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40 Psychiatrists Lobby FDA to Legitimize Drug Restraints for Aggression Mon, 21 Mar 2005 At first glance, a Newsday article–Hot Under the Collar?– might appear as a hilarious parody of bio-psychiatry. It is not. “Recently, 40 scientists met with two FDA officials to make a case for testing treatments specifically…
Is it Cloning? U.S. experiment in China – Baltimore Sun Fri, 17 Oct 2003 Concern has been raised about unauthorized US initiated human experiments conducted offshore. One such experiment is said to come “perilously close to human cloning.” The debate prompted the chief scientist of a biotech company in Singapore…
Is This Permissible Medical Research? Fri, 27 Sep 2002 A federally funded experiment for the treatment of acute respiratory distress (ARDS) conducted at 12 major research centers, 1996-1999, has come under sharp criticism. The ARDS researchers sought to find a method for reducing the death rate among acutely ill patients…
Nazi euthanasia files are made public – BMJ Fri, 17 Oct 2003 Documents pertaining to Nazi euthanasia–i.e., medically approved murder (1939-1944) have been concealed for half a century by the secret service of the former German Democratic Republic. Among the victims targeted for medical murder were mentally and physically disabled…
Subject: NIMH director blames HMOs for ADHD-Ritalin problem_NYPost Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 18:08:19 -0400 FYI The NY Post reports that there were heated exchanges at a Congressional hearing convened by the House Government Reform Committee overdiagnosing and overmedicating of children. Dr. Richard K. Nakamura, head of the National Institute…
FDA May Require Longer Studies Before Approving Psych Drugs – WSJ Tue, 18 Oct 2005 The Wall Street Journal reports that the FDA has sent out feelers to drug manufacturers to provide “longer-term efficacy data” for psychotropic drugs. This comes after a mountain of evidence shows placebo “works” just as…