News Tagged ‘hormone

Study links cleaning products to increased risk of breast cancer

cleaning productsA new study published Tuesday in the international journal Environmental Health says that regular use of cleaning products is likely to double the chances of developing breast cancer in women. Common household products, many of which have been sold for decades, contain substances such as “endocrine disrupting chemicals” and “mammary gland carcinogens.”

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Hormone may hold key to brain injury recovery

brain 100x100For decades, big pharmaceutical companies have spent untold millions researching drugs that will assist in the recovery of traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Now, new research shows that the answer may have been there all along.

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Off-label marketing boosts drug company profits

off-label drug marketingOff-label marketing is an illegal yet commonly employed sales strategy that some big pharmaceutical companies practice to broaden the appeal of a drug and boost sales. One of the most blatant examples of off-label marketing involved Bayer Healthcare’s blockbuster birth control pill Yaz. Bayer promoted the drug as a treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) symptoms and to clear up moderate cases of acne when the approved it as birth control only. Bayer stopped the deceptive marketing of Yaz when the cited it for false and misleading advertising.

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