Gulf war guinea pigs - I was interested in your article "Gulf War Guinea Pigs" in this month's issue of WDDTY (vol 8 no 12). ...

Meningitis c vaccine every child a guinea pig - The British government has rushed through a new vaccine for meningitis C and plans to offer it to every child and college student. There's not much we...

A human guinea pig - With atrial fibrillation, a high pulse rate and elevated blood pressure, I’ve gone through at least seven different medications, prescribed by my GP,...

How to avoid being a guinea pig - Even though you cannot count on the drug companies and the government to keep you informed about drugs side effects, there are many ways to get round...

Guinea pigs are we - Often, the short-term clinical trials, which also often involve only small numbers of ‘healthy’ patients don’t uncover the worst side-effects, which t...

Drug Trials: Drug co accused of using critically ill children as ‘guinea pigs’ - Pfizer are back in the dock again, this time for testing an experimental drug on children during a deadly meningitis outbreak. The drug giant faces a...

Are rats good guinea pigs? - Anyone who doubted the idiocy of animal experimentation for medical purposes might ponder the following test which sets out to show if exercise can im...

Pesticides: How much to be a medical guinea pig? - How much would you demand to be paid before knowingly swallowing a pesticide as part of a scientific experiment? The current rate that’s being mooted...