"More than 28,000 Illinois doctors accepted $74.1 million from pharmaceutical and medical device companies in 2016, excluding payments for research, according to a Tribune analysis of recently released federal data. Read More
Aug 19, 2017
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Scientists and Food Industry Funding: The American Society for Nutrition Debate
New York University's Dr. Marion Nestle is an advisor to the American Society of Nutrition’s Early Career Nutrition group and was asked to address this question for its spring/summer newsletter: "Should nutrition Read More
Jul 28, 2017
Poison Papers: Four Decades of Documented Collusion Between the Chemical Industry and Regulatory Agencies
Congratulations to The Intercept for this riveting, inspiring, and, at times, exasperating read on over forty years of documented collusion between the chemical industry and regulatory agencies by one very passionate and Read More
Jul 20, 2017
Say What? The Government Wants You to Eat A Lot More Cheese At Fast Food Joints
"Amid an historic glut, a secretive, government-sponsored entity is putting cheese anywhere it can stuff it," Bloomberg reports. More specifically: in fast food; not a boon for public health. Highlights: * "That Read More
Jul 17, 2017
An Example to Follow: This Hospital Grows Its Own Food and Serves it to Patients
More of this, please! "About three years ago, Homestead Hospital in Miami set aside 10 acres of unused land adjacent to its site on Campbell Drive and Southwest 147th Avenue. Every year the hospital grows thousands of Read More
Jun 29, 2017
Red Flag: Industry Sponsors at Health Conferences
In the latest HealthNewsReview.org post, managing editor Kevin Lomangino explains why "pay-for-play speakers encourage one-sided, imbalanced health care messages." Highlights: * "I’m [writing] about the hopelessly Read More