A congressional hearing was held on October 16, 2019, to examine the allegations by two whistleblowers — Martina Buck, Ph.D., a UCSD and VA research scientist and her husband, Mario Chojkier, M.D., UCSD professor of medicine and a liver specialist at the . . . Continue reading →
It appears that vaccine manufacturers are ever more impatient to reap high profits from new vaccines — especially since they have entered into “public-private” partnerships with governments. Increasingly, government officials oblige this greed-infected industry with laws mandating new vaccines. And public health . . . Continue reading →
“Comparative effectiveness research” (CER) was an acrimonious issue in 2009 during the heated debate about “Obamacare”. Its promoters describe CER as: “dedicated to improving decision making about health care. Real-world interventions in real-world settings, and comparisons of new interventions to the most . . . Continue reading →
Zika had once been considered harmless, because about 80% of people who are infected show no symptoms. But alarms were sounded in 2015, when Brazilian officials suspected Zika as the cause of an outbreak of microcephaly brain malformation in babies. Public health . . . Continue reading →
A five-year government supported study, “Affective Neuroscience of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder,” was halted after parents complained to the University of Illinois in Chicago. According to documents obtained by ProPublica Illinois, Dr. Mani Pavuluri, a prominent psychiatrist who had founded the Pediatric Mood . . . Continue reading →
"For patients, navigating the debate can be difficult because doctors, patient advocacy groups and manufacturers often endorse positions that are in their economic self-interest." The New York Times Continue reading →
America’s profit-driven medical paradigm overdiagnoses illness and garners profits from unnecessary treatment. Continue reading →
A commentary in the April 2007 issue of HARVAD magazine, AHRP board member, Stefan Kruszeuski, MD, urges his colleagues to abandon psychiatry’s diagnostic and therapeutic reductionism.
Scientific Misconduct Notices News Stories on Human Research Protection and Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 22, 2002 Scientific misconduct is a big problem undermining the integrity of the scientific literature. Data falsification leads others to erroneous conclusions that may have adverse . . . Continue reading →
UK Health Dept/ British Prime Minister/ Issue Statement Warning No PAXIl for Children! Tue, 10 Jun 2003 UK GOVERNMENT STATEMENT: Press release: reference 2003/0223 Tuesday 10th June 2003 Related Story: GlaxoSmithKline discloses link to serious undesirable effects in depressed children and adolescents . . . Continue reading →
Bayer/ Baycol on Trial in Texas_NYT Sat, 1 Mar 2003 Melody Peterson of the New York Times reports that in the first case brought against Bayer involving its anticholesterol drug, Baycol, a senior official of Bayer AG testified in court in Corpus . . . Continue reading →
Doctor’s Misconduct Left Trail of Broken Lives–A Broken Marriage and a ‘Life Destroyed’ – WashPost Mon, 29 Sep 2003 “I basically lost everything. And my kids? Well, who knows what the long-term damage might be.” A riveting, detailed, two part report in . . . Continue reading →