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Rachel Armstrong

Rachel Armstrong is a freshman in the school of Human Ecology at Cornell University, majoring in Human Biology, Health, and Society and minoring in Healthcare Policy. She is particularly interested in community health outreach and healthcare inequality. Outside of Roosevelt, Rachel is a test writer for Science Olympiad, a brother of APO, a community service fraternity, and involved in the Cornell Tradition.

The Link Between Unnecessary Medication and Television

By Rachel Armstrong Published February 23, 2019

Elderly patients are often successfully persuaded by direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising on television for prescription medication. Regulating or banning DTC advertisements would combat unnecessary medication, and improve patient-physician relations.