Doctor Aims to Expose Improprieties

REDONDO BEACH, CA, March 26, 2008 – Gregory A. Smith, MD, the Medical Director of Comprehensive Pain Relief Group (CPRG) is crusading for change. As a physician who deals with chronic pain relief issues, he has seen more than his share of patients who are addicted to prescription painkillers. Over recent years it has become [...]

Scientists’ discovery that cancerous cells grow like fetal cells could lead to better, safer medications

Tumour study offers drug hope

Scientists’ discovery that cancerous cells grow like fetal cells could lead to better, safer medications

Mar 13, 2008 04:30 AM
Joseph Hall
Health Reporter
Harvard University scientists have discovered a fundamental mechanism of tumour growth, a breakthrough that may lead to more effective and less toxic treatments for cancer.
Indeed, two studies, published today in the [...]

Tamiflu: Flu drug can kill, FDA warns

Tamiflu, one of the front-line drugs against flu, can kill, a new warning from America’s drug regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has revealed this week.
The drug can cause hallucinations, delirium or abnormal behaviour which sometimes “results in fatal outcomes,” the FDA has said.
These new reactions have been discovered by doctors who suspected the [...]

MMR and Autism: US court says there’s a link, and awards compensation

The MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine can cause autism, a US court has concluded. 
In a secret ruling that has only just come to light, the US Court of Federal Claims has conceded that the mercury-based preservative thimerosal, which was in vaccines until 2002, caused autism in the case of one child.
The ruling is one of [...]

The Aftermath Of Prozac, Zoloft, Luvox, Fen-Phen, & Many Other Serotonergic Drugs

By Dr. Ann Blake Tracy – Executive Director,
International Coalition For Drug Awareness
www.drugawareness.org
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Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, a PhD in Psychology and Health Sciences, has specialized for 10 years in adverse reactions to serotonergic medications. She is the executive director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness (www.drugawareness.org) and author of the book PROZAC: PANACEA OR [...]

Antidepressants study shakes up medicine

Prescriptions keep mounting. Power of belief shown to be behind improvement more so than the drug

Published: 8 hours ago
Depression is a serious medical illness caused by imbalances in brain chemicals that regulate mood. But while everyone feels miserable from time to time, and maybe even feel low for a couple of weeks, “there’s an important difference [...]