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Merck Wants a New Drug - Vioxx, Zocor, Gardasil and Cancer
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
Google News headlines today read... "Merck cutbacks: 7,000 jobs, 5 plants" spurred by an announcement made by Merck yesterday.
According to various news articles, Merck, the world's third-largest drugmaker, will be closing 5 plants in the wake of 6,400 lawsuits th...
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Manipulation And a Drugged America
By Michael Dorausch, DC
News stories regarding Merck, the makers of Vioxx, began circulating midday April 15, with reports of manipulation of data and accusations of scientific fraud. By this morning, the inbox on my LG Voyager displaying several text messages from chiropractors throughout the ...
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SuperBowl ads bring on the PAIN
By Michael Dorausch, DC
This past Sundays SuperBowl commercials showed more aggressive hits than what we saw in the game itself. Many of the commercials showed someone getting body slammed, tackled, or just plain roughed up. The Burger King dancers were tossed together to make a Whopper of a hu...
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The Hex of Drugs Like Celebrex
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
According to a recent study, the arthritis drug Celebrex does not protect ones stomach from dangerous bleeding ulcers as well as previously thought.
You've probably seen them on TV, Celebrex and two new similar anti-inflammatory drugs get lots of advertising time,...
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Educational, or just drug pushing?
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
Are pharmaceutical ads helping Americans get healthy, or are the drugs being sold draining our health and our wallets? According to research, the jury is still out.
If you live in the U.S., no doubt you have seen hundreds (possibly even thousands) of prescription ...
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Drugs Direct to You
A report from Wednesday's Yahoo news tells us that direct to consumer drug advertising has been wildly successful for the pharmaceutical industry. According to a study released by the National Institute for Healthcare Management Research and Education Foundation (NIHCM), a handful of prescriptio...
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Are you taking chances with drugs?
Celebrex and Vioxx, two fast selling anti-inflammatory drugs have recently been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events, according to various news reports.
While some sources have disputed the claims of increased risks, an article from the Natio...
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Patient alert: are your painkillers killing you?
By Michael Dorausch, DC
planetc1.com staff writer
New warnings are going to be put on the packaging of common painkillers such as ibuprofen after experts ruled that their use has been linked to an increased risk of stroke and heart attack.
Millions take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory d...
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FDA-approved Lawsuit Preemption
By Darrel Crain, DC
Everyone seems to be picking on the poor Food and Drug Administration (FDA) these days, but for vastly different reasons. To the hundreds of thousands of victims (including dead ones) of adverse prescription drug reactions each year, and their families, the FDA is failing to...
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Vaccine Manufacturing Plant Receives FDA Warning
By Daria Belov
A vaccine manufacturer, operating a plant in the state of Pennsylvania, received a regulatory warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) involving multiple quality-control observations made after review of the manufacturing plant, at the company's West Point facility.
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