April 7, 2011 SSRI Antidepressants Linked to Breast Cancer “Reviewing the evidence is a critical public health issue in light of the increasing prevalence of antidepressant Read More SSRI Antidepressants Linked to Breast Cancer
March 15, 2011 Inside Psychiatry’s Battle to Define Mental IllnessIn our era, psychiatry as a profession has suffered a significant loss of credibility: the most influential Read More Inside Psychiatry’s Battle to Define Mental Illness
March 15, 2011 COI in Drug Studies Sneaking BackA McGill study analyzing 29 "studies of studies" (meta-analyses) found that important declarations of financial conflicts-of-interest in Read More COI in Drug Studies Sneaking Back
January 14, 2011 The Truth Wears OffThe excerpts from The New Yorker (below) may be read as a companion piece to the Atlantic Read More The Truth Wears Off
December 17, 2010 Deadly Medicine: Foreign Clinical Trials_Vanity FairA disturbing report by the Inspector General of the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, "Challenges Read More Deadly Medicine: Foreign Clinical Trials_Vanity Fair
December 2, 2010 Why Psychoterapies Never Get BetterTimes reporter, Ben Carey, reported in all seriousness : " In a recent study using [Angelina] this Read More Why Psychoterapies Never Get Better
November 30, 2010 Psychiatry Texbook Penned by Two Academic Leaders –GSK GhostedA letter of complaint, by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) was sent to the director of Read More Psychiatry Texbook Penned by Two Academic Leaders –GSK Ghosted
November 13, 2010 Medical Journals Complicit in Corruption of MedicineFor years, the Alliance for Human Research Protection has been disseminating news reports documenting the corrosive impact Read More Medical Journals Complicit in Corruption of Medicine
September 14, 2010 FDA Urges Florida Not to Bar Foster Kids From Psych Drug TrialsDespite evidence of harm–including the suicide of a 7-year old Gabriel Myers– the FDA, which is charged Read More FDA Urges Florida Not to Bar Foster Kids From Psych Drug Trials
July 15, 2010 Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?In 2007, an FDA advisory panel voted 22 to 1 to keep GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug, Avandia (Rosiglitazone) Read More Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?
July 10, 2010 Devastating FDA Safety Review of AvandiaUntil now, FDA officials in the all-powerful center for new drug evaluation (called CEDER), have, for the Read More Devastating FDA Safety Review of Avandia
April 16, 2010 Specific Anticonvulsants Increase Suicide RiskThe Harvard study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, evaluated 827 suicidal acts (801 Read More Specific Anticonvulsants Increase Suicide Risk
March 30, 2010 Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of ChildrenOver the years, as he witnessed the wholesale practice of sedating young children with powerful toxic, psychotropic Read More Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of Children
February 22, 2010 Columbia University Blood Experiment Revisited_TRUTHOUTMedical ethics requires that in any research involving human beings, "the benefits, risks, burdens and effectiveness of Read More Columbia University Blood Experiment Revisited_TRUTHOUT