Is It Low T Campaign Attracts Market Yet Faces FDA Scrutiny
Dramatizing an aging male health issue Abbott and AbbVie promote testing and treatment for low T while questioning benefits and flagging possible harms. FDA investigations follow studies linking testosterone to heart risks. critics urge tighter regulation of disease awareness campaigns and off label promotion. Woloshin and Schwartz of the Dartmouth Institute critique industry tactics and emphasize uncertain efficacy.
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Jama Internal Medicine
Food and Drug Administration
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Institute of Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine
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Traffic cameras seen as neutral safety tool by local writer
Iowa City attorney James Laren argues traffic cameras violate policy by mostly generating revenue and exempting many vehicles. The column defends cameras for reducing speeds, preventing crashes, and cutting costs, citing Cedar Rapids data and studies, while noting future tech like driverless cars may render cameras less relevant.
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Iowa
James Laren
IDOT
Laren
Cedar Rapids
Tom Vanderbilt
Florida
Assignment of Benefits fix for dental insurance in Iowa
Eastern Iowans press SF 402 to require assignment of benefits so care payments go to the patient and restore independent review by the Iowa Insurance Division. The measure aims to curb checks sent to non custodial parents and reduce costly court actions when insurers deny coverage.
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Iowa Insurance Division
Iowa Senate
Iowa House
Erring on the side of paranoia about child stars
Lenore Skenazy argues modern viewers view 1930s Shirley Temple films with unease due to pervasive paranoia about adults around children. She notes Babble and Daily Telegraph examples of heightened suspicion and cites social shifts from Temple to Toddlers and Tiaras, urging balance.
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Boy Scouts
Daily Telegraph
New York City
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
JonBenet Ramsey
Dwight DeWorth-Pallmeyer
Widener University
Temple
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