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Foodsmarts’ New Program Allows Doctors to Prescribe Produce Just as Easily as They Can Medication

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Foodsmart is rolling out its new program that enables doctors to refer their patients to Foodsmart’s dieticians and healthy eating platform, as well as write prescriptions for healthy food just as easily as they might a normal pharmacy prescription.

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How the food allergy sector is benefitting from health tech’s recent boom

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For the 32 million individuals in the US with food allergies, more research into symptoms, causes, and treatments has been long sought after, but historically underfunded. per person being spent on food allergy research. Luckily for those with food allergies, the food allergy sector has benefitted from this influx of funding.

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Are new weight loss drugs an answer or problem?

World of DTC Marketing

Unpaid celebrity endorsements include venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, who says the drug completely changed his relationship with food, and Elon Musk, who has cited it on Twitter. But before the company can make Wegovy mainstream, it has to convince doctors to prescribe it and insurers and governments to pay for it.

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Getting an Rx does not address health problems

World of DTC Marketing

While the population is more worried about COVID, they are killing themselves by overeating processed food and not getting any exercise. Why don’t doctors have the “the talk”? The FDA should require every pharma product website to devote part of its content to prevention and the importance of exercise.

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Personal responsibility in the obesity epidemic

World of DTC Marketing

After a visit to his doctor, he found out that he had diabetes and was immediately put on medication. More than half of our food dollars are now being spent on restaurants and convenient on-the-go meals. 3hree: Healthier foods can cost more. Back in 1977, the average adult got 228 calories per day from sugar in food and drinks.

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Life Expectancy in Minorities - How Can Pharma React?

PharmExec

The segment also touches on structural racism factors like food deserts, “essential workers”, and holding doctors accountable. Our panelists talk about preventative health messaging and dynamics of health of a specific group of people to help improve the lifespan of all people, especially the underserved minority populations.

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Is it too late for Biogen?

World of DTC Marketing

While some doctors have been eager to start prescribing the newly approved drug, others had criticized the FDA for clearing the drug before studies proved it works. Food and Drug Administration on Biogen Inc.’s Top researchers who advised the U.S.