Topic: health

For years, Airborne Health touted Airborne as a cold prevention remedy. This Washington Post article reports on the Federal Trade Commission's settlement of false advertising claims against the manufacturer. According to the story, the company agreed to refunds of up to $30 million dollars settlement to dispose of the false advertising claims. Bad enough that Airborne...

From the New York Times: Often, a visit to the doctor’s office starts with a weigh-in. But is a person’s weight really a reliable indicator of overall health? Increasingly, medical research is showing that it isn’t. Despite concerns about an obesity epidemic, there is growing evidence that our obsession about weight as a primary measure of health may be misguided. Last week a...