The myth of the DSM “Bible” is debunked: “at best, [the DSM is] a dictionary, creating a set of labels and defining each. . . . Continue reading →
Two NIMH Directors Debunk DSM & Deplore Psychiatry’s Unscientific Modus Operandi
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A Baby Alleged to Have been “HIV Infected” is “Deemed Cured”–But Where is the Proof?
"There have been scattered cases reported in the past, including one in The New England Journal of Medicine in 1995, of babies clearing the virus, even without treatment. "
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Are Psychiatrists Committing Professional Suicide?
TIME Psychiatrist Contends the Field Is ‘Committing Professional Suicide’ Psychiatry — and medicine in general — has a dangerously close relationship with the pharmaceutical industry Maia Szalavitz | @maiasz | October 5, 2012 | British psychiatrist and Big Pharma gadfly David Healy . . . Continue reading →
Nobel Laureate Scientists Quit Cancer Research Institute-Texas
Update: America’s Healthcare Crisis–7 Scientists Quit Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas Continue reading →
Fraudulent Science: What’s Retracted, What’s Not
Even if retracted, published clinical trial reports that misrepresent findings, withhold negative data, or make false, or unsubstantiated claims have done irreparable damage. AHRP calls upon all medical journals to adopt a publication policy requiring submission of the sponsor’s formal Clinical Study Report to accompany articles about clinical trial findings.
This Year Alone, Drug Industry To Lose $50 billion
This year alone, because of patent expirations, the drug industry will lose control over more than 10 megamedicines whose combined annual sales have neared $50 billion.
PhRMa R&D Costs Are Much Lower Than Claimed
The deeper problem is that current incentives reward drug companies to develop mainly new, but not better medicines at ever higher prices. Continue reading →
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
A fascinating article in The Atlantic, "Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science" by David Freedman, profiles Dr. John Ioannidis, who says that as much as 90% of the published medical information that doctors rely on is flawed. Continue reading →
The Truth Wears Off
The excerpts from The New Yorker (below) may be read as a companion piece to the Atlantic article profiling Dr. John Ioannidis. However, the opening example that Lehrer uses to make the point that initial impressive positive research findings often weaken . . . Continue reading →
Deadly Medicine: Foreign Clinical Trials_Vanity Fair
In 2008, 6,485 trials were conducted off shore with almost no FDA oversight. Seventy-eight percent of all human test subjects were enrolled at foreign sites.
Scientists Share Anthrax Info that FBI Left Out
Although the FBI closed the 2001 anthrax mailings investigation in Feb. 2010, experts disagree with FBI’s conclusion: new information about the anthrax, the investigation and the suspect still continue to emerge. Continue reading →
Why Psychoterapies Never Get Better
The latest psychotherapy fad is "cybertherapy embraces escapism and the mechanized techniques of "virtual reality." It has been given a veneer of legitimacy by a prominent article in the New York Times "Science" section. Continue reading →