Comments on: Real Problems with RealAge http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/real-problems-with-realage Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Katherine http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/real-problems-with-realage/comment-page-1#comment-1273 Katherine Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:50:13 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4872#comment-1273 Thank you for this post! Oprah and Dr. Oz have been promoting RealAge.com, a website that asks you over 150 personal questions covering what you eat, drink, sexual history and more. The quiz promises tips on healthier living but here's the catch: "free" membership includes targeted marketing from drug companies. Plus, no law prevents RealAge from selling or sharing that information with others. Oprah and Dr. Oz are some of the most trusted name brands in the country. SIGN THE PETITION asking Oprah to provide the full picture to her audience: https://secure2.convio.net/appf/site/SPageServer?pagename=petition_to_oprah Thank you for this post!

Oprah and Dr. Oz have been promoting RealAge.com, a website that asks you over 150 personal questions covering what you eat, drink, sexual history and more. The quiz promises tips on healthier living but here’s the catch: “free” membership includes targeted marketing from drug companies.

Plus, no law prevents RealAge from selling or sharing that information with others.

Oprah and Dr. Oz are some of the most trusted name brands in the country. SIGN THE PETITION asking Oprah to provide the full picture to her audience:
https://secure2.convio.net/appf/site/SPageServer?pagename=petition_to_oprah

]]> By: TBTAM http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/real-problems-with-realage/comment-page-1#comment-1120 TBTAM Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:51:29 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4872#comment-1120 Real Age is promoted by Dr Mehmet Oz, who is promoted by Oprah. Unless Oprah deals with this issue publicly, her credibility is seriously at question as well. http://theblogthatatemanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/pay-no-attention-to-that-man-behind.html Real Age is promoted by Dr Mehmet Oz, who is promoted by Oprah. Unless Oprah deals with this issue publicly, her credibility is seriously at question as well.

http://theblogthatatemanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/pay-no-attention-to-that-man-behind.html

]]> By: ashley http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/real-problems-with-realage/comment-page-1#comment-1119 ashley Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:46:16 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4872#comment-1119 Talk about the failures of capitalism .... Just like deregulation has sunk our economy under the greed of out-of-control financial speculators -- so has the deregulation of drug company advertising crippled our nation's health. I realize the synergy in the RealAge situation is not the same as the endless Viagra ads we now have to see on TV, but the theory is the same. Somehow drug companies have made it seem that it is their right to make healthcare decisions for people they don't even know. The magic market doesn't work in all cases, and it's time to limit the reach of drug companies once again. Talk about the failures of capitalism …. Just like deregulation has sunk our economy under the greed of out-of-control financial speculators — so has the deregulation of drug company advertising crippled our nation’s health. I realize the synergy in the RealAge situation is not the same as the endless Viagra ads we now have to see on TV, but the theory is the same. Somehow drug companies have made it seem that it is their right to make healthcare decisions for people they don’t even know. The magic market doesn’t work in all cases, and it’s time to limit the reach of drug companies once again.

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