{"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":"2010 posts","type":"link","html":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-attachment-id=\"9211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2010-posts\/blue-orb-earth\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-earth.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blue-orb-earth\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-earth.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-earth.jpg?w=300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9211\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-earth.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-earth.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-earth.jpg?w=175&amp;h=175 175w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\">All the Nags from 2010<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>JANUARY 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/01\/01\/menu-order\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How a menu can get you to order what the restaurant wants you to<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/01\/05\/tiger-woods\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The marketing dead weight called Tiger Woods<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/01\/09\/micro-popcorn\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Microwave popcorn: (still) bad for you<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/01\/13\/zetia-merck\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Zetia\u00a0and Vytorin: how Merck got patients to spend $21 billion on drugs that don&#8217;t work<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/01\/17\/ski-resorts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Busted! Ski resorts lure weekend skiers with false snow reports<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/01\/21\/j-and-j-nursing-home\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Johnson &amp; Johnson: &#8220;Welcome to your nursing home nightmare!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/01\/25\/disinfectants\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Selling superbugs: How disinfectants are making us sick<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/01\/29\/medicalization-everday\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The medicalization of everyday life<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>FEBRUARY 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a title=\"My drug\u2019s bigger than your\u00a0drug\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/02\/02\/my-drugs-bigger-than-your-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">My drug&#8217;s bigger than your drug<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/02\/06\/osteopenia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&#8220;We never imagined that people would think of osteopenia as a disease&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/02\/10\/20-billion-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How Big Pharma spends $20 billion a year on marketing their drugs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/02\/14\/olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why the Olympics are bad business<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\">U<a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/02\/18\/dubuske-quits-harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">ltimatum to doc: Quit drug company moonlighting jobs, or lose Harvard teaching post<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/02\/22\/misleading-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Top 10 most misleading drug ads<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/02\/26\/kids\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Commercializing kids: marketing to the tiniest consumers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\">MARCH 2010<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/03\/02\/drugs-toyotas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">If only Avandia were more like Toyota<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/03\/06\/olympics-myths\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">After the party&#8217;s over: five myths about hosting the Olympics<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/03\/10\/girl-guide-cookies\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why you should not buy Girl Guide cookies this year<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/03\/14\/china-diapers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How Procter &amp; Gamble brought the Diaper Revolution to China<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/03\/18\/corrupt-drug-mktg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Bioethical journal: &#8220;Drug marketing corrupts every part of the scientific and medical network&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/03\/22\/shill-game\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Sock puppetry, astroturfing and the marketing shill game<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/03\/26\/why-oprah-is-not-your-doctor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why Oprah is not your doctor<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/03\/30\/generic-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Generic drugs: are they really exactly the same as brand name drugs?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\">APRIL 2010<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/04\/03\/patent-cliff\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Drugs are\u00a0falling off the patent cliff<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/04\/07\/medical-profession-pervasive-dependence\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Does the medical profession need to wean itself off the &#8216;pervasive dependence on Big Pharma money?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/04\/11\/pay-for-delay\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How Big Pharma&#8217;s &#8216;<em>Pay for Delay&#8217;<\/em> tactics keep generic drugs off the market<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/04\/15\/grabowski-valpy-pope\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Lessons from Toyota for the Pope<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/04\/19\/pfizer-bextra\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The disturbing story behind Pfizer&#8217;s $2.3 billion drug marketing fines<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/04\/23\/dont-buy-bottled-water\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why are you still buying bottled water?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/04\/27\/the-worlds-most-expensive-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The world&#8217;s most expensive drugs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>MAY 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/05\/01\/harvard-conflict-of-interest-big-pharma\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Harvard cozies up with Big Pharma<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/05\/04\/big-pharma-avoids-criminal-charges-astrazeneca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why is Big Pharma getting away with paying billions in criminal fines &#8211; but not facing criminal charges?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/05\/08\/dove-real-beauty\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">If we&#8217;re beautiful just the way we are, why do those Dove &#8216;Real Beauty&#8217; ads tell us we need to buy their skin-firming creams?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/05\/12\/50-petroleum-products\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">50 surprising products\u00a0you use every day that are made\u00a0from petroleum<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/05\/16\/false-eco-truths\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">12 shocking Eco-Truths with one small problem &#8211; they&#8217;re false<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/05\/20\/bad-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Drug watchdog\u00a0seeks tattle-tales to bust bad ads<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/05\/24\/15-million-in-damages-awarded-for-botox-side-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">$15 million in damages awarded for Botox side effects<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/05\/28\/fewer-physicians-see-reps\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Fewer doctors are agreeing to see drug reps<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>JUNE 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/06\/01\/snake-oil-snacks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Snake oil in your snacks<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/06\/05\/media-health-news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The best and worst of\u00a0how journalists cover health news<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/06\/09\/why-you-should-take-zoloft-for-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why you should take Zoloft &#8211; for everything!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/06\/13\/using-science-to-sell\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">When you use\u00a0bad science to sell drugs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/06\/17\/adidas-vs-nike-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Adidas vs Nike: the World Cup battle of the brands<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/06\/21\/h1n1-flu-panic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Did Big Pharma fund the swine flu panic?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/06\/25\/health-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Your health &#8211; and the World Cup<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/06\/29\/heart-attack-grill\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Over 350 pounds? Eat free at the Heart Attack Grill!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\">JULY 2010<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/07\/03\/phoney-non-profits\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How to set up your own phony non-profit as a front for Big Business<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/07\/07\/dora-the-explorer-dangers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Warning: Dora the Explorer might be dangerous to your children&#8217;s health<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/07\/11\/vatican-pr-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why the Vatican&#8217;s abuse response is being called &#8220;a PR failure, carnage, nightmare, and train wreck&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/07\/15\/reporting-impaired-incompetent-doctors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">What doctors should do &#8211; <strong>but don&#8217;t<\/strong> &#8211; about their colleagues who are &#8220;impaired or incompetent to practice medicine&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/07\/19\/jupiter-results-questioned\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">When medical research is funded to favour the drug, not the facts<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/07\/23\/quit-smoking-cold-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">True or false?\u00a0 Most smokers need help to quit<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/07\/27\/buying-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Seven subconscious cues marketers use to affect your buying decisions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/07\/31\/women-catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The endangered species called Catholic nuns<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\">AUGUST 2010<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/08\/04\/child-labour-phillip-morris\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How 10-year old children are helping Philip Morris earn billions in cigarette sales each year <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/08\/08\/meat-and-butter-diet\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why industry lobbyists and pseudo-scientists insist that the &#8220;meat and butter&#8221; diet is good for us<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/08\/12\/pfizer-nicorette-gum\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Too many smokers are quitting on their own &#8211; so Pfizer pays doctors to plug Nicorette gum<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/08\/16\/slavery-chocolate\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Do you know the bitter dark secret behind that sweet taste of chocolate?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/08\/20\/stealth-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Stealth marketing: ho<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/08\/20\/stealth-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">w Big Pharma tries to shape medical news<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/08\/24\/poor-people-ignore-quit-smoking-campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why the poor pay virtually no attention to those &#8216;quit smoking&#8217; campaigns<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/08\/28\/cancer-preventionfood-better-than-supplements\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">News flash: food is better than supplements for staying healthy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>SEPTEMBER 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/09\/01\/celebrity-doctors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">What has happened to you, Dr. Oz?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/09\/05\/ikea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Four marketing tricks that Ikea uses to seduce us<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/09\/09\/doctors-selling-retail\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">When doctors go retail: is it okay to sell products?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/09\/13\/the-haunting-of-medical-journals-how-ghostwriting-sold-hormone-replacement-therapy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The haunting of medical journals: how ghostwriting sold hormone replacement therapy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/09\/17\/anti-mcdonalds-tv-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Provocative TV ad targets McDonald&#8217;s high-fat fare<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/09\/21\/deductive-reasoning\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How deductive reasoning can lead us to stupid conclusions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/09\/25\/corporate-swag\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Please, no more fridge magnets! Why companies spend all that money on useless corporate swag<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/09\/29\/cardiologists-implant-unnecessary-stents\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Cardiologists accused of implanting coronary stents that were not needed<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>OCTOBER 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/03\/seth-godin-this-is-broken\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Seth Godin: &#8220;This is broken!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/07\/admitting-medical-errors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Seattle report claims: &#8220;Admitting medical errors is not always the best policy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/11\/sugar-is-good\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Sugar is good for you &#8211; a<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/11\/sugar-is-good\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">nd for the people who make sugar!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/15\/why-doctors-get-sued\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why doctors get sued<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/19\/cupcakes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How a New York <\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/19\/cupcakes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">bakery sold $23.5 million worth of cupcakes last year<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/23\/toddlers-on-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">JUST SAY NO to antipsychotic drugs for toddlers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/27\/big-pharmas-biggest-phlops\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Big Pharma&#8217;s b<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/27\/big-pharmas-biggest-phlops\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">iggest &#8220;phlops&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/10\/31\/is-your-doctor-a-thought-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Is your doctor a &#8220;thought leader&#8221;?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>NOVEMBER 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/04\/flash-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">T-Mobile and the <\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/04\/flash-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">flash mob marketing phenomenon<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/08\/linda-buck-retracts-articles\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Nobel prize winner forced to retract three flawed peer-reviewed journal articles<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/12\/university-extreme-exam-anxiety\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&#8216;Extreme exam anxiety&#8217; <\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/12\/university-extreme-exam-anxiety\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&#8211; disability or excuse?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/16\/bad-doctors-big-pharma\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Bad doc<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/16\/bad-doctors-big-pharma\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">tors earning good money from Big Pharma<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a title=\"Whistleblowing is dangerous to your health\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/20\/whistleblowing-is-dangerous-to-your-health\/\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Whistleblowing is dangerous to your health<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/24\/in-thailand-exercise-provides-relief-from-all%c2%a0pain\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">In Thailand, exercise provides relief for all pain<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/11\/28\/novartis-athletes-drug-dinners\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Novartis stable of big name athletes lures docs to drug dinners<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>DECEMBER 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a title=\"Anti-aging question for Suzanne Somers: &quot;Why is pig thyroid good for us, but horse urine bad?&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/02\/suzanne-somers-anti-aging\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Anti-aging question for Suzanne Somers: &#8220;Why is pig thyroid good for us, but horse urine bad?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a title=\"Lipitor - and nine other blockbuster drugs that are falling off the 'patent cliff' this year\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/06\/drugs-going-off-patent\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Lipitor and nine other blockbuster drugs that are &#8220;falling off the patent cliff&#8221; this year <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a title=\"Paying illegal kickbacks to doctors: just the cost of doing business for Big Pharma?\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/10\/novartis-trileptal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Paying illegal kickbacks to doctors: just the cost of doing business for Big Pharma?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/14\/positive-spin-negative-medical-research-results\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Putting a positive spin on negative medical research results<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/18\/5-as-of-empty-arguments\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The Five A&#8217;s of Empty Arguments<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/22\/correlation-not-causation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Post hoc ergo properter hoc<\/span><\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/22\/correlation-not-causation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> &#8211; Latin for &#8220;Don&#8217;t drink the water!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/26\/alternative-meds-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Mayo Clinic warning: &#8220;Beware of alternative health care fraud&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/30\/why-the-pope-needs-media-training\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Why the Pope needs media training<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a title=\"Top 10 posts from The Ethical Nag for\u00a02010\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2010\/12\/31\/top-10-posts-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The Top 10 posts from The Ethical Nag for 2010<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\">Return to this year&#8217;s most recent Nags<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">or visit the dark, dank scary archives of all Ethical Nag posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em><a style=\"color:#000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2009-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\">2009<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em><a style=\"color:#000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2011-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\">2011<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em><a style=\"color:#000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2012-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a style=\"color:#000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2013-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>2<\/em><em>0<\/em><em>13<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a style=\"color:#000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2014-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>2014<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">l<\/span><\/p>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-earth.jpg?fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_width":null,"thumbnail_height":null}