Clinicians who prescribe unnecessary antibiotics fuel future antibiotic use

Receiving an initial antibiotic prescription for a viral acute respiratory infection — the type of infection that doesn’t respond to antibiotics — increases the likelihood that a patient or their spouse will seek care for future such infections and will receive subsequent antibiotic prescriptions, according to the findings of a study from Harvard Medical School… Read More »

Can you get diet coke in hong kong

It’s our first visit in just over two weeks no that we’re counting and getting really excited now. Only available in Belgium, France and Luxembourg. Seems like I will buy some diet tonic for the room and I’ll drink diet soda at the many bars I’m sure we’ll be popping into!! Diet Coke with a… Read More »

Why consumers think pretty food is healthier

A researcher from University of Southern California published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores whether attractive food might seem healthier to consumers. The study forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing is titled “Pretty Healthy Food: How and When Aesthetics Enhance Perceived Healthiness” and is authored by Linda Hagen. Consumers see almost… Read More »