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10 May 07
Men's top 10 health threats: Mostly preventable - MayoClinic.com
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In 2004, over 58,000 men died of stroke, according to the American Heart Association. Although stroke affects equal proportions of men and women, men have better chances of surviving than women do.
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The CDC also notes that prostate cancer and colorectal cancer are the second- and third-leading causes of cancer death in men.
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25 Apr 07
TV: What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: Modern Medicine
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In the mid-18th century the average life expectancy was 36 and, as Cruickshank said, Britons had one overriding preoccupation: their health.
02 Apr 07
Cosmetic Surgery Past, Present, and Future
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The most popular cosmetic procedure in Asia is eyelid surgery.
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As early as 600 BC, a Hindu surgeon reconstructed a nose using a piece of cheek.[3] By 1000 AD, rhinoplasty was common, due to the barbaric custom of cutting off the noses and upper lips of one's enemies. In the 16th century, Gaspare Tagliacozzi, known as "the father of plastic surgery," reconstructed noses slashed off by swords during duels by transferring flaps of upper arm skin. This procedure was also used to correct the saddle nose deformity of syphilis.
21 Mar 07
PLoS Medicine - Pharmaceutical Marketing and the Invention of the Medical Consumer
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Since, in a consumer society, we see ourselves as individuals and as free agents when we exercise consumer choice, it is not difficult for pharmaceutical companies and other privatized health-care deliverers to convince us that it is empowering to think of ourselves not as patients but as consumers.
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in a recent New York Times article: “For a sizable group of people in their 20's and 30's, deciding on their own what drugs to take—in particular, stimulants, antidepressants and other psychiatric medications—is becoming the norm. Confident of their abilities and often skeptical of psychiatrist's expertise, they choose to rely on their own research and each other's experience in treating problems like depression….A medical degree, in their view, is useful but not essential”
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Pharma in Europe: Going from Heartburn to Heart Attack? — AMERICAN.COM: A Magazine of Ideas, Online
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The European pharmaceutical industry is moving its research and development activities almost wholesale from continental Europe to the United States. Though most Europeans seem unperturbed, the shift has been momentous: “in 1990, the . . . pharmaceutical industry still invested 50% more in Europe than in the US . . . today, the same industry is investing 40% more in the US compared to Europe.”
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France was once a true leader in pharmaceutical R&D, but the nation of Pasteur “has seen its contribution of new drug launches fall from around 50 in 1985-89 to just 12 in 1990-94.” Since 1994, the picture for pharmaceutical innovation in France has not improved much and the French government finally took note: in 2004, it began seeking advice on ways to make France more receptive for bio-tech investment.
National Survey Reveals Direct-to-Consumer Advertising is Achieving Return on Investment; Results Unveiled at Event Sponsored by Guideline and Med Ad News
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consumers are relying more and more upon the Internet to learn about diseases and medications. According to Guideline's survey, 6 of every 10 consumers (58%) utilized the Internet, while 4 in 10 (42%) rely upon commercials or ads in newspapers/magazines.
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Pharmaceutical companies are spending billions to achieve a return-on-investment in their DTC advertising. In fact, they spent an estimated $4.5 billion on DTC in 2006, eclipsing 2005 spending by 9%.
NACDS SmartBrief All Access - TNS Media Intelligence Reports U.S. Advertising Expenditures Increased 4.1 Percent in 2006
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The highest growth rate among the top 10 categories was registered
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Total advertising expenditures in 2006 increased 4.1 percent to
$149.6 billion as compared to 2005, according to data released today
by TNS Media Intelligence, the leading provider of strategic
advertising and marketing information.
Special Report: Health and Beauty Marketing
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Estimates for annual U.S. sales of dietary supplements and vitamins
vary and some run higher than $17 billion. Vitamins account for more
than a third of dietary supplements sold and multivitamins are the most
popular. Herbal supplements are the second largest category, pulling in
about 25% of sales. The biggest herbal sellers are ginko bilboa, St.
John's wort, echinacea, ginseng, garlic, saw palmetto, kava kava and
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As many as three out of five consumers regularly take dietary
supplements. Three decades ago less than a quarter of consumers
augmented their diets with vitamins or other dietary supplements.
College graduates are 70% more likely than nongrads to consume such
products, according to research from the National Center for Health
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Disease Mongering - SourceWatch
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During 2000 more than $13.2 billion was spent on pharmaceutical marketing in the US alone.
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The global pharmaceutical industry--which generated revenues of more than $364 billion in 2001--is the world's most profitable stock market sector. According to IMS Health, the leading drug industry market analyst, half the global drug sales are in the US alone, with Europe and Japan accounting for another 37%.
Study calculates outlay of pharmaceutical marketing
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The bulk of
the $12.7 billion outlay went toward distributing free samples to doctors’
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The resulting estimate of $12.7 billion is high not only in absolute
terms but in relative terms, Ma noted, as the pharmaceutical industry
ranks 34th among the 200 U.S. industries with the largest expenditures
devoted to advertising.
U.S. Advertising Spending Rose 4.6% in 2006, Nielsen Monitor-Plus Reports
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The Pharmaceutical industry was the fastest growing
in terms of percent increase over last year (14.9%) and in terms of actual
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Pharmaceutical 14.9 $718,930,994
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Issue Ads @ APPC
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Of the close to $20 million spent on health
care advertising, almost three-fifths (59%) of spending was from two types
of groups that profit from health care. Industry groups (such as pharmaceutical
manufacturers, insurance companies, and business associations) spent the
most, close to $7 million (about 36% of the total health care spending).
They were followed by health care providers, such as hospitals, nursing
homes, and doctors ($4.7 million or 24%). Consumer groups such as the
AARP came in third, with about $3.0 million in spending (16%).
Advertising Age - Ad Age Agency Report 2006
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Marketing services -- identified as all forms of interactive, sales promotion and direct marketing in this report -- grew 11.3% to $7.66 billion in revenue in the U.S.; traditional advertising and its media component advanced to $12.02 billion, a 5.1% advance that was slightly stronger than last year.
Promotion of prescription drugs to consumers.
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Annual spending on direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs tripled between 1996 and 2000, when it reached nearly $2.5 billion.
> Despite this increase, such advertising accounts for only 15 percent of the money spent on drug promotion and is highly concentrated on a subgroup of products.
20 Mar 07
About International Journal of Advertising on WARC.com
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Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising of pharmaceutical products is currently permitted only in two countries (USA and New Zealand), but under consideration elsewhere.
The effect of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising on health choices: an empirical investigation using panel data
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In 1997, the FDA relaxed regulations on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising for pharmaceutical products.
18 Mar 07
N C H S - Health E Stats - Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2004
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preliminary estimate of life expectancy at birth for the total
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The American-dominated junk food industry threaten health
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The US healthcare system is buckling under the strain of a
$US117 billion ($A204 billion) obesity bill. This is five times the health cost
of tobacco. About 60 per cent of adult Americans are overweight or obese. Most
disturbingly, obesity rates among children - prime targets of the fast-food industry - have exploded over the past 15 years. -
Recent reports suggest Australia is not far behind in obesity
rates. One report stated Australians have collectively gained 22,000 tonnes of
fat in the past decade - about the same time as McDonalds have been operating.
http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/fb-ba/index_e.php?s1=cons&page=ft
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One in two adults and one in three children were
considered overweight or obese in 2001.
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