FDA Orders Sexual Dysfunction Warning Added for Merck Baldness Drug Propecia
If your hairline is receding and you’re are thinking about taking Merck’s baldness drug Propecia, you might want to think […]
Health
Advertising, Health
NFL Players Promote Adult Diapers
NFL football players endorsing products for money isn’t new, but DeMarcus Ware of the Dallas Cowboys, Wes Welker of the
Johnson & Johnson Fined $1.2 Billion for Illegal Drug Marketing
The state of Arkansas has ordered Johnson & Johnson and one of its subsidiaries, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, to pay $1.2 billion
Consumer advocacy, Food, Health
Campaign Urges Hospitals to Evict McDonalds Restaurants
Corporate Accountability International (CAI), a group that challenges corporate abuses, posted an open letter on its website asking hospitals that
Billboard Campaign Promotes Marijuana Legalization in Colorado
A big new billboard has appeared right over a liquor store near Mile High Stadium in Denver that shows a
Transnational Tobacco Companies Target Poor Countries
A new study reveals PR strategies transnational tobacco companies use behind the scenes to derail, delay and undermine public health
Philip Morris Exec: Public Health Authorities are “Muesli-Eating, Stool-Watching Joggers”
In a January, 1988 speech to Philip Morris’ (PM) Australian sales force titled “The Challenge of Change,” John Dollisson, then
Education, Health, Tobacco
Vivid Anti-Smoking Ads Prompt Flood of Quitline Calls
On March 19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) started a new print and television ad campaign called “Tips
Ethics, Health, Media, Tobacco
Philip Morris: “Get sick children on Oprah”
In 1993, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially listed secondhand tobacco smoke as a Group A Human Carcinogen, the
Ethics, Health, Media
President Obama’s Defense of Planned Parenthood Draws Little Notice
Republican attacks on Planned Parenthood have drawn a lot of media attention in recent months, but a video message from
CVS Drug Stores Tout Healthy Image While Profiting from Disease & Death
For 103 days now, Terence Gerace, Ph.D. has stood outside CVS pharmacies in Washington, D.C. protesting their sales of a
Corporations, Ethics, Health, Marketing
A Grassroots Effort to Track the Side Effects of Prescription Drugs
A new word has entered the lexicon: “Pharmageddon.” Wiktionary defines it as “a dystopian scenario wherein medicine and the pharmaceuticals
Consumer advocacy, Ethics, Food, Health, Marketing
Pink Slime Manufacturer Starts New Website, “PinkSlimeIsAMyth.com”; USDA Backs off Pushing Pink Slime in Schools
Beef Products, Inc. (BPI), the manufacturer of pink slime, has started a new website, PinkSlimeIsAMyth.com, to battle the growing tide
Economics, Environment, Health
NRC Dings Colorado for Botched Approval of New Uranium Mine
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) failed to hold proper public
How Do You Like it, Guys?
Ohio state Senator Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) has introduced a bill to regulate men’s access to erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs. The
The Lap Band Trap
Billboards showing up across the U.S. encourage people to shed extra pounds by undergoing lap band surgery. The ads leverage