The Pharmaceuticle Industry

The pharmaceutical industries primary responsibility is to the interests of their shareholders, not the health of the nation.

Something for sceptics to get their teeth into.

August 13, 2009
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September 1, 2009, New York Times. Does Ibuprofen Help or Hurt During Exercise? By Gretchen Reynolds Several years ago, David Nieman set out to study racers at the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile test of human stamina held annually in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The race directors had asked Nieman, a...

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Medical Papers by Ghostwriters Pushed Therapy (What a surprise)

August 1, 2009
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Medical Papers by Ghostwriters Pushed Therapy (What a surprise)

Technorati Tags: evidence based medicine,Ghost writers,New York Times. evidence based medicine,Ghost writers,New York Times. By NATASHA SINGER Ney York Times Published: August 4, 2009 Newly unveiled court documents show that ghostwriters paid by a pharmaceutical company played a major role in producing 26 scientific papers backing the use of hormone replacement therapy in women,...

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The Government should be promoting health, not pushing medicines.

August 1, 2009
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The Government should be promoting health, not pushing medicines.

This article by Professsor Hugh Pennington in todays Guardian, begs the question, if all chiropractors did was get people off unnecessary medication they would do wonders for their immune system and their health. Technorati Tags: swine flu. The guardian.,health promotion,immunity   Side effects of the race to beat swine flu The big worry is...

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Impugning the integrity of Medical Science Vioxx

April 18, 2008
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Impugning the Integrity of Medical Science The Adverse Effects of Industry Influence Editorial Journal of the American Medical Association April 16, 2008; Vol. 299 No. 15, pp. 1833-1835 Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA Dr. DeAngelis is Editor in Chief and Dr. Fontanarosa is Executive Deputy Editor, Journal of the...

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How to make friends and influence people

May 14, 2007
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Drugs adviser raises charity fear Concerns have been raised about the links between pharmaceutical firms and charity patient groups by the body that advises the NHS on which drugs to use. Sir Michael Rawlins, chairman of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, said charities had to be wary of pharmaceutical donations. And...

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Unethical Practice by drug companies

June 26, 2006
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Kickbacks, cartels and chatrooms: how unscrupulous drug firms woo the public · Companies violate own ethical codes, says study · Patient group promotions bypass ban on advertising Sarah Boseley, health editor Monday June 26, 2006 The Guardian Drug companies use unscrupulous and unethical marketing tactics not only to influence doctors to prescribe their products...

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My Tweets

  • @Blue_Wode I see you have been busy last few days,Guardian, Telegraph, I make a living from chiropractic & dont spend as much time on it asU Time ago 3 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode movement is vital for wellbeing how people get their bodies moving is up to them.Some people dont like exercise,its not risk free Time ago 3 Days via Twitter
  • RT @DrEvanHarris: @bengoldacre after all if we criticise a cleric/journalist 4 their views - & we do - we wld reject complnts of bei ... Time ago 5 Days via Twitter
  • Isabelle plantation Richmond park one of most beautiful places in May t.co/5QXVXBYv Time ago 5 Days via Photos on iOS
  • @bengoldacre RCTs suggest that an average person should respond in an average way to an intervention. Tail of bell curve for clinicians Time ago 6 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode @Oscap_ @youtube Thats photoshop Time ago 6 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode some do (catholics) and you believe chiropractors use a form of faith healing, some do, majority dont, we use anatomy &physiology Time ago 7 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode fair enough, lots of christian MDs,surely believing, loving god will get you into heaven, is more odd than anything I believe in Time ago 7 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode thats like me making judgement about you because "skepticalhealh" made idiotic comments to me. Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode I focus on correcting spinal dysfunction and if they have medical conditions, I send them to their GPs for medical treatment Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode well taught at AECC, would love to compare my knowledge of differential diagnosis for spinal conditions with any medical doc Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode This is the point I am making to you, pathology and differential diagnosis are for the practice of medicine not chiropractic Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode the S word is not used at AECC, a very medicalised education,which I strongly opposed,however compares favourably with med school Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @Blue_Wode something for your website my tutors in these subjects all had medical backgrounds t.co/sw5Tgsh4 Time ago 8 Days via Twitter
  • @bengoldacre @SLSingh shows how little you know about chiropractic profession& politics in general if you think Joe Blogs hs much influence Time ago 8 Days via Twitter

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