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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...