Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The Annals of Internal Medicine has followed up on a study published earlier this year in JAMA by the same authors, detailing a specific account of how Merck fraudulently concocted a major Vioxx study as a marketing campaign. Vioxx left tens of thousands of Americans dead.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
In the politically correct egalitarian world of “health care for everyone” very little attention is paid to the concept of personal responsibility, much less how any such plan would actually be paid for. If you take care of yourself should you be obligated to pay for those who intentionally do not?
Thursday, August 07, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The American Heart Association (AHA) has gone mad, apparently suffering from overexposure to mercury-amalgam fillings. In their marketing magazine, Circulation, which masquerades as a scientific journal, they have now published research advocating an all out national war on childhood cholesterol – seeking to lower LDL cholesterol to 50 mg./dl.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
New research suggests that Americans will be subjected to drug injury for some time to come, based on flaws in the ways new drugs are tested and approved by the FDA. The problem is serious, with newer drugs causing twice as many drug injuries and deaths as older drugs approved for the same purpose.
