Big Pharmaceutical Companies

7 Diseases Big Pharma Hopes You Get in 2012

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 02.13.2012

Martha Rosenberg

It used to be joked that a consultant is someone who borrows your watch to tell you what time it is. These days, the opportunist is Big Pharma, which raises your insurance premiums and taxes while providing you "low-priced" drugs that you paid for.

Understanding the Placebo Effect

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011

Eliezer Sobel

My first foray into the nebulous world of antidepressants was in 1985 when I was put on Sinequan. It gave me severe cotton mouth, didn't do much for my mood.