Doctors & Drug Makers_World Health Organization & Drug Makers
No Free Lunch is an example of disingenuous focus on trivia while avoiding the real issues that are corrupting medicine.
Flu Vaccine–where is the evidence?
This is an addendum to yesterday's Infomail in which we disseminated disinformation issued by the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC). www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/396/80
Israeli State Comptroller Blasts Researchers for Experimenting on Patients without Consent
Israeli State Comptroller Blasts Researchers for Experimenting on Patients without Consent Tue, 26 Jul 2005 Patients the world over need adeaquate protection from overreaching physicians who use patients to test experimental drugs and procedures without their informed consent. Jacques Michel, a retired director of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem who also…
Big Pharma’s Dirty Little Secret
Big Pharma’s Dirty Little Secret Mon, 27 Dec 2004 Dr. Peter Rost, Vice-President marketing, Pfizer, has taken a principled stand by speaking out against his industry’s “drity little secrets:” “Our dirty little secret is that the drug industry already sells its products, right here in the U.S., at the same…
SSRI Defects: Infants Suffer Drug Withdrawal / Adults risk GI bleeding
SSRI Defects: Infants Suffer Drug Withdrawal / Adults risk GI bleeding Wed, 18 May 2005 The Associated Press reports that new research confirms that: “Babies born to women taking antidepressants in the last three months of pregnancy were three times more likely to develop drug-related symptoms than those born to…
Take Action: Just Say No to Stigmatizing Screening and Unsafe Drugs
Take Action: Just Say No to Stigmatizing Screening and Unsafe Drugs Tue, 26 Oct 2004 FYI /ACTION! AHRP believes that America’s school children should not be screened and labeled without a guarantee of the proven accuracy of the screening tool, and the proven safety and therapeutic value of the treatment…
Will 2 to 5 year old Amer. kids be exposed to Smallpox Vaccine? Israeli Intelligence says "No immediate threat"
Will 2 to 5 year old Amer. kids be exposed to Smallpox Vaccine? Israeli Intelligence says “No immediate threat” Sat, 28 Dec 2002 What is the Administration’s final decision regarding the proposed smallpox vaccine trial that would expose 40 children aged 2 to 5 years old to a controversial live…
Worry Spreads Over G.I. Drug Side Effects
Worry Spreads Over G.I. Drug Side Effects Sun, 13 Feb 2005 Lariam, an anti-malaria drug developed by the US military. According to the Associated Press report (below) a review by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs found 34 articles in medical journals about patients who took Lariam and became paranoid, psychotic…
Antidepressants Pregnancy Risk: Babies Adversely Affected
Antidepressants Pregnancy Risk: Babies Adversely Affected Sat, 5 Feb 2005 Thanks to the BBC 3-part Panorama series (beginning October 2002), it is no longer a secret that coming off SSRI antidepressants can cause serious symptoms of withdrawal in some users. Christopher Pittman is on trial for killing his grandparents while…
Eli Lilly Finances World Health Org (WHO) promoting psychotropic drugs
Eli Lilly Finances World Health Org (WHO) promoting psychotropic drugs Sat, 20 Aug 2005 The credibility of the World Health Organization (WHO) is in doubt since its financial ties to Eli Lilly and Johnson and Johnson. The reach of Big Pharma is indeed all-encompassing. NOTHING written in the mental health field by professional associations, such as…
AHRP Position Statement on Mental Health Screening – FDA Hearing Re: Drug Advertising
AHRP Position Statement on Mental Health Screening – FDA Hearing Re: Drug Advertising Wed, 02 Nov 2005 FDA is holding public hearings (Nov 1, 2) Re: Direct-to-Consumer Promotion of Medical Products at: National Transportation Safety Board Boardroom and Conference Center 429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 2 Time: 9:00 –5:00….
Tamiflu Cited in 2 Teen Deaths – Global Plan for Influenza Action – Lancet
Tamiflu Cited in 2 Teen Deaths – Global Plan for Influenza Action – Lancet Monday, November 14, 2005 Japanese newspapers report that two teenage boys – one 14 the other 17 – died after taking one dose of the antiviral drug, Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled in the event that…