Pharmaceutical Scams Continue
Thursday, April 17th, 2008It just keeps coming it seems, the pharmaceutical industry has stooped to levels even I didn’t think possible. Merck was just found to have paid academic scientists to put their names on papers they didn’t write. Who wrote the papers? Company hired medical writers of course.
According to Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, JAMA’s editor-in-chief, “The manipulation is [...]
Heart Attacks and Cholesterol – Public Policy That Makes No Sense
Friday, March 7th, 2008I have touted the book Overdosed America by Dr. John Abramson over and over. It is shocking to me that so few people, especially doctors, know that high cholesterol and heart attacks are only correlated through the age of 40. Lowering weight, eating right, not smoking and exercising have more benefits and reduce heart attack [...]
Cholesterol Lowering Drugs are Worthless in Most Cases – Part One
Friday, February 15th, 2008While walking through the SeaTac Airport a few weeks ago, I saw an article in Business Week magazine that made me smile as it was saying what I have been saying for years, which is, statin drugs really don’t prevent heart disease.
Aside from the Vytorin®/Zetia® debacle, the whole idea of lowering cholesterol (LDL especially) to [...]
The Deceit Just Keeps Getting Deeper
Friday, February 15th, 2008Just when you thought it couldn’t get any lower, it does. A report published on the Nature magazine website claims that Dr. Steven M. Haffner of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, forwarded a report to drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline warning them about a paper that was about to be published by [...]