“Feediatrics”: Doctors Who Understand Food Preparation May Be the Secret to Reducing Healthcare Utilization and Costs

It's my own term, but I think "feediatrics" has a place in the healthcare debate as a way to address the cost side of healthcare delivery. The federal 2010 Dietary Guidelines, to be released in December, will identify obesity as the nation's greatest public health threat. Diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, sleep apnea and a […]

FDA: Keeping Up with the Flood of Pharma Ads

Much has been written about truth in advertising in pharmaceutical advertising. The FDA has admitted they can't keep up with all of the ads coming out of traditional media like TV and magazines. And they can't even begin to monitor new media where much of the current action is. So what can be done? Well, […]