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There is a really interesting an illuminating comment to the “I’m NOT Going To Suck It Up” post about how to do something about the drug company inhaler scam. Basically a drug company insider is letting us know that not only is the new formulation an end-run around the possibility of a cheaper generic, but […] AP News issued a warning to consumers to switch to the new kind of inhalers before the end of the year. In Understatement Of The Year Award-winning fashion, the article states that the new inhalers “tend to cost more.” If you, like me, are appalled at the FDA’s decision to ban generic production of asthma […] Here’s my kind of weight loss – and a nice, pragmatic follow-up to the Annual Bikini Bamboozle. Prevention magazine noticed that a lot of medical literature about weight deals with the way our daily lives prevent us from moving around. It’s not hard to spend entire days doing nothing more than a series of “sits” […] Grand Rounds is coming to us this week from the Phillipines! Take at look – Grand Rounds, the best of the medical blogosphere, is being hosted at Parallel Universe, a site run by Dr. Emer from the Phillipines. Check out the selections and then poke around the site to see healthcare from a new perspective. […] This is why reasonable people tear their hair out. Reuters has announced that the World Health Organization did something HUGE about the high cost of patented drugs for developing countries – we’re talking a major breakthrough, baby, this is the Godzilla of international agreements, crushing special interests underfoot, but heart-warming too, you know? It’s like […] Everywhere you look, photoshopped thighs prance along pristine beaches in ads. Weight loss supplements promise you the ability to sport a string bikini in only weeks. Some of us have gotten resistant to the annual bikini con (heck, without lighting crews, spray-on foundation, and post-photo pixelated perfecting, no one looks good in a string bikini), […] |
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