NIH Secrets Government Funded Data Concealment_Lenzer-New Republic
An eye opening article by Jeanne Lenzer, “NIH Secrets,” in The New Republic (below), should make the new Congress sit up and take notice!
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Conflict of Interest | Corrupt Practices | Gov. Medical Malfeasance | Government Agencies | Pharma Corrupt Influence
Former State Pharmacist (Pennsylvania) Faces Criminal charges
Steven Fiorello, former Chief Pharmacist for the State of Pennsylvania, was arraigned on on Tuesday, November 21, 2006, on Felony and Misdemeanor charges related to his accepting money from drug companies whose drugs he put on the state Formulary.
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Pediatrician: DON’T DRUG THEM: /Parents’ obsession with their children’s self-esteem
"The amount of legal stimulants used as medication and produced in our country has grown 2,000 percent in the last 15 years."
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NIMH Chief Child/Adoles Research Blows Wind out TeenScreen Sails_ Los Angeles Times
"Some politicians, public health officials, mental health activists and pharmaceutical companies have worked to establish mental-health screening programs in schools and the community….Researchers and clinicians, meanwhile, say they are far from having developed accurate predictors of a child developing depression. The younger the child, the murkier the crystal ball."
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UK: ADHD advice secretly paid for by drugs companies
UK: ADHD advice secretly paid for by drugs companies Sun, 09 Oct 2005 The phenomenal marketing of ADHD in the US is credited mainly to the combined effort of CHADD, a family “advocacy” group and manufacturers of drugs prescribed for ADHD which fund CHADD. They are: Novartis (Ritalin), Shire (Adderral),…
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ADHD drug Cylert withdrawn from market due to Liver Toxicity
ADHD drug – Cylert withdrawn from market due to Liver Toxicity, a Major Risk of Psychotropic Drugs Tue, October 25, 2005 The FDA announced that another drug prescribed for ADHD–Cylert–was removed from the US market for safety reasons. On September 25, 2005, the Associated Press reported: “Eli Lilly said it…
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Failed Experiments: Child-Rearing Experts– Visions and Revisions
Failed Experiments: Child-Rearing Experts– Visions and Revisions Sun, 6 Apr 2003 A new book by Ann Hulbert, “Raising America: Experts, Parents and a Century of Advice About Children,” examines the theories and the validity of “expert” advice that had been dished out as Gospel to American parents. More than other…
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GlascoSmithKline PAXIL Warning letter to Healthcare Professionals
GlascoSmithKline PAXIL Warning letter to Healthcare Professionals Thu, 19 Jun 2003 On June 10 the British government disapproved a license the widely popular, SSRI antidepressant, Seroxat (PAXIL), for use in children and adolescents after a committee examined the data from 9 clinical trials. The British Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory…
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AHRP Files Court Brief to Protect Children from Harmful Research
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. ___________________________________________________…
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Are we all going mad, or are the experts crazy? / Are psychiatric drugs an assault on the human condition?
Are we all going mad, or are the experts crazy? / Are psychiatric drugs an assault on the human condition? Fri, 19 Aug 2005 Below, two companion pieces: An Op Ed in the Los Angeles Times, by Stuart Kirk, a professor of social welfare at UCLA, addresses psychiatry’s conundum: the…
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Lilly Consultants dismiss significance of suicide risk while Lilly will issue Black Box warning for Strattera
Lilly Consultants dismiss significance of suicide risk while Lilly will issue Black Box warning label for Strattera Mon, 10 Oct 2005 On September 29, the FDA issued the public health advisory alerting health care professionals that children and adolescents taking Strattera prescribed for ADHD should be closely monitored for changes…
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Cong. to act on GAO Finding: Families Give Up Kids to Get Treatment
Cong. to act on GAO Finding: Families Give Up Kids to Get Treatment Tue, 29 Apr 2003 A report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) confirms that draconian state policies are causing families to break up when parents across America are forced to give up custody of their children in…