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Curt D. Furberg, MD, an internationally recognized cardiovascular epidemiologist with expertise in clinical trials, drug safety and

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Frances Oldham Kelsey MD, PhD, has earned her place as “America’s Greatest Living Heroine” — she turned

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June 27, 2013

Medical Research Stakeholders Seek to Overturn Informed Consent Protection

Part 1: The parameters of ethical research are under pressure from a coterie of stakeholders who blur

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January 6, 2013

India Supreme Court Orders End to Illegal Clinical Trials

In the past decade India had emerged as a preferred site for drug trials by multinational pharmaceutical

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December 18, 2012

Chutzpah: EPA Lied About its Human Pollution Experiments

On Friday, December 14, 2012 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new tighter outdoor air quality standards

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Chutzpah: EPA Lied About its Human Pollution Experiments

December 13, 2012

Lawsuit filed against the EPA for immoral human experimentation

On September 21, 2012, the American Tradition Institute Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit in federal court charging

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Lawsuit filed against the EPA for immoral human experimentation

December 12, 2012

California Bidding War: Psychiatrist Paid $822,000_Bloomberg

Bloomberg News conducted a data review of payroll records for 1.4 million public employees of the 12

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California Bidding War: Psychiatrist Paid $822,000_Bloomberg

October 10, 2012

India’s Dark Underbelly: Clinical Trial Business

  LiveMint & Wall Street Journal Clinical trials: Regulating chaos The first in a two-part series examining

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October 7, 2012

America’s Healthcare Crisis–Part II–What Do We Get for $$$ ?

IV. What Do We Get for All That Money? According to the Kaiser Foundation:[1] The number of

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America’s Healthcare Crisis–Part II–What Do We Get for $$$ ?

September 21, 2012

America’s Healthcare Crisis–Part I “The Whole System is Broken”

The headline in The New York Times (Friday, Sept 21) “Reversing Trend, Life Span Shrinks for Some

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America’s Healthcare Crisis–Part I “The Whole System is Broken”

June 22, 2012

Unexamined Drug Epidemic–the Elephant No One Wants to See

FYI Prescription drugs are the 4th leading cause of death in the US. In any given month,

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Unexamined Drug Epidemic–the Elephant No One Wants to See

April 5, 2012

9 Medical Specialties Recommend Reducing 45 Tests

By some estimates, unnecessary medical treatment constitutes one-third of medical spending in the United States. Some doctors

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9 Medical Specialties Recommend Reducing 45 Tests

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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May 17, 2011

Academic Freedom & the Corporate University

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