By Dr. Mercola
One of the biggest news stories relating to health right now is the finalization of the biggest lawsuit yet by the American government against a pharmaceutical company.
On July 2, the British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline plead guilty to three counts of criminal misdemeanor and other civil liabilities relating to the prescription drugs Paxil, […]
by Dr. Mercola
Curious about the prevalence and extent of scientific misconduct, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research investigated the reasons why research studies were retracted, and from wherei.
The highest number of incidents of misconduct occurred in the drug literature, as compared to general biomedical literature. Nearly 75 percent […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: I can remember the 1980s, when a cheaper form of cocaine (often known as the “rich man’s drug”) called “crack” became popular on the streets. It was more toxic than pure cocaine, but much more readily available illegally than pure cocaine. This resulted in “crack babies” that were born […]
By Dr. Mercola
In an unusual story of Rosario Schielzeth, a woman who turned 104 in June, newspaper reporters wanted to know her secret for a long lifei. Her answer consisted of just two simple rules that she’s always lived by:
Watching what she eats, and
Staying away from doctors
Before you assume that this lady lives in […]
by Michael Belkin
The Refusers
GlaxoSmithKline is a top 3 global vaccine manufacturer. This settlement does not involve vaccines, but this is the same Glaxo that was fined $88,000 ‘for the killing of 14 babies during illegal lab vaccine trials conducted between 2007 and 2008.’ according to the Buenos Aires Herald.
The Lancet medical journal commented that this […]
Racial gap in life expectancy reaches new low in US
Between 2003 and 2008, the gap in life expectancy between white and black men fell from 6.5 years to 5.4, Canadian researchers found. For women, it fell from 4.6 years to 3.7
By Mike Eckel
The Christian Science Monitor
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The gap in life expectancy between blacks and whites […]
by Dr John Briffa
The Cholesterol Truth
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Many drugs have been developed which modify cholesterol levels in one way or another. Because there is a fervent belief within the research community that cholesterol causes heart disease, there is also slavish adherence to the belief that modifying cholesterol will translate into ‘clinical benefit’. But oh how often […]
by Dr. Mercola
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed in connection with the diabetes drug Actos, a drug that France and Germany pulled from the market a year ago after it was found to cause bladder cancer and tumors in people using it for type 2 diabetes.
At the time, the U.S. FDA responded by issuing […]
by Jeanne Lenzer
The Office of Medical & Scientific Justice
A report by a watchdog group has concluded that prescribed medicines are “one of the most significant perils to human health resulting from human activity.” The group based their conclusion on their analysis of the US Food and Drug Administration’s database of serious adverse events.
The report was […]
by Vera Sharav
Alliance for Human Research Protection
Sixty-eight years after the verdict concluding the Nuremberg Doctors Trial–a verdict that includes the Nuremberg Code–the German Medical Association (Bundesarztekammer) has finally acknowledged the culpability of Germany’s medical community during the Nazi regime.
On May 23, 2012, the German Medical Association issued a Declaration and apology at Nuremberg, at […]
by Citizens Commission on Human Rights International
U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Herb Kohl, D-Wis., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., filed an amendment last week seeking to combat the costly, widespread and inappropriate use of antipsychotics in nursing homes.
“This amendment responds to alarming reports about the use of antipsychotic drugs with nursing home residents,” Grassley said. “It’s […]
by Dr. Mercola
The antidepressant class of drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are among the most frequently prescribed drugs for autism.Although none are specifically approved for the treatment of autism, it’s estimated that up to one-third of autistic children receive the drugs, often to treat the repetitive behaviors like tapping or head […]
by Dr. Mercola
In 1776, Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, foretold a grim scenario that has now taken shape right before our eyes. He said:
“Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution the time will come when medicine will organize itself into an undercover dictatorship. To restrict the art of […]
by Jacob Sullum
Citizens Commission on Human Rights
Several interesting articles about the upcoming revisions to psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, for the new DSM 5.
The next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, scheduled to be published a year from now, is expected to include a looser definition of addiction that will qualify millions […]
Health Impact News Editor Comment: In 2011 Health Impact News was one of the first news sources to cover the story of Maryanne Godboldo, a Detroit home-school mother who refused to give her child powerful anti-psychotic drugs after she was developmentally disabled due to vaccines. She refused to give up her daughter to Child […]
by Vera Sharav
Alliance for Human Research Protection
The American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 website announced yesterday that it had dropped the most controversial of its numerous expansionist diagnoses: “Psychosis Risk” and “Mixed Anxiety Depression.” They have been banished “for more study.”
A diagnosis of “Psychosis Risk” would have misdiagnosed and exposed millions of children and adolescents to the […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
If supplements caused such adverse events, they would be banned immediately! Fortunately there are excellent supplement alternatives to these drugs.
Two popular drugs—Proscar, used to treat an enlarged prostate, and Propecia, which is used to treat male pattern baldness—will now have new warnings from FDA on their labels for causing very […]
by Citizens Commission on Human Rights International
A study about a new “blood test” that can supposedly be used to determine teens have “Major Depressive Disorder” is being heralded by the press as a breakthrough in legitimizing psychiatric disorders as medical conditions. We’re going to cut to the chase—it’s not even close to a breakthrough. It’s […]
By Eric Francis, Jef Feeley and David Voreacos
Bloomberg News
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) must pay more than $1.1 billion in fines, a judge ruled after an Arkansas jury found the company’s officials misled doctors and patients about the risks of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.
Judge Tim Fox in Little Rock, Arkansas, yesterday found J&J and its […]
by: Christina Luisa
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Psychiatric drugs and painkillers are now being routinely used across the U.S. military, where violent suicides have skyrocketed to levels never before seen in history. In the military today, soldiers who suffer TBIs — Traumatic Brain Injuries — frequently receive treatment with mind-altering psychiatric drugs that have known side effects of […]
