Single-Use Plastics Targeted by Canada, California
Plastics are being found in human blood and throughout the environment
Facebook Accused of Spying on Hospital Patients
Medical records are supposed to be confidential but Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has allegedly been tracking patient data at one-third of the top 100 hospitals in the United States. A …
What’s In That Meatless Meat You’re Eating?
Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian or just a curious eater, you’ve probably tried one of the meatless burgers or other meat substitutes that have seen a growth spurt the last few …
U.S., Canada Gang Up on Cigarettes
Health warnings and changing social standards have reduced cigarette smoking to something routinely practiced by a small band of determined smokers who are unwilling or unable to kick their nicotine …
Feds Probe Middlemen’s Role in High Rx Prices
You may never have heard of a pharmacy benefit manager but chances are one or more of them have their hand in your pocket. PBMs, as they’re called, are basically …
Informed Consent Requires that Patients Have a Choice and a Voice
Guest Column by Paulette Moulton, M.D All too common skin cancer underscores the need for all health care consumers to take an active role, in partnership with their doctors, in …
Dancing Your Way to Fitness
You’d have to be living under a rock not to have read recently at least one of the several thousand studies proving that exercise increases your energy levels, fights fatigue, …
Can Consumers Sue Gun Manufacturers for Gun Violence?
The short answer to that question used to be no, thanks to a pliant Congress and the Second Amendment. But there have been a few cases that squeaked through the …
AARP Campaigning for Lower Drug Prices
AARP is launching a crusade against high drug prices which it says continued to rise during the pandemic and beyond. New research shows that 75 of the 100 brand name …
FDA Ready to Snuff Puff Bar
Puff Bar has become the go-to smoke for teens, thanks to a loophole that is just about to close. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has already snuffed out …