September 11, 2020

Shame on Research Gate for CENSORSHIP of HCQ Meta-Analysis

Why did Research Gate scrub/ remove this Meta-Analysis (meaning a scientific review of multiple scientific studies)? The

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Shame on Research Gate for CENSORSHIP of HCQ Meta-Analysis

January 5, 2017

Weapons of mass deception: false claims, corrupted science

Proponents of genetically engineered / modified (GE/GM, GMO) food often characterize the debate as one of science

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Weapons of mass deception: false claims, corrupted science

October 20, 2012

Are Psychiatrists Committing Professional Suicide?

TIME Psychiatrist Contends the Field Is ‘Committing Professional Suicide’ Psychiatry — and medicine in general — has

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Are Psychiatrists Committing Professional Suicide?

March 7, 2011

This Year Alone, Drug Industry To Lose $50 billion

At long last Big Pharma’s ill-begotten profits are slated to take a major financial hit. * This

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This Year Alone, Drug Industry To Lose $50 billion

February 22, 2011

PhRMa R&D Costs Are Much Lower Than Claimed

For decades, the pharmaceutical industry has claimed that its high prices for drugs in the developed world,

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PhRMa R&D Costs Are Much Lower Than Claimed

January 19, 2011

Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science

Is there something wrong with the scientific method in medical research? In 2005, Dr Ioannidis,  a prominent,

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science

January 14, 2011

The Truth Wears Off

The excerpts from The New Yorker (below) may be read as a companion piece to the Atlantic

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The Truth Wears Off

December 17, 2010

Deadly Medicine: Foreign Clinical Trials_Vanity Fair

A disturbing report by the Inspector General of the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, "Challenges

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Deadly Medicine: Foreign Clinical Trials_Vanity Fair

December 6, 2010

Scientists Share Anthrax Info that FBI Left Out

Knowledgeable experts disagree with FBI’s conclusion that the alleged suspect, U.S. Army scientist Bruce Ivins, was the

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Scientists Share Anthrax Info that FBI Left Out

December 2, 2010

Why Psychoterapies Never Get Better

Times reporter, Ben Carey, reported in all seriousness : " In a recent study using [Angelina] this

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Why Psychoterapies Never Get Better

September 16, 2010

NY Times Corrects Gina Kolata Re: Alzheimer’s

Today, five weeks after publishing a grossly dis-informative front-page report by Gina Kolata, "Spinal-Fluid Test Finds Proteins

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NY Times Corrects Gina Kolata Re: Alzheimer’s

August 30, 2010

Research Integrity: Don’t Mess With the DSMB

An editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine, by its editor Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., and

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Research Integrity: Don’t Mess With the DSMB

August 9, 2010

Anesthesiologist who Committed Major Fraud Claims Bipolar Defense

In 2009, Anesthesiology News reported that a routine audit at Baystate Medical Center (in 2008) uncovered "one

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Anesthesiologist who Committed Major Fraud Claims Bipolar Defense

July 15, 2010

Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?

In 2007, an FDA advisory panel voted 22 to 1 to keep GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug, Avandia (Rosiglitazone)

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Will Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?