CHICAGO (Reuters) – The American Medical Association stated on Monday it would ask state and federal well being authorities to research retail health clinics comparable to those offered in CVS/Caremark stores, Wal-Mart Stores and Walgreen Co. for attainable conflicts of interest.

Though there has been a fair quantity of analysis on this topic, researchers don’t have one constant means of measuring access to recent meals and that may make it tough to provide you with a great estimate,” said co-lead author Ella August of the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Grand Rapids. The researchers had somebody name 164 shops across the U.S. posing as a 15-year-outdated lady desirous to shed weight. Another individual known as 244 U.S. stores posing as a 15-12 months-outdated male athlete fascinated about energy coaching.

Medical groups predict a scarcity of 200,000 docs in the United States by 2020. About 20 p.c of …