NYC Dept. Health / Mental Hygiene Screening for Depression

NYC Dept. Health / Mental Hygiene Screening for Depression
– designed to ensure the entire US population ranks as depressed

NYC Dept. Health / Mental Hygiene Screening for Depression
– designed to ensure the entire US population ranks as depressed
Debate Over Antidepressants – Letters NYT Mon, 11 Aug 2003 The New York Times published 5 letters re: “Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression’s Wonder Drugs.” One letter from someone who experienced “a minor depressive episode” and was prescribed Celexa, one of the SSRI antidepressants. He describes experiencing “extreme,…
European perspective: Bird Flu–BBC Panoarama / German skeptics / Rumsfeld Tamiflu stock $5 to $25 million Sat, 5 Nov 2005 As the media continues its senstional coverage of the “Bird Flu pandemic”, healthy skeptics are examining the evidence. Two European examinations–The BBC Panorama will air a program, Lessons from Vietnam,…
Antipsychotic Drug Use Doubled since 1996 in Tennessee Children – Why? Thu, 2 Sep 2004 A Vanderbilt University study found that the use of antipsychotic drugs has doubled among poor children in Tennessee. “The increase, seen largely among children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder and affective disorders such…
FDA Warning Letter Re: Fatal Experiment: Hexamethonium Inhalation_Johns Hopkins Tue, 22 Apr 2003 An FDA Warning Letter was sent to Dr. Alkis Togias of the Johns Hopkins University Asthma & Allergy Center (March 31, 2003). The letter lists specific federal safety requirements and their violation in the hexamethonium inhalation experiment…
Patient vs. Portfolio: ImClone_Salon December 9, 2002 Salon.com looks at how conflicts of interest impact on patients who are recruited to serve as subjects of clinical drug trials. “Patients affected by the ImClone scandal have been lost in the media’s rush to cover the tale of Martha Stewart and other…
Someone Tell Brooke Shields the Truth!! Mon, 4 Jul 2005 On this American independence day, thousands of families strive for drug free schools–and they’re not worrying about illegal drugs, their main concern is coercive prescribed amphetamines and other mind-altering psychotropic drugs. Other than the critical reaction of actor Tom Cruise,…