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Michael Pollan on the Daily Show
February 2, 2010 – 5:59 am | No Comment

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GE Attempts to Silence Doctor Who Warned About Dangers of Medical Imaging Drug
January 27, 2010 – 5:16 am | No Comment
GE Attempts to Silence Doctor Who Warned About Dangers of Medical Imaging Drug

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(NaturalNews) GE Healthcare, a British subsidiary of multinational giant General Electric, is suing Henrik Thomsen, a senior radiologist and professor of radiology, for sounding the alarm about the dangers of the company’s medical imaging drug, …

H1N1 Flu Is a False Pandemic, Health Expert Claims
January 12, 2010 – 10:31 am | No Comment
H1N1 Flu Is a False Pandemic, Health Expert Claims

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A leading health expert said the swine flu scare was a “false pandemic” led by drug companies that stood to make billions from vaccines, The Sun reported Monday.
Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council …

I Don’t Need a War to Fight my Cancer. I Need Empowering as a Patient
December 31, 2009 – 4:31 pm | One Comment
I Don’t Need a War to Fight my Cancer. I Need Empowering as a Patient

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Using the martial metaphor for something as complex as cancer makes the disease ripe for political and financial exploitation
Mike Marqusee
Obituaries routinely inform us that so-and-so has died “after a brave battle against cancer”. Of course, …

Inept Nurses Free to Work in New Locales
December 29, 2009 – 5:18 am | One Comment
Inept Nurses Free to Work in New Locales

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By Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Maloy Moore
The frantic knocking of home health nurse Orphia Wilson startled the boy’s parents awake just after dawn.
Their 3-year-old son, who suffered from chronic respiratory failure and muscular dystrophy, …

Women At Higher Risk Of Significant Bone Loss On Injectable Birth Control
December 22, 2009 – 10:43 am | 2 Comments
Women At Higher Risk Of Significant Bone Loss On Injectable Birth Control

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Nearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density (BMD) loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning …

Doctors May Overprescribe Antibiotics For Fear Of Lawsuits
December 21, 2009 – 11:28 am | No Comment
Doctors May Overprescribe Antibiotics For Fear Of Lawsuits

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The dangers of doctors over-prescribing antibiotics are well known. Besides being dangerous to take they cause viruses to mutate and become more dangerous and drug resistant . So why do doctors prescribe them …

Drug Giant Uses Libel Law To ‘Gag’ Doctor Over Safety
December 21, 2009 – 10:39 am | No Comment
Drug Giant Uses Libel Law To ‘Gag’ Doctor Over Safety

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The British subsidiary of American giant General Electric has taken legal action to prevent Henrik Thomsen from recounting his investigations into the possible side-effects of a drug. Dr Thomsen said some kidney patients at …

Advisers on Vaccines Often Have Conflicts, Report Says
December 21, 2009 – 5:52 am | No Comment
Advisers on Vaccines Often Have Conflicts, Report Says

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A new report finds that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a poor job of screening medical experts for financial conflicts when it hired them to advise the agency on vaccine safety, officials …

CAT Scan Cancer Fear: Radiation Could Trigger the Disease in One in 80 Patients
December 16, 2009 – 5:36 am | No Comment
CAT Scan  Cancer Fear: Radiation Could Trigger the Disease in One in 80 Patients

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By Jenny Hope
Having a CT – or CAT – scan puts patients at far greater risk of developing cancer than previously thought, scientists claim.
The radiation generated by the scans – an increasingly popular diagnostic tool …