News tagged with promotion
Taiwan mulls world's first junk food tax: report
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Taiwan is planning the world's first tax on junk food in a bid to encourage the public to eat healthily and cut obesity rates, a report said Monday.
Off to see 'The Wizard' for free at Netflix Oct. 3
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Anyone with a computer and Internet connection can be off to see "The Wizard of Oz" for free next month, courtesy of Netflix Inc.'s movie-streaming service.
From slam poetry to plain language for health care
Jul 08, 2009 |
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The doctor's mouth opens, and "medicalese" pours forth: words like "pyrosis" and "myocardial infarction." The patient's eyes glaze over. If only the doctor said "heartburn" or "heart attack," the patient could learn what ...
New infant feeding and obesity research adds insight to ongoing issue
Jan 16, 2009 |
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The February edition of the Journal of Nutrition offers new insights into possible associations between infant feeding and health outcomes related to obesity. According to David Barker, M.D., Ph.D., professor of clinical epidem ...
Researchers: Strengthen restrictions on off-label promotion by pharmaceutical companies
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Researchers are asking for tougher penalties and fines for pharmaceutical companies that market drugs for "off label" promotion, according to a study published in the October 28 issue of the open access journal PLoS Medicine.
