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“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Congressional committee threatens the director of the National Institute of Health with legislation if the agency does not eliminate conflicts of interest among its researchers. “Yesterday’s hearing had Zerhouni and the two co-chairs of his blue-ribbon panel facing four hours of often withering criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. Even…
Family of Woman Killed by AIDS Drug Test Sues Doctors, Manufacturer Thu, 30 Dec 2004 The case of Joyce Anne Hafford’s death sheds light on collusion to conceal evidence of harm caused by experimental drugs. USA Today reports: “Family members said they did not learn the National Institutes of Health…
Lilly Consultants dismiss significance of suicide risk while Lilly will issue Black Box warning label for Strattera Mon, 10 Oct 2005 On September 29, the FDA issued the public health advisory alerting health care professionals that children and adolescents taking Strattera prescribed for ADHD should be closely monitored for changes…
Evidence-based medicine? Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine Thu, 17 Mar 2005 Dr. John Abramson is a physician who spent more than twenty years as a clinician treating patients in Appalachia and Massachusetts before writing “Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine.” “When I first read of…
Psychiatry Research 117 (2003) 127Â135. Premature mortality in schizophrenia: a 7.5-year study. Maria G. Morgan , Paul J. Scully , Hanafy A. Youssef , a,b a,b a Anthony Kinsellac, John M. Owensa, John L. Waddingtona,b,* http://psychrights.org/Research/Digest/NLPs/MM-PsychRes2003.pdf (100 KB pdf via psychrights.org) Abstract While premature death in schizophrenia is well recognised,…
Clarification Re: safety of pyridostigmine, Drug tested in Gulf War Thu, 27 Feb 2003 Although pyridostigmine bromide (PB) apparently causes only short-term symptoms when used for its two indications (myasthenia gravis and reversal of muscle relaxants post-anesthesia), the issue of whether it was safe when used in the presence of…