Political Vaccine Resistance Growing Harder to Turn Off

 "I'm Still A Zero":  Vaccine-Resistant Republicans Warn That Their Skepticism Is Worsening by Dan Diamond.  The Washington Post.  April 20, 2021.  

McKinsey: US Consumer Sentiment During The Coronavirus Crisis

Survey:  US Consumer Sentiment During The Coronavirus Crisis.  McKinsey & Company.  June 11, 2020.

Hospital Revenue Plunges As Focus Shifts From Lucrative Surgeries To Coronavirus Victims

Hospitals Knew How To Make Money.  Then Coronavirus Happened by Sarah Kliff.  The New York Times.  May 15, 2020.

Instagram Influencers Promote Drugs And Medical Devices

The Latest Instagram Influencer Frontier?  Medical Promotions by Suzanne Zuppello.  Vox.  February 15, 2019. 

Despite Additions Of Healthful Menu Items, Fast Food Less Healthy Than It Was 30 Years Ago

Thirty Years Of Fast Food:  Greater Variety, But More Salt, Larger Portions, And Added Calories.  Elsevier/Science Daily.  February 27, 2019. 

Health Care Marketing Nearly Doubles From 1997 T0 2016; Emphasis on The High-Tech And Expensive

Health Care Industry Spends $30B A Year Pushing Its Wares, From Drugs To Stem Cell Treatment by Liz Szabo.  Kaiser Health News.  January 8, 2019.

Crowdfunding For Medical Treatments That Are Not Backed By Science

Crowdfunding Drives Funds And Attention Toward Questionable Medical Treatments by Rachel D. Cohen.  National Public Radio.  January 2, 2019. 

Science, Marketing, And Chocolate

Dark Chocolate Is Now A Health Food.  Here's How That Happened by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  October 18, 2017. 

Positive Health Care Marketing And False Hope

The Painful Side Of Positive Health Care Marketing by Sam Harnett.  NPR.  October 8, 2017. 

Really, What Does It Cost To Bring A Drug To Market?

What Does It Cost To Create A Cancer Drug?  Less Than You'd Think.  New York Times.  September 11, 2017. 

Not Enough Patients For Clinical Trials For Cancer Drugs---Why?

A Cancer Conundrum:  Too Many Drug Trials, Too Few Patients by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  August 12, 2017. 

Creating A Message For Fit Doctors to Gain Patients

When Your Doctor Is Fitter Than You Are by Lauren C. Howe.  The New York Times.  July 13, 2017. 

Dark Web Fuels Opioid Sales

Opioid Dealers Embrace The Dark Web To Send Deadly Drugs By Mail by Nathaniel Popper.  The New York Times.  June 10, 2017. 

Vegetable Labeling Impacts Consumption

There's An Easy Marketing Trick To Get People To Eat More Vegetables by Katherine Ellen Foley.  Quartz.  June 13, 2017. 

Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertisement Is A Massive Growth Industry

Essay:  Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertising On TV A Growth Industry.  Newsworks.  October 27, 2016

Ethical, Environmental, And Health Problems Associated With Many Foods In The Supermarket

The Neurotic Eater's Grocery List by Nick Tabor And James D. Walsh.  New York Magazine.  July 10, 2016. 

Bagged Greens And Salad Kits Sales Projected To reach $7 Billion A Year

As Bagged Salad Kits Boom Americans Eat More Greens by Dan Charles and Allison Aubrey.  NPR.  July 12, 2016. 

Drug And Device Companies' Marketing Efforts Prevalent In Southern Hospitals

Doctors At Southern Hospitals Take The Most Payments From Drug, Device Companies by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones.  NPR.  June 29, 2016

No Doctor Required Medical Tests: Pros And Cons

Direct-To Consumer Lab Tests, No Doctor Visit Required by Anahad O'Connor.  The New York Times.  June 6, 2016

Soda Consumption Hits A 30-Year Low In 2015

Soda Consumption Hits A 30-Year Low in 2015 by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  April 1, 2016.