Category: Consumerhealth

MEwens
Some 20% of respondents to the Consumer Reports survey say they’ve asked their doctor for a drug they saw advertised.
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Katherine Hobson
There’s no evidence that acai supplements can make people quickly lose a lot of weight, the FTC says.
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Katherine Hobson
Also: NJ suit on involuntary medication; FDA wants to clarify device-approval process; Consumer Reports identifies supplement ingredients with scary side effects.
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MEwens
Why are spray bottles associated with so many injuries from household cleaning products?
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Katherine Hobson
Programs limited to health assessments and “let’s get fit!” web-based efforts are most likely to fail.
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MEwens
One sales rep told a fake customer that she’d “pretty much get” breast cancer.
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Shirley S. Wang
We talked to three dermatologists about retinyl palmitate and sun exposure.
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Katherine Hobson
More answers to your sunscreen questions from Richard Glogau, a clinical professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco.
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MEwens
More answers to your sunscreen questions from Dawn Davis, a dermatologist at Mayo Clinic.
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MEwens
Answers to this first batch of questions are from Darrell Rigel, clinical professor of dermatology at New York University Langone Medical Center.
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