Posts Tagged ‘wellness scams’

Barrel sauna in Lahälla, Sweden, photograph by Ann-Sophie Qvarnström, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

A Tax-Free Wellness Sauna? Sure. Obesity Meds? Not So Fast.

July 19, 2025 — It’s an old refrain. Life is not fair. If you want confirmation of that, just take a look at evolving health policy in the U.S. People of modest means who need obesity medicines to prevent suffering, disabilities, and a premature death cannot get them. But a tax-free wellness sauna for people with a big bankroll? […]

Parizer (Bologna sausage)

Medical Spa Baloney

May 7, 2024 — We thought it would be hard to top the vacuous absurdity of juice cleanses. But it turns out that the Washington Post was up for the challenge. So the paper assigned an intrepid travel reporter and even hired a model to make the medical spa baloney of intravenous infusions for hangover therapy sound and look […]