January 7, 2007 Evelyn Pringle Why would Americans trust the FDA to regulate the pharmaceutical industry? Since the Bush administration took office the FDA has become the industry’s partner in c… more →
The Bitter Pillwrote 3 weeks ago: Would doctors take the medications they prescribe to their patients? Not necessarily, as it was repo … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Would doctors take the medications they prescribe to their patients? Not necessarily, as it was repo … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Vioxx Linked To 140,000 Heart Attacks, 44% Fatal A blockbuster drug launched five years ago as a rev … more →
wrote 2 months ago: “Tens of thousands of former Vioxx users sued Merck after it withdrew the drug, alleging Vioxx … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The market for painkillers is huge. People don’t like pain and inflammation, and last year Ame … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Recent controversy about the safety of pain medications for arthritis has left patients and health c … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Deny, Delay, Pay the Fine Treasure your hips. Regenerate them well. Keep them whole. Or you may fa … more →
wrote 5 months ago: As of March 2012, drug manufacturers had paid at least $8 billion in fines for repeated fraudulent a … more →
wrote 5 months ago: In the latest article from the Washington Post’s series on the diabetes drug Avandia, the news … more →
wrote 5 months ago: When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medic … more →
wrote 6 months ago: In the past, I have been most interested in studying and analyzing street crime, particularly violen … more →
wrote 6 months ago: ST. LOUIS (AP) – Drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. could pay up to $220 million in the settlement … more →
wrote 7 months ago: America was rudely awakened to a new kind of danger on September 11, 2001: Terrorism. The attacks th … more →
wrote 7 months ago: “A Pill for Every Ill” sums up the extreme reliance on drugs that has become an integral … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Every prescription drug (or over-the-counter medication) in your bathroom cabinet is there because i … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Mitt Romney is looking like a better candidate all the time. For everyone who ever wondered where th … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Tomorrow I’ll be taking a flight out of my regional airport and will be forced to choose between a f … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Sources: ALF, Linda Beane with animalsinprint.org 1) Less than 2% of human illnesses (1.16%) are eve … more →
wrote 9 months ago: by Michael Belkin The Refusers Merck is the company that makes Gardasil, MMR, Varivax (chickenpox) a … more →