Antipsychotic drugs used to pacify seniors
August 2, 2012
According to EDDIE SMALL in the Waterbury REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN, “An average of roughly one-quarter of the long-term residents in Connecticut’s nursing homes who did not have schizophrenia, Tourette’s syndrome or Huntington’s
Former FDA Reviewer Speaks Out About Intimidation, Retaliation and Marginalizing of Safety
July 30, 2012
TRUTH-OUT.ORG Sunday, 29 July 2012 08:37 By Martha Rosenberg, Truthout The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is often accused of serving industry at the expense of consumers. But even FDA
40% Of High-Prescribing Docs Get Pharma Perks
July 30, 2012
by Lisa Chedekel | Jul 28, 2012 7:59 pm In 2010 and 2011, Dr. Irene Abramovich of West Hartford was the state’s top prescriber of Invega, an antipsychotic medication marketed
Anemia drugs made billions, but at what cost?
July 25, 2012
The Washington Post | By Peter Whoriskey, Published: July 19 On the day Jim Lenox got his last injection, the frail 54-year-old cancer patient was waiting to be discharged from the
Drug Companies Drive the Psychiatric Drugging of Children
July 25, 2012
Posted: 07/24/2012 11:24 am Huffington Post | Dr. Peter Breggin, reform psychiatrist with Ginger Breggin – Johnson & Johnson, the company that makes the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, has tentatively agreed
HHS: Hospitals ignoring requirements to report errors
July 23, 2012
USA TODAY | News – 7/20/2012 By Kelly Kennedy, WASHINGTON – Hospitals are ignoring state regulations that require them to report cases in which medical care harmed a patient, making
ABC News Investigates Top Doctor Awards: Are They Always Well Deserved?
July 17, 2012
ABC News; By DR. MARK ABDELMALEK (@DrMarkABC) , CHRIS CUOMO (@ChrisCuomo) , GERRY WAGSCHAL, JOSEPH RHEE and KRISTINA DOYTCHINOVA | July 14, 2012 | One of 2012’s America’s “Top Dentists”
CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, July 12, 2012: Herman Cole
July 17, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012 – People who are wrongfully injured – and the families of those who have died – are the forgotten faces in the debate over the civil
The Boy Who Wanted to Fly
July 17, 2012
The New York Times; By MAUREEN DOWD; Published: July 14, 2012. RORY STAUNTON was always looking up. As soon as he could walk, he wanted to fly. The exuberant freckle-faced redhead
Letting Big Pharma Review Its Own Drugs — What Could Go Wrong?
July 17, 2012
Jul 11 2012, 11:11 AM ET | Shannon Brownlee & Joe Colucci | We can’t trust drug companies to disclose product safety hazards when they stand to gain so much