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The Gardasil Vaccine Series - An Interview with Merck & Co., Inc.

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Merck & Co, Living News, Genital Warts, Vaccine Side Effects, Medical News Today, Pap Test, Cdc, Gardasil, Health News, Vaccines, Jama, Cervical Cancer, Pharmaceutical Industry, Women in Government, Pharmaceutical Lobby, Human Papillomavirus, Girls's Health, Fda, Health Care, Women's Health, The Washington Post, Source Watch, Vaers, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

I recently spoke with a Media Relations person at Merck regarding the efficacy and side effects of Gardasil, the new HPV vaccine. Here's what she had to say.

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The Mass Production of Mental Illness and What To Do About It

Anis Shivani | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Thomas Szasz, Dopamine, Walden Two, Dsm, Drug Companies, Richard P. Bentall, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Prozac, Psychosis, Fda, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Schizophrenia, Madness, American Psychiatric Association, Ssris, B. F. Skinner, Neurotransmitters, Evidence-Based Medicine, Treatment of Mental Illness, Psychiatry, Depression, Chlorpromazine, Drug Company Profits, Randomized Controlled Trials, Mental Asylums, Big Pharma, Ect, Placebo, Rose Kennedy, Insulin Coma Therapy, Antipsychiatry, Mental Illness, Pharmaceutical Industry, R. D. Laing, Brain Chemistry, Carl Rogers, Prefrontal Leucotomy, Psychiatric Drugs, Genetics, Psychiatric Practice, Walter Freeman, Emil Kraepelin, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Book Reviews, Books, Books News
Anis Shivani

Dr. Richard P. Bentall, professor and practitioner of clinical psychology in Britain, exposes the highly dubious nature of reigning presumptions about the causes and treatment of mental illness.

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Before We Pass Health Insurance Reform, We Must Do More to Limit Big Pharma's Monopoly on Biologics

Marcy Winograd | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Hiv, Jane Harman, Breast Cancer, Biologics, Anna Eshoo, Health Insrance Reform, Big Pharma, Marcy Winograd, Aids, Jane Hamsher, Biolsimilars, Health Care, Politics News
Marcy Winograd

In Congress, I will work to support affordable prices on biologics, so that victims of cancer, HIV, diabetes, Parkinsons, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis can afford the medicine they need to stay alive.

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Jenna Staul

Intense Pharmaceutical Lobbying Prompts Inquiry

HuffingtonPost.com | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Lobbyblog, Senate Finance Committee, Ethics, Business News

A lobbying war between two pharmaceutical companies vying to market a generic blood-thinner has prompted an inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley and Senate ...

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Ryan Grim

How The Blue Dogs Cost Pharma $14 Billion

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Health Care Reform, Pharmaceutical Industry, Public Option, Health Care, Politics News

As Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat down to put the finishing touches on the House health care bill Wednesday night, the California Democrat was stuck between...

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H1N1 Vaccine Delays Remind Us Why We Need a Sound Public Option

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Public Option, H1N1 Influenza, H1N1 Vaccine, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Banks, Insurance Companies, Living News
Kathleen Reardon

As a professor of both business and preventive medicine for years, I'm appalled at how long it is taking for the H1N1 vaccine to reach at least those at high risk.

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Enteric Disease impact on Global Health, Human Rights, and Environmental Degradation

Lisa Conte | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Clean Water, Global Health, Clinton Global Initiative, Pharmaceutical Industry, Diarrhea, Slavery, Business News
Lisa Conte

One of the collateral benefits of working in the global health arena is being reminded that disease doesn't exist in isolation.

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Fake Viagra: Organized Crime's New Goods

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Big Pharma, Fake Viagra, Pharmaceutical Companies, Thailand, Pharmaceutical Industry, Miami Herald, Viagra, Spain, Fake-Viagra, Pharmaceuticals, Miami, World News

Police in Spain have reportedly recovered over 160,000 fake Viagra pills, says Typically Spanish. The report is the latest in a line of international...

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Arianna Weighs In On The Senate Health Care Bill And The Challenges Ahead

Huff TV | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Big Pharma, Ben Nelson, Blue Dog, Public Option, Countdown With Keith Olberman, Health Insurance, Democrats, Opt Out, Mandate, Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Blanche Lincoln, Senate, Blue Dogs, Health Care Reform, Gop, Health Care, Media News
Huff TV

Arianna appeared on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss news that the Senate's health care bill would include an opt-out publi...

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How To Live On $0 A Day: Rediscover the Childlike Joy of Halloween (Get Free Stuff)

Lesley Stern | Posted 10.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Candy, Food Pyramid, Depression, Middle Class, Economic Crisis, Halloween, Tricks, Recession, Advice, Financial Advice, Pharmaceutical Industry, Free Stuff, Treats, Satire, Trick-or-Treating, Nutrition, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Financial Crisis, Comedy, Economy, Milk Chocolate, Humor, Halloween Candy, Nuts, Raisins, Budget, Living, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

Halloween traditionally marks the end of the harvest season when people begin storing necessities for the long, lean months ahead. Which is exactly the way you should be looking at it now.

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Fake Viagra, And More, Sweep Southeast Asia

Thailand drugs | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Viagra Thailand, Thailand, Viagra, Pharmo-Piracy, Bangkok, Fake Viagra, Viagra Bangkok, World News

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Little is real in Patpong, a glowing bazaar and sex district here in Bangkok. The Gucci is fake, the DVDs are pirated and the go-...

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Our Kids: More Than a Sales Channel for Big Pharma

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Corn Refiners Association, Pharmaceutical Industry, Autism, Epinephrine, Kids Safe Chemical Act, Vaccines, Allergies, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

We've got 80,000 chemicals in our everyday products here in the US, but the EPA has required testing on only 200 of them. Is it any wonder that the health of American children is under siege?

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How to Live On $0 a Day: Bailouts for the Rest of Us

Lesley Stern | Posted 10.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, Gold, Economic Crisis, Humor, Economy, Credit Cards, Recession, Lawsuit, Conan O'Brien, Bailout, Satire, Oxycontin, Financial Crisis, Extortion, Comedy, David Letterman, Insurance Companies, Emotional Damage, Pharmaceutical Industry, Banks, Depression, Windfall, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

It doesn't really matter why you need the money, all you know is that life as you know it will cease to exist if you don't get your hands on a big chunk of cash. Yesterday.

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The Un-Credible Max Baucus and the Failure of Health Care Reform

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Abstinence Only, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Abstinence Education, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

Money spent on abstinence education is a waste, except for those pandering to please a minority of citizens who do tend to vote consistently.

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Maryland's Commitment to Advancing Stem Cell Research

Gov. Martin O'Malley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Milken Institute, Governor Martin O'Malley, Jeffrey Sachs, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, Jobs, Science, Biotech, Barack Obama, California, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Care Reform, Stem Cell Research, Technology, Medicine, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Gov. Martin O'Malley

Last week, we announced that Maryland was entering into a new partnership with the State of California to collaborate on stem cell projects.

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Health Care Reform: Drug Companies Are The Big Winners

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Baucus Bill, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Care Costs, Drug Companies, Health Care Reform, Prescription Drugs, Health Care, Healthcare, Business News

As Congress gets closer to final healthcare-reform legislation, the central question remains murky: Who will foot the bill? Figures contained in th...

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Erasing the Doughnut Hole for All Seniors -- A Senate Revolt Against Big Pharma Brewing!

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Donut Hole, Chuck Schumer, Congress, New York, Senate Finance Committee, Delaware, Senator, Ny, Tom Carper, Barack Obama, 2009, John Kerry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Senate, Montana, Ma, Chuck Grassley, Baucus Committe, Doughnut Hole, Iowa, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Ben Nelson, Florida, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Massachusets, Fl, De, Ia, Politics News
Gail McGowan Mellor

An amendment offered by Senator Ben Nelson [D-FL] would reportedly lower the health care reform bill's cost by an additional $86 billion without reducing services.

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Baucus Bill: Health Reform That Isn't

Marcia Angell, M.D. | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Bill, Marcia Angell, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Medicaid, Medicare, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Barack Obama, Dr. Marcia Angell, Politics News
Marcia Angell, M.D.

The Baucus bill makes it clear that the fix is in. We're now going to pour more money into a system that's already shown it can absorb whatever we put into it without providing anything like commensurate health care.

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What Reforms Will The United States Have as a Result of This Recession?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Pharmaceutical Industry, Financial Reform, Health Care Reform, Education Reform, Insurance Companies, Recession, Patents, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

If we look at the United States from the point of view of its potential, it seems that we have a very limited form of democracy.

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The Final Sprint for Health Care Has Now Begun

Robert Reich | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Robert Reich, Health Care Reform, PhRMA Lobby, Medicaid, Medicare, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Reich

The real political race for health care has just begun. Obama's speech should be seen as the starting gate of a two-month sprint between two competitors -- and they're not Democrats and Republicans.

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Time to Sell Reading: What the "Good" Publishing Industry Needs to Learn from the Big "Bad" Drug Industry

Joanne Rendell | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Drug Ads, Literacy, Pharmaceutical Industry, Book Publishing, Reading, Advertising, Drug Companies, Media News
Joanne Rendell

The book industry needs to make the act of reading sexy and hip, enviable and sought-after.

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This Week In Cheating: Drugs

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Trial, Fosamax, Pants!, Merck, Drug Industry, Class Action, Pfizer, Addiction, Trap, Scandal, Awesome, Pharmaceutical Industry, Settlement, Satire, Vioxx, Wyeth, Rachel Maddow, Marketing, Neurontin, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

So, let me get this straight: Pfizer is the drug company who'll lie to you, but Merck's the one that'll kill you?

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Pfizer To Pay Record $2.3B Penalty For Illegal Drug Promotions

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Pfizer, Drug Promotions, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pfizer Settlement, Business News

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drugmaker...

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Why Society Works Better When We're Afraid and Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Big Pharma, Wii Fit, Pharmaceutical Industry, Michael Pollan, Kfc Double Down, Obesity Epidemic, Eating Locally, Greg Critser, Living News
Christina Pirello

We need to consider what has happened to the quality of our lives since we gave away control of our bodies; we must learn to use pharmaceuticals more appropriately and not medicate ourselves into oblivion.

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Fake It Till You Make It: Placebos Are Getting More Effective

wired.com | STEVE SILBERMAN | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Merck, Placebos, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Placebo, Placebo Effect, Anti-Depressants, Living News

Merck was in trouble. In 2002, the pharmaceutical giant was falling behind its rivals in sales. Even worse, patents on five blockbuster drugs were abo...

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