June 20, 2009 Medtronic Paid the Surgeon Accused Of Falsifying Study Nearly $800,000Medtronic has said that consulting arrangements with surgeons are critical to the development of new products. Company Read More Medtronic Paid the Surgeon Accused Of Falsifying Study Nearly $800,000
June 18, 2009 Gene Theory for Depression Is Now DiscreditedA study that attempted to replicate the “seminal” study that laid the foundation for psychiatry’s “serotonin theory” Read More Gene Theory for Depression Is Now Discredited
June 17, 2009 Children Rx ADHD Drugs 7.4 times increased risk of sudden deathEmpirical findings published in the American Journal of Psychiatry lend validity to the long debated claim by Read More Children Rx ADHD Drugs 7.4 times increased risk of sudden death
June 9, 2009 Did FDA Include Evidence of Brain Damage Caused by Antipsychotics?The new generation antipsychotic drugs were all approved without proof of efficacy–they were approved to treat psychosis Read More Did FDA Include Evidence of Brain Damage Caused by Antipsychotics?
June 7, 2009 Is FDA Bipolar or Complicit in Legitimizing Illegal Marketing?FDA officials are ignoring the real world tragedies–drug-induced deaths of children. Unfortunately for the children, child psychiatrists Read More Is FDA Bipolar or Complicit in Legitimizing Illegal Marketing?
June 4, 2009 Marketing Trumps Safety: the case of AntipsychoticsJust as the FDA is convening an advisory committee hearing (June 9-10) about whether to expand the Read More Marketing Trumps Safety: the case of Antipsychotics
June 3, 2009 USA Today: Conflicts of interest bedevil psychiatric drug researchEver wondered how toxic psychoactive drugs that have been shown to be clinically insignificant have been catapulted Read More USA Today: Conflicts of interest bedevil psychiatric drug research