Pharmaceuticals

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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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The Public Option is Dead as a Doornail

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Democrats, Congress, Senate Finance Committee, Rahm Emanuel, Public Option, Nancy Pelosi, Ahip, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Insurers, Max Baucus, Pharmaceuticals, Politics News

The public option epitaph was written months ago during the more than two dozen secret meetings that Obama and his aides had with the insurance industry and pharmaceutical bigwigs.

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Americans on Drugs

Francine Hardaway | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: SLHI.Org, Prescription Drugs, Fda, HealthworksAZ.Org, Health Care Reform, Iguard, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Inside DC, Living News

The number one problem doctors report about treating patients is failure to take prescription medications correctly, regardless of patient age.

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Two Canadian Doctors Discuss Their Ideal Health Care System: U.S.-Canada Hybrid

News & Observer | By JESSE JAMES DECONTO | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Public Option, Medical Industry, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Private Option, Systems, Universal Health Care, Single Payer Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Politics News

DURHAM -- Husband and wife physicians Ron Olson and Holly Muir left their native Canada 11 years ago frustrated with the limited resources of universa...

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Save the Whales! Abolish Patents!

David K. Levine | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Generics, Monopoly, Health Care Reform, Copyrights, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Patents, Business News

The case for drastically reducing and eventually abolishing medical patents is clear: they raise the social cost of drugs, and medicine, while providing little or even a negative incentive for medical innovation.

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Sicko Reprise, Please

Ellen Snortland | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Sicko, Protests, Viagra, Norway, Michael Moore, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Living News

The Norwegian health care system is so pro-active and prevention oriented that it would strain credibility for any American politician to even think about implementing it here.

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Something New in Melatonin?

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Melatonin, Fda, Shift Workers, Hormones, Pharmaceuticals, Health, Sleep Disorders, Sleep, Living News

Many claim that melatonin is a natural sleeping aid or nightcap because it "naturally" helps regulate sleep-wake cycles. Given its wide spread availability today, you'd presume it's safe. Is it?

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When It Comes to Healthcare, Be Selfish

Gerald Sindell | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Health Care Reform, Oscar Wilde, Karen Ignagni, Obama Health Care, Enlightened Self-Interest, Public Health Insurance Plan, Healthcare System, Universal Healthcare, Healthcare Debate, Pharmaceutical Industry, Talking Heads, Private Health Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Politics News

When I see talking heads, "experts," and politicians talking about healthcare, I want them to answer the people's, and only the people's questions.

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The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of

Randall Amster | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Anemia, US Military, Military, Newborns, Health, Screening, Food Additives, Racism, Food, Genetics, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Soy, g6pd, Malaria, The Balanced Life, Living News

G6PD is an essential enzyme that is lacking in people with this widespread genetic disorder, and its absence leads to a condition that is closely related to other forms of anemia.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, New York News

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Debt, Socialized-Medicine, Car Accidents, America, Restless Leg Syndrome, Exposure to Chemicals, Lobbyists, Cheney, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Restless-Leg-Syndrome, Fat, Health Insurance, The Matrix, Dick Cheney, Television, National Debt, Insurance, Vice President Dick Cheney, Washington, Universal Health Care, Cheney Torture, President Bush, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Vice President, Michelle Obama, Lindsay Lohan, Bankruptcy, Lobbying, Surgery, Washington DC, The-Matrix, Chemicals, Capitalism, Kodak, Don Rumsfeld, Toxic Chemicals, Dumb as Hell, Pharmaceutical Companies, Bill Maher, Pharmaceutical Industry, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Health, Caveat Emptor, Prescription Drugs, Doctors, Florida, Prescription Medication, Vice President Cheney, Politics News

Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

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A Way to Save Billions and Improve Healthcare

Paul A. London | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care, Wal-Mart, Business News

Wal-Mart, Target and Kroger has made the low-priced generic drugs available to all their customers, with and without insurance. This "price war" that was a great benefit to consumers.

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Pharma: Still Chasing Skirts

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Women's Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Industry, Women's Health, Vioxx, Pharmaceuticals, Pharma, Business News

As someone who spent ten years inside the pharmaceutical industry, I can tell you one thing for sure: Big Pharma goes where the money is. And the money is with the ladies.

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Wyeth Loses Supreme Court Case, Opens Consumer Suits Against Pharma

Reuters | Lisa Richwine and James Vicini | Posted 04.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Wyeth Supreme Court, Drug Companies, Supreme Court Drug Industry, Wyeth, Supreme Court Wyeth, Pharmaceuticals, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the drugmaker Wyeth on Wednesday, holding that pharmaceutical companies can be held liabl...

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Medical School Ethics At Issue

New York Times | DUFF WILSON | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Medical Ethics, Doctors, Pharmaceutical Industry, Medical School Ethics, Medical School, Pharmaceuticals, Doctors Ethics, Business News

UPDATE: Senator Charles E. Grassley on Tuesday asked the drug maker Pfizer to provide details of its payments to at least 149 faculty members at Harva...

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Seeking Happiness? Try Pursuing Purpose

Anne Dunev | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Blood Sugar, Type 2 Diabetes, America, Purpose, Economic Crisis, Beer, Weight Loss Tips, Diet, Common Sense Nms, Puritanism, How to Lose Weight, Life Purpose, Happiness, Cream Puffs, Declaration of Independence, Weight Control, Cocktails, Biological, Dieting, David McCullough, Alcohol, John Adams, Purpose in Life, Aarp, Weight Loss, Diabetes, The Purpose Driven Life, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care, Healthcare, Ben Franklin, Living News

It appears we contemporary Americans may have switched the interpretation of "pursuit of happiness" to "pursuit of pleasure."

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CNN's Gupta: Not What the Doctor Ordered

James Floyd, M.D. | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Merck, Surgeon General Sanjay Gupta, Vioxx Settlement, Sicko, Single Payer, Single Payer Health Care, Obama's Surgeon General, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, United States Preventive Services Task, Health, Tom Daschle, Single Payer Healthcare, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Pharmaceuticals, Surgeon General, Heart Attack, Sanjay Gupta, Michael Moore Sicko, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News

Gupta downplays safety risks in treatments, and was criticized for his reporting on Vioxx, a pain medication that was withdrawn from the market in 2004 because it causes heart attacks.

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Innovations in Phase IV Clinical Trials for Change in Health Care

Sunil Chacko | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

For dying patients with no therapy that is working, compassionate use programs exist to provide drugs in phase II or III clinical trials when the patient was ineligible to participate in the trial.

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Oh Canada, Get Some Sleep!

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Sleep Aids, Economic Cost of Insomnia, Health, Alcohol, Insomnia, Sleep Products, Sleep Deprivation, Fatigue, Pharmaceuticals, Canada, Sleep Disorders, Living News

A recent study I read showed some interesting aspects about the sleep of our friends to the north, and they seem to be as bad as ours here in the US! ...

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Jacob Gunvalson, Terminally Ill, Can't Demand Experimental Drug: Court

AP | Posted 01.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, PTC Therapeutics, Muscular Dystrophy, Jacob Gunvalson Lawsuit, Jacob Gunvalson, Muscular Dystrophy Lawsuit, Pharmaceuticals, Business News

WASHINGTON — A pharmaceutical company does not have to provide an experimental drug to a Minnesota teen who is terminally ill with a rare form o...

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Prairie Voles and Politics

Marcia Meier | Posted 11.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Depression, Presidential Politics, Monogamy, Community Organizer, Monogamy and Science, Prairie Voles, Pharmaceuticals, Barack Obama, Living News

There's reason to be alarmed about a culture where extreme emotions require pharmaceutical treatment.

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Icahn, ImClone Turn Down Bristol-Myers Offer

DealBook | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Imclone, Bristol-Myers, Pharmaceutical Industry, Icahn ImClone, ImClone Buyer, Carl Icahn, Cancer, ImClone Sale, Erbitux, Pharmaceuticals, Business News

ImClone Systems, the maker of the anti-cancer drug Erbitux, said on Monday that while it is studying a $4.5 billion takeover bid from Bristol-Myers Sq...

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Boehner Needled On This Week Over Effexor Slogan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: GOP Campaign Slogans, Psychopharmacology, Video, George Stephanopoulos, John Boehner, Anti-Depressants, Pharmaceuticals, Campaign Slogans, Gop, GOP Candidates, House Republicans, Politics News

Well, we seem to have come full circle on the matter of the House Republicans hilariously choosing a campaign slogan, "The Change You Deserve", that i...

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Hoyer Pokes Fun Of House GOP, Anti-Depressant Co-Branding Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: GOP Campaign Slogans, Politics News, Psychopharmacology, Anti-Depressants, Pharmaceuticals, Campaign Slogans, Gop, GOP Candidates, House Republicans, Video, Politics News

As we learned earlier this week, the electoral hopes of the GOP have grown so dim that the House Republicans have turned to psychopharmacology to help...

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GOP's New Slogan Already Being Used To Market Anti-Depressant

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Slogans, Gop, GOP Campaign Slogans, Pharmaceuticals, House Republicans, Anti-Depressants, GOP Candidates, Psychopharmacology, Politics News

Leave it to the tone deaf GOP to find a way of attaching themselves to this election cycle's "change" mandate that simultaneously reinforces the fact ...

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