Dollars for Doctors: Is Your Doctor on the List?

AC360 discusses Dollars for Doctors article written by ProPublica.
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Trans FAT No More!

As a native Californian, I’m proud to say that we’ve finally taken the plunge!  As of January 1, 2010 California has banned all restaurants from using trans fats in their cooking – yeah!  You can read the story here for …
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Rx to OTC? What Gives?

 Recently, I stumbled across an advertisement for Prevacid24, an over-the-counter proton pump inhibitor used for the treatment of GERD. After seeing the ad – “OTC Prevacid will be on shelves before Thanksgiving heartburn” I thought – “What gives? Isn’t Prevacid …
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Lincoln University REQUIRES exercise to graduate!

In what was considered a groundbreaking decision, Lincoln University has proclaimed that all students with a BMI over 30 are REQUIRED to take a fitness class before graduating! What a novel concept! The only potential problem I can foresee is …
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Medical Marijuana for Autism!

Yesterday I was in the airport and happened to notice that CNN was running a story on autism (usually there’s some type of sports event on and I couldn’t care less).   Since I know a few kids with autism, I …
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