H1N1 Swine Flu Is an Artificial Bioweapon : Libyan Leader

H1N1 Swine Flu Is an Artificial Bioweapon : Libyan Leader Announced in United Nation Assembly

Obama's PhRMA deal

Smith: Obama's strategy was to vilify the drug companies and then cut deals with them in secret

Untreatable MRSA infection treated naturally by using Oregano

Work done by British and Indian scientists, have found oregano to be an effective antibacterial, may work to eradicate the untreatable MRSA. Oregano is a super-herb that can treat almost anything. Sounds too...

Half of U.S. doctors often prescribe placebos

updated 4:00 p.m. PT, Thurs., Oct. 23, 2008LONDON - About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments — usually drugs or vitamins that won't really help their...

Weekly Radio Spin -- Pushing Pills from Coast to Coast

This week, we look at Dick Cheney's red pen, drug companies' new code and a match made in PR heaven. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin'," we look at Montel Williams' pharma gig.

Big Pharma pushes for patents of pot-based pills

I found this statistic surprising: in 1994 there were only two pot-based pharmaceutical drugs in development in the US, while in 2004 there were 27. That's a big leap, one that could potentially hold some clout in...

Drug for US soldiers' PTSD a 'moral lobotomy'

Military mental health initiatives currently being considered by the Pentagon have at least one writer seriously worried.The oddly named "Psychological Kevlar Act of 2007" and the desensitizing drug propranalol...

Renegade School Board Member Educates Parents On ADHD Alternatives

ADHD has never been proven to be a neuro-developmental disease by any of the currently acceptable scientific standards. There is a lack of empirical evidence (meaning it cannot be repeated, tested, measured, or verified) that ADHD is a disease by definition. Therefore, to...

2007/2008 Pharma R&D Factbook published by CMR now available

""The CMR Factbook provides valuable insight into R&D activity within the pharmaceutical industry," says Peter Joshua, vice president and general manager, CMR International. "Our research can help users make informed decisions that can reduce development times, improve...

This is YouTube. This is YouTube on drugs

I remember one of my Madison Avenue friends once saying that you never own your brand.  Your brand exists in the minds of your customers.   It now also exists on their YouTube accounts and the big...

Americans betrayed by Democratic senators

"Americans betrayed by Democratic senators with surprise amendment that protects Big Pharma monopoly Consumers expecting a miracle in the Senate that would end Big Pharma's monopoly and the FDA-enforced drug racket now operating in the United States will be sorely...

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