November 29, 2006

Those who approve research protocols, ethics committees–called, institutional review boards, IRB–are riddled with conflicts of interest.   In

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Hospital IRBs are “On the Take”–Tainted by Conflicts ofInterest_NEJM

November 29, 2006

“Last year in the United States, about 1.6 million children and teenagers — 280,000 of them under

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Psychiatric Drug Mix for Young On Shaky Grounds_ NYTimes

November 28, 2006

If you thought that there was all that much difference between the concealment of data by investigators

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NIH Secrets Government Funded Data Concealment_Lenzer-New Republic

November 28, 2006

Several astute observers of the flu, the vaccine, and the government promotional campaign urging the public to

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Flu Vaccine–where is the evidence?

November 27, 2006

Scientists are finally paying attention to Hippocrates, the Greek physician widely regarded as the father of medicine,

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Theory suggests that a shortage of vitamin D triggers outbreaks of flu

November 26, 2006

A recent engaging column by Sharon Begley, Wall Street Journal (below), underscores the importance of publishing both

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Negative Research Results–Mostly Concealed in Journals_SharonBegley, WSJ

November 23, 2006

The drug industry's undue influence–on the FDA and its advisory committees that are made up mostly of

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Dangerous Deception: Hiding the Evidence of Adverse Drug Effects_NEJM

November 22, 2006

The Post reports that City education officials “last year quietly approved more than 50 research projects related

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Guinea Pig Kids Stir Furor: NYC Allows Racial Studies in Schools_NYPost

November 21, 2006

Business Week reports (below) that Fiorello is charged with accepting money and other perks from companies who have

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Former State Pharmacist (Pennsylvania) Faces Criminal charges

November 20, 2006

An Op Ed by Dr. Lawrence Diller, who specializes in behavioral-developmental pediatrics,  addresses America’s obsession with children’s

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Pediatrician: DON’T DRUG THEM: /Parents’ obsession with their children’s self-esteem

November 16, 2006

Presentation by Vera Sharav. NARPA Conference, Baltimore, MD. Nov. 17, 2006. PowerPoint slides (2.8 MB file).

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A Multi-Headed Hydra Turned Medicine Into Snake Oil

November 14, 2006

From messages received, I gather that many of you missed the CNN-Paula Zahn News segment about FDA's

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Waived consent controversy: Video available_CNN: Paula Zahn

November 12, 2006

Apparently there is no limit to professional depravity in psychiatry. The physician’s license to prescribe is being

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ABC News Poll: Should Babies Be Given Prozac?? Vote NO

November 11, 2006

The second in a New York Times series, “Troubled Children” lays bare psychiatry’s essential flaw—it’s Achilles’ heel.

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Psychiatry operates within a pre-Copernican framework of science