{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Ethical Nag","provider_url":"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org","author_name":"Carolyn Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/author\/czthomas\/","title":"Six not-so-simple steps toward protecting us from dangerous drugs","type":"link","html":"Did you know that prescription drugs have become a leading cause of death, disease, and disability? The number of patients now taking prescription drugs has soared by 72% in just the last decade, with the result that an estimated 46 million North Americans suffer from adverse side effects, and 2.2 million are hospitalized every year because of them.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/drug-ad-vintage-mornidine.jpg?w=195&fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_width":195,"thumbnail_height":299}