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NEMJ: Drugmakers Tamper with Trial Data
30 Aug 2010 – An editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine, by its editor Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., and Alastair J.J. Wood, M.D. calls attention to the fact that pharmaceutical companies have tampered with the independent function of the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) and have planted promotional reports in The NEJM–and other (more…)
Chiropractor wins $6.3M against Board
Independence MO |20 Aug – A former Independence chiropractor has won a $6.3 million judgment in his case against former members of the Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for suspending his license. (more…)
Blacklisted Scientist Challenges Global Warming Orthodoxy
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for years has been predicting the greenhouse effect can spin out of control. They claim that there exists a scientific consensus that CO2 is pushing the planet into an unrestrained greenhouse effect, that it’s raising global temperatures and it must be stopped. IPCC was (more…)
Corrupt Researcher Claims Mental Disorder Led to Corruption
In 2009, Anesthesiology News reported that a 2008 audit at Baystate Medical Center uncovered “one of the largest research frauds in history” committed by anesthesiologist Scott (more…)
The Antidepressant Con-Game
6 Aug – We spend more than £250 m a year on antidepressants in the UK – and it’s a complete waste of money. They are not much better than sugar pills, they have nasty side – effects, such as sexual dysfunction, and they increase young people’s risk of suicide. New research shows they don’t even work on the brain in the way we thought they did. (more…)
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“Making a Killing”: New Carl Elliott Article in Mother Jones
Monday, August 23, 2010 - There’s a fascinating article by Carl Elliott in the current issue of Mother Jones. It’s called “Making a Killing,” and it shows how clinical trials have become marketing exercises for the pharmaceutical industry (more…)
Obamacare Will Lead to Loss of Millions of US Healthcare Jobs
9 Aug – The US economy has lost 7.8 million jobs since the start of this recession, and jobs are not coming back. Obamacare will lead to the loss of millions of healthcare jobs before the end of the decade. (more…)
Another MD Busts AIDS Clerics
Since 2006, Mexican cartels have killed 28,000 men, women and children in drug-related violence. As troubling as these numbers are, those deaths and injuries represent a fraction of those who are negligently killed or injured by US doctors and drug companies every year. Based upon admissions information, 3,607,000 patients suffered adverse drug reactions in 1994 alone. (more…)
Canadian MD Warns: ObamaCare Rationing Inevitable
Under ObamaCare, the federal government will inevitably decide what kinds of care will get funding and who will get it. Comparative clinical effectiveness research is now a reality as a part of the U.S. government reform of the health care system. As a Canadian Physician, I know this research leads to only one thing – rationing. (more…)
Calif AB 774 Saves Patient $$$
Most States have laws protecting residents from outrageous hospital billing practices. In California, we have AB 774. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. The hospitals act like they’ve never heard of it, either. Your local District Attorney may not know what it is. I have known about it, but never used it until I broke my little toe. (more…)
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