Hospital Safety: NEJM Study Finds No Progress
Two major analyses of U.S. hospital safety found that: "harm to patients was common and the number of incidents did not decrease over time."
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Medical Journals Complicit in Corruption of Medicine
We are no longer "blowin’ in the wind." A growing number of prominent physician-scientists, including several former journal editors, and New York Times columnists, have written sobering critiques about the corrupting impact pharmaceutical industry influence has had on medicine.
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FDA: This Agency Can Be Dangerous_Marcia Angell
"… the basic missions of industry and regulators are different, and inherently somewhat adversarial, no matter how pleasant the relationship…"
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Lawsuits, Just the Cost of Criminal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs
"When you’re selling $1 billion a year or more of a drug, it’s very tempting for a company to just ignore the traffic ticket and keep speeding.”
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“Much worse than Tuskegee…” More Revelations Re: U.S. Guatemala Experiment
"… it’s appalling — that, at the same time as the United States was prosecuting Nazi doctors for crimes against humanity, the U.S. government was supporting research that placed human subjects at enormous risk.”
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US Apologizes for Criminal Human Experiment
Does an "apology" suffice for criminal experimentation designed to cause harm?
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Former Sen Finance Committee Investigator Speaks Out
"What’s gone on with the pharmaceutical industry is a physician arms race to buy off doctors…"
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Another Risk of Death Linked to Atypical Antipsychotics
"The risk was greater for individuals prescribed atypical rather than conventional drugs."
Antipsychotic Drugs and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism: Nested Case-Control Study BMJ -
NY Times Corrects Gina Kolata Re: Alzheimer’s
Five weeks after publishing a grossly dis-informative front-page report by Gina Kolata about Alzheimer’s research,The New York Times published a lengthy three paragraph correction.
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FDA Urges Florida Not to Bar Foster Kids From Psych Drug Trials
How many children in foster care serve as human guinea pigs in commercial drug trials?
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FDA Expands Market for Another Toxic Antipsychotic
According to a report by the Associated Press, the FDA has approved expanded use of Merck’s toxic antipsychotic drug, Saphris, for treating acute manic-depressive behavior in adults. Antipsychotics (neuroleptics) are a controversial class of drugs: Risperdal (approved in 1993), Zyprexa (1994), Seroquel (1997), Abilify (2002), and Saphris (2009). These drugs’…
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Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Antipsychotic Drugs for Young
The prescribed drugs transformed Kyle Warren from a rambunctious healthy child into a drooling, sedated, obese, “shell.”