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Prozac - Drugs in your Mailbox
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
Dog food, breath mints, shampoo and gum. We have all received unexpected freebies in the mail, but prescription drugs?
A lawsuit has been filed in Florida after drug pushers (what would you call them?) began sending samples of Prozac in the mail to unsuspecting fo...
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A Mercury/Vaccine & Autism Connection?
Todays channel 8 news in Dallas Texas, reports on an investigation that suggests there is a link between the mercury compound (Thimerosal) in vaccines and increased rates of autism in the U.S.
The report (which can be watched on the internet with a RealPlayer) discusses the findings of thre...
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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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Time for a Public Service Announcement
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
Los Angeles - Much has happened since I published an article last Monday (MD's Say NO To Drug Advertising) and stated that the MDs involved were inspiring. The article was followed on Thursday by a second article (MD's Say YES To Drug Advertising) which included excerp...
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Drug COs, HMOs and Polls
From Yahoo News: According to a recent Harris Interactive Poll, "only tobacco companies do a worse job than managed care and health insurance companies in serving their customers."
According to the article, that's basically the same way people have felt about HMOs and insurance companies si...
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Children, Drug Research & Dollars
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
Are clinical drug trials involving children the right thing to do?
Perhaps you have heard the news, more drugs are now being tested on kids in the U.S. since a 1997 law was passed giving pharmaceutical companies greater incentive to do so. Some in the medical comm...
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Who Really Controls Our Healthcare System?
By Sal Martingano, D.C.
Have you ever wondered how we ended up in a healthcare system that is riddled with errors and inconsistencies, priced beyond everyone's means, centered on the use of toxic chemicals and with a track record of iatrogenic injuries that is beyond the carnage of all our wars...
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Free Drug Samples are not Free
A medical clinic in Seattle was looking for ways to cut prescription costs and to do so, decided to stop allowing free drug samples from being distributed at their clinic.
Does that make any sense? If they're trying to cut costs why are they cutting out the free drug samples?
The clini...
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Letters to NBC regarding ER Broadcast
Forwarded by PROVE
(Thank you to the folks at PROVE and the NVIC for their hard work and dedication of continually shining the light on these issues.)
NBC's television drama ER contained a highly controversial story line about a family who chose not to vaccinate their children, and one of ...
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Toy and Drug Recalls
Yesterday, several featured news headlines related to various toys that are being recalled in the United States appeared across the web. The pharmaceutical industry could learn a lot about public responsibility if they would simply adopt some of the practices seen in these toy recall announcemen...
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Where Do We Stand? - Guy Riekeman, D.C.
by Guy Riekeman,D.C.
Since we are often asked for our stand on issues in the chiropractic profession, Palmer College of Chiropractic has begun a formal process to develop position statements. Once created, these statements will be used for a variety of public purposes and audiences. They will n...
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Mayor Responds to Ritalin Article
Written in response to: Scandal! They Haven't Tested Ritalin on the Children It's Prescribed For!
To the Washington Post,
After watching "All the President's Men" tonight during a tribute to the beloved Jason Robards, we believe you are willing to listen to reason and print it, even wh...
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Doctor and Drug Industry Relationships Questioned
Do doctors financial ties to drug industries affect their ability to perform objective research studies? More people are saying yes but some doctors are saying no.
As more drug money from pharmaceutical manufacturers becomes available to universities and researchers, questions of ethics and...
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Needles Or Not - Flu Debate
Authored by Dawson Winchester
Reprinted with permission
St. Thomas Times-Journal October 7, 2000
Time again for the annual 'needles or not' flu debate. If it weren't such a damn serious subject it could be considered a silly and immature debate. But it is serious. Deadly serious for your ...
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Drugs and Flying Pigs
On September 25th, we reported on a USA today article which found that more than 50% of supposed independent drug studying experts had a direct financial interest in the drug or topic they were asked to evaluate. As USA Today stated, "these conflicts include helping a pharmaceutical company deve...
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