October 11, 2012 — October 11, 2012 — In an opinion piece published by the New England Journal of Medicine and spotlighted by the Washington Post, Deborah A. Cohen, M.D., M.P.H., of RAND Health in Santa Monica, and Susan H. Babey, Ph.D., of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, argue for increased oversight in the placement of high-calorie, […]
October 5, 2012 — October 5, 2012 — With two major wins under its belt this summer, the EEOC is effectively upholding the amendment passed by Congress last year to the Americans with Disabilities Act protecting people who are more than 100% overweight for the normal weight range for their height from workplace discrimination. In an article published today, […]
October 5, 2012 — In an unexpected turn, companies are beginning to seek people with obesity to represent their brands in ads. According to USA Today in a front page story, brands like Nike and Subway are going beyond than the usual casting agency model to find actors who better resonate with under-represented segments of the U.S. population, segments who […]
October 3, 2012 — October 3, 2012 — Qsymia is the first new prescription weight loss medication on the market in over 10 years, and many, including the innovator company Vivus, thought that this new medication would not be reimbursed by health plans. Payers and many experts were surprised then, by the news that Qsymia was covered by health […]
