Hospital IRBs are “On the Take”–Tainted by Conflicts ofInterest_NEJM
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine shatters the last myth about the integrity of the current system of checks and balances in medical research.
Psychiatric Drug Mix for Young On Shaky Grounds_ NYTimes
The lead story in The New York Times on Thanksgiving day (below) acknowledged several facts demonstrating that children are the victims of major medical malpractice:
NIH Secrets Government Funded Data Concealment_Lenzer-New Republic
An eye opening article by Jeanne Lenzer, “NIH Secrets,” in The New Republic (below), should make the new Congress sit up and take notice!
Flu Vaccine–where is the evidence?
This is an addendum to yesterday's Infomail in which we disseminated disinformation issued by the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC). www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/396/80
Theory suggests that a shortage of vitamin D triggers outbreaks of flu
The Baltimore Sun reports (below) that in a paper scheduled for publication in the journal Epidemiology and Infection, a Harvard University-led team proposes that a vitamin D deficiency caused by inadequate winter sun exposure may predispose people to infection.
Negative Research Results–Mostly Concealed in Journals_SharonBegley, WSJ
"Why are scientists coy about publishing negative data?
Dangerous Deception: Hiding the Evidence of Adverse Drug Effects_NEJM
FDA's slip-shod approval of defective, harmful drugs, accompanied by rubber stampped endorsements by compromised FDA advisory committees may be reaching a boiling point.
Guinea Pig Kids Stir Furor: NYC Allows Racial Studies in Schools_NYPost
The banner headline news story in today's New York Post (below) reports that New York City's "Department of Education has turned thousands of public school students into "guinea pigs" –allowing researchers to use kids in lucrative and racially explosive studies, critics charge."
Conflict of Interest | Corrupt Practices | Gov. Medical Malfeasance | Government Agencies | Pharma Corrupt Influence
Former State Pharmacist (Pennsylvania) Faces Criminal charges
Steven Fiorello, former Chief Pharmacist for the State of Pennsylvania, was arraigned on on Tuesday, November 21, 2006, on Felony and Misdemeanor charges related to his accepting money from drug companies whose drugs he put on the state Formulary.
Pediatrician: DON’T DRUG THEM: /Parents’ obsession with their children’s self-esteem
"The amount of legal stimulants used as medication and produced in our country has grown 2,000 percent in the last 15 years."
A Multi-Headed Hydra Turned Medicine Into Snake Oil
Presentation by Vera Sharav. NARPA Conference, Baltimore, MD. Nov. 17, 2006. PowerPoint slides (2.8 MB file).