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Blogging About Alzheimers

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Patients diagnosed with early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease are speaking out and demanding more attention, according to an article in today’s New York Times. Some patients - like 52-year-old Kris Bakowski of Athens, Ga. - are even blogging about their personal experience. Bakowski’s blog Creating Memories documents her daily struggles and successes with the disease.
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Bill Maher On Prescription Drugs

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Bill Maher

Bill Maher - one of my very favorite comedians - pokes fun at our over-dependency on prescription drugs in his stand-up routine “The Decider.” I like how Maher says we “come up with the pill before the disease.” Sometimes it certainly seems that way!

Robin Williams on Fukitol

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Big Pharma’s New Drug: Fukitol

Robin Williams takes his turn at prescription drug ads. I don’t think their is a comedian out there who hasn’t had a go at this point. I think a “Fukitol” pill really does encompass what we are seeking as a culture - some kind of pill that just makes all of [...]

Interview with Michael Santoro

Monday, May 12th, 2008

In a May 12 phone interview, author and Associate Professor Michael Santoro discusses his 2005 book “Ethics and the Pharmaceutical Industry,” as well as current trends in America’s drug industry culture.

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INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
Michael Santoro, co-author of “Ethics and the Pharmaceutical Industry,” is an Associate Professor in the Business Environment Department at the Rutgers [...]

Chris Rock On Prescription Drugs

Monday, April 28th, 2008

chris rock never scared- drugs

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Chris Rock hits it right on the nail.

Annuale

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Saturday Night Live has done countless hilarious spoofs of prescription drug ads, and this one for Annuale is especially hilarious to me. I’ve always thought all these new-fangled birth control pills were a little frightening. I mean, while it would be of course fantastic to skip that time of the month, doesn’t it seem… well… [...]