Cardiologists Revolut RE: Industtry’s Role in Expanding Definition of Hypertension_NYT
A front page article in The New York Times gives a ray of hope about reclaiming medicine from the clutches of industry and its single-minded profit-driven goals:
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Shame on TIME Magazine–College Suicide Story is a Big Pharma Infomercial
A feature article in the current issue of TIME Magazine, “When Colleges Go On Suicide Watch” is a blatant example of an “infomercial” that extends pharmaceutical compay advertising pages into the news pages in TIME magazine.
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ABC Resumes Posting Comments RE: “Tots Drug Experiments”
ABC News has reposted its report about the drug experiments conducted on young children at Harvard University affiliate, Massachusetts General Children’s Hospital.
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“Always be the hawk; never be the blackbird that sits on the wire” A.M. Rosenthal
A.M. (Abe) Rosenthal, hard-edged legendary execlutive editor of The New York Times, died. He is credited with transforming the paper from its genteel "white glove" approach of reporting the news which avoided offending the establishment.
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Bitter Pill: NEJM Waited 5 Years to Report Missing Data from published Vioxx Study_WSJ
A documented report by David Armstrong of The Wall Street Journal (below) shatters the last glimmer of illusion about The New England Journal of Medicine as a bastion of scientific and moral integrity.
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Mentally Unfit Troops Forced to Battle in Iraq on Antidepressants_Hartford Courant
An investigative report in The Hartford Courant will undoubtedly lead to a Congressional investigation.
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GSK Reverses Decade of Denial: Paxil Triggered Suicide in Adults
GlaxoSmithKline Reverses Decade of Denial: in Clinical Trials Paxil Triggered Significantly More Suicide Attempts in Adults than Placebo
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Tots Used as Guinea Pigs? ABC News
ABC News reports that antipsychotic drugs are being tested on toddlers at Harvard University affiliate hospital, Massachusetts General Children’s Hospital. Post your comments at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/05/tots_used_as_hu.html
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Office of Special Counsel Affirms whistleblower protection for ALL gov employees
Good news! The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Merit Systems Proteciton Board ruled in favor of extending whistleblower protection to ALL government doctors, including those hired under Title 42.
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FDA Guidelines Targeted Children for HIV Vaccine Experiments_ Africa-AIDS Numbers Overstated_WashPos
This is an action alert to prevent the abuse of children who are sought as guinea pigs in HIV-AIDS vaccine trials!
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Pfizer Faulted-1996 Clinical Trials In Nigeria: Unapproved Drug Tested On Kids_WashPost
The Washington Post reveals that a shocking secret investigative report by a Nigerian government panel of medical experts concluded that Pfizer Pharmaceuticals conducted an unethical drug experiment in Nigeria in 1996.
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FDA-Encourages Medical Device Hucksterism: Surgical Sinus Treatment_NY
"There is virtually no scientific evidence that the procedure, which involves inflating a small balloon in the sinus cavity, actually works."