A complex network of research funding, institutional ties, and personal influence allowed Coca-Cola, through connections with a nonprofit group, to exert substantial influence over obesity science and policy solutions in China, nudging government policy into alignment with the company’s corporate interests, a Harvard study has found. Professor Susan Greenhalgh’s study reveals not just efforts by… Read More »
We live in a world which heavily focuses on external appearances. This has led to an extraordinary amount of beauty products both homemade and for sale. Thanks to the sea of twisted marketing campaigns, celebrity endorsements, photoshopped models and reality TV shows, there is immense pressure on people to have the “perfect look”. We invest a… Read More »
As people age, their joints may become stiffer, they might walk a little more slowly, and certain faculties like eyesight and hearing may not be as sharp as they once were. But that doesn’t mean senior citizens are not capable of doing many of the things they’ve always enjoyed, and one of those things is… Read More »
In October 2017, President Trump declared the opioid crisis a national public-health emergency. Now his fight over the border wall, which he has in part justified on stopping drugs, is a harmful distraction from that very real problem facing the country. According to statistics released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there were 72,306… Read More »