13-01-2012 18:05 It seems every time you turn on the television you see an ad for a new drug. The US is the only western country that allows direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs. These commercials leave many wondering if they are in a state of depression. According to the US government, anti-depressant use has grown about 400 percent among Americans in the past two decades. Many argue that doctors take an oath to give people the best care possible and some of these drugs do more harm than good. Doctor Darcy Smith, a licensed clinical social worker, joins us to discuss this growing trend of pill popping and what we can do to get Americans off meds. Follow Kristine on Twitter at twitter.com Read more: Pharmaceutical companies creating a society of hypochondriacs? - Video … Continue reading →

05-02-2012 21:33 Solve for X is a forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork. wesolveforx.com G+ goo.gl More than 130M Americans have one or more chronic disease. Some of the most pervasive, expensive and debilitating of these chronic diseases are Central Nervous System disorders which today affect more than 60M Americans. Current therapies are limited; in many cases, while drugs may exist to battle these diseases, the side effects can be worse than the effects of the disease itself. Consider if there was a way to deliver just the right amount of these powerful pharmacologic agents at just the right time and to just the parts of the human body that needed it, avoiding systemic side effects and improving the quality of life for patients. That approach would be the vehicle for radical progress in the fight against disease like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, and Depression, among others. Mir Imran is CEO and Chairman of InCube Labs, a life sciences research lab. Mir's passion is creating medical solutions that dramatically improve patient outcomes and change the standard of care. Visit link: Solve for X: Mir Imran on drug delivery - Video … Continue reading →

10-02-2012 21:02 rambling on about random things, in a really tight t-shirt. side effects of drugs so far - aches in my legs, feeling cold. feel a headache coming on. Follow this link: Expensive Drugs - Video … Continue reading →