Tag Archives: heart disease

Some questions for Pfizer… and a prize for someone

April 22, 2009 – 9:49 am

On Friday, April 17, a Pfizer advertisement told readers of the West Australian newspaper: “If you are taking multiple medicines for conditions such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol, there are combination options that can reduce the number of tablets you take. And the amount of money you pay.”
The advertisement had a section for [...]

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Why closing the gap in heart disease requires a re-think from health services

April 6, 2009 – 10:41 am

Dr Lesley Russell, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney/Australian National University, writes:
Forty years ago, heart disease accounted for a quarter of all Australian deaths.  Since then, due largely to reduced tobacco use and better treatments, the incidence of heart disease has steadily decreased and today only 17 percent of deaths are attributed to [...]

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Exposing some sickening relationships

December 11, 2008 – 12:47 pm

The Center for Media and Democracy in the US has documented some sickening relationships between the industries that cause and treat diseases:
• In 2006, the American Heart Association teamed up with a pharmacy chain, Rite Aid Drug Stores, to promote a “Go Red for Women” campaign to increase awareness of heart disease in women – [...]

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