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Big Pharma Influencing Med Students and Doctors
You attend your first day of medical school. You anxiously carry your mountain of books, take out your laptop and start vigorously typing notes on every word your professor says.After sleepless nights and chugging gallons of coffee, the semester comes to a...
The Other Kind of Drug Dealing
Direct to Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising
While you are watching television, browsing through the Internet or simply listening to the radio on your way to work, chances are you will be bombarded by drug advertisements. The level of pharmaceutical advertis...
Hyundai and Kia’s Misleading Gas Mileage
The Environmental Protection Agency, with the help of the Department of Justice, laid the smack down on two automotive giants. For overstating the gas mileage of 1.2 million vehicles, Hyundai and Kia were forced to pay the price. The settlement includes a $100...
Everything You Need to Know About Prescription Drugs in Less Than 500 Words.
Take a deep breath. Ok. Ready and...GO!
Prescription medications are drugs that are created to make patients feel better, either by preventing or curing a disease, or by treating the ailment that one suffers from.
OverviewPharmaceutical companies spend billi...
Salmonella In Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter
A random test by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration found peanut butter contaminated with Salmonella.According to the FDA:
Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and th...
The iPhone 5 Recall Apple Owners Should Know About
Apple has determined that a very small percentage of iPhone 5 devices may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently. The affected iPhone 5 devices were sold between September 2012 and January 2013 and fall within a limited ...
Robin Williams’ Death A Side Effect Of Prescription Drugs?
Prior to his death, Robin Williams was put on medication to treat early stage Parkinson's disease. Actor and friend, Rob Schneider, believes it was that medication that lead to Williams' death.
Now that we can talk about it. #RobinWilliams was on a drug treat...
An LL Bean Child’s Sweater Has Been Recalled
Parents who've purchased an LL Bean sweater for their children should be on alert.One particular sweater of LL Bean's is being recalled due to a choking hazard. A safety test revealed that the string holding the spare button on the sweater's inside is too ...
Solar Power Prohibited
Environmentally-friendly solar panels are illegal in many of America's sunniest states. And the old-guard utility providers like it that way.In Florida and many other southern states, regulations heavily prohibit solar power. Utility companies have their r...
The Drug Patent System Is Killing Patients
The intricacies of patent law are hurting patients in need of ground-breaking pharmaceuticals.A patent must be filed once a new drug is discovered. That patent will protect against competition for 20 years. The problem is a new drug cannot go to market unt...