May 02, 2005
Original Source: https://www.democracynow.org/2005/5/2/hundreds_of_hiv_foster_children_in
The universal right of Informed Consent to medical interventions has been recognized in US law since at least 1914. That year, the New York Court of Appeals established the right to informed consent to medical intervention in a case involving non-consensual surgery. Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital 105…
The inconvenient evidence that won’t go away… According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC): During the 10-year period, 2004 -2015, there were ZERO deaths due to measles. During the same period, the government surveillance system –Vaccine Adverse Effect Reporting System (VAERS) — 108 babies died following MMR vaccination. The…
The Centers for Disease Control issued an alarming report: 1 in 88 US children are afflicted with autism–an increase of 25% between 2006-2008.
The catalyst for Dr. Elliott’s article was the tragic case of Dan Markingson, a 26-year old who committed suicide in May 2004, while enrolled in the CAFE trial, prescribed Seroquel. This case encapsulates the tragic consequences of a broken system which is not designed to detect the hazards for human subjects posed by market-driven research.
"The strategy of big companies when they are dealing with smaller opponents is to stretch the process, to overwhelm us until we are ready to accept whatever they want to offer."
The most shocking disclosure: a Biederman study testing the use of powerful antipsychotics in PRESCHOOL CHILDREN "was beset by breaches of research protocol."
