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 26, 2011

Oregon Symposium of 54 Mental Health Experts Urge Paradigm Shift

On February 11th and 12th, 54 mental health experts from 13 states, including 22 psychiatrists met in

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Oregon Symposium of 54 Mental Health Experts Urge Paradigm Shift

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

January 21, 2011

FDA to Approve PET Scan for Alzheimer’s?

On January 19, 2011, the FDA expressed concerns about an Alzheimer’s brain imaging PET scan that is

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FDA to Approve PET Scan for Alzheimer’s?

January 19, 2011

Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science

Is there something wrong with the scientific method in medical research? In 2005, Dr Ioannidis,  a prominent,

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science

December 25, 2010

Why We Still Kill Patients: Invisibility, Inertia, And Income

Between 1978 and 1999, 2.5 million American men, women and children died preventable deaths in US hospitals

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Why We Still Kill Patients: Invisibility, Inertia, And Income

November 29, 2010

Hospital Safety: NEJM Study Finds No Progress

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine issued a landmark report, To Err is Human, documenting the extraordinary

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Hospital Safety: NEJM Study Finds No Progress

October 14, 2010

FDA: This Agency Can Be Dangerous_Marcia Angell

The FDA is currently not structured to ensure that drugs are safe or clinically valuable–as is its

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FDA: This Agency Can Be Dangerous_Marcia Angell

October 3, 2010

Lawsuits, Just the Cost of Criminal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs

A New York Times report (below) reviews what has been accomplished by multiple civil and criminal lawsuits

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Lawsuits, Just the Cost of Criminal Marketing of Antipsychotic Drugs

September 23, 2010

Former Sen Finance Committee Investigator Speaks Out

"…what they’ve been doing for years is buying off doctors to sell their products and a doctor’s

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Former Sen Finance Committee Investigator Speaks Out

September 2, 2010

Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Antipsychotic Drugs for Young

A “must read” front page article by New York Times reporter, Duff Wilson, “Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks

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Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Antipsychotic Drugs for Young

June 14, 2010

New Theory of Alzheimer’s Explains Drug Failures

The Wall Street Journal reports (below) that: “A group of major pharmaceutical companies will share pooled data

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New Theory of Alzheimer’s Explains Drug Failures

June 13, 2010

Glaxo Is Testing Paxil on 7-Year-Olds Despite Well Known Suicide Risks

A report in BNET, the business publication, by its pharmaceutical industry analyst, Jim Edwards, reveals that GlaxoSmithKline

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Glaxo Is Testing Paxil on 7-Year-Olds Despite Well Known Suicide Risks

June 8, 2010

“Unhinged: the Trouble with Psychiatry”

"Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry–A Doctor’s Revelations about a Profession in Crisis," is an important book, although

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“Unhinged: the Trouble with Psychiatry”