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90 percent of scientists backing Avandia diabetes drug had financial ties to drug companies
More than 90 percent of researchers who have published
studies favorable to the controversial diabetes drug Avandia had a
financial stake in the issue, according to a study conducted by
researchers from the Mayo Clinic.
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| Jul 19, 2010 |
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Why is Drug Company with 50 Years of Proven Safety Violations Using Taxpayer Money to Make Next Gen Flu Vaccine?
One of the more dangerous companies with a recurrent history of life
threatening recalls is now in commissioned by government to make a new
vaccine.
But can you really trust Baxter to produce a safe flu vaccine?
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| Jun 28, 2010 |
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Prescription drug abuse exceeds heroin, cocaine and ecstasy combined
(NaturalNews) Rates of prescription drug abuse worldwide are higher
than those for the use of cocaine, ecstasy and heroin, combined,
according to a new report by the United Nations' International
Narcotics Control Boards (INCB).
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| Jun 28, 2010 |
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Activists are attempting to force consumer product companies to reveal the chemicals in their products
(NaturalNews) Health and environmental activists have filed a lawsuit
to force manufacturers to disclose the ingredients of household
cleaning products.
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| Jun 21, 2010 |
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Big Pharma lies about statin drugs finally exposed in British Medical Journal
To hear Big Pharma tell it, statin drugs are "miracle"
medicines that have prevented millions of heart attacks and strokes.
But a recent study published in the British Medical Journal
tells a completely different story:
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| Jun 21, 2010 |
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Few Women Truly Understand the Risks of Mammograms
One in three breast cancers detected by mammograms would
never have posed a threat to the patient's life, making all the
treatments that follow unnecessary, according to a study conducted by
researchers from the Nordic Cochrane Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, and
published in the British Medical Journal.
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| Jun 21, 2010 |
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Less Health Care Results in Better Health
In recent studies, less health care is often better than
more. Much of the debate about the overuse of medical services has
focused on cost.
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| Jun 21, 2010 |
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AstraZeneca Denied Drug's Link to Diabetes for Years After Admitting Link to Japanese Physicians
Drug giant AstraZeneca attempted to obscure the connection between one of its blockbuster drugs and diabetes risk for years after it knew of the problem, according to documents recently unsealed as part of lawsuits against the company. More...
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| Jun 16, 2010 |
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Sales of alternative medicine products are booming
It drives Big Pharma and the FDA absolutely batty: Sales of natural medicine products are booming!
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| Jun 14, 2010 |
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New research: Electropollution can cause diabetes (type-3)
(NaturalNews) Most people are familiar with type-1 diabetes and type-2
diabetes, but did you know researchers have discovered a third type of
diabetes? Type-3 diabetes, as they are calling it, affects people who
are extra sensitive to electrical devices that emit "dirty" electricity.
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| Jun 14, 2010 |
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Antidepressants dramatically raise risk of cataracts
(NaturalNews) Of the 35 million Americans who are age 65 or older, the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) claims about 7 million of them
suffer from clinical depression -- and millions are on the prescription
antidepressant drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
(SSRIs) such as Prozac, Paxil, Lexapro and Zoloft.
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| Jun 14, 2010 |
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Vitamin D deficiency unquestionably linked to bone fractures
(NaturalNews) Recent research from Scotland reinforces the longstanding
medical opinion that vitamin D deficiency leads to a significantly
increased risk of bone fractures.
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| Jun 14, 2010 |
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Study shows how radiation causes breast cancer
(NaturalNews) It's well-established that exposure to ionizing radiation
can trigger mutations and other genetic damage and cause normal cells
to become malignant. So it seems amazing how mainstream medicine
frequently dismisses the idea that medical imaging tests from
mammograms to CT scans could play much of a role in causing breast
cancer. Take this example from the web site for Cornell University's
Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors:
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| Jun 14, 2010 |
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New research: flavonoid quercetin fights viral infections, protects against chronic lung diseases
(NaturalNews) Asthma, cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) are serious and even life-threatening
conditions. However, these health problems share something with a
usually minor infection -- the common cold.
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| Jun 14, 2010 |
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NY hospitals agree to stop flushing pharmaceuticals down the drain and polluting watershed
(NaturalNews) Five health care facilities have signed an agreement with
the New York Attorney General's Office to settle charges that they
polluted the state's watersheds by dumping pharmaceutical products down
sinks and toilets.
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| Jun 14, 2010 |
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Breast cancer cells destroyed by peach and plum extracts
(NaturalNews) Even the most aggressive types of breast cancer cells
couldn't stand up to treatments with peach and plum extracts. That's
the outcome of a natural fruit-derived treatment tested in the Texas
AgriLife Research Lab which resulted in cancer cells dying while normal
cells were not harmed at all.
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| Jun 14, 2010 |
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Big Pharma blackmails Greece; halts medicine supply over cash demands
(NaturalNews) In the midst of runaway economic problem in Greece, the
pharmaceutical industry has decided to blackmail the nation and halt
shipments of medicines to Greece until it agrees to pay full price for
the drugs.
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| Jun 10, 2010 |
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Big Pharma blackmails Greece; halts medicine supply over cash demands
In the midst of runaway economic problem in Greece, the
pharmaceutical industry has decided to blackmail the nation and halt
shipments of medicines to Greece until it agrees to pay full price for
the drugs. In order to cut costs during its severe debt crisis, Greece
had announced it would pay drug companies 25 percent less for their
products, but this loss of profit was enough to convince several
pharmaceutical companies supplying key drugs to the country to initiate
their own medical blockade where they simply refuse to deliver any more medicines.
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| Jun 4, 2010 |
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California county sues Glaxo for false advertising of Avandia drug
(NaturalNews) Recent reports revealing the dangers of GlaxoSmithKline's
(GSK) diabetes drug, Avandia, have not gone unnoticed. Santa Clara
County in Northern California recently filed a lawsuit against the drug
giant for suppressing evidence that the drug increases heart attack
risk.
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| Jun 4, 2010 |
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New Study Finds Pesticides Double Risk of ADHD in Our Children
(NaturalNews) For years environmentalists and natural health advocates
have been trying to point out that organophosphate pesticides
(malathion, etc.) work by disrupting the neurological systems of
insects, and therefore humans who consume them on foods are at risk of
neurological problems. Now, after millions of kids have been diagnosed
with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder), it is finally being
admitted.
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| May 26, 2010 |
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Pig virus contaminates rotavirus vaccines, but FDA says no problem
(NaturalNews) Rotavirus vaccines are commonly given to children, and
this year's batch of vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline and Merck are
contaminated with a pig virus, the FDA recently discovered. So the FDA
called a meeting to determine whether injecting a pig virus into the
bodies of young children might be some sort of problem requiring a
recall of the vaccines.
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| May 10, 2010 |
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Recalled children's Tylenol products were knowingly contaminated, says FDA
Only
the drug industry could get away with this type of careless, reckless
behavior with nothing more than a slap on the wrist from the FDA. In
fact, the FDA did not even require McNeil to issue a recall after
discovering the problem; McNeil did so voluntarily over "theoretical
concerns" that were expressed by Deborah Autor, an FDA official who was
quick to emphasize that the risk to consumers from the tainted products
"is remote".
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| May 10, 2010 |
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The Assault on Autistic Children and their Parents...
Things are about to change in the Autism Wars. A new report is going
to be released next week.
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| May 10, 2010 |
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HRT drugs based on medical fraud
Court documents unsealed as part of a lawsuit against
drug giant Pfizer reveal how drug companies used deception and fear to
manipulate women into taking dangerous hormone replacement therapy
(HRT) drugs.
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| May 10, 2010 |
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The 10 biggest health care lies in America
Mainstream health care isn't based on "health" or "caring." It's actually based on an ingrained system of medical mythology
that's practiced -- and defended -- by those who profit from the
continuation of sickness and disease. This system of medical mythology
might also simply be called "lies", and today I'm sharing with
NaturalNews readers the top ten lies that are still followed and promoted under mainstream health care in America today.
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| May 10, 2010 |
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Several asthma relief drugs...causing deaths.
Today, FDA requested manufacturers of Advair Diskus, Foradil Aerolizer, and Serevent Diskus to update their existing product labels with new warnings and a Medication Guide for patients to alert healthcare professionals and patients that these medicines may increase the chance of severe asthma episodes, and death when those episodes occur.
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| Apr 19, 2010 |
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Health insurance firms caught investing in junk food companies? And more...
The largest health insurance companies in North America have collectively invested $2 billion in fast food chains like Burger King, McDonald's, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. It's a clever business model because the more junk food and fast food you eat, the more you'll need health insurance, right?
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| Apr 15, 2010 |
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The Intelligent Revolution - Just Say NO
People are waking up all over the world and realizing that Big Pharma backed by Government entities could be leading then to sickness and early death.
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| Jan 31, 2010 |
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Vaccination and Microchipping - Will it become mandatory?
We have a vaccine injured son, and are fighting hard to change vaccination laws.
Please watch our video regarding Vaccination Laws and human microchipping. We plan to send this video to our state legislators, so we need the view-count HIGH on this video.
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| Jan 14, 2010 |
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RAW MILK ALERTS: U.S and Canadian alliances for raw milk (ARMs) formed ? Farmer Michael Schmidt speaks out
It is now obvious that various groups are now unifying in the raw milk revolution. It is a battle of food and farming freedom centered around natural, raw milk; and one of individual liberty. Now is the time for all to stand up to be counted in this fast-growing movement. U.S. and Canadian Raw Milk ALERT: Alliances for Raw Milk (ARMs) and Statement by Michael Schmidt
Michael Schmidt, Co-director of the Canadian ARM and leading raw milk advocate, faces fines and jail, Jan. 21.
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| Jan 12, 2010 |
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Has Swine Flu Been Oversold? By JOSEPH BROWNSTEIN Dec. 8, 2009
A new analysis, using H1N1
deaths in the United States in the spring and projecting likely
outcomes for this fall, shows that a typical -- or possibly even a
milder flu season than average -- should have been expected.
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| Jan 4, 2010 |
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Interview with Dr. David Locker about myths of fluoridation
Danny Leskiw (DL) speaks with University of Toronto Dentistry Faculty Dr. David Locker (Dr.). Dr. Locker dispels myths about health risks of fluoridation, and addresses misinterpretations of the current science.
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| Jan 4, 2010 |
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Stop the VP of the largest drug company in the world from being appointed to an influential Canadian Office!
Vice-President and Medical Director of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals has been appointed as a governing councilor of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR); the government's highest funding arm for medical research.
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| Dec 26, 2009 |
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He said the influence of the the pharamaceutical industry on scientists and government officials has resulted in „millions of healthy people being exposed unnecessarily to the risks of an inadequately tested vaccine.“
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO INVESTIGATE WHO IN JANUARY 2010 The Council of Europe member states are to launch an inquiry in January 2010 on the influence of the pharmaceutical companies on the global swine flu campaign, focussing especially on extent of the pharma‘s industry’s influence on WHO, according to reports in the German media.
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| Aug 20, 2009 |
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A new Canadian survey suggests studies published in medical journals often list "honorary authors" who had nothing to do with the work, and warns the phenomenon can lead to poor health-care practices.
National Post(2009-08-14) News A new Canadian survey suggests studies published in medical journals often list "honorary authors" who had nothing to do with the work, and warns the phenomenoncan lead to poor health-care practices. In the world of medical research, it is nearly mandatory for scientists' work to be published in respected journals. But more than half the experts polled by Ontario-based doctors indicated they had been involved in papers that listed authors who made no contribution at all, and that doing so can give undue weight to studies of questionable merit. Journal articles
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| Jun 25, 2008 |
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An analysis of autopsies in 2007 released this week by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission found that the rate of deaths caused by prescription drugs was three times the rate of deaths caused by all illicit drugs combined.
NYT; June 14, 2008 - MIAMI - From "Scarface" to "Miami Vice," Florida's drug problem has been portrayed as the story of a single narcotic: cocaine. But for Floridians, prescription drugs are increasingly a far more lethal habit.
An analysis of autopsies in 2007 released this week by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission found that the rate of deaths caused by prescription drugs was three times the rate of deaths caused by all illicit drugs combined.
Law enforcement officials said that the shift toward prescription-drug abuse, which began here about eight years ago, showed no sign of
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| May 28, 2008 |
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These data are consistent with the hypothesis that increased pharmaceutical advertising is associated with publishing fewer articles about DS and publishing more articles with conclusions that DS are unsafe.
From Tribune reporter via Suzanne S
Check this out -- very interesting. See abstract, and full text available at this website:BMC Complement Altern Med. 2008 Apr 9;8:11.Does pharmaceutical advertising affect journal publication about dietary supplements?Kemper KJ, Hood KL.Department of Pediatrics and the Program for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. kkemper@wfubmc.eduBACKGROUND: Advertising affects consumer and prescriber behaviors. The relationship between pharmaceutical advertising and journals' publication
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| May 25, 2008 |
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The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides hard evidence that patients given aprotinin were more likely to die from post-surgery complications than those given two cheaper generic clotting medications.
Popular heart drug increases risk of dying: study
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| May 22, 2008 |
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If the FDA were to agree with this petition, American consumers would unarguably be cheated out of hundreds of legally and responsibly marketed dietary supplement products.
----- Original Message ----- From: Citizens for Health To: sorellas.inc@cogeco.ca Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:35 PM
Subject: [SPAM] Action Alert: Tell FDA to Dump GSK Supplement-Killer Petition
Dear Supporter,On April 17th, 2008, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) submitted a Citizen Petition calling for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reclassify all weight loss support claims for dietary supplements as disease claims.If the FDA were to agree with this petition, American consumers would unarguably be cheated out of hundreds of legally and responsibly marketed dietary
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| May 4, 2008 |
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The strategy that has made the pharmaceutical industry one of the wealthiest and most powerful on Earth is finally starting to betray it.
From the Los Angeles Times
A bitter pill for Big Pharma
Overdependence on 'blockbuster' drugs is taking a toll on the industry.By Melody PetersenJanuary 27, 2008The strategy that has made the pharmaceutical industry one of the wealthiest and most powerful on Earth is finally starting to betray it.Beginning in just a few weeks, and continuing over the next several years, some of the biggest-selling and most profitable drugs in history will lose their patent protection. When the 20-year patent on a drug expires, its sales plummet because other companies can sell generic versions for
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| Mar 29, 2008 |
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The FDA said study data suggests there might be an increased risk of death from cancer in diabetic patients using Regranex (becaplermin) Gel to treat leg and foot ulcers.
FDA reviews diabetic and HIV medications
Published: March 27, 2008 at 2:09 PMWASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced safety reviews of the FDA-approved medications Regranex Gel, Ziagen and Videx.
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| Mar 27, 2008 |
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FDA: Merck Drug May Have Suicide Link
FDA: Merck Drug May Have Suicide Link
Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:45 AM PDT
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is investigating a possible link between Merck's allergy drug Singulair and suicide.
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| Mar 26, 2008 |
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Big Pharma caught price fixing
"Another reason health - whoops! - sickness care is the fastest growing failing business in the country and - btw - it is not for nothing that the top 10 of the Fortune 500 are drug manufacturers......" CWBig Pharma caught price fixingHagens Berman: Eleven Defendants Settle in Average Wholesale Price Litigation Two major defendants - AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squib - not part of settlement BOSTON, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Today eleven major pharmaceuticalcompanies, including Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) and WatsonPharmaceuticals (NYSE: WPI), agreed to
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| Mar 22, 2008 |
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The gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years.
The gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years. The endless list of genetically modified seeds sold and controlled by Monsanto are putting at enormous risk age-old agricultural patterns under the presumptuous slogan of aiming at solving the huge problem of hunger in the world.
On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television (ARTE – French-German cultural tv channel) by French journalist and film maker Marie-Monique Robin, entitled 'The World According to Monsanto' (Le Monde
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| Mar 19, 2008 |
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Libertarian Narcissism [noun] promoting individual solutions for collective problems; believing that market pressure alone can bring out-of-control corporations under control;
www.counterpunch.org/
Taking Down Big Pharma
Beyond Progressive Malpractice
By RONNIE CUMMINS
Progressive Malpractice [noun] ignoring the fundamental economic and political roots of a crisis; taking a single-issue, band-aid approach in hopes of gaining mainstream support.
Libertarian Narcissism [noun] promoting individual solutions for collective problems; believing that market pressure alone can bring out-of-control corporations under control; ignoring the plight of the poor; pretending major problems can be solved without serious grassroots organizing and government reform.
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| Mar 6, 2008 |
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Tamiflu, Relenza and other fever suppressing drugs - including aspirin - fail as anti viral treatments. Such treatments are likely responsible for at least 50 percent of all flu fatalities including the SARS fatalities.
The latest in Gullible's Travels. The micro biologists would have us believe there are Tamiflu resistant viruses. Tamiflu, Relenza and other fever suppressing drugs - including aspirin - fail as anti viral treatments. Such treatments are likely responsible for at least 50 percent of all flu fatalities including the SARS fatalities. Tamiflu has been responsible for the death of at least 12 Japanese children.A good doctor would know that the worst thing to do in treating a fever is to try and suppress it. Many grandmothers knew that. The aboriginal people of North America and the Scandinavians
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| Jan 15, 2008 |
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A clinical trial of Zetia, a cholesterol-lowering drug prescribed to about 1 million people a week, failed to show that the drug has any medical benefits, Merck and Schering-Plough said on Monday.
The drug companies involved here delayed the results of this study for 2 years.
The patent for Zocor, the statin cholesterol drug that was combined with Zetia in this trial, has expired.
January 14, 2008
Cholesterol Drug Has No Benefit in Trial, Makers Say By ALEX BERENSON The New York Times
A clinical trial of Zetia, a cholesterol-lowering drug prescribed to about 1 million people a week, failed to show that the drug has any medical benefits, Merck and Schering-Plough said on Monday.
The results will add to the growing concern over Zetia and Vytorin, a drug that combines Zetia with
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| Dec 9, 2007 |
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High-priced Canadian health care system provides poor access to care compared to other nations
High-priced Canadian health care system provides poor access to care compared to other nations
Canada spends more on health care than any industrialized nation except Iceland and Switzerland yet we rank near the bottom in terms of access to physicians and new medical technology, according to a study released by the Fraser Institute. "Canada's health care system, in its current format, does not meet the standards set by other industrialized countries, despite being one of the most expensive systems in the world," said Nadeem Esmail, director of health system performance studies at the Institute
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| Oct 30, 2007 |
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The Canadian Health Food Association has allowed our dietary food supplements to be classified as drugs
NHPD Proposes Solution to Product Licensing Backlog October 22, 2007 Attention: CHFA Member
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| Oct 3, 2007 |
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New York State and City Sue Merck Over Vioxx
September 18, 2007
New York State and City Sue Merck Over Vioxx By SARAH KERSHAW
Seeking to recoup tens of millions spent by government-financed health programs on prescriptions for Vioxx, New York State and New York City joined yesterday in filing a lawsuit against Merck, the drug's maker, which withdrew the painkiller from the market in 2004 because of dangerous side effects. The lawsuit, filed yesterday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, accuses Merck & Company of intentionally concealing the dangers of Vioxx, and therefore defrauding the state Medicaid program, which paid for
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| Oct 3, 2007 |
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Are Cancer Cures Being Hidden From the Public?
Are Cancer Cures Being Hidden From the Public?
by Bill Sardiby Bill Sardi
According to a 2005 poll reported by the American Cancer Society, 27% of Americans agree with the statement: "There is currently a cure for cancer but the medical industry won't tell the public." Another 14 percent are uncertain. Denials from cancer authorities were swift after release of the poll results. The search for alternative cures for cancer wouldn't be necessary except that modern medicine has no effective treatments for this frightful disease more than 30 years after the war on cancer was launched.
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| Oct 1, 2007 |
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Pfizer used Children as Guinea pigs.Deaths.
first known instance of a Third World country going after a pharmaceutical multinational
Pfizer used Children as Guinea pigs.Deaths.
Drugs giant faces criminal charges over clinical trial
By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles
Published: 31 May 2007
The US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has been slapped with criminal charges in Nigeria over a notorious clinical trial it conducted on children during a meningitis epidemic a decade ago. Patients became unwitting guinea pigs for a new, untested antibiotic and many of them either died or were left with permanent disabilities.
Pfizer and its
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Drug companies control or shape multiple steps in the research, analysis, writing, and publication of a large proportion of the medical literature, and they do so behind the scenes, according to a policy paper recently published in PLoS Medicine.
Date: Sep 28, 2007 7:34 AMSubject: Drug companies ghost write medical literatureTo: croft.woodruff@gmail.com
Source:
Public Library of Science
Date:
September 28, 2007
Influence Of Drug Companies On Medical Literature
Science Daily — Drug companies control or shape multiple steps in the research, analysis, writing, and publication of a large proportion of the medical literature, and they do so behind the scenes, according to a policy paper recently published in PLoS Medicine. The paper's author, Sergio Sismondo (Queen's University, Kingston, Canada),
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| Sep 26, 2007 |
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The EU is the political and police arm of the international Drug Cartels - both licit and illicit.
From Croft Woodruff to all: "In the battle of the right of people everywhere to have unimpeded access to dietary supplements kindly note: If any one thinks the European Union is an all 'peaches & cream' democracy....they have another think coming. The EU is the political and police arm of the international Drug Cartels - both licit and illicit. I firmly believe Canada and the United States have traveled too far down the road when it comes to these fraudulent free trade deals. Please enlighten yourselves with the the following information....." In February 1973, Stanley Adams blew
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Modern medical-industrial complex's dire descent into utter corruption
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Free-Thinkers Club <freethinkersclub@shaw.ca>Date: Sep 26, 2007 12:40 AM Subject: Films on Sat, October 13th (topics: AIDS HOAX and NAU/SPP)To: FTC <freethinkersclub@shaw.ca>Mark your calendar...Matinee-Show:HIV = AIDS, FACT OR FRAUD? * Modern medical-industrial complex's diredescent into utter corruption. A shocking documentary that exposes thisdeceptive & deadly scam. Screening and discussion of Stephen Allen's film on Saturday, October 13th, 1:15-5pm, SPEC Hall (2150 Maple St), Tix $12. Info:www.free-thinkersclub.comEvening-Show:PRETEXT
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| Jul 15, 2007 |
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Panel Faults Pfizer in '96 Clinical Trial In Nigeria Unapproved Drug Tested on Children
THE WASHINGTON POST Panel Faults Pfizer in '96 Clinical Trial In NigeriaUnapproved Drug Tested on ChildrenBy Joe StephensSunday, May 7, 2006; A01A panel of Nigerian medical experts has concluded that Pfizer Inc. violated international law during a 1996 epidemic by testing an unapproved drug on children with brain infections at a field hospital.That finding is detailed in a lengthy Nigerian government report that has remained unreleased for five years, despite inquiries from the children'sattorneys and from the media. The Washington Post recently obtained a copy of the confidential report,
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| May 26, 2007 |
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New York Post, AIDS TOTS USED AS 'GUINEA PIGS'
February 29, 2004 -- The state Health Department has launched a probe into potentially dangerous drug research conducted on HIV-infected infants and children at a Manhattan foster-care agency, The Post has learned. Some 50 foster kids were used as "guinea pigs" in 13 experiments with high doses of AIDS medications at Manhattan's Incarnation Children's Center, sources said.
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| May 3, 2007 |
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Posing as Pals, Drug Reps Sway Doctors' Choices
CHICAGO (Reuters) Apr 24 - As much as doctors would like to deny it, subtle attention from friendly drug sales representatives can have a big impact on what drugs they prescribe, according to two U.S. studies published on Monday.
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| Jan 3, 2007 |
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Statins & Lowering Cholesterol A Double Whammy For CHF
Further to Statins and Vitamin D Deficiency - Another Blow...
"In patients with CHF(Chronic Heart Disease), lower serum total cholesterol is independently associated with a worse prognosis." Increasing the probability of congestive failure due to CQ10 deficiency created from Statins was not enough now we see that lowering cholesterol, the very thing that these cash cow drugs are literally designed to do can also cause congestive failure. Yet millions upon millions are scared shit less everyday into taking these - why?
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| Dec 19, 2006 |
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Statins and Vitamin D Deficiency - Another Blow
Increasing the probability of congestive failure due to CQ10 deficiency was not enough, here is more bad news...
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| Dec 6, 2006 |
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Health charities get 'covert' aid from drug firms
BRITAIN'S chief drug regulator has accused pharmaceutical companies of covert and distasteful tactics in funding patient groups that campaign for wider use of the medicines they manufacture.
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| Oct 10, 2006 |
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Lipitor Neurological Side Effect: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's
Further to Statin Drugs & Memory Loss here is more.... See also: Statins May Cause Nerve DamageChris Gupta
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| Jul 11, 2006 |
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DANGEROUS MEDICINE.COM
Real stories about the harm caused by conventional medicine (send in your stories!)
www.dangerousmedicine.com/
New embryo test to screen for 6,000 diseases lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,,1801108,00.html
A tenth of children 'have mental health problems'
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=391630&in_page_id=1770
UK backs Pfizer's Exubera if proven needle phobia
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| Oct 12, 2005 |
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EU HEALTH CLAIMS STORY
EU HEALTH CLAIMS STORY
Health claims must allow for emerging science, says expert.
04/10/2005- Health claims in Europe should reflect emerging science as well as the established evidence, believes a nutrition expert who is calling for a system of graded claims under the future law.
The EU health claims regulation is expected to go through a second reading in parliament in early 2006 and could be adopted in March.
Yet many of the details of the law remain unclear. While applications for health claims must provide evidence of ‘generally accepted scientific data’, there are no guidelines yet
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| Sep 15, 2005 |
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Actual Ingredient Costs of Most Popular Drugs!
Actual Ingredient Costs of Most Popular Drugs!?Subject: Need drugs - go to CostcoAMAZING.........GOOD INFORMATION. MAKE SURE TO READ COMPLETELY.Let's hear it for Costco!! (This is just mind-boggling!) Make sure you read all the way past the list of the drugs.The woman that signed below is a Budget Analyst out of federal Washington, DC offices.Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for the active ingredient in prescription medications? Some people think it must cost a lot, since many drugs sell for more than $2.00 per tablet. We did a search of offshore chemical synthesizers
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| Mar 25, 2005 |
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Please help immediately
Please help immediatelyThe Pesticide Management and Risk Agency(PMRA) must be removed of all responsibilities except one last responsibility to shut off all spraying across Canada NOW. The Auditor General's office has completed auditing and has announced on Feb 28th at a televized public meeting in the Nepean Chamber of Commerce that they have found the agency methodologies "corrupt and wanting " after completing the audit in Feb 2005. We face sterility in both sexes at an alarming rate, the average male has a sperm count of 30
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| Dec 31, 2004 |
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CBC News: Suit launched against makers of Celebrex
CBC News: Suit launched against makers of Celebrex
Suit launched against makers of Celebrex
Last Updated Fri, 05 Nov 2004 21:53:05 EST
REGINA - The Saskatchewan-based Merchant Law Group said Friday it has launched a class-action suit against Pfizer Inc., the maker of Celebrex. The group alleges the arthritis drug causes cardiovascular-related side-effects, ranging from high blood pressure to heart attacks, but Pfizer maintains the drug is well established and its safe-use is supported by extensive clinical studies.
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| Dec 12, 2004 |
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Second Flawed Study
Second Flawed Study
SECOND FLAWED STUDY SLAMS HIGH-DOSE VITAMINS Public Is Being Softened Upon For Dosage Limitations In Vitamin Pills
By Bill Sardi
Within days of the world body known as CODEX announcing it will soon set worldwide upper limits on the dosage of dietary supplements, two news reports have slammed high-dose antioxidant vitamins. The most recent report, which claims high-dose vitamin C (greater than 300 milligrams per day) increases mortality rates among diabetic women, makes the same error as the report issued last week which claimed high-dose vitamin E (greater than 400 IU)
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| Nov 13, 2004 |
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Candida International Update: Urgent Appeal From An
Candida International Update: Urgent Appeal From An Orthomolecular Psychiatric Survivor"Armed with the proper nutrients, I smuggled them back in to the last hospital I was in, and took them on the sly while mouthing my medication, and spitting it down a toilet. I had to hide my vitamins in a cavity gouged out from the underside of a foam mattress because they did room searches searching for contraband- and if they'd found my vitamins, they would have confiscated them as if they were cocaine or marijuana, having been brainwashed into believing that any amount over the RDA merely gives us 'expensive
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| Oct 13, 2004 |
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Vaccine Shenanigans
Further to the earlier post "Disease Reduction & Medicine" which similarly showed that most diseases decline neutrally - some dramatic examples are:
..."in Britain, the annual death rate from rheumatic fever underwent a decline approximating 86 percent in the period covering 1850 to 1946, before penicillin had become available."...
..."in England death rates from respiratory tuberculosis underwent a roughly 87 percent decline in the period beginning 1855 and ending in 1947, when antibiotics first came into wide use; and a further decline approximating 93 percent by 1953, preceding the introduction
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| Oct 8, 2004 |
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A new corporate villain - drugmakers?
A new corporate villain - drugmakers?A number of charges against the pharmaceutical industry damages its credibility and further erodes public support.
By Gregory M. Lamb | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Big Pharma is in danger of joining Big Oil and Big Tobacco as one of the bad boys of American industry. A slew of revelations have stung drugmakers in recent months - from charges of hiding unflattering clinical trials to studies showing a link between the use of antidepressants in children and suicidal thoughts. The companies' stance against allowing Americans to buy cheaper
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| Sep 14, 2004 |
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Glaxo ensnared in £120m Lawsuit over drugs 'cartel'
Glaxo ensnared in £120m Lawsuit over drugs 'cartel'August 22, 2004
laxo ensnared in £120m lawsuit over drugs 'cartel'
by Jonathon Carr-Brown, Health Correspondent
The Times UK
GLAXO SMITH KLINE, one of the world’s biggest drug companies, has become embroiled in the largest financial scandal to hit the National Health Service. Documents lodged at the High Court in London by the health secretary allege that the price of the generic form of Zantac, one of Glaxo’s most successful products, was illegally fixed by a cartel of five producers of generic drugs — ones on which
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| Sep 14, 2004 |
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MMR AND AUTISM: The link really has been established
..."No doubt in the spirit of the public's right to know, government officials will be broadcasting the latest findings as loudly as they did the Madsen conclusions. Strangely, they have been silent thus far."..
Will be sending more on the Danish shenanigans more shortly.
Yet again we see on whose side the governments really are. The brain washing of the masses (a primary role it seems of all governments) is such that no amount of evidence is enough to move us into action unless of course one is affected - as they well know that most will not act till after the fact.... Sad.
Chris
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| Aug 11, 2004 |
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Statins And Our Immune System
Further to LIPITOR,® THIEF OF MEMORY Dr.Graveline has unraveled the impact of statins on the immune system. The implications of this are huge. This is a must read even though it is a bit technical for some (gets easier to understand as you read). His comments could just as easily be applied to many other drugs. "Tossing the statin sledgehammer into this system is perhaps quite comparable in effect to the rampages of "a bull in a China shop" and it is far too soon to tell about most malignant changes...
...statin's effect is based upon interference with our most basic immuno defense system.
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| Jun 21, 2004 |
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Cholesterol drug warning issued
The following, in a nutshell, is how our regulators abuse their mandate to protect their pharma friends. Even more cogent is the fact that nutrients essential for health are so heavily depleted that more sickness is nearly guaranteed later. Thus generating life time customers. Yet the medical Mafia and their cronies should like us to think that for health there is only a shortage of drugs but not nutrients....
Chris Gupta
See also: Bad News About Statin Drugs
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Three years after having recalled the cholesterol lowering statin drug Baycol,
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| Jun 1, 2004 |
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HIDDEN RITALIN drug FACTS
HIDDEN RITALIN drug FACTSAPRIL 12, 2004. I continue to receive queries about Ritalin. It doesn't quit. It seems more parents are waking up to the fact that this is psychiatric drugging of children based on fake science and based on an eroded condition of the Bill of Rights.
If medical associations and drug companies seeking more $$$ and more CONTROL create a disease label (like ADHD), and if the government seeks to cement this label into place by APPLYING ONE IOTA OF COERCION to get a child to take Ritalin and submit to the diagnosis of a mental disorder, that is a crime in progress. Click
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| May 13, 2004 |
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Secrecy & Conflict of Interest
..."“Government officials everywhere hide vital information that they think might embarrass them, their departments or their political leaders,”
...in large part due to excessive concerns about the commercial interests of the drug companies."...
Health Canada hides under the guise of low resources which are used mostly to protect their pharma buddies. Their secret mandate under pretense of public safety is to squash competition from generally safe and healthy cost effective alternatives. Its simple: when you have secrecy you have a secret mandate and when research is funded by vested interests
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| May 5, 2004 |
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LIPITOR,® THIEF OF MEMORY
Statin Drugs and the Misguided War On Cholesterol is an incredible book. A must read for anyone who is even remotely interested in how our sickness care, billed as health care, system works. Dr. Graveline, like many, obviously a very conscientious doctor, was suddenly faced with a number of dilemmas when he experienced transient global amnesia (memory loss) induced by Lipitor (one of the statin cholesterol lowering drugs). Interestingly the manufacturer even proclaims that there is no connection with its use to prevent heart disease or heart attacks yet the use of this useless drug continuers
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| Apr 21, 2004 |
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Does ASPIRIN Prevent Heart Attacks And Strokes?
By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. NewsWithViews.com
Forty million pounds of aspirin are produced in the United States each year (200 tablets for every man, woman and child in this nation). Salicin is a natural substance produced from white willow bark. This substance (salicin) has important analgesic and anti-inflammatory benefits and does not cause the bleeding problems related to the synthetic chemical acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). The use of aspirin has become widely accepted in the United States as an important measure to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Estimates suggest that 20,000,000
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| Apr 21, 2004 |
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Illegal GROWTH HORMONE in Veal For Decades
The government has cracked down on the meat industry after a study revealed that 90 percent of U.S. veal calves were being fed synthetic testosterone illegally. Although officials from the veal industry claimed that calves have been fed growth hormones for decades, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials said this practice has never been legal or tested for safety. After the discovery of a hormone-releasing implant in a Wisconsin calf, the Department of Agriculture has placed a stop upon hormone-induced veal calves from entering the food supply. Statistics have shown that each year, 700,000
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| Apr 21, 2004 |
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Are You Caught in the DRUG TRAP? Find Out How to be Set Free From a Drug-Control
By Dr. Joseph Mercola with Rachael Droege Do you keep Tylenol in your desk drawer at work or Advil in your glove compartment? Is your bathroom closet full of over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold remedies and various prescription medications? Do you take a pill at the first sign of a headache, allergies or a bloated stomach? If this sounds familiar to you, and I’m sure it does for many Americans, then you are caught in the drug trap that is so pervasive in this country.
What is the drug trap? It is precisely what I described above--the utter reliance on pills and medicated syrups to make our
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| Apr 17, 2004 |
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Daily Dose
A study in Contra-indications I know I've been talking a lot about antidepressants in the last year. But what can I say? There's a lot to talk about when it comes to these brain-frying poisons. And not to beat a dead horse again this month, but I feel morally obligated to give you an update (and a correction) on something I mentioned in one of last month's Daily Doses (3/26). It's just too heartbreaking and disturbing to not tell you about.
To recap: In the 3/26 piece, I exposed how pharmaceuticals manufacturers cherry-pick the research findings they show to
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| Apr 17, 2004 |
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DRUG TESTING
Russian Roulette: The drug biz's barbaric bribe
According to the Times piece, the drug company in question apparently used only a BRIEF SCREENING INTERVIEW before selecting this troubled, devout young woman for their trial. No examination of medical records. No consultation with the family doctor. Just an interview... And in that "fireside chat," the girl told the little white lie that probably killed her: That an Emergency-room stomach-
pumping incident in her early teens was because she accidentally took too much Tylenol. According to the Times article, however, a friend of the family
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| Apr 17, 2004 |
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PRE-TERM LABOR DRUG Makes Babies' Brains Susceptible to Pesticide Injury
According to research, a drug commonly given to stop premature labor might be making the brain development of children more vulnerable to contaminants in the environment. One of the studies involving rats that were exposed to terbutaline, the pre-term labor drug, found they suffered more brain cell damage upon secondary exposure to an insecticide than the rats that weren’t given the drug. The exposure resulted in damaging the regions of the brain that play a significant role in learning and memory. Cases of premature labor happens in approximately 20 percent of all pregnancies in the United States
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| Apr 17, 2004 |
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DRUG COMPANIES are Top Health Care Lobbyists
According to a study, pharmaceutical companies have spent more money lobbying Congress than other health care organizations. A slowing has been seen in lobbying by physicians, which suggests a decline of their political influence.
Investigators found that health care lobbying expenditures totaled $237 million in the year 2000, which was more than any other industry including agriculture, communications and defense. These figures were strong indicators of the impact of health care issues to varied interest groups.
Ranking of money spent on lobbying:
Drug companies--$96 million Doctors
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| Apr 16, 2004 |
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FOSAMAX
Fosamax is the most-prescribed medicine worldwide for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. But that doesn't mean that it's good for you. In an HSI Forum thread titled "Fosamax... should I take this?" a member named TXHomemaker says that her mother is at high risk for fractures. TXH's mom doesn't like to take medication for fear of side effects. But she does take a number of supplements, including calcium, magnesium and vitamin D. Nevertheless, her doctor is insisting that, "nothing else will build bone except
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| Apr 13, 2004 |
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ANTI-DEPRESSANTS
Safety For Sale Health Sciences Institute e-Alert Dear Member, It's rare to get a glimpse of the inner workings of the FDA. But the growing controversy surrounding suicides among minors taking antidepressant drugs reveals disturbing priorities when the issue of safety comes into conflict with the agency's close relationship with the drug industry. And now Congress is turning up the heat. The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee has launched an investigation to determine if FDA officials acted in a timely manner in demanding warnings about the association between
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| Apr 9, 2004 |
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Health e-Tips
Dear Reader,
It looks like the FDA might keep on running, but there's really no place left to hide. We all know that they're doing their best to cover up the frightening news about antidepressants. In February, a 19-year-old college student with no history or outward signs of depression, hanged herself in the Ely Lilly research lab at Indiana University Medical School, where she was one of 25 healthy patients who had recently been taken off a larger than normal dose of a new antidepressant during a clinical trial. She was taking part in the study as a way to raise
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| Apr 7, 2004 |
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Suicide Caution Mandated for ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Experts advised physicians to keep a close watch for suicidal tendencies of their patients taking antidepressants for the first time or experiencing dosage changes, particularly in the first few weeks of therapy.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed warning labels on the antidepressants taken by millions around the world as a caution of the risks that come with taking the medication.
Other agency officials were surprised to hear about such a broad warning and reported seeing no apparent link between the antidepressant and suicide. On the other hand, another series of studies revealed
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| Apr 6, 2004 |
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GLAXO SMITH KLINE Used Orphans And Babies As Lab Rats
UK Firm Tried HIV Drug On Orphans
Antony Barnett in New York The Observer
Orphans and babies as young as three months old have been used as guinea pigs in potentially dangerous medical experiments sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, an Observer investigation has revealed. British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline is embroiled in the scandal. The firm sponsored experiments on the children from Incarnation Children's Centre, a New York care home that specialises in treating HIV sufferers and is run by Catholic charities. The children had either been infected with HIV or born to HIV-positive
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| Apr 1, 2004 |
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STATIN Drugs
Weighing the cost/benefit ratio of a drug can be dicey. If a drug saves lives but also happens to be very expensive, you have to allow that perhaps the cost is worth it. When I was preparing the e-Alert "Ball of Confusion" (3/23/04), I came across a very revealing insight into the cost/benefit ratio of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. Writing in Red Flags Daily, Malcolm Kendrick, M.D., notes that so far no studies have shown that statin use provides very much protection at all against cardiac-related death. For instance, the Heart Protection Study (HPS) was the largest clinical study ever conducted
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| Mar 31, 2004 |
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FDA Sued Over ANTIDERESSANT
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was sued over its failure to act on a petition by Public Citizen, requesting the ban of nefazodone, an antidepressant drug, that was filed over a year ago.
The drug is being marketed as Serzone and has been associated with an increasing number of deaths and serious injuries caused by liver failure. The public citizen’s suit asked for the court to determine the delayed actions of the FDA as illegal and a danger to public health. Reports showed that from April 1, 2002, through May 12, 2003, there were an additional 33 reports of liver failure that included
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| Mar 30, 2004 |
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ANTI-DEPRESSNTS Being Prescribed As 'Quick Fix'
By Maxine Frith The Independent - UK
Hundreds of thousands of people are being prescribed powerful anti-depressants that they may not need because doctors are using the pills as a "quick fix" solution to mild anxiety problems, according to a report published today. Desperate shortages of NHS counsellors and therapists mean that over-worked GPs often feel they have no option but to hand out anti-depressants to people who may only need an outlet for discussing their problems. Eighty per cent of GPs admit that they are over-prescribing drugs such as Prozac and Seroxat when patients may simply
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| Mar 27, 2004 |
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'Experts' Recommend Higher Doses of CHOLESTEROL DRUGS
Experts reported that using higher doses of drugs to reduce cholesterol decreases the risk of heart attack, bypass surgery and chest pains. The finding could place new pressure on doctors to treat their patients more aggressively by using higher doses of statin drugs to reduce cholesterol levels in people with heart disease.
In the study it was found that people who took a double dose of the drug atorvastatin, sold under the brand name Lipitor, had their LDL levels drop to 62 milligrams per deciliter of blood compared to the patients whose LDL level dropped to 95 milligrams per deciliter after
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| Mar 27, 2004 |
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Why ANTIDEPRESSANTS are Causing Suicides and Homicides
After the first SSRI, Prozac, was introduced in 1988, unusual and severe reactions with selective antidepressant drugs were reported. Some of these instances included a woman who was being treated for mild depression who became psychotic after three days on Prozac and another woman who experienced severe panic attacks that inhibited her from working. The frequency of these reported cases prompted Congress to hold hearings on the issue in the early 1990s, however the underlying causes were never determined and nothing was accomplished.
In his essay, Jay Cohen said he never doubted that taking
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| Mar 26, 2004 |
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SERZONE: Dangerous Antidepressant
There seem to be two FDAs. There's the FDA that wants to step up regulation of dietary supplements. And then there's the FDA that often seems to be barely concerned when adverse reports of an approved drug start flowing in. That's the case with an antidepressant drug called Serzone. A lawsuit attempting to force the FDA to ban the drug has been filed by the consumer group Public Citizen. According to the suit, Serzone has been associated with 39 confirmed cases of severe liver damage, 55 cases of liver failure and 20 deaths. The FDA's reaction? An Associated Press report states
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| Mar 24, 2004 |
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U.S. Military Finally Looks Into Disaster MALARIA DRUG
The pentagon announced it would form a panel of experts to dispel safety “myths” about an anti-malaria pill given weekly to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the fears was that taking the prescription drug, Lariam, causes suicide and neurological problems.
Defense officials claimed that Lariam is easier to dispense, more effective than three other anti-malaria drugs distributed and incidents of adverse reactions reported were rare.
In response to the growing number of reports of problems, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered Hoffman LaRoche, the company that makes Lariam,
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| Mar 24, 2004 |
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"Magic" DIET PILL in the Works
Researchers unveiled a pill that suppresses the world’s leading killers, overeating and smoking. The drug, called rimonabant, is being perceived as a potential lifesaver that can reduce a wide range of risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.
Studies showed that the drug decreased levels of triglycerides, dangerous blood fats, and small dense LDL, the so-called “bad cholesterol,” and C-reactive protein, a dangerous sign of inflammation of the arteries. Rimonabant was also shown to improve the metabolic syndrome that signals impending diabetes, heart disease and raised HDL levels, which
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| Mar 22, 2004 |
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Cholesterol Drug & Muscle Pain
A single dose of cholesterol lowering drug causes painful muscle
Croft Woodruff
1: Heart. 2004 Jan;90(1):e3.
Rhabdomyolysis induced by a single dose of a statin.
Jamil S, Iqbal P.
Medical Directorate, Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Calow, Chesterfield, UK.
Statins have been shown to cause myotoxicity and rhabdomyolysis. In most cases rhabdomyolysis occurs following the use of these drugs for at least one week. A case of rhabdomyolysis after just a single dose of simvastatin is reported.
Publication Types: Case Reports PMID: 14676266 [PubMed - indexed
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| Mar 20, 2004 |
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CHOLESTEROL THEORY Wipes Out Human Race
Originally printed by The Weston A. Price Foundation
PLANET EARTH, April 9, 2057
A faulty theory on the origin and cause of heart disease, introduced on Planet Earth 100 years prior to this date, has caused the demise of the human race, according to a Pleiadean delegation report. The theory led to food choices that proved lethal to humans over several generations.
"We were surprised at the rapidity of its effects," said the commission's chairman, "and the tenacity of the theory. Even when infertility and early death became widespread, humans did not question the validity of the basic
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| Mar 20, 2004 |
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PREMARIN Alone Increases Strokes
A large trial group of women stopped taking estrogen replacement therapy after finding out the pills not only failed to improve their health, but also may have increased their risk of a stroke.
This is the second large trial of hormone replacement therapy to have been abruptly stopped in the past two years. Another study, in July 2002, involving women taking estrogen plus progestin, was also stopped due to potential heart attack, cancer and stroke risks. Millions of women in the study were told that the therapy would keep them “young” by reducing symptoms of menopause, preventing heart disease,
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| Mar 19, 2004 |
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PREMPRO For Hormon Replacement Therapy
Health e-Tips
Dear Reader,
It looks like "conventional" HRT (commonly known under the brand name Prempro) isn't going to go down without a fight. Canadian OB/GYNs are still championing it, even after the Canadian Cancer Society recently released a statement advising women to not take HRT. Period. But the doctors contend that it is safe for a limited amount of time. They say it doesn't get dangerous until the five year mark, and their statistics show that most women in Canada take HRT for only three. Isn't that like them handing a woman a gun and telling her the chamber holds
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| Mar 19, 2004 |
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HRT (Hormon Replacement Therapy)
I always enjoy telling you about some of the amazing quotes that come out of the medical mainstream, and today I have three of the most astonishing quotes I've ever read. This time, however, I'm astonished because I find myself agreeing with them. At a conference on longevity held in Sydney, Australia, earlier this month, several noted health experts weighed in on the subject of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). According to The Age (an Australian news outlet), Dr. Alexandre Kalache, the Aging Program coordinator for the World Health Organization (WHO; which is about as mainstream as
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| Mar 19, 2004 |
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LIPITOR: (Cholesterol Lowering Statin) And Pain
This week in the HSI e-Alert
THIS WEEK IN THE HSI FORUM A current thread on the HSI Forum serves as a perfect follow-
up to last week's e-Alert about cholesterol-lowering statin drugs ("Broken Ground" 3/11/04). The thread is titled "Lipitor or Statins and Muscle Pain," and the number of postings from members who have experienced muscle pain while taking statins is truly remarkable. Statin manufacturers would have us believe that this side effect is minor or rare. But if you're one of those who are experiencing soreness and muscle aches, it's far from minor. And as you'll
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| Mar 17, 2004 |
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ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC Patented Poisons
Digging up some "demented dirt" on heart disease and diabetes
I've spilled a lot of ink in the last year or so about the risks (and the rampant over-prescription) of patented antidepressant drugs. More and more, these risky and mostly needless medications are being prescribed for the "depression" that quite naturally occurs in post-
menopausal women and in men over 55 whose testosterone levels are declining. (By the way, for these conditions, some natural remedies like St. John's wort are way better than antidepressants).
However, the truth is, Americans over 60 are probably far
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| Mar 17, 2004 |
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Experts Say Stop ANTIBOTICS For Ear Infections
Parents of irritable children with ear infections should heed warning that antibiotics may no longer be prescribed for common ear infections. This initiative contradicts many years of pediatric advice and is expected to disappoint the sleep-deprived parents of whimpering toddlers with painful ear infections. Health officials are hoping to slow down the rise of antibiotic-resistant germs created by overuse of the drugs used to treat ear infections. The medical board must formally approve these guidelines before they are published to doctors.
For a number of years, health officials have been
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| Mar 15, 2004 |
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The Medical Mafia rules:
OK to use and promote untested and toxic drugs and medical procedures ....but Not OK for generally safe and efficacious natural foods and/or vitamins! ..."Only 6% of drug advertising material is supported by evidence...
...The article lists several examples of misrepresentation: medical guidelines from scientific societies are misquoted or changed, the side effects of drugs are minimised, groups of patient are wrongly defined, study results are suppressed, treatment effects are exaggerated, risks are manipulated, and effects of drugs were drawn from animal studies.".... ...The authors warn
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| Mar 13, 2004 |
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Millions of Elderly Get INAPPRORIATE DRUGS
In the year 2000, American seniors were prescribed inappropriate and potentially harmful medications in nearly eight percent of their doctor visits. The findings are solid proof that the nation is making slow progress in their bid to protect seniors from being prescribed improper drugs. This problem has been putting the health of a large number of elderly at risk.
The most common types of inappropriate drugs that were prescribed were anti-anxiety agents, anti-depressants and sedatives. The likelihood of receiving unsuitable drugs increased significantly for women who were being prescribed multiple
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| Mar 12, 2004 |
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STATIN DRUGS
Broken Ground Health Sciences Institute e-Alert
Dear Reader,
Revolutionary. Groundbreaking. A landmark. Those were some of the reverent terms that TV network news anchors used as they gushed like smitten schoolgirls over a new study of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs this week. And virtually all of them treated the "miracle drug" status of statins as a given. What's more, the general consensus from anchors and their "medical expert" sidekicks was that "super doses" of statins are now preferred over low or moderate dosage. Here's what this study really is: A revolutionary and
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| Mar 12, 2004 |
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Swedish Woman Dies of ABORTION DRUG RU-486
(LifeSiteNews.com)
A young woman has died recently from an RU 486 abortion in the Swedish west coast city of Uddevalla. The Swedish pro-life group JA till Livet has informed LifeSiteNews.com that the country's National Board of Health and Welfare has issued a report concluding that the death of the unnamed young woman was a result of the chemically induced abortion. The woman, over seven weeks pregnant, reportedly chose to have an RU 486 abortion. One week after meeting with the gynecologist, she returned to the hospital to take three 200 mg Mifegyne pills. Two days later she returned
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| Mar 11, 2004 |
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ACCUTANE for severe acne
Private Parts Health Sciences Institute e-Alert
Dear Reader,
Here's how you know when a drug's side effects are completely out of control: When the federal government requires you to place your name and personal details about your sex life in a national registry in order to purchase the drug. Sound extreme? It is. But this is the plan that an FDA advisory panel has come up with in an effort to reduce birth defects caused by Accutane, the prescription medicine designed to treat severe acne. As for other Accutane side effects (mostly associated with emotional instability), well,
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| Mar 8, 2004 |
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HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy)
'Round and 'Round and 'Round and... Health Sciences Institute e-Alert
Dear Reader,
You may have heard the news last week that another (yes, ANOTHER!) major hormone replacement therapy (HRT) study was shut down early to protect the health of subjects participating in the study. Or maybe you didn't hear about it. These studies are shutting down with such frequency lately that they barely rate a mention in most news reports. If it weren't so serious, it would pretty comical.
But what received even less attention was a recent report in the British Medical Journal
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| Mar 4, 2004 |
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ACETAMINOPHEN
There it was, amidst the hundreds of e-mails we receive every day. It sat in our inbox just like any other e-mail, sandwiched between one asking us to clarify something we said about vitamin E and one thanking us for information on foods that contain trans fatty acids.
It began, "Approximately a week and a half ago you referenced our son's death when you were writing about acetaminophen. His name is Marcus." And it made me - and everyone else who read it - gasp. Not because of what the note actually said, but because of the shock that our original e-mail would end up reaching the family
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| Mar 3, 2004 |
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ANTIBIOTICS may Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Antibiotic use is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a study, and the more antibiotics used the more the risk of breast cancer increased. The study of more than 10,000 women found that women who took antibiotics for more than 500 days--or had more than 25 prescriptions--over an average period of 17 years had more than twice the risk of breast cancer as women who had not taken any antibiotics. Even women who had between one and 25 prescriptions over the same time period were about 1.5 times more likely to get breast cancer. The results do not necessarily mean that
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| Mar 3, 2004 |
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS and Suicide in Children: Why Did the Warnings Take so Long?
A warning has been issued that common antidepressants prescribed to children are not only largely ineffective, but they also may increase the risk of suicidal behavior and self-harm among children. Despite this warning, physicians are often told that depression is often missed in patients, and a lack of diagnosis and treatment can lead to serious harm. The recommended “treatment of choice” is antidepressant drugs. The inconsistency displayed by this contradiction is the subject of two commentaries in the Canadian Medical Association Journal as they seek to explain why the lack of benefit and potential
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| Mar 3, 2004 |
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Why DRUG PRICES are Sky-High, and What You can do About It
Drug companies’ sky-high profits are the reason why prescription drug prices are so high, at least that’s the opinion of 42 percent of consumers. In all, nearly two-thirds of consumers blamed drug companies for the soaring prescription drug costs. The results are from an online survey conducted by Weiss Ratings. The survey included voluntary responses from 1,834 people. Respondents were asked, “What do you feel is the primary reason behind high U.S. prescription drug costs?,” and given six choices to choose a response from. The results were as follows: What do you feel is the primary reason behind
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| Mar 3, 2004 |
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Drug Company Tells Staff Not to Reveal PAXIL’s Ineffectiveness
The antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil), made by drug company GlaxoSmithKline, had no benefit to adolescents, according to a 1998 clinical trial. You may not have heard of this finding, as a confidential, internal document from the drug company advised its staff to withhold the findings. The details of the document are published in the journal of the Canadian Medical Association (CMAJ). The document reportedly discusses two trials with the following results:
Study 329, conducted in the United States from 1993 to 1996, showed paroxetine (Paxil) to be no more effective than a placebo
Study 377
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| Mar 2, 2004 |
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Bacteria Run Wild, Defying ANTIBIOTICS
By ABIGAIL ZUGER
A new chapter in the continuing story of antibiotic resistance is being written in doctors' offices across the country, as a group of common bacteria rapidly becomes resistant to the antibiotics that have been used to treat them for decades.
The bacteria are called Staphylococcus aureus, or staph for short. Staph are the most common cause of skin infections like boils and can also cause lung infections, bloodstream infections and abscesses in the body's internal organs.
In hospitalized patients, infections caused by antibiotic-resistant staph have been common
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| Feb 29, 2004 |
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Odds Are The DRUG INDUSTRY is Paying Off Your Doctor
Studies show that most doctors feel they are not influenced by free gifts and perks from drug companies. They feel they are educated enough to recognize an ad when they see it, and as this New York Times article says, many take on the attitude of “if the drug companies are naïve enough to imagine that their largess will buy my loyalty, then so be it--it is their gamble, and their loss.” However, the drug companies are not likely to keep giving out freebies, ranging from pens to expensive dinners to trips to exotic locations, if they aren’t getting anything in return. Several studies have found
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| Feb 26, 2004 |
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CHOLESTEROL DRUGS
Seven times stronger than statin drugs and safer than a sugar pill... Dr. Wright uncovers the surprising secret that makes dangerous cholesterol drugs look silly CHOLESTEROL DRUGS may poison your liver, but at least they prevent heart attacks...right? Not so fast. In one of medicine's strangest ironies, it now appears that cholesterol-lowering 'statin' drugs may weaken the human heart. In a recent series of clinical studies, top-selling statin drugs were found to: Raise blood pressure... Lower levels of lifesaving HDL ('good') cholesterol... Increase an important measure
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| Feb 26, 2004 |
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PROSTATE DRUGS
Could today's top prostate drug actually be CANCER FERTILIZER? That's what new research suggests! But Dr. Wright's prostate breakthrough reverses swelling while switching on your anti-cancer genes... PROSTATE DRUGS can flatten your sex life, but at least they're good for your prostate...right? Are you sitting down? Researchers at the University of Southern California recently tested this assumption, and the results couldn't have been more alarming. As recorded in the British Journal of Cancer, they studied 52 men with high PSA... First they gave the men baseline biopsies
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| Feb 26, 2004 |
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HRT HORMON REPLACEMENT THERAPY
What drug firms call 'hormone replacement therapy' is really HORSE URINE therapy The chemical content is so dangerous, it's a miracle millions more women didn't get breast cancer. Yet for nearly 20 years, Dr. Wright has been prescribing a safe and truly miraculous answer. Here's why you haven't heard about it until now... IT'S TIME TO END THE COVERUP. Despite what drug firms would have you believe, today's HRT crisis is not a surprise. The inherent dangers revealed in recent clinical trials were suspected for decades... And Dr. Wright first sounded the
warning
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| Feb 26, 2004 |
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How the FDA is playing "hired gun" for the DRUG BIZ
SPECIAL EXPOSE' By banning this natural cholesterol-lowering secret that's better than statin drugs Dear Health-conscious Friend:
The drug giants knew they'd be in trouble if word got out about red yeast rice... Not only did studies show that this ancient Asian edible slashed cholesterol an average of 40 points in just 3 months, it did so without any side effects whatsoever. What's more, it was growing more and more widely available, for far less money than statin drugs - and without the need for a prescription... So what did those fat-cat drug executives do? They went to
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| Feb 26, 2004 |
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DIABETES DRUGS
Beat diabetes with COMMON CINNAMON??!! Many type 2 diabetics may never need drugs again SOMEDAY SOON the threat of diabetes type II could be wiped out for millions of people. Because Dr. Wright has shown us how to overcome and prevent it, using nothing more costly than table cinnamon. NOTE: I'm not talking about some exotic variety, but the stuff that's already in your cupboard! Up until recently, type II diabetics thought they had no choice but to pay through the nose for dangerous drugs, including metformin (Glucophage®). Side effects from this stuff include extreme weakness, muscle
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| Feb 26, 2004 |
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PAIN DRUGS
Could those costly new painkillers be causing BACK PAIN? 'Side effect' documented by manufacturers! IT'S REALLY HAPPENING. You go to your doctor for back pain and he prescribes the widely hyped new drugs Vioxx® or Celebrex®. But despite all those merry commercials singing 'Celebrate! Celebrate!' your pain actually increases... Are you just imagining it? No! This nifty little side effect has been documented by the drug firms themselves. In a significant number of cases, both these new Cox-2 inhibitors are linked to back pain... So what good are they? Maybe they're
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| Feb 25, 2004 |
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Marketting of DRUGS
Daily Dose
The REAL "med" school
In just the last year or so, I've written many times about the
distressing degree to which the major drug companies' marketing
techniques are impacting the way medicine is practiced in this
country. From primetime TV ads that subtly convince people to
self-diagnose complex medical problems (and that their only hope is some new wonder-drug) to the grassroots lobbying (see also:
bribing) of individual doctors to prescribe drugs for unapproved uses, the marketing of these patent medicines is OUT OF
CONTROL.
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| Feb 23, 2004 |
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PFIZER Cuts Off Selected Canadian Pharmacies
Pfizer has joined GlaxoSmithKline in cutting off shipments to selected Canadian pharmacies, as major drug companies try to shut off the flow of discount drugs from Canada to the U.S.
The drug embargo is likely to cause serious problems for Americans and Canadians alike and could cause serious shortages of some life-saving drugs in Canada.
"The export of pharmaceuticals from Canada represents a violation of our long-standing business terms," said Pfizer spokesman Andy McCormick. "We want to ensure that in Canada, medicines developed by Pfizer are in sufficient supply for Canadians."
In
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| Feb 22, 2004 |
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PROZAC During Pregnancy 'Can Damage Unborn Child'
By Michael Day The Telegraph - UK
Pregnant women who use Prozac and similar drugs to combat depression could be damaging the brains of their unborn babies, according to research. The first direct evidence of a link between foetal exposure to Prozac and disrupted neurological development has emerged in a study of American mothers and their babies. Abnormal sleeping patterns, heart rhythms and levels of alertness were linked by researchers to drugs called selective-serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), of which Prozac (fluoxetine) is the best known. An estimated 25,000 of the 600,000 babies
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| Feb 21, 2004 |
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The little FLU VACCINE that couldn't
Last fall (and so far this winter, too), millions of Americans
flocked to hospitals, clinics, and temporary immunization
stations to be injected with the influenza vaccine in
preparation for this year's tidal wave of flu cases. But guess
what?
The vaccine's a dud!
This, according to a study of hospital workers in Colorado (a
state hit hard and early with flu cases last year) conducted by
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. As reported by Reuters,
the research authors concluded that the vaccine had "no or low
effectiveness" against this year's flu. In fact, the study's
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| Feb 21, 2004 |
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DIET DRUGS May Raise Cancer Risk
Researchers have found a drug, which has been developed to fight obesity and clogged arteries, may increase the risk of colon cancer. Researchers worked with a copy of GlaxoSmithKline’s experimental compound, known as GW501516. This compound is being studied as a possible drug to improve cholesterol levels and to reverse heart disease in humans caused by metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X. Syndrome X is linked to high blood pressure and poor cholesterol levels. Researchers gave the drug to mice that were specially bred to develop colon cancer and found that the mice grew twice the normal
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| Feb 21, 2004 |
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS Causing Suicides in Kids
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientist who found that antidepressants may increase the risk of suicidal behaviors in children has been prohibited from making his findings public. He was asked by the FDA to write up a safety analysis about children taking the antidepressants Paxil, Effexor and others after reports of high rates of suicidal behavior among children taking such drugs surfaced early in 2003. During his analysis he reviewed 20 clinical trialsinvolving more than 4,000 children and eight different antidepressants. In his written report, and according to two FDA sources who have
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| Feb 21, 2004 |
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More Parents Refusing to Get Kids VACCINATED
Physicians are getting bombarded with concerns from parents about the safety of childhood immunizations. One study found 93 percent of pediatricians and 60 percent of family physicians said at least one parent had refused a vaccine for their child in 2003. Within this year, 69 percent of the physicians said that the number of concerns from parents had increased significantly. The study also found that pediatricians were twice as likely to admit that refusals of the vaccines were on the rise.
The study showed 74 percent of physicians said they discussed the refusal with the parent. Many of the
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| Feb 20, 2004 |
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ANTIBIOTICS
Protection Jumps The Rails Health Sciences Institute e-Alert Dear Reader,
"Antibiotics have been used as freely as vitamins for decades.
I've known they were anything BUT the harmless substances they
were made out to be, but I never dreamed of this." That comment comes from HSI Panelist Allan Spreen, M.D., in
reaction to the astonishing new study released this week that
found an association between antibiotic use and breast cancer. Given that breast cancer is one of the most common types of
cancer, and given that antibiotics have long been prescribed and over-prescribed for numerous
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| Feb 18, 2004 |
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HRT HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
Same Story, Different Day Health Sciences Institute e-Alert
Dear Reader,
"Hormone Therapy Study Halted Over Cancer Concerns" That headline could be from July 2002, when the Women's Health
Initiative (WHI) abruptly halted a multiyear hormone replacement therapy (HRT) study in order to protect subjects from developing breast cancer. But it's not. That headline is from February
2004. Some things never change, but it's high time they did.
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| Feb 18, 2004 |
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Drug Companies Pay Off Government to Sell More ANTI-PSYCHOTIC DRUGS
The drug industry knows how to market their drugs. For the big named drugs they spend billions of dollars on consumer advertising, but to sell medicines that treat schizophrenia the companies focus on a smaller group of customers, the state officials who oversee treatment for patients with mental illness. These patients make states among the largest buyers of antipsychotic drugs.
Past evidence has shown, since the mid-1990s a group of major drug companies had campaigned to convince state officials that a new generation of drugs--with names like Risperdal, Zyprexa and Seroquel--was superior
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| Feb 17, 2004 |
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS found ineffective on teenagers
By ROD MICKLEBURGH (G & M)
Widely used antidepressant drugs prescribed to tens of thousands of Canadian teens and children are barely more effective than placebos in treating adolescent depression, according to a leading Canadian expert in the field. The assertion by psychiatrist Jane Garland follows a recent cascade of critical information questioning the risk and effectiveness of prescribing antidepressant medication for troubled young patients.
"The disappointing reality is that antidepressant medications have minimal to no effectiveness in childhood depression beyond a placebo effect,"
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| Feb 17, 2004 |
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Do vital DRUGS boost risk of breast cancer?
Antibiotics may increase chances
But don't stop taking them: MDs
ROB STEIN (TS)
Antibiotic use is associated with an increased risk for breast cancer, a new study has found, raising the possibility that women who take the widely used medicines are more prone to one of the most feared malignancies.
The first-of-its-kind study of more than 10,000 Washington state women concluded that those who used the most antibiotics had double the chances of being struck by breast cancer.
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, one in nine women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime
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| Feb 15, 2004 |
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POSITIVE THOUGHTS Work as Well as Drugs
Evidence has been found that suggests a patient’s beliefs and hopes may affect their outcome of prognosis. One study found that optimism could lower the risk of heart disease in older men, whereas pessimism can increase the disease. Strong evidence has proven that patients with heart disease who feel hopeless about their condition do worse because they lost faith in themselves. But whether a person’s attitude can be changed is still an unanswered questioned, a psychologist studying this said. He believes that schools should incorporate a method to teach children about optimism so that no child
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| Feb 14, 2004 |
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Seven Common Misconceptions About TYLENOLl and Other OTC Drugs
By Dr. Joseph Mercola with Rachael Droege
Each year Americans buy about 5 billion over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in the hopes of treating routine medical problems. Many believe OTC drugs do not pose the same risks as prescription drugs and are completely safe to use, as they are so readily available. Unfortunately, the ease with which OTC drugs can be obtained presents a false sense of security. As with all drugs, OTC drugs are simply covering up symptoms and are not addressing the underlying cause of the symptoms. Further, even though they’re available without a prescription, they are still
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| Feb 14, 2004 |
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ANTDEPRESANT Makers Withhold Data on Children
Makers of popular antidepressants such as Paxil, Zoloft and Effexor have refused to disclose the details of most clinical trials involving children taking these drugs. The unpublished data is denying doctors and parents crucial information showing that some of these antidepressant drugs may cause children to become suicidal. The companies are calling the unpublished studies trade secrets. Researchers familiar with these trade secrets say the majority of the secret trials show children who took the antidepressants did not get any better than those who took sugar pills. Analyses suggest that as
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| Feb 13, 2004 |
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Anti-Yeast Drug CLIOQUINOL Used For Alzheimer's
Researchers found that clioquinol can almost stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. They believed that by absorbing the copper and zinc atoms that concentrate in the brains of Alzheimer's sufferers, clioquinol could stop the onset of dementia before it starts. The finding came from a study conducted on 26 Alzheimer’s sufferers; half were given clioquinol while the other 13 were given a placebo. Researchers studied all 26 patients over a nine-month period of time and found that patients given the clioquinol retained more mental capacity than those who received the placebo. Research also
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| Feb 12, 2004 |
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Vital Information to Know if You’re Taking DIET DRUGS
By Dr. Joseph Mercola with Rachael Droege
You’re likely already aware that diet pills are not going to solve any overweight or obesity challenges you may be facing. Still, the ads are tempting and the claims that you will “Reduce calories and slim down automatically ... not only lose weight, but look younger, have improved drive and concentration, and become free of stress and anxiety,” as one diet pill ad put it, may sound too good to pass up. Or, you may want to lose weight so badly that you decide to take your chances and give the pills a try, but the risk with diet pills isn’t whether or
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| Feb 11, 2004 |
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HRT HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
I've lost count of all the e-Alerts I've sent telling you about the various hormone replacement therapy (HRT) studies that have been shut down because of concerns for the safety of subjects participating in the studies. The latest HRT study to be abruptly concluded involved 345 women. Half of them were taking HRT, while the other half took a non-hormonal treatment for menopause symptoms. Two years into the study, researchers at the University Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden, found that more than 25 women in the HRT group were diagnosed with a new case or a recurrence of breast cancer. During
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| Feb 11, 2004 |
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CHILDREN'S ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Health Sciences Institute e-Alert Dear Reader,
"A complicated web of money, emotion, science and regulation."
That's how a reporter for National Public Radio (NPR) described the recent hearing conducted by an FDA advisory panel, convened to examine the negative effects that antidepressant drugs have on children.
No comment was expected from the panel until summer. So it came as a surprise when the panel issued a statement last week recommending that warnings are needed immediately to elevate the level of concern for doctors who might prescribe antidepressants to treat young patients.
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| Feb 10, 2004 |
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ADHA DRUGS
Daily Dose
The unvarnished truth about ADHD drugs
You know how I feel about ADHD. I think it's the most
over-diagnosed "disease" in the world - one that for the most
part has been invented via the re-classification of many types
of perfectly normal behavior as abnormal. I also think it's the
most egregious example out there of a malady being promoted by
drug companies in order to expand the market for their poisons.
And usually, the mainstream media has been a more-than-willing
accomplice in this heartless and dangerous scam.
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| Jan 29, 2004 |
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IBUPROFEN dangers publicized
Painkillers can cause kidney damage, stomach bleeding with prescription drugs Restrict painkillers: AMA
POPULAR painkillers containing a specific drug should be taken off supermarket shelves, Australian Medical Association president Bill Glasson said today.
The US Food and Drug Administration has launched a consumer advertising campaign advising medication containing ibuprofen can cause kidney damage and stomach bleeding when taken with prescription drugs including diuretics.
Dr Glasson said the AMA had raised concerns with the federal government more than a year ago about the availability
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| Jan 28, 2004 |
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HRT without the hype
Q: Even though I've been scared off of Hormone Replacement
Therapy because of the cancer risk, all the reasons I was taking it before still exist! And now, in addition to being
uncomfortable a lot of the time, I just don't like the changes
happening in my body. Without HRT, I feel helpless to stop it.
What do you suggest now? JVW: My answer on HRT has actually been the same for years --way before the mainstream medical system reversed course. You see,
the HRT most women were taking used synthetic hormone
replacement -- from horse urine to be exact -- which just isn't
naturally
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| Jan 20, 2004 |
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Don't take that PILL -- just inhale
CanWest News Service There's a revolution coming in the way we take medicine, says a University of Alberta engineer whose lab is playing a role in that revolution.
Inhaling drugs could soon become as common as swallowing a pill or getting a shot, says Warren Finlay, who runs the Aerosol Research Lab of Alberta at the university.
Already, says Finlay, pharmaceutical firms have developed inhaled versions of morphine, insulin and flu vaccines. Finlay himself is working with U of A microbiologist Mark Peppler on an inhaled whooping cough vaccine for use in the Third World.
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| Jan 19, 2004 |
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ACETAMINOPHEN
Flick of the Wrist
Health Sciences Institute e-Alert
Dear Reader,
In 1995, a 23 year-old Philadelphia man named Marcus Trunk began taking a prescription drug that contained acetaminophen to treat a sprained wrist. When his prescription ran out, he took an over-the-counter acetaminophen for another week. Within a few days he developed a fever and began vomiting. When he went to a hospital emergency room, doctors gave him further doses of acetaminophen. Within a week, Marcus died of liver failure caused by
acetaminophen overdose.
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| Jan 17, 2004 |
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OSTEOPOROSIS
Guess what drug is being promoted for the prevention of osteoporosis? I'll give you a hint: Some doctors would have you believe this particular drug is a one-size-fits-all super pill.
In an HSI Forum thread titled "Preventing Osteoporosis," a member named Duane says he saw a doctor on television discussing how cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may be used to help prevent osteoporosis. Duane describes himself as 60 years old and "concerned." And while he's right to have concerns about the health of his bones as he gets older, he should also know that statin drugs have become so entrenched
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| Jan 17, 2004 |
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DRUGS and DOCTORS May be the Leading Cause of Death in U.S.
By Joseph Mercola, D.O.
At one time, the main title of my Web site read:
Doctors are the Third leading Cause of Death
Many of you reading this have read or seen this in many places other than my Web site. This article, available on my home page, was widely circulated on the Internet and was one of the reasons why my Web site was initially popular. What you may not realize is that I am the one who made this analysis and popularized it. The original study was published by Dr. Starfield, a full professor of public health at the most prestigious hospital in the United States, Johns Hopkins.
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| Jan 15, 2004 |
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High-Dosage PILL SPLITTING, Can it Really Save You Money?
A new idea has surfaced when it comes to saving money on prescription drugs. Health insurers are urging patients to use a pill splitter to split double-strength prescription medications, which usually cost the same as the smaller doses of medicine. By doing this, the larger doses of medicine will last twice as long and can save patients with insurance $20 or more in prescription co-pays. This idea could also save even more money for patients who are uninsured or those with no prescription drug coverage.
Already two major health insurance companies have offered free pill splitters to any who
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| Jan 7, 2004 |
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PHARMACEUTICALl "FISHING" for funds and profits...
Recently, you've heard me railing a lot about the
pharmaceuticals industry's constant below-the-board cross marketing of prescription drugs for applications other than those these drugs were originally approved for. Maybe I'm just an old fuddy-duddy, but something about the drug company
practice of trying to influence (translation: bribe) doctors into prescribing a medicine designed for, say, foot fungus to people suffering from insomnia just rubs my rhubarb the wrong way.
But since a crazy loophole in the law allows MDs to prescribe ANY approved medication for the treatment
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| Jan 7, 2004 |
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U.S. States Fed up with High DRUG PRICES Opt to Buy Drugs in Canada
New Hampshire and Boston have decided to go against federal law--which forbids importing drugs unless the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services certifies their safety--and let some of their citizens purchase cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. The Food and Drug Administratin (FDA) has said they refuse to let this happen because buying drugs from Canada and through the Internet is risky, also stating that U.S. officials cannot guarantee the safety and dosages of these prescription drugs.
Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino intends to go ahead and launch a pilot program in July 2004 but still
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| Jan 6, 2004 |
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'Patch' VACCINES Pose Serious Dangers
Needle-Free Vaccines May Cause More Harm Than Good ABC News Online - Australia
Researchers at Queensland's James Cook University have found evidence that needle free vaccines being trialled in the United States may cause more harm than good. Professor Alan Baxter says the onset of auto immune diseases accelerated when the patches were tested on mice. This can lead to inflammation of the pancreas or brain.
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| Jan 3, 2004 |
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UK to Ban ANTIDEPRESSANTS in Kids
After looking at details of clinical trials done in the 1990s by drug companies, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) found evidence that antidepressants cause children to become suicidal. The MHRA has informed doctors to stop prescribing all but one of the antidepressants, known as Prozac, which is licensed for use in depressed children in the United States.
Yahoo! News December 10, 2003
Dr. Mercola's Comment:
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| Jan 3, 2004 |
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FLU VACCINE Not Working--CDC Admits. What are Your Options?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had two choices when it came down to which flu formula to use for winter 2003. Should they stick with the same formula used last year in 2002, knowing that a new strain of the bug was developing? Or should they attempt to make a new vaccine that could possibly come with complications or delays and that could result in a shortage?
The first sign of the new flu bug showed up just two weeks before the committee was scheduled to meet. The scientists who track the flu had noticed a new strain was gathering mass. The overall decision to bring back
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| Jan 1, 2004 |
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Drugs Cost More, Return Less to Investors-Study
Drugs Cost More, Return Less to Investors-Study NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cost of bringing new prescription drugs to market has skyrocketed in recent years while the return for investors is significantly lower, according to a study released on Monday by Bain & Co. consulting firm. The independent study, released on the day that a $400 billion Medicare overhaul was signed into law, says it now costs pharmaceutical companies nearly $1.7 billion to bring a new drug to market. Read it here
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| Dec 30, 2003 |
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS: The suicide squeeze (2)
Last Daily Dose, I spilled a story that many in the medical
mainstream (and the drug companies they're slaves to) would no
doubt love to keep under wraps: A possible link between
antidepressant drugs and suicide in depressed juveniles.
But the ironic part of the story was that the red flag on this
potential link is being hoisted not by a marquis medical
journal, some big-name investigative reporter, or even a law
firm representing a class action suit on the matter - but rather by the ponderous U.S. Food and Drug Administration, normally the willing handmaiden of the prescription
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| Dec 27, 2003 |
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS
The suicide squeeze (1)
For all the ink I've expended on the subject of antidepressants in the last two years or so (in both the Daily Dose and in my newsletter), I still can't seem to stay ahead of the stunning torrent of negative information out there about these drugs. Really, there's so much flotsam floating to the surface about prescription antidepressants nowadays that even the drug-happy mainstream is being forced to report it. Here's the latest in the "happy-pill" soap opera... It turns out that in addition to the laundry list of other side effects of prescription
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| Dec 27, 2003 |
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DRUG CARTEL
As dozens of best-selling drugs bite the dust... NOW WHAT? From HRT to prostate drugs to cholesterol medications - we can't live with them, can't live without them... But where else can we turn? Dear Friend: Millions of families are feeling betrayed by the HRT crisis, but as you'll see in this special report... It's not just a onetime glitch. Dozens more drugs your loved ones depend on will hit the headlines next. Squeezed for profits, drug firms are rushing products to market before they're ready... New cholesterol drugs that may weaken the heart...
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| Dec 27, 2003 |
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DRUGS Don't Work for Most
For the first time ever, a top executive with GlaxoSmithKline admitted that fewer than half of all patients who are on expensive prescription drugs gain any benefit from them. Studies indicate that the vast majority of drugs--around 90 percent--are found to only work in 30 percent to 50 percent of patients, depending on the drug and the person.
It has been proven that drugs for migraines, osteoporosis and arthritis work in half of the patients prescribed. Drugs prescribed to patients suffering from Alzheimer’s work for fewer than one in three patients, whereas those for cancer are only effective
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| Dec 24, 2003 |
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How DRUG COMPANIES Deceive Medical Journals
The medical journals have enormous influence on which drugs doctors prescribe and the treatment hospitals provide. It has been revealed that hundreds of journals were never written by doctors but by ghostwriters, who the pharmaceutical companies hire. By lending their name and reputation on the journals, the doctors can get paid a well-off amount of money while the ghostwriters remain hidden. One field where ghostwriting is becoming an increasing problem is psychiatry.
The Guardian December, 7 2003
Dr. Mercola's Comment:
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| Dec 24, 2003 |
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ADD DRUGS May Damage Children's Brains
Three studies have been conducted using attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs on rats, which resulted in researchers believing the drugs--prescribed by doctors--can lead to depression along with permanent and irreversible brain damage later in life. ADHD is associated with children not being able to concentrate, poor organization skills and impulsive behavior. Between 3 percent and 5 percent have been diagnosed with ADHD in the United States in 2003.
Yahoo News December, 8 2003
Dr. Mercola's Comment:
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| Dec 24, 2003 |
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SARS: Canadians tout breakthrough treatment
May also help flu, West Nile: 'With all due caution, I think the implications are profound' Sharon Kirkey CanWest News Service Canadian scientists have found what appears to be the first effective treatment for SARS, and believe it could also be used to treat the A/Fujian flu and West Nile virus.
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| Dec 22, 2003 |
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BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE Disaster - National Alert
From Robert Cohen NotMilk.com From Dr. Betty Martini Mark down this date, 12/19/03. This very well be the moment that ended the use of genetically engineered foods in America's food. Milk and Dairy products sold in America may have been seriously contaminated. Immediately pour all milk down the drain. What's wrong? FDA's not talking. Just to be safe, immediately discard all of your dairy products. Monsanto has experienced a big problem with their genetically engineered bovine growth hormone. They've issued a press release indicating that Poslilac (rbGH, rbST) will be experiencing
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| Dec 18, 2003 |
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PHARMACEUTICALS depleat nutrients
In the e-Alert "Iron In The Fire" (6/3/03), I told you how pharmaceuticals may interfere with the absorption of nutrients. For instance, acid blockers (such as Prilosec, Nexium, etc.) have been shown to significantly decrease absorption of vitamin B-12 - one of the primary vitamins needed to prevent anemia. Other medications that are known to play a role in nutrient depletion are among the most frequently prescribed medications on the market. Antibiotics, anti-depressants, anti-inflammatories, blood pressure medications, cholesterol-
lowering drugs, hormone replacement therapy, and tranquilizers
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| Dec 18, 2003 |
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PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: The Scam Continues
By: Ed Henry With all the fanfare about the new "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003" you don't hear much of anything about the long existing Medicare Trust Fund, the combination of the Federal Hospital Insurance trust and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance trust. This so-called trust stood at $276.1 billion at the close of fiscal 2003, more than two-thirds of the anticipated $400 billion cost of this new legislation over the next ten years. That would be a pretty good and immediate chunk if only the trust fund were authentic, or something besides
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| Dec 17, 2003 |
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Alternatives to the Flu VACCINE
I can think of very few more insane holiday events than having parents and children wait in long lines at shopping malls, supermarkets, hospitals and clinics to get a flu vaccination, worrying that the supply might run out before they step up to get the shot. They have been convinced that the flu vaccine will save them from the terrible flu bug that has already killed six children in Colorado and six people in Oklahoma. It is a dangerous way of thinking, as you will read below.
When I first started practicing medicine over 20 years ago, the flu vaccine was only indicated for those over 60 years
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| Dec 17, 2003 |
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Four Steps to Reduce Your DRUG EXPENSES by Up to 80% Now
Most of you know that I rarely recommend pharmaceuticals, and in fact my mission is to transform the existing medical paradigm from one addicted to pharmaceuticals, surgeries and other methods that only conceal or remove specific symptoms -- with morbid results to our health and economy -- to one focused on treating and preventing the underlying causes.
Occasionally, though, some pharmaceuticals are necessary, and though I am a physician focused on natural health and wellness I do sometimes prescribe drugs to patients in these cases. Still, what bothers me almost as much as the extreme over-prescription
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| Dec 17, 2003 |
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The Future of VACCINE Research
Dr. Mercola’s Comment:
The following commentary on “The Brighton Collaboration” is provided by Dr. Sherri Tenpenny. I believe her brief insight and recommendation to explore this group is important to pass along to you toward fostering an understanding of how the perception of “vaccine safety” is really formed.
Most of the readers of my free health newsletter need no introduction to Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, as she has been a contributing editor on the pro-choice vaccine movement issue for several years. Dr. Tenpenny’s quest has involved, among many other resources, a comprehensive review of
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| Dec 16, 2003 |
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FLU SHOT Demand Rises Sharply BUT Don't Be Fooled
Over five years ago I posted a warning on the flu vaccines. Now we have an advertising campaign for FluMist that will cost an estimated $25 million. Sounds like a lot but Wyeth, the flu vaccine maker, will be spending yet another $75 million to promote this vaccine to doctors, for a grand total of $100 million. Now, $100 million may seem like a ton of money to spend on ads, but does anyone care to guess how much Wyeth anticipates MAKING on this vaccine? The answer is a cool $1 billion.
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| Dec 16, 2003 |
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40 Million ARTHRITICS Pay $100 Billion Every Year in U.S.
Research has been found that arthritis and other rheumatic conditions (AORC) are the primary cause of disability in the United States, with direct and indirect costs reaching over $116 billion--approximately 1.4 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product.
More than 38 million U.S. adults suffer from arthritis or other rheumatic conditions. Direct costs attributable to AORC were estimated at $51.1 billion, while outpatient, inpatient, prescription drug, and residual direct costs totaled $22.0 billion, $14.7 billion, $4.1 billion, and $6.5 billion, respectively. The report highlights the need
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| Dec 14, 2003 |
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FLU MIST Does This Smell Bad?
Health Sciences Institute e-Alert
Dear Reader,
You've probably heard the news by now: Doctors are running low
on flu vaccines and are expected to run out completely before
the flu season winds down. In one of the TV reports I saw, the
commentator asked, "How could this happen?" And I had to laugh.
How could it happen? Hmmm... let's put on our thinking caps and try real hard to
figure it out. Could it possibly be because nearly every TV news broadcast for the past month has been saying that this will be
the worst flu season in years and everyone needs to drop what
they're
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| Dec 14, 2003 |
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World's Largest Media Source Controlled by World's Largest DRUG COMPANY
By Dr. Joseph Mercola
Reuters supplies the global business community and news media with a range of products including real-time financial data, transaction systems, access to numeric and textual historical databases, news and pictures. In my view they are the strongest news collection agency in the world, and they supply the majority of the news you hear on the radio, see on TV or read in the paper. They are also a major source of news for my Web site and my blog.
Three years ago Glaxo Wellcome-SmithKline merged with Beecham to create the world's largest drug company. This company
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| Dec 13, 2003 |
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Read This Before You Get A FLU SHOT Or Take Another Pill:
By Mary Starrett NewsWithViews.com A senior executive with pharma-giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in the U.K. said that fewer than half the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually got any benefit from them. Whoa. How come that story didn't make front page news here in the U.S.? It was reported in the U.K. but pulled from a Reuter's stateside news lineup. Must have been an oversight.
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| Dec 13, 2003 |
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Alzheimer's Disease 10 Times Greater After FLU SHOTS?
From Dee Rohe drrohe@bellsouth.net
From a friend of mine: Thought some of you might find the following interesting. I clipped it from a newsletter I received from Mary Moeller, health and lifestyle consultant. I'm not sure if she wrote it herself, or clipped it from one of her sources. One source is listed at the bottom. Her website is www.naturehealthsolutions.com It is that time of year again when many people are making the decision about whether to receive the flu shot. Our hopes in providing the following article is to provide you with facts that will better enable you to make informed
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| Dec 13, 2003 |
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Why You Should Avoid Taking VACCINES
By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. NewsWithViews.com
Dr. James R. Shannon, former director of the National institute of health declared, "the only safe vaccine is one that is never used." Cowpox vaccine was believed able to immunize people against smallpox. At the time this vaccine was introduced, there was already a decline in the number of cases of smallpox. Japan introduced compulsory vaccination in 1872. In 1892 there were 165,774 cases of smallpox with 29,979 deaths despite the vaccination program. Much of the success attributed to vaccination programs may actually have been due to improvement
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| Dec 10, 2003 |
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DRUGS 'don't work on many people'
Drugs may be more specifically targeted A senior executive at Europe's largest drug maker has admitted most prescription medicines don't work for most people, it is reported. Allen Roses, of GlaxoSmithKline, is quoted in a national newspaper as saying more than 90% of drugs only work in 30-50% of people. He said: "Drugs on the market work, but they don't work in everybody." Mr Roses, an expert in genetics, said new developments should help tailor drugs more specifically. At present, pharmaceutical companies adopt a "one-drug-fits-all" policy.
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| Dec 8, 2003 |
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ADD DRUGS May Have Long-Term Effects
"These three studies remind us how limited our knowledge is of the neurochemical and functional characteristics of the human brain during childhood and adolescence and on the effects of psychotropic drugs on brain development." (Reuters) - Drugs given to children to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could have long-term effects on their growing brains, studies on rats suggest. Several studies published on Monday show that rats given a popular ADHD drug were less likely to want to use cocaine later in life, but also often acted clinically depressed and behaved differently from rats
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| Dec 3, 2003 |
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HRT: Hormone Replacement Therapy
With all the controversies surrounding hormone replacement
therapy (HRT) to address the health concerns of menopausal
women, I'm sure there are some who might have the misconception
that mid-life hormonal change is exclusively a women's issue.
But that's not the case at all. Today we'll turn our attention to the men. Because men also face challenges to their health and well-being as they experience
their own hormonal changes, sometimes known as andropause, or
"male menopause." But much like we've seen in so many reports on female HRT, some
disturbing questions were
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| Dec 1, 2003 |
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Flu Shots Increase Chances of ALZHEIMERS
Should You Get A Flu Shot? By Dr Sherri Tenpenny www.nmaseminars.com
News reports have been flooding us with articles warning that the impending flu season may be the worst in years. Even though it is difficult to separate the facts from the hype, a close evaluation of the flu vaccine will reveal that serious questions must be raised about the recommendations that are routinely touted, namely high efficacy with little risk. Anyone considering a flu shot should become informed about the substances coming through that needle, and should be determined to investigate the safety and efficacy issues
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| Nov 29, 2003 |
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LIPITOR Comparitive Study
Something's fishy. Heart disease patients with high LDL levels stopped the progression of coronary plaque buildup by using the cholesterol-lowering statin drug Lipitor, according to a study that made headlines and was featured on recent national television news broadcasts. Another group of patients in the
study took the statin drug Pravachol; in these subjects, plaque buildup continued to progress.
This research was widely reported for two reasons: 1) Lipitor outperformed its rival Pravachol in lowering LDL, and 2) Lipitor was shown to stop the progression of coronary plaque aggregation.
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| Nov 24, 2003 |
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Canada pulls ANTI-DEPRESSANT NEFAZODONE (SERZONE) off the shelves
An anti-depressant drug called nefazodone is being pulled from the market because it has been linked to serious liver damage, Health Canada says.
"This risk, while very remote, poses a greater risk than other similar anti-depressants currently available in Canada," the federal department said.
Nefazodone is a prescription-only product approved in 1994 and sold under the trade name Serzone by Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada Inc. It is also sold under the generic names Lin-Nefazodone, Apo-Nefazodone, Nefazodone, Dom-Nefazodone, Novo-Nefazodone-5HT2, PMS-Nefazodone and Gen-Nefazodone.
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| Nov 24, 2003 |
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What do Pondimin, Redux,Seldane...
What do Pondimin, Redux,Seldane, Posicor, Duracht, Hismanal, Raxar, Rezulin, Propulsid, Lotronex, Raplon, and Baycol all have in common?For the last 35 years I have monitored the actions of Health Canada when it comes to regulating food and drugs. Canadians have been short changed by this agency. Under-regulation of toxic drugs that give the greatest problems to Canadians and over-regulation of health promoting non toxic vitamins that give no health threat to Canadians has been the hallmark of Health Canada's role as a regulatory agency. This has been confirmed by two audits of Health Canada
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| Nov 23, 2003 |
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REZULIN, AVANDIA, and ACTOS DIABETIC DRUGS
Anyone who's taking a medication for type 2 diabetes (or anyone
who knows someone who is) will find the HSI Forum thread titled
"Diabetic Meds" a must-read, with some important information
about several popular, but potentially dangerous drugs. An HSI member named Pepawbear starts things off by asking for
the name of the drug that has been associated with many liver
failures and transplants. He says, "2 other diabetic drugs are
now under very watchful eyes because they too are causing
deaths."
A member named Roz correctly identifies the diabetic drug
Rezulin as the one that's
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| Nov 22, 2003 |
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Are those creepy PRESCRIPTION-DRUG COMMERCIALS on TV trying to kill you?
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist ©2003 SF Gate Cut to picture of healthy-looking yuppie guy emerging from swimming pool and smiling. Cut to picture of mother twirling her child in the park in slo-mo. Cut to picture of woman taking deep whiffs of fresh-cut lilies at the florist and grinning warmly as if the world was one big gob of perky happy fluffy bunny joy. Yay. Drugs. Yay. Celebrex can make you feel like you again. Celebrex is a revolutionary new breakthrough in medicine technology. Celebrex is not for everyone. Ask your doctor if Celebrex is right for you. Side effects may include nausea
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| Nov 19, 2003 |
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OUTDATED DRUGS: Post-Dated Checks
Health Sciences Institute e-Alert
Dear Reader,
I was helping my sister prepare for a move last weekend, and while packing up we were also tossing out some old items. She was going through containers of over-the-counter medications when she laughed and showed me an aspirin bottle that was almost two years past the "best if used before" date. But then I stopped to think about the word "best" in that phrase, and I wondered: How bad could it be to use those aspirins long after that date? If they weren't "best," does that mean they'd be ineffective? And could they do any harm? After
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| Nov 17, 2003 |
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Should the government force DRUGS on kids?
By Samuel Blumenfeld © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
A bill (HR 1170) to prevent schools from forcing parents to drug their kids diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Disorder was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 21 by a vote of 425 to 1. The legislation, the "Child Medication Safety Act of 2003" (SB 1390) was introduced in the Senate by Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., where it is being kept in cold storage. The House passed the bill overwhelmingly – and with good reason. The forced drugging of American schoolchildren has become pandemic, and it is time to put a stop to this psychiatric
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| Nov 15, 2003 |
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Divorce lawyers see a new marriage-killer - VIAGRA
Julie Smyth CREDIT: Amr Nabil, The Associated Press Technicians sort through Viagra pills at a Pfizer factory in Egypt. U.S. divorce lawyers have begun to notice a surprising connection between use of the little blue pill and marital discord. Viagra, the little blue pill that works wonders for impotent men, has also contributed to marital breakdown for some couples, say professionals who have witnessed the drug's effect on relationships.
Divorce lawyers, particularly in the United States, say Viagra is a factor in a surprising number of their cases. Most involve men older than 50 who,
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| Nov 15, 2003 |
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Daily ASPRIN Use Increases Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
Women who take aspirin regularly may be at an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, a particularly deadly form of cancer. Researchers found that taking two or more aspirins a week for 20 years or more increased the women’s risk of pancreatic cancer by 58 percent, and women who took 14 tablets or more per week had an 86 percent greater risk. Millions of women take aspirin daily in order to protect against heart disease and to treat aches and pains.
Women in the study who took between six and 13 aspirins a week had a 41 percent higher risk than women who did not use any, compared with an 11 percent
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| Nov 14, 2003 |
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CRESTOR and Other Statins: Are They Really Worth the Risk?
By Dr. Joseph Mercola with Rachael Droege With at least 12 million Americans taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, mostly statins, and experts’ recommendations that another 23 million should be taking them, it’s no wonder that the drug companies are scrambling to get their piece of the pie by releasing new and “improved” statin drugs. AstraZeneca just released their new statin called Crestor (generic name rosuvastatin). According to the company, Crestor is less expensive and more effective than similar drugs like Pfizer’s Lipitor, which is currently the statin market leader, taking in about $8 billion
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| Nov 11, 2003 |
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Dangers of PRENISONE, and How to Avoid Steroids
By Dr. Joseph Mercola with Rachael Droege Millions of people are taking prednisone, the corticosteroid drug that is widely prescribed for conditions such as asthma, emphysema, allergies, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, herniated spinal discs, acute muscular pain syndromes, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune diseases, and to reduce inflammation from a variety of medical problems. his immunosuppressive drug, though necessary in some cases, is associated with serious long-term side effects such as cataracts, bone loss, weakening of the immune system, and many others. One of the most serious
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| Nov 11, 2003 |
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MERCK Drug Co. Announces Falling Earnings for Second Straight Year
Merck, the world’s third largest drug company, announced that its earnings have fallen for the second year in a row. They will be cutting close to 4,500 jobs as a result. Merck was reportedly hurt by falling sales of their arthritis drug Vioxx, along with a lack of profits from new drugs. Vioxx sales have fallen since research data has shown that it may raise the risk of heart attacks and may be no more effective than traditional painkillers. Yahoo News October 22, 2003 Dr. Mercola's Comment:
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| Nov 10, 2003 |
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Using FAKE MEDICINE to treat a fake disease...
I know I've been blowing hard about Attention Deficit Disorder a lot lately, but it just keeps popping up in the news in new (and ever more absurd) ways... If you've been reading the Daily Dose (or my newsletter) for any length of time at all, you already know how I feel about this "disorder." Why just last month, I opined that for the most part, ADD is a scam promoted by drug makers to peddle more of their poisons to both kids and adults. Once again, I'll tell you: In my opinion, true ADD is virtually nonexistent.
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| Nov 10, 2003 |
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The latest chapter in the depressing ANTIDEPRESSANT drama
You've heard me ranting about the side effects of antidepressants... You've listened to me rail against the over-diagnosis of ADD and the like... You've even heard me sound the alarm about drug companies using creative ways (including bribes, bogus articles, and deceptive research) to convince doctors to prescribe antidepressants and other medications for unauthorized uses...
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| Nov 7, 2003 |
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Why do PLACEBOS work?
A new series of studies will examine why people who take fake pills are often cured as effectively as if they had taken the proper medicine Joseph Brean A spoon with a sugar cube. Canadian scientists are set to launch a controversial series of experiments to explain, and ultimately exploit, the mind's apparent ability to heal the body with the help of a spoonful of sugar.
On orders from Health Canada, six new research projects are to be launched next year to examine why sugar pills, sham surgery or the simple power of suggestion is often enough to ease the symptoms of diseases from insomnia
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| Oct 31, 2003 |
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62% back DRUG ADS
But health experts warn of dangers
Most think advertising is already legal
CHRISTIAN COTRONEO (TS)
A new survey suggests most Canadians favour prescription drug advertising, but health experts warn such ads are a prescription for trouble.
According to an Ipsos-Reid survey, 62 per cent agree that advertising prescription medicines directly to consumers should be allowed. The survey was commissioned by the Alliance for Access to Medical Information, a coalition group made up of media organizations that is lobbying Ottawa to ease restrictions on drug advertising.
"The federal government
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| Oct 31, 2003 |
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Research on PHARMACEUTICALS
Who's paying for all this "unbiased" evidence?
I've spilled a lot of ink over the years exposing the pharmaceutical industry's corruption. After all, no other aspect of the medical universe has a greater impact on our health than the drugs conventional doctors recommend nowadays for everything from allergies to zits... And nothing has a greater impact on how doctors apply the "benefits" of these drugs in their practices (in other words, how they practice medicine) than the results of supposedly unbiased clinical and scientific research. But the question of the day is: Where does
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| Oct 26, 2003 |
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The DIABETES DRUG debacle...
Diabetes, especially the Type 2 (adult onset) variety, is one
of the top killers of Americans - number 3 on the list behind heart disease and cancer. But if we don't soon change the way we live and eat, it may occupy the top spot before very long.
As usual, the mainstream's response to this disease has been utterly backward. Instead of focusing on prevention by aggressively educating us about the dangers of the sugar-
saturated, high-carbohydrate diet we've had crammed down our throats (in TV commercials for candy, soda pop, sports drinks, and breakfast cereals), they've
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| Oct 24, 2003 |
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS - Motives Behind The Push
By Marjorie Tietjen Daystar1952@yahoo.com
It has become increasingly obvious that there may be diabolical motives behind the intense push for antidepressant consumption. Antidepressants are immune suppressive, can cause violent tendencies, suicidal thoughts, depersonalization, complete changes in personality and depression, the very symptom this drug is supposed to alleviate. I highly recommend a book by Ann Blake Tracy. I encourage you to read it and pass it on. The title is "Prozac, Panacea or Pandora". It is an excellent eye opener. The following is a quote from her book. " A Yale study
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| Oct 23, 2003 |
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Are American Students, Parents Targets of PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG CARTEL?
By Jim Brown (AgapePress)
A neurologist says the Cali drug cartel was "small potatoes" compared to an amphetamine enterprise currently targeting America's public school children.
It is estimated that at least 17% of American school children have psychiatric diagnoses and are on one or more psychiatric drugs. Dr. Fred Baughman with the American Academy of Neurology says instead of teaching children, many public school educators are diagnosing them with a disorder or chemical imbalance that does not exist.
Baughman says not a single psychiatric label is an actual disease. Instead,
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| Oct 22, 2003 |
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The Risks Of FluMist VACCINE
By Dr. Sherri Tenpenny
The following article is an article in the Online Vaccine Conference at Redflagsdaily.com. This important online conference on vaccines will play a significant role in stimulating public discussion on this vital public health issue. You can also view other essential articles on vaccines at the Online Vaccine Conference. "MedImmune, the manufacturer of FluMist, recently announced that it signed an agreement that makes FluMist, the new intranasal influenza vaccine, readily available to people as they shop at Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer." [1] As the physician
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| Oct 22, 2003 |
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Lilly, Eli & Co. Has Recalled PROZAC Capsules
(SafetyAlerts) - The FDA has released the following information. PRODUCT
Prozac Capsules Weekly (Fluoxetine Hydrochloride), Delayed Release Capsules, 90 mg fluoxetine, 4 capsules blister pack, Rx Only. Recall # D-342-3.
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6RH73N (1-NOV-2004), 6RH36N (1-OCT-2004), 6RC15P (1-AUG-2004), 6MF17R (1-JUL-2004), 6RA33V (1-AUG-2004), 6MG40N (1-AUG-2004), 5MX93N (1-FEB-2004), 5NC81N (1-OCT-2003), 5MS53N (1-OCT-2003), 5MS52N (1-SEP-2003).
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| Oct 20, 2003 |
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Microchip 'could do away with PILLS
By Ania Lichtarowicz BBC health reporter Scientists in the United States have developed a new way of taking medicines which could improve the effectiveness of some treatments including HIV therapy. Writing in the journal Nature Materials they describe a drug-containing microchip which can be implanted in the body. This then releases the medication slowly so the patient no longer has to take any pills. Most drugs are still taken orally - but this has drawbacks, the biggest one being human error. Simply forgetting to take your medicine can seriously affect how well a medicine works.
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| Oct 19, 2003 |
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DRUG FIRM limits sales to Canada
Eli Lilly and Co. has begun to limit its drug sales to Canadian pharmacies, joining other drug giants that are trying to prevent their medications from being sold to U.S. consumers from Canada.
The Indianapolis-based drug maker told 24 Canadian drug wholesalers in a letter that it will limit sales of its drugs to amounts Lilly estimates are sufficient to supply the Canadian market.
Starting immediately, if a Canadian wholesaler tries to order more Lilly product than Lilly's estimate of what is appropriate for Canadian use, "they will not be able to have it," Lilly spokesperson Rob Smith
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| Oct 14, 2003 |
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Did PAIN PHARMACEUTICALS cause Rush's deafness?
Limbaugh's doctor: Connection possible between pain pills, host's loss of hearing © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Talk-show host Rush Limbaugh's doctor has spoken out about the possible link between the radio phenom's admitted addiction to pain-killing medication and his having suddenly gone deaf two years ago. Dr. Jennifer Derebery, an otolaryngologist at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles, treated Limbaugh's deafness through cochlear implants. Derebery says it is possible there is a connection between Limbaugh's sudden hearing loss in 2001 and abuse of painkillers, but
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| Oct 14, 2003 |
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Lyme Disease - Misdiagnoses And MEDICAL DICTATORSHIP
By Marjorie Tietjen Director For Lyme Disease Concerns Common Cause Medical Research Foundation
One signer of the Declaration of Independence (Dr. Benjamin Rush), who was also George Washington's physician, predicted the following. "Unless we put medical freedom into The Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship." As a chronic lyme patient, I have become very aware of the almost total control that the pharmeceutical companies, the insurance industry and government agencies already have over our healthcare decisions. Most of us can no longer
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| Jul 29, 2003 |
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PAXIL May Have Driven NY City Council Killer's Rage
The Disinformation Company books@disinfo.com MORE BLOOD ON GLAXOSMITHKLINE'S HANDS? Antidepressants May Have Driven Killer's Rage, Reports NY Post *SSRI Drugs Induce Psychosis, Suicidal Aggression, Says Disinformation's ABUSE YOUR ILLUSIONS. Could prescription drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline's antidepressant Paxil, now banned for children in Britain and France, have fuelled the New York City Hall shooter Othniel Askew's vengeance? So reports the New York Post. Following the murder of NYC Councilman James Davies, police investigators found prescriptions for Paxil in the Askew's
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| Jul 3, 2003 |
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Children Should Not Take PAXIL
Paxil is used in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. British government advisors have ruled that children under the age of 18 years should not take the antidepressant Paxil due to concerns that it may cause suicidal behavior. The decision comes after a review by the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) found that the drug’s risks outweighed its benefits. The review was based on a study by the makers of Paxil, GlaxoSmithKline. The study found that Paxil was not effective at treating depression in young people under the age of 18 years. Further, results from studies of more than
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| Jun 24, 2003 |
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FDA bans Paxil to under 18's, following Britains lead
On June 19, 2003, the FDA, following the lead last week of the British MCA, ruled that Paxil should not be given to kids 18 or under because of the increased risk of suicidal impulses. Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, a powerful speaker from last year's convention (Young Living Essential Oils), will speak briefly to give critical updates on the recent declarations from the FDA about Paxil and the dangers of antidepressants! As the Executive Director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness, Dr. Tracy is the leading expert in the world on serotonergic medications (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox,
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| Apr 29, 2003 |
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Bayer Agrees to Pay U.S. $257 Million in Drug Fraud
Bayer and Glaxo Smith-Kline are paying large fines (258 million dollars and 90 million dollars respectively). They were accused of fraudulently
re-packaging cheap drugs and selling them at a higher price to the US health care system - Medicaid.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2954657.stm
New York Times
April 17, 2003
Bayer Agrees to Pay U.S. $257 Million in Drug Fraud
By MELODY PETERSEN
In the largest Medicaid fraud settlement, Bayer agreed yesterday to pay the government $257 million and pleaded guilty to a criminal charge after engaging in what federal prosecutors said was a scheme
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| Apr 15, 2003 |
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The intro to the crimes and punishmant of I.G.Farben
"Without I.G.'s immense productive facilities, its far-reaching research, varied technical experience and overall concentration of economic power, Germany would not have been in the position to start its aggressive war in September 1939." 1 Such was the judgment rendered by a team of civilian and military experts assigned by General Eisenhower at the close of World War II to make an exhaustive investigation of I.G.'s contribution to the Nazi war effort. Extravagant as this conclusion may have sounded, the record sustains its accuracy.
I.G. truly was a mighty industrial colossus. So
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| Mar 22, 2003 |
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BAYCOL: Bayer Company Hurting Due to Drug-Related Lawsuits
Cholesterol drug Baycol was recalled in August 2001 after more than 50 related deaths were reported. Since then, the number of deaths linked to the drug has increased to more than 100 and the drug’s manufacturer, Bayer AG, is suffering financially as a result. The withdrawal cost Bayer over $842 million in operating earnings in 2001, and currently Bayer shares are trading at about half their value since the recall. The number of damages suits facing the company rose from 5,700 in November to 7,400, according to a company spokesperson. Reportedly, Bayer had made no special provisions for Baycol
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| Mar 11, 2003 |
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Bayer facing huge payouts
Bayer, the giant German pharmaceutical could be the target of thousands of class action suits and it may have to pay from its own coffers rather than from its insurers.
The crisis revolves around its Statin class of cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol (cerivastatin). Baycol was voluntarily removed from the American market in 2001 because it was feared the drug could cause rhabdomylosis, a muscle-wasting condition that can be fatal, and kidney, liver and heart failure.
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| Mar 2, 2003 |
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A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN
Last year (2001) Bayer AG was forced to recall Baycol - its version of
the Statin class of cholesterol lowering drugs - because it's use was linked to 55 deaths and attributed to a muscle wasting condition, liver and kidney failure. Statins, or HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, deplete the body of Coenzyme Q 10, which is an important factor in the energy output of the cell. The result of depletion leads of loss of energy out put of the cells - mitochondrial dysfunction and heart failure.
On February 25/03, Bayer’s shares fell 6 percent to a ten-year low of $23.17 because of liability concerns
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| Feb 22, 2003 |
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CBC News: Boycott Glaxo over Internet medication: U.S. seniors' groups
Boycott Glaxo over Internet medication: U.S. seniors' groups
Last Updated Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:39:45
WINNIPEG - Seniors organizations in the U.S. are calling for a boycott
of GlaxoSmithKline products.
The organizations are upset over the company's ban on Canadian Internet
sales of prescription drugs to U.S. customers.
Seniors groups says they will stop buying over-the-counter products such
as Tums, Aquafresh toothpaste, Contac cold medicine and Brylcreem to
protest Glaxo's decision to cut sales to the Internet pharmacies. Drugs
from Canada cost half as much as in the
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| Jan 14, 2003 |
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Phraudulent Pharmaceutical Advertising
A print ad for Lipitor stated that other cholesterol-lowering drugs cause "serious muscle damage." The implication, of course, was that Lipitor does not cause muscle damage. But in fact ALL statin drugs have the potential to cause muscle damage, including Lipitor. So during the weeks the FDA was busy preparing a legal review of its cease and desist letter (which it's required to do by the Department of Health and Human Services), Pfizer (the maker of Lipitor) was free to run the ad. Meanwhile, almost certainly, a number of statin drug users asked their doctors to switch their medication to
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| Jan 12, 2003 |
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Clue to mystery VIAGRA deaths
Viagra has been linked to a number of deaths
The mystery behind the deaths of a small number of men taking the anti-impotence drug Viagra may have been solved by scientists. Although Viagra has achieved worldwide renown as a highly effective treatment for impotence, it was originally developed to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Our research suggests Viagra may present a risk for patients with pre-existing conditions
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| Jan 11, 2003 |
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Drug giant leans on WEB PHARMACIES
GlaxoSmithKline threatens to cut off druggists who ship products to U.S. Paul Samyn The Winnipeg Free Press Manitoba's booming Internet pharmacy industry is under threat from one of the world's biggest drug companies.
GlaxoSmithKline has sent letters to the province's Web-based pharmacies, warning them that as of Jan. 21 it will no longer supply its products to those selling the drugs to customers outside Canada.
"In the interest of patient safety and the maintenance of an adequate product supply in this country, GSK is strongly against the Internet sale and export of its
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| Jan 11, 2003 |
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VIAGRA Can Increase Risk Of Stroke, Heart Disease
(ANI)
A new study has linked viagra to increased risk of stroke and cardiovascular problems. Researchers have found that the drug can promote blood clots which can be dangerous for people already at risk of heart disease and stroke. However, Pfizer, the company that makes Viagra, said there was no evidence that the drug, taken by 20 million men worldwide, increased the risk of heart disease or stroke. The researchers said that the study findings could explain incidents of fatal cardiovascular disease in a small number of men taking the drug, reports The Telegraph. But since the study was carried
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| Jan 11, 2003 |
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Sexually Disordered, Dysfunctional, Delusional, or another PHARMCARTEL con?
Thu Jan 9, 1:49 PM ET By Toni Clarke NEW YORK (Reuters) - Women: Turned off by your partner's eating habits, dirty clothes, beer-swilling football buddies? You're probably sexually dysfunctional. That, at least, is what a growing number of researchers would have you believe. Over the past three years, a new consensus has begun to emerge on what constitutes female sexual dysfunction: everything from pain to boredom to bad dates. Critics of the pharmaceutical industry claim drugmakers are seizing on such loose definitions to unnecessarily "medicalize" an ever-widening range of human behavior
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| Jan 4, 2003 |
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Do drug companies invent sexual 'dysfunctions' for profit?
CBC News: Article suggests 'female sexual dysfunction' created to sell
drugsArticle suggests 'female sexual dysfunction' created to sell drugs
Last Updated Fri, 03 Jan 2003 13:50:04
WASHINGTON - Classifying invented medical disorders as "dysfunctions"-
especially sexual dysfunctions- could make big money for drug companies, suggests an article in this week's British Medical Journal.
Do drug companies invent 'dysfunctions' for profit?
The article, written by Ray Moynihan of the Australian Financial Review,
says drug companies are sponsoring medical
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| Jan 3, 2003 |
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Understanding Health Canada, and the PHARMACARTEL's Methods
From John Hammell on Controlled Opposition Groups
Michelle Brill Edwards, MD used to be on the staff of the Drugs Directorate at the Canadian "Health Protection Branch" (Canadian equivalent to our FDA, Englands MCA, South Africas MCC, Germanys Bgvv, Australia's TGA.
A few years ago, Brill-Edwards was fired from the HPB for attempting to be a whistleblower who tried to expose a coverup via which the drug Nefedipine was fraudulently allowed to go through the drug approval process.
After being fired, when she did not stop speaking out, she received death threats, and THAT angered her
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| Dec 12, 2002 |
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Paxil Withdrawal Suit Resolved
Dr. Peter Breggin is the leading expert witness in a variety of court actions against Glaxo Smith Kline and other SSRI anti-depressant producers. People generally just don't realise until they have been personally affected by the dangers of SSRI's just how necessary his efforts are. Please visit his website...www.breggin.com!!!!!
Wayne Burkart
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| Dec 12, 2002 |
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"The Adverse Effects of SSRI Medications."
Harm - psychosis, seizures, suicide, homicide and dependency / addiction - was the subject of a two-day international medical-legal conference, October 4 and 5, in Philadelphia on "The Adverse Effects of SSRI Medications."
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| Dec 7, 2002 |
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Anti-arrhythmic drugs taken by more than 1.5 million North Americans USELESS
Friends of Freedom comments - HOW CAN THESE PRODUCTS EVEN GET ONTO THE MARKET, MUCH LESS MANAGE TO STAY THERE FOR 15 YEARS - NO WONDER HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL, AND QUALITY OF SERVICE IS DECLINING.
Health Canada again fails to do their statutory duty and protect Canadian citizens from death and injury by use of synthetic, unproven, falsely advertised, and known dangerous drugs.
Health Canada with Agriculture Canada, CRTC, CCRA, RCMP, and other federal organizations then work so hard to close down our Dietary Supplement, and Natural Health Care Industry.
All federal agencies,
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| Nov 26, 2002 |
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One of the Pharmacartel's favourite tickets is to seed negative false studies an
11/20/2002
MORE BAD SCIENCE: BOGUS STUDY FALSELY CLAIMS ANTIOXIDANT VITAMIN PILLS NARROW CORONARY ARTERIES AND INCREASE MORTALITY AMONG POSTMENOPAUSAL FEMALES WITH HEART DISEASE
By Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc.
The headlines today read: "Antioxidant vitamins and hormone replacement in older women show no heart health benefits among older women who already have heart disease. Heart disease appears to progress more quickly among postmenopausal women who take high doses of vitamins E and C and hormones· and their use should be discouraged." [Associated Press Nov. 19, 2002]
The bogus
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| Nov 21, 2002 |
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More on the Pharmacratel Vampcorps and their control of our governments
Friends of Freedom comments - ATTENTION - READ ABOUT THE TRUTH - see below! HELP US, HELP OUR POLITICIANS AND REGULATORY OFFICIALS TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO SERVE OUR INTERESTS.
See our E-Action Protest Letters - top right of our home page, and join our group now.
Article also attached below as file.
Will Canada cave to drug company pressure?
Courageous Austrailian doctor's success in bringing drug companies to heel provides a model for Canada
Dateline: Monday, November 18, 2002 by Dr. Gordon Guyatt When I finally met David Henry, an internationally recognized Professor of pharmacology,
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| Oct 26, 2002 |
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Drug firms control medical studies
By Linda A. Johnson The Associated Press Drug companies that pay for major testing of most new medicines give participating university researchers little or no say in how studies are designed and how findings are handled, a survey found. The survey of 108 medical schools, published in today's New England Journal of Medicine, is the latest sign of growing concern about conflicts of interest between those doing scientific research and pharmaceutical companies sponsoring it. "What the institutions have told us is they feel almost powerless in these contracts," said Dr. Kevin Schulman, a Duke
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| Oct 24, 2002 |
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Keep the People Sick So They Have to Take the Beloved Drugs.
"The great mass of people will more easily fall victim to a big lie than a small one." Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1925 Publications by Robert F. Cathcart, M.D.
Drug Companies Pushing Genocidal Effort to Outlaw all Vitamins and Minerals in Europe Obviously the Sales of Drugs are Inversely Related to Vitamin and Mineral Sales
To Hell with the People. Sell those Drugs. Keep the People Sick So They Have to Take the Beloved Drugs. Are these the Descendents of Those Who Made the Gas for Hitler? Genocide is their Bag.
CODEX
INTERNATIONAL DRUG CARTELS TO TAKE AWAY YOUR VITAMINS ESSENTIALLY
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| Oct 15, 2002 |
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This circle of profit is not conspiracy theory, but an easily provable fact
www.redflagsweekly.com/storm_warnings/poison.html
POISON FOR PROFIT CHEM/PHARM HAS NO EQUAL - WHAT A BUSINESS PLAN! By Ashley Simmons Hotz May 15, 2002 - The huge transnational companies that produce toxic
chemicals found in pesticides, herbicides and industrial and household
products profit not only from the sale of these products, but also from
the symptoms and chronic illnesses that they can trigger. The vast
majority of chemicals found in pesticides and other products, undergo
little or no testing for chronic, low level exposures and for chronic
health effects. The same chemical
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| Oct 15, 2002 |
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Looking back to April, 2000 - Organic, natural health-care is under attack
The relevance of this article is its exposure of how
pharmaceutical corporatism will fight tooth and nail to eliminate or
prevent use of medicinal products which do not reap high profits for the
industry. A principal source of resistance to medicinal cannabis: the
pharmaceutical industry. There is also some important information on AIDS therapy.]
Corporate Medicine HEALTH LTD.
Organic, natural health-care is under attack. If the current trend
continues, say Helen Fullerton and Martin Walker, the world's health may
soon he entirely in the pockets of the mighty pharmaceutical corporations.
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Health
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| Oct 13, 2002 |
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If it acts like a conspiracy, smells like a conspiracy, then it is a conspiracy!
Smoking Gun Exposes Pharma Takeover Scam Help Needed
IAHF Webmaster:
Breaking News, Codex Oversight, Controlled Opposition Groups IAHF List: I just got back from Expo East Vitamin Trade Show recently, and was totally unable to awaken a sleeping American supplement industry to the fate that awaits them, even though we now have a major smoking gun that should cause people to pay attention.
Please go to iadsa-exposed.tripod.com
I just built this site because we have a smoking gun that totally exposes International Alliance of Dietary Supplement Associations as a controlled opposition
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| Oct 3, 2002 |
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Bayer charged with conspiring with Nazi doctor experimenting on children
September 9, 2002
Human Pesticide Experiment: The Slippery Slope - Sunday Herald
Pesticide experiments are unethical because human beings are exposed to poisonous substances. Because there is absolutely no potential therapeutic purpose, such experiments violate the Nuremberg Code. The Sunday Herald reports (below) that in 1998 fifty Scotsmen were recruited for (what they thought was a drug trial). In fact, they were given a azinphos-methyl (AM) a pesticide deemed "highly hazardous" by the World Health Organization. According to one subject who has come forth to blow the whistle, those recruited
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| Sep 25, 2002 |
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British Medical Journal that the agency may be inappropriately influenced by pat
Fri Sep 13,11:33 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - A former senior consultant for the US Food and Drug Administration ( news - web sites) (FDA) charges in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal that the agency may be inappropriately influenced by patient groups and the drug industry in making decisions that affect Americans' health and safety. The FDA engaged Dr. Paul Stolley in 2000 to look into reports of adverse events associated with GlaxoSmithKline's irritable bowel syndrome drug Lotronex (alosetron). He claims that the agency appeared to buckle under pressure from
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| Aug 5, 2002 |
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Glaxo-Wellcome promoted their highly toxic "remedies" distributing various perk
Dr. Leo Rebello from India sent an excellent comment on the recent official AIDS conference in Barcelona, Spain, where Glaxo-Wellcome promoted their highly toxic "remedies" distributing various perks to 17.000 delegates. Rebello also talks about an "unofficial" conference which focussed on the alternative approaches to AIDS. Unfortunately these alternatives do not make a lot of money for the pharmaceutical giants and are therefore "left out in the cold", even though they could more effectively resolve the problem.
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| Jul 26, 2002 |
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Pharmacartel - Understanding their corporate strategy - Danger!
The article below from Canada's _Globe & Mail_ deserves our attention.
As you read through, please note the chemical/ drug companies named that simultaneously represent themselves as members of the natural products industry. Indeed, these conglomerates participate actively in our trade organizations with nary a peep of protest from "our" groups' leaders or from us, their members.
Maybe, leaders I spoke with at the National Nutritional Foods
Association in 1999 had good reason to be comfortable with Novartis as a member, and to have one of their vice presidents on the NNFA board
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| Jul 7, 2002 |
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UK babies given toxic vaccines, admits Glaxo
(These are the people that clamour for the control of "dangerous herbs and vitamins".)
see
www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,746568,00.html
Text of article: UK babies given toxic vaccines, admits Glaxo
Antony Barnett and Tracy McVeigh Sunday June 30, 2002
The Observer
British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline has finally admitted that
thousands of babies in this country were inoculated with a batch of
toxic whooping cough vaccines in the 1970s.
Some experts believe that these Trivax vaccines - which had not
passed critical company safety tests - may have caused permanent
brain
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| Jun 15, 2002 |
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Medical board members tied to company
January 27, 2002
About six times a year, Merck and Co. pays Dr. Lawrence Frenkel as much as $750 to give talks on vaccines, including the chickenpox vaccine that Merck makes.
Frenkel is one of five members of the state Immunization Advisory Committee who have disclosed on reporting forms that they have financial interests in Merck.
When the committee voted to recommend making the vaccine mandatory for schoolchildren, Frenkel recused himself because he had a conflict of interest. But he is a strong proponent of the vaccine and he participated in committee discussions before the vote.
The
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| Jun 15, 2002 |
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Ties to drug company raise vaccine questions
January 27, 2002
BY JIM RITTER HEALTH REPORTER
Next fall, thousands of Illinois schoolchildren are likely to have to get a
chickenpox vaccine, under orders from the state health department.
The department followed the recommendation of a panel of experts, its
Immunization Advisory Committee, while rejecting the advice of others who thought the decision should be left to parents and pediatricians.
But in what critics consider a conflict of interest, 5 of the committee's 18
members have financial ties to Merck, which makes the chickenpox vaccine.
Two members of the committee
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| May 18, 2002 |
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Interesting that the pharmaceutical industry had already perceived the danger to
Clive:
When my mother opened her first Health Food Store in Trail, BC, in the middle 1960's she was face with fact that Health Canada was cutting back on the maximum potencies of vitamins allowed to be sold. One of the first to go was vitamin A from fish liver oil. The maximum level went from 250,000 International Units per capsule down to 10,000 I.U.'s. In the U.S. it was set at 25,000 I.U.'s - why the U.S./ Canadian discrepancy? Who knows? Yet, last January, Pediatrics On Line reported Tanzanian infants 6 months to 5 years of age, HIV positive and suffering with pneumonia,
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| May 17, 2002 |
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Web of profit - web of deceit - The Pharmacartel and their conspiracies
Here is solidly documented report showing links between companies that
produce poisons that cause disease and those that produce drugs that
"cure" -- the most common "link" is that these companies are one and the same.
Note that in 1999 a vice president of a Novartis "nutritional" division
sat on the Board of NNFA. He was later vacated, presumably because it
was too unseemly for a drug company employee that did no business in our industry at the time to hold such a seat.
In 1998 BASF and Rhone Poulenc were members of NNFA. It's hard to say who belongs to NNFA today as it no longer
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| May 16, 2002 |
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BASF, Bayer and Hoechst were responsible for Hitler's dash for power, ..
"The companies- BASF, Bayer and Hoechst were responsible for Hitler's dash for power, as well as the main beneficiaries of his conquests, they were the 100% owners of IG Farben, the largest industrial complex outside Germany. The concentration camp Auschwitz was a forced labour camp for this company. IG Farben Board member, Fritz ter Meer testified during the Nuremberg trials that "There was no harm done to the prisoners, because they were to be killed anyway." He was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for "slavery and looting." He was released in 1952. From 1956-1964 he was the chairman of
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| May 16, 2002 |
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This circle of profit is not conspiracy theory, but an easily provable fact.
Storm Warnings - POISON FOR PROFIT
CHEM/PHARM HAS NO EQUAL - WHAT A BUSINESS PLAN!
By Ashley Simmons Hotz May 15, 2002 - The huge transnational companies that produce toxic chemicals found in pesticides, herbicides and industrial and household products profit not only from the sale of these products, but also from the symptoms and chronic illnesses that they can trigger. The vast majority of chemicals found in pesticides and other products, undergo little or no testing for chronic, low level exposures and for chronic health effects. The same chemical companies that produce toxic chemicals
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| Mar 14, 2002 |
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SmithKline hit by inquiry into bribes
Simon Bowers Tuesday March 12, 2002 The Guardian
SmithKline Beecham, which merged with Glaxo to become Glaxo SmithKline, has become embroiled in a criminal investigation into the alleged bribing of more than 1,000 German doctors in order to secure orders for the drugs it manufactured in the late 1990s.
The company is suspected of having paid bribes of up to DM60,000 (£20,000) to individual doctors in almost every city across Germany in return for them taking SmithKline Beecham products.
The public prosecutor's office in Munich has started an investigation
following raids on a string
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