NYT Editorial: Our Conflicted Medical Journals
Today’s New York Times editorial hits the mark–it’s right on target!
Psychiatrist criminally indicted: Promoting off-label use of drug for depression!
The New York Times reports that a Maryland psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Gleason, was handcuffed and arrested in March and charged with criminal promotion of a drug "for purposes other than those approved by the federal government."
Professor Roy Porter-Greatest Benefit to Mankind
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present , by Professor Roy Porter , Fontana, Press , 1997. Below are a few–still very relevant–quotes…
Staff Survey Confirms FDA Officials Tamper with Science_ Grassley Seeks Investigation of FDA
Bloomberg News reports (below) that Senator Charles Grassley has asked the Inspector General to investigate collusion between FDA officials and Merck. Citing handwritten notes prepared by a Merck executive document a meeting with FDA division director, Brian Harvey, suggesting a joint effort "to get the message out" to discredit Dr….
A Matter of Disclosure: Shame on JAMA editor / Shame on Harvard Scientists / FDA Adds SSRIWarnings
The Associated Press reports (1, 2 below) that the FDA has just issued new warnings about two additional life-threatening risks induced by SSRI antidepressants: Serotonin Syndrome and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in newborn babies.
Is this the perfect storm of corruption? ACNP journal
The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News report about a case involving Neuropsychopharmacology, the official journal of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) that will likely go down in history as psychiatry’s Watergate.
Cyberonics Press Release July 7,2006
New Peer-Reviewed Publication Authored By Leading Scientists Provides Comprehensive Review of VNS Therapy Mechanism of Action in Treatment-Resistant Depression
Cyberonics Press Release August 13, 2003
CYBERONICS ANNOUNCES MECHANISM OF ACTION ADVISORY BOARD
Is this the perfect storm of corruption? ACNP Journal Review VNS
Operating like thieves under the cover of darkness, prominent academic-based "authorities" in medical specialties have debased academic standards and sold their reputations for cash-
LAT Investigation: NIH Scientist Ties to Pharma
The latest investigative report focusing on financial conflicts of interest by Pulitzer Prize winner, David Willman of the Los Angeles Times, reveals that even as the NIH director, Dr. Elias Zerhouni, announced publicly last year that scientists at the National Institutes of Health would be barred from accepting consulting fees from industry, evidence shows that the ban is clearly not being enforced.
Checklist for Camp: Bug Spray, Sunscreen, Pills
A front page article in The New York Times reports: "The breakfast buffet at Camp Echo starts at a picnic table covered in gingham-patterned oil cloth.
Associated Press: JAMA says it was misled by researchers
Following on the heels of an investigative report by David Armstrong of The Wall Street Journal <https://ahrp.org/cms/content/view/286/27/> the Associated Press reports that JAMA claims it was misled.