How Well Do You Know Cannabis? Does cannabis cure cancer? Is marijuana safe to use? Is it true that marijuana has no negative side effects? Medical marijuana is entirely safe to use, right? Cannabis is getting lots of press these days. Some of the information about it is accurate, some of it is certainly hopeful,…
Be the Champion of Your Health: Self-Advocacy in Your Health Care. Self-advocacy in your Health care is now a required skill in order receive appropriate care. As the industry of healthcare becomes increasingly dependent on technology, and corporate management rations your access to time with your human providers, the only way to ensure that you…
Fixing Our Unhealthy Technology Habit Modern electronic technology entices and engages the majority of us. From the ubiquitous smartphone to cooking our meals, these small glowing interfaces are our world. The price for this interaction is just now being tallied and we are hurting from the experience. But as it is our technology behavior that…
The Big Con: Prescription Drug Advertising in the US Prescription drug advertising is big business. Really big. So much so that the pharmacy industry currently spends over $4 billion a year to push the sales directly to the consuming public. And this investment works well too. Slick marketing vignettes that accentuate the attractiveness of their…
Have you ever stood in the store aisle trying to decipher the ingredient label on a product? Did you put the item in your cart with a whispered hope that the ingredients would not significantly harm you or your family? Don’t you hate feeling that way? Product companies are not likely to help us make…
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