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'The transparency campaign initiated by McDonald's last year was intended at marketing a more health conscious image of McDonald's Corp.–and at using social media more effectively, but instead of talking about their love for the brand, the hashtag became a forum for people to talk about how disgusting they believe the food is. 

The ingredients in their french fries went viral. Instead of the basic two ingredients-potatoes and oil, consumers found out McDonald's french fries contain 17 ingredients.'


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The PSA Controversy

'For decades, a simple routine blood test – the prostate specific antigen (PSA) – was a man’s equivalent to a mammogram. Levels above 3.0 were considered dangerous. When the numbers went higher, doctors were sure patients had prostate cancer. But there are lots of reasons PSA levels can rise—inflammation and infections are but two of them.

Benign enlargement, a physiologic but not cancerous change in prostate tissue, also sends PSA levels up. Conventional medical wisdom believed age drove PSA higher, as well—and created a greater risk for prostate cancer.

Were the experts right?

It turns out a lot of conventional prostate wisdom has been proven unhelpful when it comes to prostate health.' 

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