Stories by Martha Rosenberg
Martha Rosenberg frequently writes about the impact of the pharmaceutical, food and gun industries on public health. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune and other outlets.
Posted on May 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Pediatric psychopharmacology is a billion-dollar business that sustains Pharma and Pharma investors on Wall Street.
Posted on May 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Food scandals are so costly to Big Food that it has repeatedly tried to kill the messenger rather than clean up its act.
Posted on Apr 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Since direct-to-consumer drug advertising debuted in the late 1990s, the number of people on prescription drugs for life has ballooned.
Posted on Mar 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Marketers have been trying desperately for over a decade to increase the public's consumption of milk, but they keep failing. Here's why.
Posted on Jan 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The government has rolled over once again for Big Meat and we may be in more danger from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Posted on Jan 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Big Pharma uses ads that sow hypochondria, raise health fears and sell diseases to adults and their children.
Posted on Dec 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Supply-driven marketing not only turns the nation into pill-popping hypochondriacs, it distracts from Pharma's drought of real drugs for real medical problems.
Posted on Nov 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Antibiotics and other drugs are common in the turkey that thousands of Americans eat every day.
Posted on Nov 3, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Big Pharma and the FDA have known for years that some asthma drugs can cause asthma deaths, especially in children and African Americans.
Posted on Jul 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The drug industry is coming up with ever more clever ways to pump Americans full of drugs they may not need -- and that may not even work.
Posted on Jun 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Why is there no meaningful regulation of the meat and fish industries?
Posted on Apr 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Can anyone remember life before Ask Your Doctor ads on TV?
Posted on Jan 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet
With childhood obesity on the rise, many kids are suffering from adult ailments. But Big Pharma's role in pushing adult drugs on kids requires a closer look.
Posted on Dec 22, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Even during a recession, pharma is still the nation's third most profitable sector. Here are some of the dirty tricks it employs to stay on top.
Posted on Dec 5, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Here are some of the dicey drugs many Americans are hooked on, thanks to greedy pharmaceutical companies.
Posted on Nov 19, 2010, Source: AlterNet
In the pharmaceutical industry’s rush to get drugs to market, safety usually comes last. And the public suffers.
Posted on Nov 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Drugs meant to strengthen bones may not work -- and many have a slew of harmful side-effects like a higher cancer risk, irregular heart rate, and stomach bleeding.
Posted on Oct 21, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Big Pharma is still pushing its hormone therapy for women, despite the fact that it increases women's risk of cancer and other health problems.
Posted on Oct 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet
More soldiers than ever are on drugs that have been linked to suicide and violent behavior.
Posted on Aug 27, 2010, Source: AlterNet
From hideous cruelty and noxious gases to health risks and environmental blight, here are eight reasons to remove eggs from your diet.
Posted on Aug 20, 2010, Source: AlterNet
It's just a matter of time before we are eating clones, if we are not eating them now.
Posted on Jul 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Diet drugs have proven to be ineffective and sometimes dangerous. Yet more keep coming down the pipeline.
Posted on Jul 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet
To say that Pfizer has been accused of wrongdoing is like saying BP had an oil spill.
Posted on Jun 4, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A new pill promises to cure low sex drive in women. Is big pharma just trying to profit from another made-up disorder?
Posted on May 20, 2010, Source: AlterNet
There's a huge push to market over-the-counter genetic tests. But the faulty tests can cause more harm than good.
Posted on Apr 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Sleep sweating? Here are some new ways the pharmaceutical plans to make money.
Posted on Apr 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Despite the Maybelline close-ups, Allergan's new drug Lattise is not mascara, but a glaucoma drug repurposed as an eyelash grower. And its side-effects are frightening.
Posted on Mar 19, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Fosamax users were flooding message boards with complaints months before mainstream media picked up the story. What's wrong with this picture?
Posted on Mar 7, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Martha Rosenberg and Rowan Chlebowski, a lead investigator of the Women's Health Initiative, talk about why doctors still promote hormone therapy despite its health risks.
Posted on Mar 6, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A potentially deadly drug manufactured by pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has been linked to the deaths of soldiers returning from war. Yet the FDA continues to approve it.
Posted on Feb 28, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Martha Rosenberg and NYT columnist Gail Collins talk about why second wave feminism was necessary 50 years after women won the vote.
Posted on Feb 2, 2010, Source: CounterPunch
There's a good chance you may be eating a livestock drug banned in 160 nations.
Posted on Jan 27, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Undercover video shot at New York State's largest dairy depicts extensive abuse and horrific conditions for dairy cows.
Posted on Jan 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Over 70,000 Americans die each year because of antibiotic resistance, thanks to the overuse of antibiotics in medical treatments, factory farming and soaps.
Posted on Dec 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet
More than half of Americans have cut back on meat. Martha Stewart broadcasts a meatless Thanksgiving show. What gives?
Posted on Oct 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Agribusiness is trying to combat Pollan's message of sustainable, healthy eating.
Posted on Oct 19, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Reports of a dog-fighting ring operating out of a home that houses a day-care center were bad enough. Then, a cell-phone video showed a dog burned alive.
Posted on Sep 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet
What's an egg hatchery to do with useless male chicks? It grinds them up alive.
Posted on Jun 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A major allergy and respiratory management company knowingly produced flawed clinical trials of FDA approved drugs currently on the market.
Posted on May 1, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Economic stress is usually blamed, but a bunch of government-approved psychoactive drugs have proven homicidal and suicidal side effects.
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