Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 5, 2016. Drug companies have made billions of dollars treating erectile dysfunction in men. Seeing the potential for billions more, they have turned to a condition some doctors don’t see as a medical disorder at all: lack of interest in sex.
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Bullying Harms Victims and Perpetrators of All Ages
Health Progress, July/August 2016. Bullying used to be considered an unfortunate, inevitable rite of childhood, but researchers now tell us that bullying often occurs in conjunction with more serious aggressive and antisocial behavior. They conclude that bullying, therefore, should not be considered a normal and accepted part of growing up.
Read More »Women’s Health Bills Are Now in Committee
Legal Reader, June 28, 2016. Three important pieces of legislation, one introduced last year and two introduced this month, could change the way certain women’s health issues are handled. These women’s health bills are now in Committee.
Read More »Faster Drug Approval: Winners and Losers
HealthZette, June 28, 2016. By the time a drug is approved by the Federal Drug Administration, it’s been through extensive human clinical trials. There are so many obstacles to greenlighting any new medication or treatment, in fact, that it seems like it can take forever — with countless lives lost in the meantime.
Read More »Ikea Will Stop Selling a Dresser Cited in the Deaths of Three Children
Fortune, June 28, 2016. Ikea will stop selling one of its most iconic items after the Malm dresser was cited in the deaths of three children who were crushed under the chest in the past two years.
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