A combination of high-quality and widely available health care, state assistance for new mothers so that they can choose voluntarily whether to focus on work or caring for their infants, and high school retention rates place are factors that make Scandinavian countries the safest and most desirable in the world to be…
Australia was the only non-European country to place in the top 10.
Finland is number one on the list as the best place in the world to be a mother (followed closely by its Nordic neighbors Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Denmark). In Finland, 43% of the parliamentary seats are held by women, children can expect to receive on average 17 years of schooling, and a woman has less than a 1…
Dr. Drew hosts the Mob Wives season three reunion.
After the suicide of Mindy McCready—the fifth person from Celebrity Rehab to die in two years—brought the spotlight of criticism back on the canceled show, and how the treatment that Dr. Drew offered fell short of the National Institute for Drug Abuse's list of principles for effective treatment.
In 2012, U.S. prosecutors involved with a criminal investigation of GlaxoSmithKline for healthcare fraud revealed that Dr. Drew had been paid $275,000 in the late '90s to promote Welbutrin (most notably, about how the antidepressant does not have a negative affect on sex drive) "in settings where it did not appear…
In 2012, it was revealed that Dr. Drew received $115,000 in consulting fees from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a company that's been involved with marketing fraud scandals and multi-million dollar litigation related to its antipsychotic Risperdal, prompting CNN, the parent company of his HLN network, to issue a statement…
Dr. Drew did this when discussing women with breast implants on his HLN show.
Dr. Drew did this when discussing women with breast implants on his HLN show.
After four of his former patients/cast members of Celebrity Rehab died of substance-abuse related deaths, VH1 pulled the show from its schedule.
Dr. Drew continued his mutually beneficial relationship and media appearances with worst-stage-father-in-the-world/ex-con Michael Lohan to discuss his daughter Lindsay's addiction problems.
Dr. Drew used his platform of his HLN show Dr. Drew to help former Real Housewives of New Jersey star Danielle Staub get out of her stripping contract with Scores.
Dr. Drew used the platform of his show Lifechangers to let teen bride Courtney Stodden prove that her breasts are not implants by having them examined by a doctor on air.
Dr. Drew became the celebrity spokesperson for 1-800-GET-THIN, a marketing company that paid him to promote Lap-Band surgery and perform commercials for its radio spots. The company eventually came under fire by the FDA for using misleading advertising, failing to properly describe the risks associated with such a…
In 2011, Dr. Drew launched two new shows that he would host: Lifechangers, a daytime talk show on the CW and Dr. Drew a primetime talk show on HLN. With five television shows, regular appearances on MTV specials, and a radio show, some claimed that his brand was being diluted and that his pop culture presence was odd…
Dr. Drew redeemed himself when he hosted No Easy Decision on MTV, a very frank and balanced special about abortion, in which he had conversations with teenagers who'd chosen to terminate their pregnancies. It was a much-needed antidote to 16 & Pregnant and Teen Mom. (Dr. Drew is actively involved with participants in…
Dr. Drew began publicly opining about the mental health of celebrities that he had not treated, like Tom Cruise, Lindsay Lohan, and Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, which is typically something that "doctors" in tabloids do.
The success of Celebrity Rehab led to two spinoffs for Dr. Drew in 2009: Sober House and Sex Rehab. Duncan Roy, one of the cast members/patients of Sex Rehab wrote an essay for The Daily Beast calling Dr. Drew a "phony" who knew "very little, or anything, about the precise science of sex addiction." He also called out…
In 2008 it was announced that Dr. Drew would star in a reality series about celebrities in rehab on VH1, the network that was home to the "Of Love" franchise (Flavor of Love,Rock of Love, Daisy of Love). As is an addiction medicine specialist, Dr. Drew said he had a larger message about drug abuse and alcoholism and…