Flu Vaccine–where is the evidence?
This is an addendum to yesterday's Infomail in which we disseminated disinformation issued by the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC). www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/396/80
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Theory suggests that a shortage of vitamin D triggers outbreaks of flu
The Baltimore Sun reports (below) that in a paper scheduled for publication in the journal Epidemiology and Infection, a Harvard University-led team proposes that a vitamin D deficiency caused by inadequate winter sun exposure may predispose people to infection.
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Dangerous Deception: Hiding the Evidence of Adverse Drug Effects_NEJM
FDA's slip-shod approval of defective, harmful drugs, accompanied by rubber stampped endorsements by compromised FDA advisory committees may be reaching a boiling point.
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Psychiatrist Challenges Ethics of Yale Drug Experiment
The ethics of this radical drug experiment is being challenged by Dr. Jerald Block, a forthright psychiatrist and experienced system's analyst. His critical appraisal, published in the Bioethics Forum, Hastings Center Report.
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Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children, Nelson & Offit, U of Penn
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Robert M. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D. 34th Street & Civic Center Boulevard, Rm. 1513 Chair, Committees for the Protection of Human Subjects Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4399 Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics (215) 590-9180 Office (267) 426-5035 Fax November 25,…
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Counterpuch–The Pills Your Mother Gives You…Death, Depression and Prozac
Counterpuch–The Pills Your Mother Gives You…Death, Depression and Prozac Sat, 02 Apr 2005 Alexander Cockburn, co-editor of Counterpunch, the bi-weekly muckraking newsletter that prides itself: “We have all the right enemies” takes a swipe at Prozac, Eli Lilly and its battalion of heavy hitters who have successfully shielded Prozac from…
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At FDA, Graham is still the whistle-blower – USA Today
At FDA, Graham is still the whistle-blower – USA Today Thu, 17 Nov 2005 On Nov. 18, 2004, Dr. David Graham, FDA’s associate director for science and medicine, blew the whistle in testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, on FDA’s “profound regulatory failure” to protect the public against lethal prescription…
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Charitable Choice: Research Grants–Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – National Journal
Charitable Choice: Research Grants–Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – National Journal Tue, 8 Mar 2005 The Washington Post reports that conservatives have crafted a “bioethics agenda” on cloning and stem cell research. Such an agendaq determines what research the government will and will not fund. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15569-2005Mar7.html Below is an excerpt of…
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All pesticides pose serious health risks to humans–especially children
Comprehensive scientific review concluded: All pesticides pose serious health risks to humans–especially children Sat, 8 May 2004 The Ontario College of Family Physicians (“the voice of family medicine in Ontario”) conducted an exhaustive review of the medical/scientific pesticide literature from around the world (1990–2003) on the health effects of commonly…
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Forbes: Face of The Year: David Graham
Forbes: Face of The Year: David Graham Mon, 13 Dec 2004 Â Forbes magazine has named Dr. David Graham the Face of the Year’ for his “steadfast advocacy of drug safety and his willingness to blow the whistle on his bosses.” Dr. Graham took a courageous stand as a responsible…
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FDA Forced Wyeth to REMOVE Suicide Warning from Effexor Label
FDA Forced Wyeth to REMOVE Suicide Warning from Effexor Label Wed, 8 Sep 2004 The Wall Street Journal reports that FDA officials forced Wyeth to remove the label warning stating: “In pediatric clinical trials, there were increased reports of hostility and, especially in Major Depressive Disorder, suicide-related adverse events such…
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Medical Science Violating Children – 450 healthy children targeted – Redflagsweekly
Aug 20, 2002 Medical Science Violating Children – 450 healthy children targeted – Redflagsweekly FYI Redflagsweekly is the first online health news service to pick up on a news item provided in yesterday’s AHRP Infomail about a proposed experiment (whose researcher seeks government funding) to be conducted on 450 children…