Ask your doctor how it can help you: Citing rising costs and unrealistic patient expectations, the American Medical Association on Tuesday called for a ban on advertising for prescription drugs and medical devices.
Side effects of a prescription drug ad ban may include pharmaceutical-industry lobbyist expense account inflammation syndrome, and job losses for voice actors who can speak the words “Do not take this drug if you are pregnant” in 0.66 seconds.
Paging Dr. Zuckerberg: Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, a pediatrician, have given $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital, which will now be called Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
The thing is, some patients will probably assume that Zuckerberg refers to the chief doctor.
Surfing the vast cultural wasteland: A show tonight on Lifetime called “People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2015: 30 Years of Sexy” explains how the magazine chooses the year’s hottest hunks.
Presumably, the process includes measuring chin stubble with a micrometer.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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