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Avandia: Now the shareholders are suing the drug co

Drug companies are sometimes sued by surviving relatives after a loved one has died after taking one of their toxic products – but now shareholders are getting in on the act. more »

MMR and Autism: Conflicts of interest muddy the waters

Conflict of interest can be a tricky area. It’s an accusation that’s been thrown at paediatrician Andrew Wakefield, who first raised the flag about a possible link between the MMR (measles, mumps, ru... more »

Drug Safety: 93 patients and 149 errors suggests a rethink

Drugs are perfectly safe – while they remain in their containers. But things go terribly wrong, and in the vast majority of cases, once they’ve been prescribed, as a new study has discovered. more »

DTP Vaccination: Was it the unsuspected killer in the tragic Sally Clark case?

A sinister twist in the tragic story of Sally Clark suggests a cover-up about the safety of childhood vaccines. more »

Aspirin: It doesn’t stop cognitive decline after all

Aspirin has become the great just-in-case treatment for the West. A little a day is supposed to ward off heart disease, high cholesterol, and mental decline. Actually, strike off that last one. more »

Drug Safety: It’s not just chemotherapy that causes blood disorder

Agranulocytosis is a serious condition where the body produces insufficient white blood cells, making the sufferer much more prone to infection. more »

'Safe' Painkillers: Restricted ingredients are making addicts of thousands

Many thousands of people are addicted to the ‘safe’ over-the-counter drugs, such as simple painkillers. more »

Payback: Why doctors continue to prescribe discredited drugs

Doctors have been receiving ‘rebates’ that run into hundreds of millions of dollars for prescribing a discredited family of drugs. more »

Avastin: Bad News for the Brain

It’s no giant secret that chemotherapy is a knife-edge approach to healing—you take the drugs in the hopes that they will kill the cancer without killing you first. more »

Paracetamol: It’s far more dangerous than you think (just ask the Irish)

Paracetamol is one of the world’s most popular painkillers – and it is also far more dangerous than the millions who take it realize. more »

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3 Nov 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

The poisoned generation

Perhaps the most underappreciated health scandal in modern times is the fact that, every day, we are all subjected to some 80,000 drugs—virtually all of which have not undergone a single regulat... more »

23 Oct 2009 | Health from your Gar... (bshubbard)

Your good health is down to yo...

One thing is sure in this world: only you can establish total wellness and health. Unless you want it, and are sufficiently motivated to gain it and keep it, no amount of outside support will su... more »

1 Oct 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

DNA: it's not destiny

When we become ill, most of us lay the blame at the feet of our ancestors: my heart problem is like dad’s, who had a dicky ticker; I’m likely to get breast cancer because it’s what m... more »

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