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Sepsis: Blood Poisoning Kills Thousands, But No Drugs to Help / Vitamin C: A...
Rory Staunton’s death started with a simple cut on his arm. Rory, a 12-year-old New Yorker, cut himself when he dove for a basketball at his school gym in late March, according to the New York Times....
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£200,000 cystic fibrosis drug ‘could transform lives’
From the Telegraph 10:25AM BST 30 Jul 2012 (No Reporters name) A drug which could transform the lives of people with cystic fibrosis has been developed, as the health watchdog investigates whether it...
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Want to live longer? Ditch the diet, cancel your gym session – just eat less...
Want to live longer? Ditch the diet, cancel your gym session – just eat less By Liz Thomas PUBLISHED:19:44 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED:03:18 EST, 31 July 2012 Dr Michael Mosley said he did not...
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Study: Media perpetuates unsubstantiated chemical imbalance ( Serotonin )...
Contact: Jeffrey Lacasse jeffreylacasse@mac.com 850-294-0875 Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The theory that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance is often presented in the media as...
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Thalidomide – Lies, Greed, Fabricated Data, Brainwashed Doctors, Lazy Press,...
Still no shame for thalidomide cover-up Victims of the drug scandal have been offered an apology, but Harold Evans, who was in charge of the Sunday Times and broke the story, says there is still no...
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Consumer group sues FDA over Aricept safety
By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Associated Press – 38 mins ago TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A consumer group pressing the Food and Drug Administration to remove the highest dose of an Alzheimer’s disease drug from the...
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Stanford researcher criticizes FDA plans to reduce oversight of off-label...
Repost From April 2008 Contact: Rosanne Spector manishma@stanford.edu 650-725-5374 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. – Proposed guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
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Retraction record rocks community: One of the biggest purges of the...
Anaesthesiology tries to move on after fraud investigations. David Cyranoski 19 September 2012 One of the biggest purges of the scientific literature in history is finally getting under way. After more...
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The drugs don’t work: a modern medical scandal
The doctors prescribing the drugs don’t know they don’t do what they’re meant to. Nor do their patients. The manufacturers know full well, but they’re not telling. Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Friday...
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Most scientific paper retractions due to misconduct: study
By Agence France-Presse Monday, October 1, 2012 21:13 EDT WASHINGTON — When a biomedical study is retracted, most of the time it is because of misconduct rather than error, a report published Monday...
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Class Action Lawsuit Against Eli Lilly and Company Regarding Cymbalta ”...
Eli Lilly & Co. LLY | 10/31/2012 9:10:25 PM Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Keller Rohrback P.L.C., Pogust Braslow Millrood LLC and Deskin Law Firm, a PLC File a Class Action Lawsuit Against Eli Lilly and...
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Think that’s ACTUAL fruit in your cereal? How food companies replace the real...
Consumer watchdogs warn lebals are fooling us with high-sugar ‘fruit imposters’ inside packaging promising ‘real fruit, full of vitamins’ The FDA permits labels to say ‘real fruit’ as long as the...
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FDA redactions policy violates Freedom of Information Act / Conceals Drug and...
Open gov’t groups: FDA redactions rules skirt law Transparency groups: Long-standing FDA redactions policy violates Freedom of Information Act By Matthew Perrone, AP Health Writer | Associated Press –...
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International Counterfeit Drug Ring Hit in Massive Sting / 1,677 illegal...
Pill of Goods: International Counterfeit Drug Ring Hit in Massive Sting Court documents review process that led the FDA to shut down more than 1,600 illegal pharmacy Web sites By Dina Fine Maron |...
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Patient Calls Medical Kickbacks Civil Battery
By TIM HULL TUCSON (CN) – A patient filed a civil battery lawsuit against an Arizona neurosurgeon, claiming the doctor implanted devices in him without revealing that he was on the take from a...
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The European Union will make review of clinical trials for drugs ” absolutely...
2014-05-27 Just look, but don’t touch: EMA terms of use for clinical study data are impracticable Data are only allowed to be viewed on screen / Pre-censorship by drug manufacturers The European...
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Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry is common, serious and repetitive
Requested Re-print of BMJ 2012;345:e8462 – Original PDF File: Pharma Crime Pays Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry is common, serious and repetitive by Peter C. Gøtzsche, Professor MD,...
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Another Major Blow to Statin Therapy
For patients in the lowest risk group, the researchers calculated that doctors would need to treat 57-66 patients for 10 years to prevent one heart attack. In the intermediate risk group, doctors...
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Drug treatments to prevent hip fracture are neither viable, cost effective,...
Public Release: 26-May-2015 “Pharmacotherapy can achieve at best a marginal reduction in hip fractures at the cost of unnecessary psychological harms, serious medical adverse events Current strategy is...
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Big pharma inconsistent with disclosure of information on clinical trials,...
Public Release: 12-Nov-2015 ‘Good Pharma Scorecard’ ranks drugs based on their transparency and ethical practices NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Despite legal and...
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