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OHRP Letter to ARDSNetwork re: Investigation of Acute Respiratory DistressSyndrome
October 26, 2006September 19, 2015

OHRP Investigation of experimental treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. ARDSNet studies: ARMA, FACCT, and ALVEOLI Table of Contents to Fax from OHRP page 1 Oct. 7, 2002 OHRP letter to: Ronald S. Newvbower, Ph.D(Mass. General Hospital), Lee E. Limbird, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University), and Robert Kay, MD) (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)…

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Miscellaneous

Psychopharmacology in Turmoil: David Healy, MD Presentation Columbia + Debate Dr. Joseph Coyne, Ph.D
October 26, 2006November 21, 2014

Psychopharmacology in Turmoil: David Healy, MD Presentation Columbia + Debate Dr. Joseph Coyne, Ph.D Fri, 9 Dec 2005 Recent reports describing a determined effort to pathologize US infants and toddlers who are being declared to suffer from “severe mental disorders”–the latest, most aggressively marketed diagnosis for children is Bipolar disorder,…

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Miscellaneous

Advisory Committee tells FDA: strengthen warnings on SSRI drug labels now
October 26, 2006November 21, 2014

Advisory Committee tells FDA: strengthen warnings on SSRI drug labels now Wed, 4 Feb 2004 On February 2, more than 60 families and children from all across America testified at a public FDA advisory committee hearing describing (in 2 minutes) how their children suffered drug-induced harm after being prescribed an…

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Miscellaneous

What to do about the ADHD epidemic – William B. Carey, M.D.
October 26, 2006November 21, 2014

What to do about the ADHD epidemic William B. Carey, M.D. American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Newsletter, Autumn 2003, Pages 6-7 In the last two decades the United States has experienced a great increase in the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and…

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Miscellaneous

AHRP Comments Re: EPA Proposed Rule for Human Pesticide Research
October 26, 2006November 21, 2014

AHRP Comments Re: EPA Proposed Rule for Human Pesticide Research Wed, 30 Nov 2005 Help us stop a proposed government policy that would lead to the proliferation of unthinkable human pesticide experiments such as the infamous CHEERS experiment. CHEERS was designed to expose toddlers to pesticides so that EPA investigators…

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Miscellaneous

For the Sake of Public Safety FDA & NIH Must Be Detatched from Drug Industry
October 26, 2006November 21, 2014

For the Sake of Public Safety FDA & NIH Must Be Detatched from Drug Industry Tue, 21 Dec 2004 Daily front page reports about lethal drug effects leave no doubt that we are in the midst of a major health safety and credibility crisis, largely due to a drug development…

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FDA

Vioxx Redux: FDA on the Sidelines as Marketing Subsumes Evidence: Surviving Sepsis-NEJM
October 20, 2006November 21, 2014

Lilly's aggressive marketing of Xigris does indeed epitomize the worst ofthis industry's mission.

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Miscellaneous

Russian Psychiatry : Again a Weapon Against Dissenters_WashPost
October 1, 2006November 21, 2014

No legitimate physician would use the physician’s professional license to help repressive government regimes intimidate dissidents.

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Bias/Fraud

Marketing Suicide by Misapplying Population Trends_No Competing Interests?
August 25, 2006November 21, 2014

Suicide rates fluctuate. Like the stock market their rise and fall is not due to a single decisive cause, but rather to a confluence of complex factors.

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Psych Drugs

Russian Suicide Rate Falling__PetionOnline Stop TeenScreen
July 6, 2006November 21, 2014

Agence France Presse reports that suicide rates in Russia have decreased. Not surprisingly the highest suicide rate in Russia is in Siberia.

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Rx. Drugs

Tylenol Linked to Liver Woes-AP / Counterpunch
July 5, 2006November 21, 2014

Overreliance on toxic drugs is killing healthy people. And the FDA has done next to nothing to prevent drug-induced harm.

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Gov. Medical Malfeasance

Chief NIH Geriatric Psychiatrist Takes the Fifth Refusing toTestify about Tissues Sent to Pfizer
June 14, 2006November 21, 2014

Dr. Trey Sunderland III, chief of the geriatric psychiatry branch at the National Institute of Mental Health, pled the Fifth amendment.

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