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Me encontré con este caso de crisis en el portal de la BBC . Copio textualmente toda la nota.   12 February 2013 Coca-Cola drinking 'linked to New Zealander's death' Drinking large quantities of Coca-Cola was a "substantial factor" in the death of a 30-year-old woman in New Zealand, a coroner has said. Natasha Harris, who died three years ago after a cardiac arrest, drank up to 10 litres of the fizzy drink each day. This is twice the recommended safe limit of caffeine and more than 11 times the recommended sugar intake. Coca-Cola had argued that it could not be proved its product had contributed to Ms Harris' death. The mother of eight, from the southern city of Invercargill, had suffered from ill health for years. Her family said she had developed an addiction to Coca-Cola and would get withdrawal symptoms, including "the shakes", if she went without her favourite drink. She drank Coke throughout her waking hours and her teeth had b...

Cuando las compañías farmacéuticas se alían con los médicos para vender sus productos, el paciente se convierte en cliente, el médico deja de ser una persona digna de confianza, la salud se convierte en un mercado y la enfermedad en un negocio que hay que hacer crecer. ¿Qué castigo merece un médico que prescribe medicina psiquiátrica a niñios que no la necesitan y a los que puede provocar daños de por vida? Lo que presenta este interesante infográfico es la situación en Estados Unidos.      Increasing in costs each year, prescription pills are one of the most profitable and dominating industries in the nation, with annual sales in the hundreds of billions. Prescribed medications constitute a significant bulk of work that medical coders must transcribe. Shockingly, the prescription pill industry uses questionable practices to increase their bottom line, and in turn, increase coding workload through unnecessary prescriptions. Though pharmaceutical companies have long-...