July 16, 2006

Checklist for Camp: Bug Spray, Sunscreen, Pills

Here, children jostle for their morning medications: Zoloft for depression, Abilify for bipolar disorder, Guanfacine for twitchy

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Checklist for Camp: Bug Spray, Sunscreen, Pills

July 13, 2006

Associated Press: JAMA says it was misled by researchers

In February, 2006, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a widely publicized article authored

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Associated Press: JAMA says it was misled by researchers

July 12, 2006

Three Essays: Ethics Medico-Industrial Complex

 As medicine has come under the pharmaceutical industry’s control, research report conceal the most serious hazards–simply to

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Three Essays: Ethics Medico-Industrial Complex

July 11, 2006

Harvard / Stanford–Psychiatrists’ Financial Ties to Industry

 Whether their faculty positions are at Harvard or Stanford, one cannot discern a modicum of science to

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Harvard / Stanford–Psychiatrists’ Financial Ties to Industry

July 9, 2006

Conflicts of Interest: Stanford University

Paul Jacobs, spent six months investigating financial ties between Stanford University’s 700 faculty members and the bio-tech-medical

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Conflicts of Interest: Stanford University

July 7, 2006

Did regulators fail over SSRIs? BMJ

Noting that controversy over the safety of antidepressants (and COX 2 inhibitor drugs) has shaken public confidence,

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Did regulators fail over SSRIs? BMJ

July 7, 2006

Can We Tame the Monster?

BMJ editor, Dr. Fiona Godlee, commenting on the drug industry’s stranglehold on the scientific medical literature–which has

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Can We Tame the Monster?

July 6, 2006

Tylenol Toxicity: Big Bucks in Long War on Aspirin_Counterpunch

Forbes reported about a study of acetaminophen (Tylenol) published in the journal, Hepatology (December 2005) noted that

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Tylenol Toxicity: Big Bucks in Long War on Aspirin_Counterpunch

July 6, 2006

Russian Suicide Rate Falling__PetionOnline Stop TeenScreen

The article quotes a researcher from the (once dreaded) Serbsky Psychiatric Institute who, freed from the yoke

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Russian Suicide Rate Falling__PetionOnline Stop TeenScreen

July 5, 2006

Tylenol Linked to Liver Woes-AP / Counterpunch

The Associated Press reports that high doses of Tylenol (acetaminiphen) the most popular over the counter painkiller

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Tylenol Linked to Liver Woes-AP / Counterpunch

July 4, 2006

German Drug maker of disastrous TGN1412 files for insolvency_BBC

The British MHRA (equivalent to the U.S. FDA) reportedly acknowledged that Parexel, the U.S. firm that conducted

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German Drug maker of disastrous TGN1412 files for insolvency_BBC

July 4, 2006

Israeli Study: Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help depression in children_Amer J Psychiatry

The study, “Omega-3 Treatment of Childhood Depression: A Controlled, Double-Blind Pilot Study,” conducted at Ben Gurion University

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Israeli Study: Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help depression in children_Amer J Psychiatry

July 2, 2006

What Did Eli Lilly Know About Prozac Induced Violence & Suicidality?

Below the law firm Baum Hedlund reproduces the time-line presented to the jury in the Forsyth v. Eli

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What Did Eli Lilly Know About Prozac Induced Violence & Suicidality?

July 1, 2006

Alaska Supreme Court Strikes Down Forced Psychiatric Drugging–it’s Unconstitutional!

The decision restores personal rights to patients in psychiatric facilities and opens the way for overturning fifty-two

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Alaska Supreme Court Strikes Down Forced Psychiatric Drugging–it’s Unconstitutional!