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Jun-7-06 According to US Census Bureau statistics, in 2002, there were over 21 million federal, state, and local government employees in the US. These employees are in the best position to expose misconduct and abuses of power that arise in government agencies. However, the recent US Supreme Court decision effectively muzzles the nation's watchdogs. Attorney Barry... - Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline Help Send Kids To Prison
May-29-06 In 2003, the pharmaceutical industry passed out $16.4 billion worth of free drug samples to doctors. These so-called free samples are literally killing people. Two young lads who were lucky enough to get free samples of Zoloft are now sitting in prison. After visits to their family doctors, Christopher Pittman and Zachary Schmidkunz were both sent home wi... - Bone Transplant - the Repercussions
May-16-06 After having blood tests because her bone transplant might be contaminated, Christine was later denied mortgage insurance! Hadn't she gone through enough pain and suffering? "After my bone transplant I purchased a house but have not been able to get mortgage insurance," says Christine Cox (not her real name) from Alberta, Canada. "I had to disclose these... - Bone Transplant Victim Becomes Suspect
May-10-06 "My daughter received a tainted bone graft. When I found out, I felt like someone had violated her. Then she tested positive for Hepatitis C." Adding insult to injury, she was asked what other exposures to Hepatitis C her daughter may have had! "My kid doesn't have any risk factors for these things, she is a good kid and it angers me to hear anyone ask... - Kids Dying From Off-Label Use Of Antipsychotics
May-5-06 A recent USA Today sponsored review of the FDA database from 2000 to 2004 found at least 45 deaths in children under 18 with atypical antipsychotics listed as the "primary suspect," and 1,328 reports of other serious side effects, some life-threatening. Atypical antipsychotics are a relatively new class of drugs approved by the FDA for the treatment of a... - California Overtime Dreaming
May-3-06 Peter Hodge, Modesto, CA "I was fired because I started telling the other employees that the company's excuses not to pay us overtime were garbage, and I proved it through California statutues. The reason they gave me: "We no longer require your services." That was all they wrote. "I worked for Ontel Security Inc. and I was a corporal, which translates... - New cases of annuity fraud are a reminder to be wary
Apr-29-06 If you're considering purchasing or transferring annuities, be aware of the risks. A new class action lawsuit was launched against Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (NYSE: AZ). The complaint alleges that the company enticed people to purchase its annuities using false advertising. The buyers of the annuities say they never received a bonus Alli... - Cerebral Palsy could have been avoided
Apr-22-06 Just before I gave birth to my daughter at the county hospital her heart rate dropped drastically. I was really concerned and informed the nurses but they said it was no big deal. When she was born, the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck and body and she was blue. They said she was OK, but she wasn't. Farrah, my second child, was born October 5th,... - ReNu contact lens solution spells Agony
Apr-21-06 I soaked my contact lenses overnight in Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with MoistureLoc Multi-Purpose Solution. The next morning when I put my contacts back in, my eyes started to burn and they got a whole lot worse. The pain was like someone was stabbing me repeatedly in my eyes with needles. That was June, 2005 and I'm still suffering. Susan Parks (not her real... - Asbestos: No early Warning Signs
Mar-29-06 James Casto, from Clendenin, West Virginia developed a spot on his lung two years ago. A biopsy determined that it was carcinogenic: traces of asbestos were found. Casto is in his early 60s. He worked for 18 years at Pennzoil, the oil company, in every facet of oil refining, from heavy equipment operator to oil pumping to actual processing, i.e. turning c... - Tequin - Blood-Sugar Problems Ain't All
Mar-17-06 The antibiotic, Tequin, manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb, has been linked to both hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia by researchers who examined treatment outcomes associated with various antibiotics in approximately 1.4 million patients, 66 years of age and older, between April 2002 and March 2004. A team of Canadian scientists from the Institute of Clin... - Tysabri Clinical Trial - Woman Misdiagnosed With MS Dies
Mar-1-06 It's always about money. Despite an annual cost of $23,500, initial sales of Tysabri were booming. As a once-a-month drug administered by a doctor, it received fast-track approval in late 2004. When it was withdrawn from the market 3 months later, 5,000 patients were on it and 15,000 more were awaiting insurance verification for the first dose. Biogen Ide... - Bextra - What Did Pfizer Know? - Everything
Feb-28-06 Critics say millions of people were needlessly exposed to the risks of Bextra due to intense off-label promotion and advertising that boosted the painkiller to a position near the top of the list of the most widely prescribed drugs in US history. Although a drug can only be marketed for specific indications approved by the FDA, doctors are allowed to pres... - Schools Failing Children With Disabilities
Feb-27-06 In 1975, long before the current epidemic of developmental disorders began, Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which requires public schools to identify children with disabilities and provide them with a need specific free education in the least restrictive environment. Over the past decade, the costs of complying with... - Off-Label Use Of Lilly's Evista Multiplies Risks
Feb-26-06 On October 24, 2002 the Cancer Prevention Coalition issued a press release that said women taking the osteoporosis drug Evista, marketed since 1997 by Eli Lilly, were at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. "There is ample scientific evidence that Evista poses risks of ovarian cancer," wrote Samuel Epstein, MD, Chairman of the Prevention Coalit... - Psych Drugs - Doctors Serve As Middle-Man Pushers
Feb-21-06 Although peddling psychiatric drugs for off-label treatment of every ailment known to man is highly profitable, it is also illegal. Marketing schemes that increase the rates at which drugs are prescribed for off-label use, result in the sale of drugs that have not been proven safer or superior to FDA approved medications already on the market. That said,... - Strattera - 130 Reports Of Suicidality In One Month
Feb-15-06 A not yet released discussion paper written by the British Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, reveals that last fall, there were 130 reports of suicidality in a single month by patients treated with the attention deficit drug Strattera. In addition, the paper reveals that there have also been more than 760 spontaneous reports of cardiac disorders... - Vaccinating For Profit - From Cradle to Coffin
Feb-2-06 Due to the flooding of special education classrooms, along with the rising medical costs of treating injured children, local taxes will soon go through the roof, at which time the public will be forced to face the unthinkable truth about the poisoned generation. And when that happens, government officials had better not even think about trying to feign i... - Doubleday Dilemma
Jan-27-06 A third lawsuit has been filed in a Seattle federal court against the best-selling author James Frey. In the wake of the discovery by The Smoking Gun , an investigative Web site, alleging that Frey fabricated some information in his book, A Million Little Pieces , Doubleday, a division of Random House, the book's publisher, issued a statement promising... - Drug Marketing Scheme Hits Nation's School System
Jan-26-06 TeenScreen, the elaborate drug marketing scheme concocted by the pharmaceutical industry and a front group operating out of Columbia University, is being promoted by the Bush administration's recommendation to screen the nation's school population for mental illness. The Bush appointed New Freedoms Commission on Mental Health issued a report in July 2003...