Advertising in kids' apps more prevalent than parents may realize
From games inspired by popular TV shows to digital play labeled as educational, children's apps continue to explode on smartphones and tablets.
Oct 30, 2018
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From games inspired by popular TV shows to digital play labeled as educational, children's apps continue to explode on smartphones and tablets.
Oct 30, 2018
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U.S. health authorities are alerting consumers to a new scam involving fake government warning letters sent to people who tried to buy medicines online or over the phone.
Jul 13, 2018
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(HealthDay)—U.S. officials need to take action to control spiking insulin prices, the American Medical Association (AMA) says.
Jun 15, 2018
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College students seriously underestimate the effects of drinking a new class of beverages being marketed across the country, according to a new George Mason University study. "Supersized alcopops—sweet, colorful and fizzy ...
Jun 8, 2018
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A growing number of e-cigarette and vaporizer sellers have started offering college scholarships as a way to get their brands listed on university websites and to get students to write essays about the potential benefits ...
Jun 8, 2018
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The economics of healthcare in America is making for some strange bedfellows. CVS, the behemoth pharmacy chain, plans to buy Aetna, a 22-million member health insurer, for $69 billion. Less than two weeks ago, it became public ...
Apr 20, 2018
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Tobacco companies will advertise a series of "corrective statements" starting Sunday, more than a decade after a federal court ruled the companies had deceived the public about the deadly products.
Nov 23, 2017
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Steven E. Nissen, MD, researcher, patient advocate, and chairman of cardiovascular medicine at Cleveland Clinic, says that Internet propaganda promoting bizarre and unscientific criticisms of statins has given these life-saving ...
Jul 24, 2017
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When comparing victims of fraud to those who had never been victimized, lead authors Dr. Kang Lee and doctoral researcher Rebecca Judges at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, ...
Apr 17, 2017
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Be skeptical of ads declaring you can rev up your brain's performance by challenging it with products from the growing brain-training industry.
Apr 17, 2017
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