May 26, 2011

Heart Valve Rings Slip Through FDA Loophole

A riveting, two-part investigative report by The Chicago Tribune, about the $100 billion a year, medical device

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Heart Valve Rings Slip Through FDA Loophole

May 20, 2011

18 US Veterans Commit Suicide daily

"There comes a time when the political branches have so completely and chronically failed to respect the

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18 US Veterans Commit Suicide daily

March 13, 2011

Military Polypharmacy, PTSD: Deaths

 Dr. Allen Frances, psychiatry professor emeritus and former chairman of psychiatry, Duke University who chaired the DSM-IV

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Military Polypharmacy, PTSD: Deaths

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 17, 2011

Is it Ethical to Kill a Child to Save Other Children?

When is it moral for a government policy to compel parents to expose their child to risk

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Is it Ethical to Kill a Child to Save Other Children?

January 20, 2011

PA Abortion Doctor Accused of Murder: 7 Babies Killed With Scissors

The Associated Press reports about a grand jury report "filled with ghastly, stomach-turning detail, about a gruesome

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PA Abortion Doctor Accused of Murder: 7 Babies Killed With Scissors

December 28, 2010

Legacy of Nazis in America

After four years, the Justice Department finally released a report by the Office of Special Investigations about

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Legacy of Nazis in America

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

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

July 18, 2010

Columbia Brain Imaging Violations Condemned by Peers

The fallout from FDA’s findings of continued "significant deficiencies" that led to the suspension of brain-imaging studies

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Columbia Brain Imaging Violations Condemned by Peers

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

March 18, 2010

Obama Threatens Veto / CIA Experiment Spiked French Bread with LSD

Two disturbing news reports below: 1.UK Daily Telegraph reports about a covert CIA experiment on French civilians

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Obama Threatens Veto / CIA Experiment Spiked French Bread with LSD

February 22, 2010

Rebecca Riley’s Murderous Care Remembered

While it came as no surprise that Rebecca Riley’s mother was convicted of murder, most observers–including, it

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Rebecca Riley’s Murderous Care Remembered