Ethics
Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary
"The professor was not only a full-time member of the Harvard Medical faculty, but a paid consultant to 10 drug companies, including five makers of cholesterol treatments."
Click here to read the article from the New York Times describing how students began to question the integrity of their teachers at Harvard Medical School.
Click here to read the article from the New York Times describing how students began to question the integrity of their teachers at Harvard Medical School.
Pharmacist knows he is killing children: too well paid to stop
A friend is getting people in California to sign a petition to get a measure on the ballot to do away with forced, potentially deadly medical procedures of unproven benefit.
She runs into a pharmacist who speaks in a cloaked voice. He claims that he supports her and wants the world to know about the dangers and futility of these procedures.
But he refuses to sign the petition because he is paid to perform these procedures, which he knows can maim and kill little children.
He is a coward who is putting his own social status and financial well being above the well being of his customers. He is, in fact, knowingly maintaining his social status and financial position by injuring his customers, possibly even killing them. He is putting on an act, an act which can kill, and the people buying tickets are trusting him with the lives of their children. While they come to him for health, he knowingly destroys it. He is a fraud and he knows it.
She runs into a pharmacist who speaks in a cloaked voice. He claims that he supports her and wants the world to know about the dangers and futility of these procedures.
But he refuses to sign the petition because he is paid to perform these procedures, which he knows can maim and kill little children.
He is a coward who is putting his own social status and financial well being above the well being of his customers. He is, in fact, knowingly maintaining his social status and financial position by injuring his customers, possibly even killing them. He is putting on an act, an act which can kill, and the people buying tickets are trusting him with the lives of their children. While they come to him for health, he knowingly destroys it. He is a fraud and he knows it.
Secretary of the Navy Makes Millions on Vaccines Given to Soldiers and Sailors
"Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a major threat to national security.
Terrorists, he warned, could easily engineer a devastating killer germ: a form of anthrax resistant to common antibiotics.
U.S. intelligence agencies have never established that any nation or terrorist group has made such a weapon, and biodefense scientists say doing so would be very difficult. Nevertheless, Danzig has energetically promoted the threat — and prodded the government to stockpile a new type of drug to defend against it."
Click here to read the entire story from the L.A. Times, published in 2013.
Terrorists, he warned, could easily engineer a devastating killer germ: a form of anthrax resistant to common antibiotics.
U.S. intelligence agencies have never established that any nation or terrorist group has made such a weapon, and biodefense scientists say doing so would be very difficult. Nevertheless, Danzig has energetically promoted the threat — and prodded the government to stockpile a new type of drug to defend against it."
Click here to read the entire story from the L.A. Times, published in 2013.
Soldiers Penalized for Refusing the Anthrax Vaccine
Vaccine Agencies Funded by Vaccine Manufacturers, Advise More Vaccines
"The vaccine industry gives millions to the Academy of Pediatrics for conferences, grants, medical education classes and even helped build their headquarters. The totals are kept secret, but public documents reveal bits and pieces.
Every Child By Two, a group that promotes early immunization for all children, admits the group takes money from the vaccine industry, too - but wouldn't tell us how much.
And future royalties for the vaccine were just sold for $182 million cash. Dr. Offit's share of vaccine profits? Unknown.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, Every Child By Two and Dr. Offit would not agree to interviews, but all told us they're up front about the money they receive, and it doesn't sway their opinions.
Today's immunization schedule now calls for kids to get 55 doses of vaccines by age 6."
Click here to read the story from CBS News, from 2008.
Every Child By Two, a group that promotes early immunization for all children, admits the group takes money from the vaccine industry, too - but wouldn't tell us how much.
And future royalties for the vaccine were just sold for $182 million cash. Dr. Offit's share of vaccine profits? Unknown.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, Every Child By Two and Dr. Offit would not agree to interviews, but all told us they're up front about the money they receive, and it doesn't sway their opinions.
Today's immunization schedule now calls for kids to get 55 doses of vaccines by age 6."
Click here to read the story from CBS News, from 2008.
Pharma Fined 14 Billion Dollars in 5 Years
"In the last few years pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pay over $13 billion to resolve U.S. Department of Justice allegations of fraudulent marketing practices, including the promotion of medicines for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Here are summaries of some recent large settlements."
Click here to see all the cases, with links to further information about each one. This list was compiled in 2014. It has grown since then.
Click here to see all the cases, with links to further information about each one. This list was compiled in 2014. It has grown since then.
Harvard Professors Find Medical Research Has Been Perverted by Money Since 1906
"Over the past 35 years, patients have suffered from a largely hidden epidemic of side effects from drugs that usually have few offsetting benefits.
The pharmaceutical industry has corrupted the practice of medicine through its influence over what drugs are developed, how they are tested, and how medical knowledge is created.
Since 1906, heavy commercial influence has compromised Congressional legislation to protect the public from unsafe drugs.
The authorization of user fees in 1992 has turned drug companies into the FDA’s prime clients, deepening the regulatory and cultural capture of the agency. Industry has demanded shorter average review times and, with less time to thoroughly review evidence, increased hospitalizations and deaths have resulted.
Meeting the needs of the drug companies has taken priority over meeting the needs of patients."
Click here to read the abstract of their paper published in 2013 in the "Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics."
The pharmaceutical industry has corrupted the practice of medicine through its influence over what drugs are developed, how they are tested, and how medical knowledge is created.
Since 1906, heavy commercial influence has compromised Congressional legislation to protect the public from unsafe drugs.
The authorization of user fees in 1992 has turned drug companies into the FDA’s prime clients, deepening the regulatory and cultural capture of the agency. Industry has demanded shorter average review times and, with less time to thoroughly review evidence, increased hospitalizations and deaths have resulted.
Meeting the needs of the drug companies has taken priority over meeting the needs of patients."
Click here to read the abstract of their paper published in 2013 in the "Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics."
Doctor gaslights parents of autistic child: comes clean after retirement
"Our former pediatrician just retired. The pediatrician called to tell us she agreed it was the vaccines that harmed our child and led to the autism. She couldn't admit this while still in practice, now she could.
There's a special place in hell for those who knowingly contribute to the maiming of children and the gaslighting of their parents for their own personal profit, gain, or social standing."
There's a special place in hell for those who knowingly contribute to the maiming of children and the gaslighting of their parents for their own personal profit, gain, or social standing."
Nuremberg Code Expressly Prohibits Vaccine Trials on Unsuspecting Patients
"The Nuremberg Code is the most important document in the history of the ethics of medical research.
The Code was formulated 50 years ago, in August 1947, in Nuremberg, Germany, by American judges sitting in judgment of Nazi doctors accused of conducting murderous and torturous human experiments in the concentration camps."
Click here to read the entire article from a 1997 issue of "The New England Journal of Medicine."
The Code was formulated 50 years ago, in August 1947, in Nuremberg, Germany, by American judges sitting in judgment of Nazi doctors accused of conducting murderous and torturous human experiments in the concentration camps."
Click here to read the entire article from a 1997 issue of "The New England Journal of Medicine."
Corporate Friends of Children
Monsanto. Coke. Formula makers. Pharmaceutical companies.
These are the major donors to the charitable giving arm of the leading pediatrics organization in the world, the American Academy of Pediatrics. This organization publishes major research journals, influences medical school curricula, lobbies congress on their donor's behalf and is one of the major organizations setting national health policy.
Click here to read about their corporate donors on their website.
These are the major donors to the charitable giving arm of the leading pediatrics organization in the world, the American Academy of Pediatrics. This organization publishes major research journals, influences medical school curricula, lobbies congress on their donor's behalf and is one of the major organizations setting national health policy.
Click here to read about their corporate donors on their website.
Pharmaceutical Company Knowingly Kills One Million People, FDA Approves
"Merck had known of potential lethal side effects even before launching Vioxx in 1999, but had brushed all such disturbing tests under the rug.
With a TV ad budget averaging a hundred million dollars per year...
Twenty-five million Americans were eventually prescribed Vioxx...
The year after the scandal unfolded, Merck's long-time CEO resigned but he retained the $50 million in financial compensation. Neither he nor any other Merck executives was charged with corporate malfeasance.
We find the largest rise in American mortality rates occurred in 1999, the year Vioxx was introduced, while the largest drop occurred in 2004, the year it was withdrawn...
The FDA studies had proven that use of Vioxx led to deaths from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes, and these were exactly the factors driving the changes in national mortality rates.
When the scandal first broke, Merck's stock price collapsed...
...today it is just 15 per cent below where it stood before the disaster."
Click here to read the article from 2012 in "The Week."
With a TV ad budget averaging a hundred million dollars per year...
Twenty-five million Americans were eventually prescribed Vioxx...
The year after the scandal unfolded, Merck's long-time CEO resigned but he retained the $50 million in financial compensation. Neither he nor any other Merck executives was charged with corporate malfeasance.
We find the largest rise in American mortality rates occurred in 1999, the year Vioxx was introduced, while the largest drop occurred in 2004, the year it was withdrawn...
The FDA studies had proven that use of Vioxx led to deaths from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes, and these were exactly the factors driving the changes in national mortality rates.
When the scandal first broke, Merck's stock price collapsed...
...today it is just 15 per cent below where it stood before the disaster."
Click here to read the article from 2012 in "The Week."
Merck Aims to Destroy Careers of Doctors Who Question Their Deadly Product
"Merck made a 'hit list' of doctors who criticized Vioxx, according to testimony in a Vioxx class action case in Australia. The list, emailed between Merck employees, contained doctors' names with the labels 'neutralise,' 'neutralised' or 'discredit' next to them."
Click here to read the article from 2009 on the website of CBS News.
Click here to read the article from 2009 on the website of CBS News.
Merck Pays out Nearly Five Billion Dollars For Vioxx Deaths
"Three years after withdrawing its pain medication Vioxx from the market, Merck has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle 27,000 lawsuits by people who claim they or their family members suffered injury or died after taking the drug, according to two lawyers with direct knowledge of the matter."
Click here to read the New York Times Article from November, 2007.
Click here to read the New York Times Article from November, 2007.
Merck Caught Lying About the MMR Vaccine
"Merck, the pharmaceutical giant, is facing a slew of controversies over its Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine following numerous allegations of wrongdoing from different parties in the medical field, including two former Merck scientists-turned-whistleblowers. A third whistleblower, this one a scientist at the Centers for Disease Control, also promises to bring Merck grief following his confession of misconduct involving the same MMR vaccine."
Click here to read the entire story from 2014 in the Huffington Post.
Click here to read the entire story from 2014 in the Huffington Post.
No longer possible to believe much of clinical research published
"The pharmaceutical industry has gained enormous control over how doctors evaluate and use its own products. Its extensive ties to physicians, PARTICULARLY SENIOR FACULTY AT PRESTIGIOUS MEDICAL SCHOOLS, affect the results of research, the way medicine is practiced, and even the definition of what constitutes a disease."
“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.”
These are the words of Dr. Marcia Angell, professor at Harvard Medical School and for two decades the Editor in Chief of one of the top medical journals in the world, "The New England Journal of Medicine."
Click here to read a short review of a book in which she discusses this problem in greater detail.
Click here to read Dr. Angell's extended evisceration of drug companies and medical schools from the "New York Review of Books" entitled, "Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption."
"Why are drug companies willing to expend all this money — billions of dollars a year nationally — on doctors? After all, they are for-profit businesses, not charities. The answer is that they get something in return."
Click here to read Dr. Angell's letter to the editor of the "Boston Globe" from August, 2015.
“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.”
These are the words of Dr. Marcia Angell, professor at Harvard Medical School and for two decades the Editor in Chief of one of the top medical journals in the world, "The New England Journal of Medicine."
Click here to read a short review of a book in which she discusses this problem in greater detail.
Click here to read Dr. Angell's extended evisceration of drug companies and medical schools from the "New York Review of Books" entitled, "Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption."
"Why are drug companies willing to expend all this money — billions of dollars a year nationally — on doctors? After all, they are for-profit businesses, not charities. The answer is that they get something in return."
Click here to read Dr. Angell's letter to the editor of the "Boston Globe" from August, 2015.
Dr Peter Gøtzsche exposes big pharma as organized crime
Dr. Gotzsche is one of the top medical researchers in Europe. He founded the Cochrane Collaboration and heads its Nordic division. The Cochrane Collaboration is recognized the world over as the gold standard for medical literature review. Much of what they find runs counter to widely accepted Standards of Practice.
In this interview he talks about his experience as a physician getting patients off the polypharm and watching them grow young again. He discusses the mafia as the blue print for pharma.
He offers a number of other insights from his work as a physician and researcher. Much of it will prove shocking to those who believe modern medicine is based on sound science.
Click here to watch a brief, seven minute clip of an interview with Dr. Gotzsche in which he discusses these issues.
In this interview he talks about his experience as a physician getting patients off the polypharm and watching them grow young again. He discusses the mafia as the blue print for pharma.
He offers a number of other insights from his work as a physician and researcher. Much of it will prove shocking to those who believe modern medicine is based on sound science.
Click here to watch a brief, seven minute clip of an interview with Dr. Gotzsche in which he discusses these issues.
35 FDA Approved Drugs Later Pulled
"Below are the 35 drugs we could find that have been recalled from the US market since the 1970s"
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http://prescriptiondrugs.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=005528
How Drug Reps Manipulate Doctors
"In 2000, pharmaceutical companies spent more than 15.7 billion dollars on promoting prescription drugs in the United States. More than 4.8 billion dollars was spent on detailing, the one-on-one promotion of drugs to doctors by drug reps. The average sales force expenditure for pharmaceutical companies is $875 million annually.
Drug reps increase drug sales by influencing physicians, and they do so with finely titrated doses of friendship. This article, which grew out of conversations between a former drug rep and a physician who researches pharmaceutical marketing, reveals the strategies used by reps to manipulate physician prescribing."
Click here to read the article by a former drug rep and a medical doctor published in 2007 in the Public Library of Science.
Drug reps increase drug sales by influencing physicians, and they do so with finely titrated doses of friendship. This article, which grew out of conversations between a former drug rep and a physician who researches pharmaceutical marketing, reveals the strategies used by reps to manipulate physician prescribing."
Click here to read the article by a former drug rep and a medical doctor published in 2007 in the Public Library of Science.
Bayer knowingly sold AIDS-tainted drugs to hemophiliacs
A pharmaceutical corporation discovers their product is tainted with HIV. They continue to sell the product in the U.S., killing customers, until lawyers uncover the internal documents proving the case. The FDA then allowed them to sell the deadly drugs overseas.
This story is not directly related to vaccines but it illustrates the ethics of chemical corporations. They face no liability for damage done by vaccines.
Click here to watch three minutes of the discussion by two lawyers about the case on MSNBC.
This story is not directly related to vaccines but it illustrates the ethics of chemical corporations. They face no liability for damage done by vaccines.
Click here to watch three minutes of the discussion by two lawyers about the case on MSNBC.
CDC caught on camera lying through their teeth about brain damaged kids in 1976
It is a little uncomfortable to watch somebody squirm so thoroughly but these are government health officials who have the wellbeing of millions of children in their hands. They must be held to a higher standard.
Watch as they are caught in bold face lies in this journalistic segment from 1976. Any journalist with this rigor today is independent. And no government official will speak to them any longer. The message is tightly crafted and acting ability is more important than scientific integrity.
Click here to watch the eight minute segment about how the swine flu vaccine caused brain damage on "60 Minutes."
Watch as they are caught in bold face lies in this journalistic segment from 1976. Any journalist with this rigor today is independent. And no government official will speak to them any longer. The message is tightly crafted and acting ability is more important than scientific integrity.
Click here to watch the eight minute segment about how the swine flu vaccine caused brain damage on "60 Minutes."
FDA Knew Glyphosate was Causing Cancer in 1984: Approved It Anyway
Here is the copy of the memo showing how the FDA knew the herbicide glyphosate was causing cancer. It is from 1984.
Click here to find the entire story of the corruption and scientific fraud involved in the approval process of genetically modified organisms in the seminal work by Steven Drucker, "Altered Genes, Twisted Truths." Steven Drucker is the attorney who sued the FDA for fraud.
Click here to find the entire story of the corruption and scientific fraud involved in the approval process of genetically modified organisms in the seminal work by Steven Drucker, "Altered Genes, Twisted Truths." Steven Drucker is the attorney who sued the FDA for fraud.
Environmental Toxins Responsible for 38 Fold Increase in Diabetes
"Compared with subjects with serum concentrations below the limit of detection, after adjustment for age, sex, race and ethnicity, poverty income ratio, BMI, and waist circumference, diabetes prevalence was strongly positively associated with lipid-adjusted serum concentrations of all six POPs.
When the participants were classified according to the sum of category numbers of the six POPs, adjusted odds ratios were 1.0, 14.0, 14.7, 38.3, and 37.7.
The association was consistent in stratified analyses and stronger in younger participants, Mexican Americans, and obese individuals."
Click here to read the entire study by researchers at the University of Minnesota teamed up with colleagues in Korea and Norway. Their findings were published in 2006 in the journal of the American Diabetes Association, "Diabetes Care."
When the participants were classified according to the sum of category numbers of the six POPs, adjusted odds ratios were 1.0, 14.0, 14.7, 38.3, and 37.7.
The association was consistent in stratified analyses and stronger in younger participants, Mexican Americans, and obese individuals."
Click here to read the entire study by researchers at the University of Minnesota teamed up with colleagues in Korea and Norway. Their findings were published in 2006 in the journal of the American Diabetes Association, "Diabetes Care."
Doctors Speaking Up: Medical Research is Untrustworthy
“Unfortunately, the entire evidence base has been perverted,” said Joseph Ross, a professor at Yale Medical School who has studied the issue.
“You could say these marketing tactics are merely concerning. But I think of them as satanic. What the data are telling us is that these drugs are ruining people’s lives,” said Phillip Prior, MD.
Lisa Roberts, the public health nurse, whose primary job is to reduce the fatalities associated with drug use, said:
“Around here, we call it ‘pharmageddon.’ This has been absolutely devastating to Appalachia.”
Not only has the profession sold its integrity, its leaders and practitioners have become partners in fraud and deception—doctors have become accessories to manslaughter.
At least 22 drugs that had been approved since 1993 were withdrawn after causing hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths. (1992 is the year the FDA started funding themselves by charging fees for drug approval.)
Click here to read the entire article from January, 2013 on the website of the AHRP.
“You could say these marketing tactics are merely concerning. But I think of them as satanic. What the data are telling us is that these drugs are ruining people’s lives,” said Phillip Prior, MD.
Lisa Roberts, the public health nurse, whose primary job is to reduce the fatalities associated with drug use, said:
“Around here, we call it ‘pharmageddon.’ This has been absolutely devastating to Appalachia.”
Not only has the profession sold its integrity, its leaders and practitioners have become partners in fraud and deception—doctors have become accessories to manslaughter.
At least 22 drugs that had been approved since 1993 were withdrawn after causing hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths. (1992 is the year the FDA started funding themselves by charging fees for drug approval.)
Click here to read the entire article from January, 2013 on the website of the AHRP.
Research Scientists Corrupted Says Engineer Who Exposed Flint Water Crisis
"Academic research and scientists in this country are no longer deserving of the public trust," declared Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech civil engineering professor who helped expose the Flint water crisis.
"In my wildest dreams I never thought scientists would behave this way," he said of the CDC's widespread misreporting of lead levels in Washington D.C.
Click here to read the entire article about Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech civil engineering professor who helped expose the Flint water crisis.
"In my wildest dreams I never thought scientists would behave this way," he said of the CDC's widespread misreporting of lead levels in Washington D.C.
Click here to read the entire article about Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech civil engineering professor who helped expose the Flint water crisis.
Leading Journal Finds Medical Research Untrustworthy
"The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue.
Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness."
So wrote the editor of the world's leading medical journal, "The Lancet," in April, 2015.
Click here to read his short essay on the website of the journal.
Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness."
So wrote the editor of the world's leading medical journal, "The Lancet," in April, 2015.
Click here to read his short essay on the website of the journal.
Ag Chemical Causing Birth Defects: Outlawed in Many Countries, Legal in U.S.
"New findings demonstrate a link between the birth defect gastroschisis and the agricultural chemical atrazine. Gastroschisis is a type of inherited congenital abdominal wall defect in which the intestines, and sometimes other organs, develop outside the fetal abdomen through an opening in the abdominal wall. The incidence of gastroschisis is on the rise, increasing two to four times in the last 30 years."
Click here to read the original research presented to the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Chicago in 2010.
"Atrazine is a herbicide of the triazine class. Atrazine is used to prevent pre- and postemergence broadleaf weeds in crops such as maize (corn) and sugarcane and on turf, such as golf courses and residential lawns. It is one of the most widely used herbicides in US and Australian agriculture. It was banned in the European Union in 2004, when the EU found groundwater levels exceeding the limits set by regulators, and Syngenta could neither show that this could be prevented nor that these levels were safe."
Wikipedia goes on to discuss how the u.s. regulatory agencies have made declarations about the safety of this chemical.
Click here to read more about atrazine on Wikipedia.
Tthe u.s. gov makes these statements while European govs ban the chemical. Even as birth defects associated with it are rising, according to the CDC.
Click here to read the CDC report on rising birth defects that independent scientists have associated with atrazine.
Click here to read the original research presented to the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Chicago in 2010.
"Atrazine is a herbicide of the triazine class. Atrazine is used to prevent pre- and postemergence broadleaf weeds in crops such as maize (corn) and sugarcane and on turf, such as golf courses and residential lawns. It is one of the most widely used herbicides in US and Australian agriculture. It was banned in the European Union in 2004, when the EU found groundwater levels exceeding the limits set by regulators, and Syngenta could neither show that this could be prevented nor that these levels were safe."
Wikipedia goes on to discuss how the u.s. regulatory agencies have made declarations about the safety of this chemical.
Click here to read more about atrazine on Wikipedia.
Tthe u.s. gov makes these statements while European govs ban the chemical. Even as birth defects associated with it are rising, according to the CDC.
Click here to read the CDC report on rising birth defects that independent scientists have associated with atrazine.