Critical Consumer

Big Pharma Shilling and WebMD.com MayoClinic.com Smack-Down

New York Times Online is likening WebMD’s “information” as “using the meretricious voice of a pharmaceutical rep”. I don’t know… I never found WebMD’s interface “apparently attractive” but I suppose some people like all the flashy stuff. I mean, I find the ads on NakedMedicine.com mildly annoying, but these only go toward keeping the site [...]

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You Can Fall Victim to Healthcare Fraud!

Think “Healthcare Fraud” happens only with big drug companies with shady sales and marketing practices? Think again! The next big wave of healthcare fraud is being perpetuated to average people – it’s called Medical Identity Theft. That’s right… healthcare and insurance benefits are as valuable as cash – in some cases even more valuable than [...]

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Pharmacy and McDonald’s: Strange Bedfellows that Aren’t so Strange

My friend Natalie Bourre saw my post about the non-biodegradable Happy Meal photo-essay and told me about a Canadian Pharmacy that had, as part of its weekly promotion, a coupon for McDonald’s. This promotion is no longer on the corporate website, so you will have to visit Nat’s blog to see the screenshot she captured [...]

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Advil PM v. Tylenol PM Ad is Misleading

This has been bugging me for a long time, but recently I saw another one of these “advil PM versus tylenol PM” commercials, so I am going to finally write about it! First of all, the commercial is basically a “why Advil PM is so much better” ad. It talks about how the person taking [...]

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Kids Not Getting Enough Cholesterol?

I had no idea that September National Cholesterol Education Month, but it is, and I saw a press release about nonprofit nutrition education organization Weston A. Price Foundation on getting consumers to recognize the importance of cholesterol. The press release made sense to me, but it seriously will meet lots of antagonism because of the [...]

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