, Manola Acosta, Ohio

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7:26 pm PDT, Sep 20, Ashley Burrier, Ohio

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6:14 pm PDT, Sep 20, Aiden Seraphim, Oregon

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