Another media doctor has been busted for making millions from the drug companies. The psychiatrist and radio host of “Infinite Mind”, Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, has done work with GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis and others. Problem is, we shouldn’t be surprised.
It is a frequent practice of the pharmaceutical companies to have doctors play as spokespeople/educators/consultants/witnesses [...]
I have never done my Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving… until this year. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has come out with a fabulous holiday gift bag full of eco-friendly goodies. Your purchase helps support EWG, a non-profit organization that tirelessly fights to protect public health and the environment.
This is a great gift that spreads good karma all around. Check out the [...]
Perhaps everybody already has the Thanksgiving menu written down and shopped for. However, if you’re like me, this won’t happen until Wednesday night. Actually, when Charlie and I lived in California, we waited too long (Thursday morning…) and had to reconfigure our holiday plans. We decided to head to one of our favorite restaurants to [...]
There’s been tons of media coverage on the latest Vitamin E & C study (called the Physicians’ Health Study II). Much of the media has reported that these vitamins have no benefits for cardiovascular health. Here’s what was really found:
Supplementation of 400 IU of Vitamin E every other day and 500 mg of Vitamin C [...]
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has a great fact sheet to make shopping for kid’s products like shampoo, bath gel, diaper cream and lotions quite a bit easier.
Click here to check out the list.
Blessings,
Aimee
A recent study attempted to identify the nutrition and living conditions of “fast food animals” by analyzing the carbon and nitrogen isotope content in the meat. The study revealed that the meat used by McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King came from animals who were fed an excessive corn diet and were raised in extreme confinement.
I’m not [...]
A good yogurt is hard to find. Many of them are full of artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners and sourced from inhumane and unhealthy dairy corporations. Though I’m mainly a vegan, I tend to crave a yogurt every now and again… and some good cheese… ooh and a bit of ice cream… yummm…
Anyway, back to the yogurt, it’s called SKYR and [...]
There are some pretty crazy things that occur in the name of “medicine”. For instance, when drug patents are about to expire and the company’s bottom line needs to be bolstered, ethical research practices can get thrown out the window. I’m pretty sure we could create a gigantic database dedicated to keeping track of all the individuals [...]
Finally, the product we’ve all dreamed of… Or, I suppose, waited hopelessly awake for…
Cute little pink gelcaps made especially for those ladies who have trouble sleeping. The commercial reminds us; “Find it in this cute little package that looks like a purse”. Yup, pink gelcaps tucked inside a purse-shaped pink cardboard box. In addition to the cheesy [...]
AstraZeneca has diagnosed my favorite disney characters: Tigger and Eeyore.
To boost sales for Seroquel, their “mood stabalizing medication”, AstraZeneca has identified Tigger as a sufferer of Bipolar and Eeyore as a patient eeking through life with depression.
Check out Pharmalots post on this crazy marketing scheme.
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