When the debate was raging in Massachusetts about whether to allow MinuteClinics in drug stores I heard some Massachusetts doctors talking about a clever plan to put CVS and its ilk on the defensive: institute a rule barring health care providers from selling tobacco products. Boston Mayor Menino picked up the idea, and based on today’s Wall Street Journal Health Blog post it sounds as though the idea has some resonance.
Many diet pills contain the active ingredient Ephedrine, which is often revered to as ‘ephedra’, or ‘Ma Huang’. It is an alkaloid substance, derived from the leaves of the Gnetaceae plant family, including Ephededra equisetina, which are indigenous to South East Asia.
This is a transcript of my recent podcast interview with T-System’s Suzy Thorby.
Dr. Edgar Mitchell is a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission and he was the sixth man to walk on the Moon. Dr. Mitchell also insists that aliens have visited Earth and that governments are actively covering it up. (Continue reading…)
I’ve posted before about the marketing of infant formula through hospitals and about the practice of sending formula samples to expectant mothers.