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More Big Pharma, Bad Science - Non-smoking Drug

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:37:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Now, which is worse in your opinion... Smoking or Suicide? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Most would answer ...I THINK I WOULD RATHER SMOKE THAN FOR SURE KILL MYSELF BY TAKING A DRUG TO NOT SMOKE. The saddest part of this is that they (BIG PHARMA) are using our veterans as Guinea pigs in their trial and error tests. Just so they can put on the market more deadly drugs and coerce, we the public to buy into their schemes that make them rich! Video link here: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1417423198/bctid1715728951

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Non-smoking drug endangering soldiers' health

VA inspector general found gross violations in a VA human testing program; drug linked to suicide

This week in Arkansas the Veterans Affairs inspector general found gross violations in a VA human testing program. For soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, health care and the transition back into society are important issues. Questions are being raised about what types of health care treatments soldiers should receive. Congress held another hearing on a recent VA case involving veteran negligence based on a series of Washington Times articles. In VA hospitals a non-smoking drug Chantix is given to veterans to help them quit smoking. This even after the FDA, drug maker Pfizer and the VA itself found the drug to have serious risks, including suicidal behavior.

BOB FILNER (D-CA

a controlled study

this was something to help them stop smoking. And the secretary said, "Well, you know, smoking causes death." And I said, "Well, so does suicide."

Tags: big, pharma, science, non-smoking, drugs

You Say tomato, Big Business said TOMATO.

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:30:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF!
More Bush Administration's HANDIWORK, to make you Sick, REALLY SICK!

Under pressure in 2003 and 2004, the White House agreed to dilute record-keeping proposals by FDA safety experts. "If the FDA had been given the resources and authority years ago that it asked for to solve these kinds of problems, I think we would have solved this already," said W. Hubbard, a former FDA associate commissioner. Tommy Thompson, who was health secretary during the industry's lobbying campaign, acknowledged that a more robust food-tracking system — opposed by business groups as too expensive — could have helped stem the current illnesses
More Here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/salmonella_lobbying
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Hey Folks, we're sitting ducks to Big Business desires... SO YOU SAY TOMATO AND I SAY TOMATO... let's call the whole thing off! Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3fjQa5Hls http://thinkingblue.blogspot.com

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

AP: Food industry bitten by its lobbying success

WASHINGTON - One of the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S. is teaching the food industry the truth of the adage, "Be careful what you wish for because you might get it."

The industry pressured the Bush administration years ago to limit the paperwork companies would have to keep to help U.S. health investigators quickly trace produce that sickens consumers, according to interviews and government reports reviewed by The Associated Press.

The White House also killed a plan to require the industry to maintain electronic tracking records that could be reviewed easily during a crisis to search for an outbreak's source. Companies complained the proposals were too burdensome and costly

unintended consequences of the lobbying success: a paper record-keeping system that has slowed investigators,

business losses of $250 million

1,300 people in 43 states

sickened by salmonella since April.

initially

tomatoes

turning attention

jalapeno peppers.

Tags: lobby, bush, politics, food, sick, fda

Is Big Pharma Saving The LIves Of The Poor?

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:55:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I have often commented on the greed of Big Pharma. But, came across this article which tells a story of how a Dr. Curtis, an anthropologist , living in African, wanted to save lives by trying to change habits that induce disease to routines of prevention. As in, washing hands after each toilet use. Easier said than done because an often unconscious pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition is what makes you, you. So how can an entity go about changing unconscious unhealthy responses into ones that can save lives? Well, by seeking the help of the very industries that have for years spent billions of cash on manipulating the public and convincing them they cannot live without their products, in other words, changing habits. Makes sense, Big Pharma is good at it and perhaps, indirectly, all they have learned to part us from our $$$ can now be of benefit to those who are dying simply because of bad habits.

Clip Source: www.gainesville.com

A FEW years ago, a self-described “militant liberal” named Val Curtis decided that it was time to save millions of children from death and disease. So Dr. Curtis, an anthropologist then living in the African nation of Burkina Faso, contacted some of the largest multinational corporations and asked them, in effect, to teach her how to manipulate consumer habits worldwide.

But getting people into a soap habit, it turns out, is surprisingly hard.

To overcome this hurdle, Dr. Curtis called on three top consumer goods companies to find out how to sell hand-washing the same way they sell Speed Stick deodorant and Pringles potato chips.

companies that Dr. Curtis turned to — Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever —

Over the last several years, such partnerships between corporations and those trying to save the world have become commonplace.

critics complain

health

prof

becoming too cozy with companies

focused on

bottom lines

advertising

may be manipulative.

tactics also allow us to save lives

Tags: health, pharma, habits, politics, education

Legitimizing Medical Marijuana

Sat, 31 May 2008 14:10:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What is wrong with a country that will not regulate Big Pharma, who spits out harmful drugs and does everything short of chaining you to a chair, to get their drugs down your throat. But, instead will do everything in its power to break an industry (one that has mostly helped people live a better life) they deem unlawful. Between 1978 and 1997, 35 states and the District of Columbia passed legislation recognizing marijuana's medicinal value. Still the goofballs in the Whitehouse and Congress demand that these states have no autonomy when it comes to this natural drug from a plant. I don't know, it just seems preposterous to me. More facts at this site: http://www.drugwarfacts.org/medicalm.htm People have got to start thinking and start realizing, our government is mostly full of BS. A change is coming, I hope.

Clip Source: www.gainesville.com

Legitimizing Marijuana

JANE WELLS of CNBC keeps a blog called Funny Business, but her recent reports on California’s medical marijuana industry are about a business that is increasingly being taken seriously. They amount to a short primer on how the business works and how the operators of the state’s estimated 500 dispensaries deal with the high risks and high costs of working in a legal gray area (cnbc.com).

Medical marijuana is legal in California, but federal law still bans sales. Amid the uncertainty that this creates — including the occasional raid by federal agents — a full-fledged industry has blossomed, taking in about $2 billion a year and generating $100 million in state sales taxes, CNBC reported.

Setting up a clinic “can cost as much as a hundred grand

mostly in the form of legal fees

Nonetheless, “this is the business model of the future

Getting into the quasi-legitimate marijuana business is a challenge

The investment is well worth it, except for the federal risk.”

Tags: medical, marijuana

Big Pharma Drug Rip-Off

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:15:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Many of us knew this to be true but when it is written down in some article it packs an even greater punch! OUCH! We should all stop being so afraid of death, and dying for if it weren't for this fear, I believe, THEY (big pharma, physicians, medical "caretakers" etc.) COULD NEVER GET AWAY WITH ROBBING US OF OUR MONEY, HEALTH AND WELL BEING!

More here http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/19/shocking-facts-about-the-pharmaceutical-industry.aspx

and here:
http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=327

and even more here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020805/newman20020725

Clip Source: articles.mercola.com

Shocking Facts About the Pharmaceutical Industry

Here are some of the most shocking facts about the pharmaceutical industry.

The price of drugs is increasing faster than anything else a patient pays for

Your doctor may have an ulterior motive behind your prescription

Pharmaceutical companies spend more on marketing than research

Guilty of Medicare fraud

The combined wealth of the top 5 pharmaceutical companies outweigh GNP of sub-Saharan

Africa:

Americans pay more for prescription meds than anyone else in the world: $200 billion in 2002 alone.

"New" Drugs aren't really new: Two-thirds of “new” prescription drugs are identical to existing drugs or modified versions of them.

Drug companies are taking advantage of underdeveloped countries to perform clinical trials: In developing countries, government oversight is more lax.

For more shocking facts, click the link below.

Dr. Mercola's Comments:

Corporate Watch,

Tags: big, pharma, health

We Are All On Drugs!

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:05:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Whether you are a pharmaceutical pill popper or not, you still are taking Big Pharma's Drugs by just being thirsty and drinking a glass of water. Gives new meaning to the 17th-century English poet John Donne, who penned the words below:

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Just think, every human body, that is ingesting the Doctor ordered drugs and eliminating some of these substances because the body is incapable of digesting all of the noxious ingredients. Therefore, sharing these prescribed poisons unwittingly, with the rest of us with one trip to the bathroom. YIKES!

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AP probe finds drugs in drinking water

A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.

the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny,

presence of so many prescription drugs — and over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen and ibuprofen — in so much of our drinking water is heightening worries among scientists of long-term consequences to human health.

AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas — from Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from Detroit to Louisville, Ky.

How do the drugs get into the water?

People take pills.

Their bodies absorb some of the medication

rest of it passes through and is flushed down the toilet.

researchers do not yet understand the exact risks

which have gone virtually unnoticed

alarming

effects

human cells

Tags: health, drugs

What Really Causes A Heart Attack?

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:09:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is a very interesting video from Dr Mercola, about why people are succumbed by heart attacks. It is not what you always believed. Also there is a youtube video using dogs to explain this reasoning. If you can get above the idea of cruelty to animals, this video will offer an even more in depth explanation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xOPZjAddI4
To top off this medical information clip, click this link... SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUTH - http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/05/david_graham.html

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German New Medicine Explains Heart Attacks

Dr. David Holt talks about additonal risk factors.

Added: February 18, 2008

Hugely interesting, and adds greatly to our understanding of what happens to us during periods of stress.

Please bring out more GNM videos in english. I'm German and I have all the the resources, but the knowledge needs to spread into the English room.

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Tags: dr, mercola, heart, attack

Has you Doctor Prescribed Statins?

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:46:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is a short youtube video but it packs a powerful punch. Anyone who is taking or about to take statins should heed its message. Doctors have, for a long time, prescribed drugs we don't need and really should not be taking because of their harmful side effects to our systems. Remember all the antibiotics you gave your child, for the common cold? Doctors led you to believe your child would become very sick or even die if they didn't take this drug... It should be a crime but since Big Pharma has our government wrapped around its $$$ finger we keep taking and shelling out big bucks for these unnecessary and harmful drugs
Read: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020805/newman20020725

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Statins & Side-Effects

[Video]

Effect of statins are listed on in adverts and on the leaflet supplied with the medication.
more info at: www.spacedoc.net
and www.thincs.org
Tau protein seleno-protein CoQ10

Tags: big, pharma, statin, cholesterol

Cholesterol drugs will devitalize muscles.

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:23:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Here it is again folks. The drugs some doctors are pushing will do more harm than good.
For more information watch these videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNHqjLimnZ0
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkAhXixCvbY

Clip Source: articles.mercola.com

How Statin Drugs Wreck Your Muscles

Statins, a popular set of drugs used to lower cholesterol, can result in muscle weakness and pain, and even debilitating and life-threatening muscle damage. A new study offers the first evidence that a gene known as atrogin-1 plays a key role in statin-related muscle toxicity.

Tags: health, cholesterol, drugs

Cholesterol's Benefits. Huh???

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:51:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In these days of drug mania, where pill popping cures anything from a limp male organ to hair loss. Big Pharma is pumping out the pretty colored gems as fast as the doctors can write out their illegible prescriptions. The money pours across the palms of the execs in media to brainwash the gullibles into believing they need at least 50 pills a day to stay alive and active. Case in point, a local doctor who resides in a rural town thinks nothing of threatening a patient with a "IF YOU DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICATION I AM PRESCRIBING, I WILL CALL YOUR INSURER AND TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE DELIBERATELY RISKING YOUR HEALTH AND THEY WILL DROP YOU!" Sounds a bit bizarre doesn't it? Well, it really happened. This particular health care provider, prescribes anti-cholesterol drugs like it's going out of style. No Joke! Now studies are proving that we need some cholesterol in our systems, it's enough to make you want to ban Big Pharma's drugs and all the sycophants who do their bidding.

Clip Source: articles.mercola.com

Cholesterol Has Benefits, Too

Cholesterol may not be all bad, and may in fact have some benefits, according to a new study from researchers at Texas A&M University.

The study involved 55 men and women between the ages of 60 and 69 who exercised three days a week for 12 weeks.

A significant association was found between dietary cholesterol and change in strength. It was found that lower cholesterol levels reduced muscle gain that occurred with exercise, while those with higher cholesterol intake also had the highest gains in muscle strength.

“Our findings show that the restricting of cholesterol -- while in the process of exercising -- appears to affect building muscle mass in a negative manner,” the researchers said.

They suggested that the effect may be due to cholesterol’s role in the inflammation process. More cholesterol in your blood may lead to a greater inflammatory response that is useful for building muscles.

Sources:

Eurekalert January 9, 2008

Tags: health, cholesterol