No drug company funding on this site - Many patient support and help web sites are not quite as independent as you might think. In fact, most receive some funding from drug companies, which...

Fluoride : bad for children - India is pressing for a ban on the sale and advertising of fluoridated toothpastes to combat widespread fluorosis, caused by excess fluoride, affectin...

Birth defects more common near waste sites - If you live within 3 km of any one of a number of European landfill sites, you’re more likely to produce a child with chromosomal abnormalities.

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Clamp down on baby food ads - The Indian government is clamping down on advertising of baby foods, despite ferocious opposition from manufacturers. ...

Drug companies: mea culpa - Drug manufacturer Glaxo is in trouble with the US Food and Drug Administration over its advertising of Zantac (ranitidine), a treatment for peptic ulc...

Drug company provides funding for vaccine ad - A national advertising campaign for a chicken pox vaccine in Israel has triggered a furore among health officials. ...

Baby milk ads face uk ban - Even the British government is saying that breast is best. It is banning all advertising of baby milk preparations except in publications to health ca...