Saturday, October 04, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
On Monday, Sept 29, the American public witnessed firsthand the utter ineptitude of the United States House of Representatives, hitting Main Street directly in the pocketbook. While leaders try to figure a way out of an impending economic crisis, it is now clear for everyone to finally see that we have an equal crisis in political leadership.
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.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Researchers were shocked to see that Vytorin increased the rate of cancer by 61%.
Saturday, July 19, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study shows that bone drugs drastically interfere with the long-term healing and strength of bone that is recovering from a fracture.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The American Academy of Pediatrics has now lost all credibility – actively promoting the use of statin drugs for children as low as 8 years of age. This is beyond disgusting, it is a crime. The inept FDA is nowhere to be found as drug pushing of inappropriate medication is rapidly becoming as large a public health problem as street drugs.
Friday, June 20, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The British Medical Journal is helping everyone understand just how deep the rabbit hole goes. Key doctors are paid big money to promote and sell drugs.
Monday, June 09, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The New York Times has just reported on the investigation by Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) into the money paid by Big Pharma to the key researchers promoting the off label use of anti-psychotic medications. It shows that the researchers who have been behind promoting massive off-label use of these powerful drugs to children were on the take from Big Pharma and hiding millions in “consulting fees.”
Friday, June 06, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Wake up America – your food supply has already been drastically altered by corporate food giants and their governmental bedfellows – who have spliced toxins directly into the DNA of food – inexplicably altering the very nature of our food supply for profit. France is one of the few countries in the developed world that has fought genetically modified food at every turn.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that even a single dose of antipsychotic medication doubles the risk of a serious adverse event leading to hospitalization and/or death. These drugs are widely used as behavior management in nursing homes, have no FDA approval for this use, and are clearly very unsafe.
Sunday, May 18, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Coca-Cola and Pepsi are both planning to use highly purified stevia in their soda drinks. Cargill is manufacturing the compound for Coca-Cola products. Cargill is releasing numerous studies on its safety and is expecting FDA approval, with large product roll outs over the next six months.
Sunday, May 11, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Last week the FDA refused to disclose to Congress the names of Chinese drug companies in the supply chain that provided the tainted Heparin which killed Americans, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. The net effect is that the FDA is intentionally acting to cover up China’s crimes against Americans…
Sunday, May 04, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The sparks flew on Capital Hill last week. During grilling of FDA executives Rep. John Dingell (D., Mich.), the chairman of the House Commerce and Energy Committee, said “Our citizens can no longer trust that their food, drugs or medical devices are safe when the FDA says they are.”
Friday, April 25, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Bloomberg reports that over 1000 post marketing safety studies that Big Pharma is obligated to perform haven’t even started! Meanwhile, the same companies are aggressively pushing these drugs for use in an off label manner – intentionally exposing citizens to unknown risks without proven benefits.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Knowing its athletes were unlikely to win any medals eating McDonalds, and realizing all other options were based on the quality of the Chinese food supply, the United States Olympic Committee has decided to go against the grain and bring along the food it needs to feed its athletes.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Health care costs, whether paid for by private or tax-payer money, are about to collide with several elephants standing in line in the health care room.
Sunday, April 20, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The new “Green Revolution” is far different than the Rockefeller version that followed WWII. This one is looking into just why and how our country got so polluted and our food supply became so adulterated. For any investigative reporter it doesn’t take long to come upon Monsanto, who is now altering our entire food supply for the worse.
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The lawsuits over Vioxx have forced very uncomfortable documents into public view, exposing that Big Pharma has massively corrupted the scientific database with what amounts to promo pieces written by its own employees who then pay for prestigious doctors to attach their names to the studies as if they are legitimate – hiding the fact the drug companies wrote their own studies and conclusions in the first place.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Great Britain, like the United States, is finding that the Big Pharma paradigm of health leaves plenty of injured victims in the wake of its path. They report over 1,000,000 injuries requiring emergency room treatment at the cost of 2 billion pounds (or about 4 billion U.S. dollars). Janet Woodcock of the FDA has stated “1.3 million people are accidentally injured...”
Sunday, April 13, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Merck and Schering-Plough find themselves on a hot seat, likely to be held accountable for 10 billion dollars worth of fraud due to false marketing of their cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is coming under a microscope for its inept handling of vaccine data that likely showed a link between mercury in vaccines and autism. The CDC insists publicly that there is no link between mercury in vaccines and autism, based on several studies with numerous flaws in design. It appears the CDC has tampered with data to slant results to its favor – a common trick of Big Pharma when trying to hide poor results and cover its rear end.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
It is not often that Big Pharma-friendly doctors pile on to a drug that is in a tailspin. That was the picture last weekend at the big American College of Cardiology meetings. A physician panel as well as the New England Journal of Medicine blasted the cholesterol-lowering Vytorin – a move sure to relegate its use to mothballs.
Sunday, March 09, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Eli Lilly is on the hot seat as its blockbuster drug, Zyprexa, goes on trial in Alaska. An expert witness testified on Friday that Lilly had withheld from doctors and patients that the drug caused severe weight gain, high blood sugar, and diabetes.
