A remarkable thing happened in 2008: drug overdose surpassed auto fatalities as the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. Public health officials … Life Saver priceRead more
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The Meat Industry Now Consumes Four-Fifths of All Antibiotics
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a set of voluntary “guidelines” designed to nudge the meat industry to curb its antibiotics habit. Ever … The Meat Industry Now Consumes Four-Fifths of All AntibioticsRead more
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Fire in the Blood
The new documentary, Fire in the Blood, explores how major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, as well as the United States, prevented tens of … Fire in the BloodRead more
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Can Antibiotics Make You Gain Weight
It’s been known since the 1950s that feeding low doses of antibiotics to livestock increases their weight gain. The practice, dubbed subtherapeutic antibiotic therapy (STAT), … Can Antibiotics Make You Gain WeightRead more
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An American medical Aid
A White House bioethics commission has revealed gruesome new details about American-run venereal disease experiments on unsuspecting Guatemalans from 1946 to ’48. The testing focused … An American medical AidRead more
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Drug industry mafia is the top defrauder
A new study by the watchdog group Public Citizen has found that the drug industry has become the biggest defrauder of the federal government, surpassing … Drug industry mafia is the top defrauderRead more
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Deadly Medicine
200,000 people dying yearly from prescription drugs Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly conducting clinical trials for new drugs outside the United States, usually in countries where … Deadly MedicineRead more
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Body hunter: we are Guinea pigs
In 1996, Pfizer’s researchers selected 200 children at an epidemic hospital in Nigeria for an experimental drug trial. About a hundred of the kids were … Body hunter: we are Guinea pigsRead more