March 15, 2011

COI in Drug Studies Sneaking Back

A McGill study analyzing 29 "studies of studies" (meta-analyses) found that important declarations of financial conflicts-of-interest in

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COI in Drug Studies Sneaking Back

March 2, 2011

U of Minnesota Officials Have No Shame!

Mary Weiss forcefully responds to a specious letter by the Vice President of research at University of

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U of Minnesota Officials Have No Shame!

February 27, 2011

Horrific US Medical Experiments Come to Light

In 2011, the Associated Press reported, “Shocking as it may seem, U>S. government doctors once thought it

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Horrific US Medical Experiments Come to Light

February 1, 2011

Charles Schulz under scrutiny for Seroquel study suicide

One of the most horrific recent cases of unethical, medical experimentation, concucted at a prestigious US university,

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Charles Schulz under scrutiny for Seroquel study suicide

December 27, 2010

8 Professors demand independent investigation of death in clinical trial

The disturbing circumstances surrounding the enrollment and subsequent suicide of Dan Markingson (2004) after he was given

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8 Professors demand independent investigation of death in clinical trial

November 29, 2010

Pres. Obama Orders Investigation of Guatamalan Syphilis Experiment

President Obama ordered a review by his bioethics commission following the revelations that yet another experiment sponsored

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Pres. Obama Orders Investigation of Guatamalan Syphilis Experiment

August 23, 2010

Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott

Kudos to Carl Elliott, MD, PhD,  whose powerful article, “Making a Killing,” published in Mother Jones, is

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Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott

June 7, 2010

Doctors Complicit in Refining CIA Torture Tactics?

Mother Jones reports: "In the course of trying to prove that its "enhanced" interrogation program was legal,

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Doctors Complicit in Refining CIA Torture Tactics?

April 22, 2010

Indian Tribe Wins Limit onIts DNA Research

An important DNA research case highlights the distrust sown by biomedical researchers who violate ethical and legal

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Indian Tribe Wins Limit onIts DNA Research

August 20, 2009

Sen. Grassley Moves to Block Ghostwriting

The New York Times reports (below) that Senator Charles Grassley has set about to put a stop

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Sen. Grassley Moves to Block Ghostwriting

May 12, 2009

Army Report Finds Walter Reed Doctor Falsified Data

Academic physicians who hold senior faculty positions at prestigious medical centers, who have trained at the finest

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Army Report Finds Walter Reed Doctor Falsified Data

May 5, 2009

Merck Paid Elsevier to Publish Phony Peer-Review Journal

Documents uncovered during the Australian class action lawsuit involving 1,000 consumers, against Merck & Co and its

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Merck Paid Elsevier to Publish Phony Peer-Review Journal

March 20, 2009

Biederman: After Me, There is Only God

Dr. Joseph Biederman, the influential Harvard child psychiatrist who is at the center of controversy following revelations

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Biederman: After Me, There is Only God

March 19, 2009

AstraZeneca Documents Contradict Positive Spin of Seroquel Data by Prominent Psychiatrist

The evidence uncovered by litigation against AstraZeneca underscores the disconnect between the company's internal acknowledgement that the

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AstraZeneca Documents Contradict Positive Spin of Seroquel Data by Prominent Psychiatrist