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Study Funding Should be Made Public
Because private funding of medical research may lead to conflicts of interest in reporting findings, scientific journals should publish funding information along with reports. And financial disclosures, where researchers state any potential personal gain from study findings, should also be published. The authors point out that a recent survey reveals that just 26% of American medical journal editors specifically require that researchers submit information on funding as a precondition to publication.
An even smaller percentage of editors required that authors supply information regarding their personal affiliation (employment or stock ownership, for example) with potentially influential institutions. The financial underpinnings of medical research deserve especially close scrutiny, especially now that competition for public and private research dollars has become fierce. They believe this competition has bred "a more entrepreneurial spirit" among scientists, as well as closer ties between academics and private industry.
This article will go largely unnoticed, but it is at the crux of why you see so much conflicting medical reports in the media. When there are very powerful and wealthy organizations sponsoring the research, they have quite a bit of input as to what is published. When evaluating the results, of a study it is always wise to seek out who funded the research.
Should Parents Worry About HPV Vaccine?
- By CNN News
- Published 07/7/2008
- Pharmer's Market
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Judicial Watch Special Report on HPV Vaccine Gardasil
- By Tom Fitton
- Published 07/3/2008
- Pharmer's Market
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Judicial Watch has taken the lead in exposing the ugly truth about the dangerous side effects associated with Gardasil, the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) currently being administered to young girls. Weight Loss Health Freedom Under Serious Attack
- By Byron Richards, CCN
- Published 05/29/2008
- Pharmer's Market , FDA
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This specific attack is part of an overall campaign in which the FDA plays a major negative role, seeking to reduce your access to dietary supplements. The FDA is actively participating on an international and regional basis so as to undermine your access to natural health options.
Did Statins Cause Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor?
- By Byron Richards, CCN
- Published 05/24/2008
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Now that the public’s attention will be diverted onto treating his cancer problem, not too many are going to explain that the care for his carotid artery problem could be a primary reason for his brain tumor suddenly emerging. Indeed, in Kennedy’s situation the fox and the hen house are the same hospital – do you really expect them to take a close look at his situation when such an evaluation is self incriminating? And on the larger scale such an evaluation could lead to millions of Americans dumping their statin drugs in the trash.Dirty Drug Industry Secret: Their Pills are Made in China
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 05/24/2008
- FDA , Pharmer's Market
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Not long ago, the FDA warned Americans not to buy prescription drugs from Canada because they might be "contaminated by terrorists." What the FDA didn’t bother to mention, however, is that most pharmaceutical drugs purchased in the United States are manufactured in places like China.
Shocking Facts About the Pharmaceutical Industry
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 05/16/2008
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Big drug companies have been accused of putting profits above patients, spinning false PR campaigns and more. Here are some of the most shocking facts about the pharmaceutical industry.
Drug Contamination Scandal Shows FDA Answers to China, Not U.S. Congress
- By Byron Richards, CCN
- Published 05/6/2008
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The FDA is intentionally acting to cover up China’s crimes against
Americans—a new twist that should alarm any American who takes any
medication for any reason (since many ingredients in brand drugs are
now being made in China).
The Statin Scam Marches On
- By Byron Richards, CCN
- Published 04/21/2008
- Heart Disease , High Cholesterol , Pharmer's Market , FDA
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Considering that tens of millions of Americans now take statins to lower cholesterol, the following headline was conspicuously absent from the major media this month: “Statins Found to Turn On Gene that Causes Muscle Damage.” It’s now a fact of science; a new study shows that taking statins destroys your muscle to a greater or lesser degree. And let’s not forget that the heart is a muscle. Death by Medicine
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 04/16/2008
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A definitive review and close reading of medical peer-review journals, and government health statistics shows that American medicine frequently causes more harm than good. The number of people having in-hospital, adverse drug reactions (ADR) to prescribed medicine is 2.2 million.1 Dr. Richard Besser, of the CDC, in 1995, said the number of unnecessary antibiotics prescribed annually for viral infections was 20 million. Dr. Besser, in 2003, now refers to tens of millions of unnecessary antibiotics.
The Failure of Cardiovascular Medication
- By Byron Richards, CCN
- Published 02/22/2008
- Pharmer's Market , FDA
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February is American Heart Month. It is ironic that in February of 2008 several high profile human cardiovascular drug experiments have turned into disasters for Big Pharma. These findings are sure to shake the misguided consumer confidence in drugs as a mainstay of preventive cardiovascular health. Hanging in the balance are billions of dollars of fraudulent drug sales based on the flimsy argument that changing numbers (blood sugar, cholesterol, or blood pressure) with the use of toxic drugs is somehow the same as actually being healthy. Baby boomers are the target market.........
