January 27, 2011

WSJ Sues to Gain Access to Medicare Database

A series of articles in The Wall Street Journal (links below) documented soaring Medicare costs and how

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WSJ Sues to Gain Access to Medicare Database

January 24, 2011

FDA to Review Safety of Electroshock Devices

The classification of Electroshock  machines will be the focus of an FDA advisory committee hearing this Thursday

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FDA to Review Safety of Electroshock Devices

November 29, 2010

Hospital Safety: NEJM Study Finds No Progress

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine issued a landmark report, To Err is Human, documenting the extraordinary

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Hospital Safety: NEJM Study Finds No Progress

October 3, 2010

Lawsuits, Just the Cost of Criminal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs

A New York Times report (below) reviews what has been accomplished by multiple civil and criminal lawsuits

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Lawsuits, Just the Cost of Criminal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs

September 23, 2010

Former Sen Finance Committee Investigator Speaks Out

"…what they’ve been doing for years is buying off doctors to sell their products and a doctor’s

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Former Sen Finance Committee Investigator Speaks Out

July 10, 2010

Devastating FDA Safety Review of Avandia

Until now, FDA officials in the all-powerful center for new drug evaluation (called CEDER), have, for the

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Devastating FDA Safety Review of Avandia

May 5, 2010

Another Florida Child a Casualty of Lethal Psych Drug Cocktail

“Your failure to conduct the requisite safety measures contributed to the unnecessary exposure of pediatric subjects to

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Another Florida Child a Casualty of Lethal Psych Drug Cocktail

April 30, 2010

12-Year Old Denis Matez: Dead of Psych Drug Cocktail Rx by Psychiatrist

Thanks to a series of riveting reports by Carol Marbin Miller of the Miami Herald, the circumstances

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12-Year Old Denis Matez: Dead of Psych Drug Cocktail Rx by Psychiatrist

April 28, 2010

How to Stop Epidemic Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing

AstraZeneca is the fourth giant prescription drug manufacturer to be busted by the U.S. Department of Justice

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How to Stop Epidemic Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing

April 8, 2010

In Medicine, the Power of No vs. Psychiatry’s Mass Overtreatment

New York Times columnist, David Leonhardt, applauds the new Medicare policy inaugurating comparative risk/ benefit analyses of

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In Medicine, the Power of No vs. Psychiatry’s Mass Overtreatment

March 30, 2010

Scientists to Testify that FDA Ignored Radiation Warnings

The FDA is holding a hearing about the safety hazards of CT scans: Gardiner Harris reports in

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Scientists to Testify that FDA Ignored Radiation Warnings

October 31, 2009

Follow-up: Antipsychotics–Psychiatry’s Disregard for the life-threatening hazards

One of our very insightful professional Infomail readers suggested that our comments about who the antipsychotic drug

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Follow-up: Antipsychotics–Psychiatry’s Disregard for the life-threatening hazards

October 28, 2009

Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse

In the second half of the twentieth century, Soviet psychiatrists collaborated with their government: Soviet psychiatrists prescribed

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Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse

September 8, 2009

Is the Pfizer settlement with the US DOJ Punishment or a Gift?

Most of the media has focused on the $2.3 billion Department of Justice settlement with Pfizer for

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Is the Pfizer settlement with the US DOJ Punishment or a Gift?