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Last Updated: Aug 8th, 2007 - 02:17:47 |
Health
Alaska Supreme Court rules forced drugging is unconstitutional
By Evelyn Pringle
For all people who
oppose forced psychiatric drugging a major legal victory recently occurred in
the highest court in the state of Alaska. In a resounding affirmation of
personal liberty, the Alaska Supreme Court issued a decision in the case of
Myers v Alaska Psychiatric Institute and found Alaska's forced drugging regime
to be unconstitutional.
Oct 4, 2006, 02:17
Health
Nursing home fraud neglect & abuse much too common
By Evelyn Pringle
Residents in nursing homes
are some of the most vulnerable and helpless citizens in the US, with nearly
1.7 million elderly and disabled persons residing in about 17,000 facilities.
And as difficult as it is to believe in this day and age, there is indisputable
evidence to show that many nursing home residents are being neglected and
abused on a daily basis.
Sep 29, 2006, 00:52
Health
"Those in power are poisoning children" (Mussels not flexed?)
By Mickey Z.
According to a study
presented at the recent national meeting of the American Chemical Society,
"remnants of Prozac are flushed from the body and travel in wastewater
that reaches streams and rivers . . . (and) cause female mussels to release
their larvae before they're able to survive on their own."
Sep 22, 2006, 01:34
Health
Lawsuits multiply for Johnson & Johnson�s Charite spinal disc
By Evelyn Pringle
According to the Institute of Medicine, over a
million Americans are severely injured each year by medical devices. In 2002
alone, the FDA received more than 111,000 reports of adverse events involving
medical devices.
Aug 17, 2006, 00:10
Health
Shuffling the poor to Medicare�s Plan D will net Big Pharma billions
By Jerry Mazza
New profits for Big
Pharma, estimated at $2 billion or more this year, will come from the transfer
of millions of low income and poor folks to Medicare�s new Part D (for dumb)
that went in effect in January 2006, as reported in The
New York Times.
Jul 21, 2006, 00:52
Health
Bush�s mental illness screening squad on the move
By Evelyn Pringle
The tax dollar funded
mental health screening programs popping up in every corner of the nation
represent an enormous gift to Big Pharma from the Bush administration. After
all, drug companies can't push drugs without a lucrative customer base, so the
screening programs are a great solution for that little problem.
Jul 14, 2006, 00:54
Health
Regulators and researchers corrupted by Big Pharma
By Evelyn Pringle
Over the past six years, 10 Federal Drug Administration
(FDA) approved drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to deaths and
injuries, leading lawmakers to accuse the FDA of not doing its job in
protecting the public from unsafe drugs and to call for measures of
improvement.
Jun 28, 2006, 00:44
Health
Part 3 of 3 parts; Off-label prescribing of prescription drugs: Pfizer embroiled in massive lawsuit over off-label use of Neurontin
By Evelyn Pringle
Pfizer is currently engaged in multi-district
litigation (MDL). On October 26, 2004, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict
Litigation consolidated nearly all Neurontin off-label cases in the US District
Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Jun 1, 2006, 00:55
Health
Part 2 of 3 parts; Off-label prescribing of prescription drugs: Tactics Pfizer used in promoting off-label use of Neurontin
By Evelyn Pringle
The Pfizer case broke new legal ground by
recovering losses to Medicaid resulting from the illegal off-label promotion of
a drug for uses other than those approved as safe and effective.
May 31, 2006, 00:49
Health
Part 1 of 3 parts; Off-label prescribing of prescription drugs: Profits for big pharma and risk to patients
By Evelyn Pringle
The off-label prescribing of drugs has become a
serious problem over the past decade. Doctors are adjusting dosage levels and
prescribing drugs for medical indications and treatment durations for which the
drugs were never approved or intended.
May 30, 2006, 00:54
Health
Dying for Wall Street: America�s worsening healthcare travesty
By Dennis Rahkonen
Two health-related news items underscore how backward
the United States is, apart from technologically sophisticated ways to murder
foreign innocents in unprovoked wars, or how to illegally spy on its own
populace.
May 15, 2006, 00:36
Health
Autism: Worst welfare disaster in history
By Evelyn Pringle
Scientist and medical
experts say that unless the government forces the pharmaceutical industry to
pay for the damage caused by mercury-laced vaccines, in the not too distant
future, Americans will experience the worst welfare disaster in the history of
this country.
Apr 26, 2006, 00:38
Health
Fosamax does more harm than good
By Evelyn Pringle
The osteoporosis drug Fosamax has been on the
market for a little over 10 years now. Drug maker Merck promoted it heavily by
selling women the fear of a disabling hip fracture and the necessity of regular
bone-density tests. Merck's initial TV advertising campaign featured a slim
woman in her mid-40s, conveying the notion that testing was appropriate for
women in this age group.
Apr 18, 2006, 00:50
Health
Kids on ADHD drugs: A dangerous path to addiction
By Evelyn Pringle
Experts say the
stimulant drugs prescribed for the treatment of ADHD are not only dangerous,
they are highly addictive. And although no drug has been approved for the
treatment of autism, drugs are routinely prescribed off-label to treat autistic
children.
Apr 7, 2006, 22:27
Health
Legal ADHD Speed becoming drug of choice for Americans
By Evelyn Pringle
A study published
online in the February 2006 Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, which
examined data from a 2002 survey of about 67,000 households, estimated that
more than 7 million Americans have misused stimulant drugs meant to treat ADHD,
and �substantial numbers of teenagers and young adults appear to show signs of
addiction, according to a comprehensive national analysis tracking such abuse.�
Mar 22, 2006, 01:04
Health
ADHD drugs: Who said what at last month's hearings
By Evelyn Pringle
The FDA's Drug Safety
& Risk Management Advisory Committee held a two-day meeting last month on
February 9 and 10 to review adverse events linked to the widely prescribed ADHD
drugs that included reports of sudden death, high blood pressure, heart attacks
and strokes among adults and children taking the medications.
Mar 20, 2006, 00:17
Health
Schools failing children with disabilities
By Evelyn Pringle
In 1975, long before the current epidemic of developmental disorders
began, Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
which requires public schools to identify children with disabilities and
provide them with a need specific free education in the least restrictive
environment.
Mar 6, 2006, 00:38
Health
SSRIs: Wonder drugs From Hell
By Evelyn Pringle
The Glenn McIntosh family has to introduce
12-year-old Caitlin, with a photograph because that is all they has left.
Caitlin committed suicide 8 weeks after being prescribed the SSRIs, Paxil and
Zoloft.
Mar 4, 2006, 00:16
Health
Woman misdiagnosed with MS and enrolled in Tysabin clinical trial dies
By Evelyn Pringle
It's always about money. Despite an annual cost
of $23,500, initial sales of Tysabri were booming. As a once-a-month drug administered
by a doctor, it received fast-track approval in late 2004. When it was
withdrawn from the market three months later, 5,000 patients were on it and
15,000 more were awaiting insurance verification for the first dose.
Mar 3, 2006, 01:24
Health
FDA grants guinea pig status to US citizens
By Evelyn Pringle
"It is
outrageous that, for all intents and purposes, the FDA allowed a clinical trial
to proceed, which makes every citizen in the United States a potential 'guinea
pig,' without providing a practical, informative warning to the public."
Mar 1, 2006, 00:31
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