U.K. Government Document – New SSRI Warnings for Children
U.K. Government Issues New Warnings Re: Use of antidepressant drugs for children Sept. 2003 note: click on text image for larger picture related link: Sept 23, 2003 infomail
Dr. Wolpe’s Accusations and Dr. Healy’s Response
Dr. Wolpe’s Accusations and Dr. Healy’s Response —–Original Message—– From: Paul Root Wolpe Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:30 PM To: VERACARE Subject: Re: Ethics of U Penn surgical “drug implant” experiment Vera, We will have to agree to disagree, so this will be my last email on this. A…
Children in Clinical Research: A Conflict of Moral Values
April 2003. American Journal of Bioethics. Children in Clinical Research: A Conflict of Moral Values. Vera Hassner Sharav http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/AJOB/3/1/sharav.pdf ABSTRACT (attached & below) This paper examines the culture, the dynamics and the financial underpinnings that determine how medical research is being conducted on children in the United States. Children have…
Maryland Lead Paint Appeal Denied
Maryland Court of Appeals Denies Motion to Reconsider Lead Paint Ruling October 10, 2001 FYI Maryland’s highest court denied the motion for reconsideration or partial modification of its Opinion–as requested by Kennedy Krieger Institute and their powerful allies in the research community (who filed Amicus briefs in support of defendants’…
AHRP Opposes Drug Implants for Psychiatric Patients
AHRP Opposes Drug Implants for Psychiatric Patients Those promoting the implants focus on its delivery of continuous sustained drug action to ensure that patients take the drugs they’re prescribed, presumably to prevent relapse. But critics who are familiar with widespread psychotropic drug prescribing abuses recognize the serious potential for harm…
August 20b, 2001
AHRP Alliance for Human Research Protection AHRP Speaks Out Return to Home Page AHRP Speaks Out Press Releases August 20b, 2001 The Scientist News reports on AHRP as New Advocacy Group to Police Human Research A group of patient and social justice advocates plan to form an Alliance for Human…
Russian Psychiatry : Again a Weapon Against Dissenters_WashPost
No legitimate physician would use the physician’s professional license to help repressive government regimes intimidate dissidents.
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…
Three Essays: Ethics Medico-Industrial Complex
Three essays provide an overview of the bias that has debased the integrity of medical research literature while increasing the hazards of medical practice–for patients and doctors who are kept in the dark about prescribed treatment dangers.
Bioethics: Dial ‘E’ for ethics
Bbioethicists are seizing the opportunity to expand their own marketability. The UK publication, NATURE, reports about the latest bioethics gimmick that has sprung up in California– ‘dial-an-ethicist’—at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.
CATIE study results Contradict Current Clinical Practice & Treatment Guidelines
Newly published results (phase II) from the CATIE schizophrenia treatment efficacy study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health comparing the most commonly used second generation drug treatments for schizophrenia and depression, is highly disturbing.
The Drug Pushers by Carl Elliott Atlantic Monthly
A must read article by Carl Elliott, MD, Ph.D in the Atlantic Monthly provides the best insight into how pharmaceutical drug reps operate and the milieu in which today’s physicians practice