That term, primary care drug, is a new one to me. It came up in the article I read regarding Lipitor. I am wondering what to pull from this ...
Odds and Ends
Okay it IS odds and ends day and I have my note card here to remind me of the week's thoughts, but I have to say, I am reading a fascin...
HRT and Damages
Pfizer currently owns companies that produce hormone replacement therapies, both with estrogen alone and with combination estrogen -progesti...
the 411 on Smokeless Tobacco
Okay I have my notes in my lap and thoughts in my head, so let me share a couple (okay some ) things about smokeless tobacco, or ST. The maj...
Obesity v. Tobacco
To be honest, I wanted to share some new things I learned about smokeless tobacco or ST and quitting ST, but my notes are at work and I don&...
Odds and Ends
Well this week I am ensconsed in my very own chair in my very own living room and I like that better. I just have a few points to offer, an...
Hold Everything..
Okay, maybe not everything, but you could hold the stuffing or at least hold your weight - steady, until the New Year. Hold the Stuffing i...
Harder, Longer, Stronger - Recall
Well, for goodness sakes I am near speechless. As you know, or as I've noted before, I am on an email list for FDA alerts. I am sure t...
Health Care Attitudes Raise Costs
I attended a conference this week and during that conference I was able to hear a physician speak about health care reform. He spoke about ...
Are We Smoking More or Less?
This is not the post I intended for today, but one I chose to reproduce from a work related email I sent out last week. I didn’t realize tha...
You Heard it FIRST
Several weeks ago I blogged about a vaccine that is being tested for use in the prevention or treatment of nicotine dependence. http://your...
Odds and Ends
Writing from Tampa tonight - Trends: The ACSM has been conducting a world wide survey of trends related to fitness and the health industry f...
first, second or third
This post is not really inspired by all the research I do on tobacco, but by my leisure time activity last night. In a way it is a two or th...
What, Why and How
Just a brief post as my hair dries before my "night" on the town... Cardiovascular Exercise 1) Exercise that involves the large mu...
Fudging Results
Drug maker Pfizer has seen plenty of court room action in the last few years. The have had law suits brought against them and have either l...
Measuring Frailty - Does Testosterone Matter?
The results from a study titled Osteoporotic Fractures in Men, or a particular analysis of some of the measures (and men) in that study, was...
Sugar By Any Name
Every time I saw the commercial I wanted to throw a shoe or something at the TV. I kept telling myself that I was going to have to do a qui...
Drug Industry Influence (is this subtle?)
This morning I had a doctor's appointment - (I am fine!) I usually entertain thoughts of blog postings early in the day so that in the e...
Odds and Ends
Metabolism: I addressed this just a day or so ago, however, today I saw a magazine cover with this teaser, "Is your metabolism broken?...
How oh How Can I Burn More Calories??
Well, I gotta tell you something you may not like. In fact, I just reread the beginning of a text book I had to study for my personal trai...
DTC Not so BAD?
Sorry - dinner with people I love has got me home late... so just a few words. The direct to consumer advertising by drug companies that I s...
How Would You Like Your Bypass?
Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans and is responsible for 30 percent of world wide deaths, per year. The American Heart Ass...