Indoor air purifiers that produce even small amounts of ozone may be risky for health
...nd other health problems. Indoor air purifiers are advertised as safe household products for health-conscious people -- especially those who suffer from allergies and asthma -- but some purifiers produce ozone during operation. For example, certain widely used ionic air purifiers, which work by charging airborn...Children's viewing time may increase requests for advertised products
...ion between screen media exposure and requests for advertised products in a group of 827 third-graders at 12 ele...more TV and had more overall screen time requested advertised toys and food or drinks more often than those with less TV and screen time. For every extra hour per...Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine theme issue on children and the media
... beverages, fast foods and other products commonly advertised on TV. "Although children and youth are encouraged to watch what they eat, many youth seem to eat what they watch, and in the process increase their risk for increasing their energy intake," the authors write. "In the absence of regulations restric...Study suggests that aspirin is under-prescribed
...ctive drug. "Statins are newer and more intensely advertised than aspirin," say the researchers, "which may partly explain the preferential use of these drugs." The researchers expressed concern that physicians are failing to use the full range of strategies available to reduce patients' risk of heart disease...Tip sheet for Annals of Internal Medicine, Sept. 20, 2005 issue
...of drug prices of 41 retail brand-name medications advertised on Web sites of 12 Canadian pharmacies and 3 large American pharmacy chains found that 43 of the 44 drugs were less expensive at the Canadian pharmacies (Article, p. 397). The three drugs more expensive at the Canadian pharmacies were drugs for erect...Many body-conscious teens use supplements to improve physique
...re these substances can be purchased, and many are advertised in popular health and fitness magazines with covers like "Great abs in 5 minutes a day,'" says Dr. Alison Field, an epidemiologist in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston and the study's f...Do free drug samples influence residents' prescribing decisions?
...eriod in an inner-city primary care clinic. Highly advertised drugs were matched with drugs commonly used for th...er selecting drug classes where samples of heavily advertised drugs were provided to the clinic, and where lower priced alternative formulations existed, the auth...Kids with bedroom TV sets have lower standardized test scores, Stanford/Packard study shows
...duces obesity, aggressive behavior and nagging for advertised toys The researchers can't conclusively say why television has such an effect on test scores. Surprisingly, the students who reported spending the most time watching television also claimed to spend more time on homework and reading than kids with mo...The power of drug advertising: Patients often get what they ask for
...pressants, as they consistently rank among the top advertised drugs. The study showed that doctors prescribed antidepressants far more often when patients asked for them. Furthermore, the study revealed that consumer advertising may have competing effects on health-care quality, by promoting the overuse of drug......es, as well as newer, shorter lasting and commonly advertised drugs with fewer side effects. The study included more than 34,000 Michigan nursing home residents over age 65. Data were collected over six months as part of ongoing mandatory assessments by nursing home staff. Individuals who had untreated insomni...