Prescriptions And Profit_CBS News 60 Minutes Tue, 16 Mar 2004 “Americans pay far more for their prescription drugs than citizens of any place on Earth.” That’s because “The United States is the only industrialized country without some form of control on the prices of drugs.” No wonder the U.S. accounts…
Go Slow on Mental Health Screening: Dr. Karen Effrem responds to New Freedom Commission Chair, Michael Hogan – Wash Times Sun, 31 Oct 2004 A letter to the editor in the Washington Times – Go slow on Mental Health Screening – by AHRP’s newest board member, pediatrician Dr. Karen Effrem,…
Anthrax Vaccine Damage Done – London Times Tue, 26 Nov 2002 A riveting report in the London Times reveals more facts about the US anthrax vaccine debacle. The Times reports it “has looked at thousands of pages of government, FDA, Army, congressional and medical reports stretching back 30 years. The…
Ecstasy- Long-lasting brain damage and may trigger Parkinson’s_BBC October 2, 2002 In 1989 Dr. George Ricaurte (Johsn Hopkins University) reported that MDMA (Ecstasy) the party drug used at all night dances (“raves”) caused neurotoxicity, long-lasting brain damage in non-human primates at doses similar to those ingested by humans. In the…
Lawsuit filed re: ALLHAT Hypertension research death of human subject Thu, 17 Jul 2003 The Bureau of National Affairs reports: “Just months after a groundbreaking blood pressure study made headlines across the nation, a principal investigator in the trial and his team have been sued in connection with the death…
Frontline: Dangerous Prescription Fri, 14 Nov 2003 Frontline, of Public Broadcasting System aired an investigative news report on Thursday that focused on the FDA’s systemic failure to protect the public from hazardous drugs. FDA had approved at least 12 dangerous prescription drugs–the “dirty dozen”–that killed people before the FDA ordered…
Bayer/ Baycol on Trial in Texas_NYT Sat, 1 Mar 2003 Melody Peterson of the New York Times reports that in the first case brought against Bayer involving its anticholesterol drug, Baycol, a senior official of Bayer AG testified in court in Corpus Cristi, Texas. He acknowledged that company officials in…
BBC Panorama: Unprecedented public response to evidence of SSRI drug harm Wed, 21 May 2003 In a stunning follow up to its investigative report, The Secret of Seroxat, aired October 13, 2002, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) featured the public responses to its earlier program as the focus of its…
October 1, 2001 Text of AHRP Amicus Brief filed with the Maryland Court of Appeals in support of the Court’s ruling against Kennedy Krieger Institute for exposing children to lead poison in an experiment. The Court of Appeals Decision Validates AHRP’s Stand Against Using Children in Harmful Research Experiments. ___________________________________________________…
Simply put, I am opposed to the vaccine study. These children’s immune systems are not yet fully mature and I feel their systems are already overwhelmed by the numerous vaccines they are given. Why risk a live virus vaccine in our country where no cases exist? I feel the threat…
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry Volume 7, Number 2, Summer 2005 pp. 111-124 Screening for Mental Illness: The Merger of Eugenics and the Drug Industry Vera Hassner Sharav, MLS New York, NY The implementation by the President’s New Freedom Commission (NFC) to screen the entire United States population – children…
September 6, 2002. Dr. Arif Kahn analysis of Psych Drug Trials Reveals High Suicide risk. FYI Clinical Psychiatry News online reports (below) that an independent analysis of the suicide rate in psychotropic drug trials– for drugs approved by the FDA between 1985-2000– found that the NEW DRUGS did NOT REDUCE…
