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Is binge eating a psychiatric disorder?
Sat Nov 21, 2009
- Should we make exhaling a medication requiring treatable symptom-- of the psychiatric disorder known as BREATHING.
20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps
Fri Nov 20, 2009
- & the committees ethics & motives are beyond reproach, right? I mean they are, aren't they?
British NHS Promotes pharma to children
Fri Nov 20, 2009
- BTW- one cartoon is promoting a drug which causes irreversible BREAST growth in male children
California Medical Association Says Pot Prohibition Is A "Failed Public Health Policy"
Thu Nov 19, 2009
- 'Course their position MIGHT reflect all those would be reg. prescription fillers who've gone "green". In other words-- LOST CUSTOMERS.
McCaskill calls climate bill "big" and "hard";Limbaugh asks,:{I}s She talking about the climate bill there?
Wed Nov 18, 2009
- OK -- you two play nice or I'll sit you in the corner with RUSH. I thought so.
McCaskill calls climate bill "big" and "hard";Limbaugh asks,:{I}s She talking about the climate bill there?
Wed Nov 18, 2009
- Perhaps she was speaking about Rush's arteries? In fact I'M SURE she was speaking about Rushes arteries. In celebration lets EVERYONE send Rush a bacon DOUBLE cheeseburger for lunch today.
10-year-old is tasered by officer in Arkansas
Wed Nov 18, 2009
- did everyone here miss the part where the mother said to use your Tazer?? No I didn't miss it but I did forget to say the cop should have arrested the mother for attempt assault on a child, child endangerment, child abuse & abandonment.
10-year-old is tasered by officer in Arkansas
Wed Nov 18, 2009
- What a pussy Barney is. First of all I bet he broke every guideline in regards to involving himself in a domestic dispute, DPS and Child endangerment as well. He should be fired.
Reports: Army to probe alleged shooter's career
Tue Nov 17, 2009
- The only relevant questions are to his colleagues & supervisors & they are --ethically- Why DIDN'T you do your duty & report his statements & behavior?
Will you follow the new advice and wait until age 50 to start getting mammograms?
Thu Nov 19, 2009
- I believe this to be a BUSINESS Model NOT a Medical opinion.

Is binge eating a psychiatric disorder?

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:44 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Especially since most if not all of the prescribed medications for psychiatric "disorders" carry "significant weight gain" & diabetes as side effects.

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British NHS Promotes pharma to children

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:25 PM EST (bnet.com)

Britain's National Health Service is losing a fight against the Bonkers Institute for Nearly Genuine Research — a web site that publicizes the underbelly of psychiatric medicine — over brochures for children that tell them how to take antipsychotic medicines such as Johnson …

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Children on Anti-Psychotics 3 times more likely to develop Diabetes

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:36 PM EST (Vancouversun.com)

The study suggests youth taking certain types of anti-psychotic medications have three times the risk of developing abnormally high blood sugars or Type 2 diabetes and two times the risk of being overweight or obese.

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Legislative Debate Speeches Ghostwritten by Pharma lobby

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:26 PM EST (The New York Times)

Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world's largest biotechnology companies.

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A former tagger searches for a new means of expression

Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:41 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

A young man once known as Fenix is standing at a fork in the road.

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Antidepressants Cause Suicide & Violence in Soldiers-noted Psychiatrist says

Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 3:11 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Here are the starting facts: Death by suicide is at record levels in the armed services. Simultaneously the use of antidepressant drugs is also at record levels, including brand names like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa and Lexapro.

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Was Fort Hood Killer On Psychotropic Drugs?

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 3:00 PM EST (Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com)

Despite clear link between anti-depressants and mass shootings, media fails to ask if Hasan was on SSRI's

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Mother's Antidepressant use linked to Children's Health Risks

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 3:29 PM EST (ABC News)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy visit the doctor more often and have higher risks of certain health problems than other children their age, a new study suggests.

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Spamers Use Pharma Model for Luring Customers

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:03 PM EST (msnbc)

Welcome to the "fakeosphere." Internet marketing veteran and analyst Jay Weintraub says fake blogs – or flogs – fake news sites and manufactured testimonials are the fastest-growing segment of Internet advertising.

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Nursing Home Pharmacy Provider Omnicare, Teva to pay $112 million for kickbacks

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 7:11 PM EST (Reuters)

"J&J's kickbacks to Omnicare took multiple forms, including rebates that were conditioned on Omnicare engaging in an 'Active Intervention Program' for Risperdal and payments disguised as data purchase fees, educational grants, and fees to attend Omnicare meetings," the Justice De …

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Tinseltown gets the big picture on psychiatry - it sucks

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 12:26 PM EST (The Irish Times)

...your Money mostly, but it also sucks the life out of just about every demographic group it purports to help or rather "treat".

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A Manufactured "Epidemic"

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:19 PM EDT (The Peoples Voice)

Excerpts from Robert Whitaker's Anatomy of an Epidemic: Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

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The NEWEST childhood "mental disorder"- Parental Alienation

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:14 PM EDT (US News & World Report)

The concept of parental alienation, which is highly controversial, is being described as one in which children strongly attach to one parent and reject the other in the false belief that he or she is bad or dangerous

health, wprld, us, canada, pharma, psychiatry, abuses, crimes, conflicts-of-interest, parents

The Corrupt Alliance of the Psychiatric-Pharmaceutical Industry

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:14 PM EDT (cchr.org)

Examples of the conflicts of interest between pharma & the APA.

health, world, us, canada, europe, pharma, psychiatry, crimes, abuses, conflicts-of-interest

5 things to know about psychotropics

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:42 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)

Illinois Dept. Public Health releases guidelines for elderly care in light of recent claims of abuses.

health, world, us, canada, pharma, psychiatry, abuses, crimes, conflicts-of-interest, il

Journalism (?) with a slant (Harvey Levin stands for a principle)

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:08 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

"My 1st Amendment hero..." 3x in 3 paragraphs

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Sen. Grassley: drug companies should disclose payments

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:49 PM EDT (iowapolitics.com)

"Public trust and public dollars are at stake," Grassley said. "People rely on medical advice and taxpayers spend billions of dollars on prescription drugs and devices through Medicare and Medicaid.

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Grassley's NAMI Probe May Want to Look at Pfizer Whistleblower Suit

Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:52 PM EDT (Bnet.com)

Sen. Charles Grassley is investigating the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the New York Times reports. He might want to look into Pfizer's $2.3 billion Bextra settlement as one of the suits within it made some juicy claims about how NAMI works.

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"I Will Never Know Why" --Susan Klebold talks about Columbine

Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:12 PM EDT (O magazine)

Yes, he had filled notebook pages with his private thoughts and feelings, repeatedly expressing profound alienation. But we'd never seen those notebooks. And yes, he'd written a school paper about a man in a black trenchcoat who brutally murders nine students.

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Showrunners Outraged At Dumbass Emmy Change- WGA Charges "Clear Violation Of Longstanding Agreement"

Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:18 PM EDT (deadline.com)

Los Angeles – Writers are overwhelmingly opposed to the short-sighted attempt by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to remove any of the live presentations of writing awards from the Primetime Emmys.

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Pharma funds 3/4 of NAMI budget

Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:05 PM EDT (The New York Times)

"...according to investigators in Mr. Grassley's office and documents obtained by The New York Times, drug makers from 2006 to 2008 contributed nearly $23 million to the alliance, about three-quarters of its donations."

health, world, us, canada, pharma, psychiatry, crimes, abuses, conflicts-of-interest, nami

TMZ's founder outraged over use of his phone records in Mel Gibson case

Seeded on Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:56 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

The founder of TMZ.com has expressed outrage at revelations that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department obtained his telephone records as part of its investigation into who leaked information about actor-director Mel Gibson's drunk-driving arrest.

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Congresswoman: Deny federal funds to drug companies with felony convictions

Seeded on Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:40 PM EDT (pharmalot)

And so Betty McCollum, a Democrat from Minnesota, has introduced a bill that prohibits companies with a felony conviction from receiving any federal funding for five years after a conviction; prohibits corporate felons from making federal campaign contributions for five years, an …

health, world, us, canada, pharma, psychiatry, crimes, abuses, conflicts-of-interest, legislation

ADHD or Einstein, Edison, Beethoven, Caruso, and Churchill???

Seeded on Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:44 PM EDT (USPR wire)

Albert Einstein did not speak until he was four years old and he didn't read until he was seven. The instructors described him as mentally slow, unsociable and a dreamer. He was later expelled from school.

health, world, us, canada, pharma, psychiatry, abuses, crimes, conflicts-of-interest, adhd

ADHD Ritalin child 500% greater sudden death risk

Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:55 PM EDT (Examiner)

"Still, the FDA refuses to take action. No new warnings are planned and prescriptions for Ritalin continue to spiral upward. Objections to the FDA's sluggishness are even starting to appear in conservative medical journals like JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Associ …

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