DIGITAL HEALTH
NYC sues online e-cig companies over age verification concerns. New York City is stepping up its ongoing war on e-cigarette manufacturers, according to Reuters, suing some two dozen online retailers over a pretty fundamental issue: How the heck do you verify a customer's age over the internet? “The kids of New York are the pride of our city, but to these companies, they’re just a source of profit,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement. “Preying on minors and hooking them on a potentially lethal, lifelong nicotine addiction is unconscionable.” (Reuters)
INDICATIONS
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $8 billion in Risperdal verdict that will probably be slashed. Drug giant J&J has been ordered to pay $8 billion to a plaintiff who alleges the company's antipsychotic drug Risperdal can lead to breast enlargement in men (the punitive damages awarded by a Philadelphia jury add to existing claims that J&J hadn't done enough to warn patients of the risk—all claims that J&J vehemently objects to). The eye-popping jury award, however, will almost certainly be slashed down to a significantly smaller sum if past history is any guidance. ( BBC News)
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THE BIG PICTURE
Kaiser extends social determinants of health push with childhood trauma pilot. Nonprofit health system Kaiser Permanente is committing $2.75 million to a pilot, childhood trauma study meant to suss out how devastating, early-life events may affect people's health in the long term. This meshes with Kaiser's existing projects on the social determinants of health, such as the effects of homelessness, poverty, and environmental inequity on people's mental and physical wellbeing.
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