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When it comes to drug claims, skepticism is healthy

Jun 23, 2008
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When it comes to drug claims, skepticism is healthy

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Truth is that all of our beliefs about depression have been tainted, quite intentionally, by the more than $20 billion spent each year by pharmaceutical companies to promote their drugs (an amount greater than the gross domestic product of all but 70...

The Terrifying Side Effects of Prescription Drugs

Apr 16, 2008
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The Terrifying Side Effects of Prescription Drugs

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The side effects of prescription medication can be horrific. Is it really worth taking medication if the cure is worse than the disease? Here 26 side effects that come with many prescription drugs currently on the market.

Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What? - Living on The Huffington Post

Apr 15, 2008
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Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What? - Living on The Huffington Post

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After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims. The unprecedented concession was filed on N...

Mammograms Don't Help, They Harm Women

Apr 2, 2008
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Mammograms Don't Help, They Harm Women

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Breast cancer kills women. In fact, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Lung cancer is number one. It is estimated that 211,240 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. 40,410 have since died from the disease. These deaths should not have occurred. There is a potentially fatal flaw in our medical profession's diagnostic procedure. Could mammograms cause cancer?

48 Percent of Doctors Admit to Prescribing Placebos Just to Shut You Up

Jan 29, 2008
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48 Percent of Doctors Admit to Prescribing Placebos Just to Shut You Up - Articles

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The next time your doctor prescribes you a medication, you have about a 50-50 chance that it’s a placebo, according to a new study by University of Chicago researchers.Their survey of 466 faculty physicians at Chicago-area medical schools found that 45 percent said they had prescribed placebos in regular clinical practice, with just over half having prescribed them in the previous year.