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Addiction is just too profitable to give up: Infographic on the effects of nicotine and tobacco
Thanks to #LoveInfographics for this one. Following on from yesterday’s press on Big Tobacco pushing e-cigarettes, this graphic illustrates the impact of the nicotine, although it doesn’t show what side-effects are due to nicotine, and which are due … Continue reading
Posted in Smoking
Tagged addiction, E-cigarettes, marketing, nicotine, profiteering, smoking, tobacco
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Guest Blogspot: Prevention is better than cure.
The economic consequences of preventing illness are highly complex. Just comparing the costs of prevention with the direct treatment costs that should be avoided is far too simplistic. The true economic impact of preventative measures can often only be assessed … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Business, Children, Elderly, Health Bill, Healthcare, Information, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Obesity, Patient choice, Patients, Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged accidents, alcohol, Andrew Lansley, arthritis, cancer, cardiovasculsr, cause of dsath, choice, elderly, government, health, Health Bill, injury, Jeremy Hunt, longevity, mortality, National Health Service, NHS, Obesity, Patients, prevention, Public Health, respiratory, smoking, tobacco
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Guest Blogspot: The Pharmaceutical Industry – Friend or Foe?
Recent months have seen publicity over examples of disgraceful behaviour by pharmaceutical companies. The question arises as to whether the failings have been rare and exceptional or whether they are indicative of generally low moral standards in the industry. Pharmaceutical … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Business, Drugs, Finance, GPs, Information, NHS, Obesity, Research
Tagged 2020health, Abbott, alcohol, AstraZeneca, bribes, criminal, dishonest, Drugs, General practitioner, government, GP, GPs, GSK, innovation, Kuno Sommer, law breaking, life expectancy, Lilly, medicine, misleading, National Health Service, NHS, Obesity, patient, Patients, Paxil, Pfizer, pharmaceutical, practolol, pricing, R&D, Research, Responsibility in healthcare, Seroquel, thalidomide, tobacco, Wellbutrin, wrongdoing, Zhen Xiaoyu
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Obamacare: No NHS but still a healthcare revolution
By guest blogger, Tom Packer As we have seen the US healthcare system was before Obamacare a mixed system and not some lassiez-faire dystopia or utopia. It included extensive ( often state level) regulation, a programme providing health insurance for … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, NHS, Obama, Public Health
Tagged Democrats, GOP, Healthcare, Medicare, NHS, Obama, Obamacare, Republican, Roman Catholic, tax, tobacco, USA
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