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How Real Health Reform Was Killed by Politicians Trying to Look 'Moderate'

James Ridgeway, CounterPunch. December 23, 2009.

'Moderation' has come to mean weighing the interests of campaign contributors -- Big Pharma vs. the insurance companies -- with little concern for the American people.

And They'll Call This Health-Care Reform: How Three Senators Are Extorting You For Their Big-Time Buddies

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. December 18, 2009.

Harry Reid will do anything to get sixty votes -- which means Lieberman, Nelson, and Snowe can use extortion on behalf of Big Insurance, Big Pharma, the AMA, and abortion foes.

White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. November 26, 2009.

The White House released records cataloguing 575 visits by health care industry heavyweights since Jan. 20. The ties run deep.

"Restless Vagina Syndrome": Big Pharma's Newest Fake Disease

Terry J. Allen, In These Times. November 3, 2009.

The pharmaceutical industry wants you to think that if you don't have sex like a porn star, you're in need of their drugs.

How the White House's Deal With Big Pharma Undermines Democracy

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. August 12, 2009.

When an industry gets secret concessions in return for a promise to lend its support to a key piece of legislation, we're in big trouble.

Obama's Deal With Big Pharma

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. August 10, 2009.

We'll get all the health care reform that special interests will allow.

Big Pharma Bribes Doctors to Hook Your Kids on Drugs

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. July 17, 2009.

Americans must start to question the legitimacy of the exploitative pharmaceutical-industrial complex and the predatory people atop them.

The Public Option Will Improve Private Health Insurance

Robert Reich, AlterNet. June 25, 2009.

Without the government as competition, the private sector has little incentive to improve.

FDA Approved Drugs Despite Fraudlent Testing

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 10, 2009.

A major allergy and respiratory management company knowingly produced flawed clinical trials of FDA approved drugs currently on the market.

Medical Research Bought Off by Big Pharma

S.L. Baker, Natural News. May 21, 2009.

Study finds 29 percent of published journal articles on cancer research contained financial conflict of interests.

Harvard Med Students Expose Big Pharma's Influence on Campus

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. March 6, 2009.

A movement is underway to expose and curtail the industry's influence on students' classrooms and laboratories.

Pharma Giant Looking for New Diseases to Treat with Drug Linked to Suicide

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. February 17, 2009.

Finding new diseases to justify a drug's existence is the normal way pharma operates.

Free Antibiotics -- in U.S. Food and Water

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. February 11, 2009.

The FDA has quietly revoked a ban on the routine dosing of farm animals with antibiotics.

Big Pharma Gone Wild

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. February 3, 2009.

How Risperdal, a drug meant for treating rare psychiatric disorders, became the seventh best-selling medicine in the world.

Patients v. Big Pharma: Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Case

Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. October 30, 2008.

Should patients have the right to sue drug companies for personal injuries from FDA-approved prescription drugs?

States Taking Pharma to Court for Risky Antipsychotic-Prescribing Spree

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. October 19, 2008.

Certain antipsychotics are leaving legions of children and elderly in chemical straightjackets for treatment of conditions they didn't even have.

Fighting the Pathologizing of PMS

Paula J. Caplan, Ms. Magazine. September 8, 2008.

Despite a lack of evidence, the psychiatric establishment has made extreme premenstrual distress a recognized disorder -- and a boon to Big Pharma.

How Big Pharma Is Fooling You -- and Your Doctor -- with Junk Science

Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. August 11, 2008.

To the pharmaceutical industry, "research" is just a code-word for "smart-sounding marketing."

Has Big Pharma Corruption Suppressed Effective Treatment Options?

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. July 23, 2008.

Establishment psychiatry is under attack in Congress. Investigators are recognizing that not all mental health treatments come in a pill.

Pushing Prescriptions: How the Drug Industry Sells Its Agenda at Your Expense

Heather Gehlert, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 18, 2008.

Big Pharma is controlling the FDA, politicians and the public airwaves to get to you.

Big Pharma Is in a Frenzy to Bring Cannabis-Based Medicines to Market

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. July 5, 2008.

While the the American Medical Association claims pot has no medical value, Big Pharma is busy getting patents for marijuana products.

Exposed: Harvard Shrink Gets Rich Labeling Kids Bipolar

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. June 18, 2008.

Meet the man who got rich by popularizing bipolar disorder for children. Congressional investigators and the NY Times expose the scandal.

Could New FDA Rules Curb Drug Profiteering?

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 10, 2008.

A GAO investigation has one drug industry insider squirming.

Has Merck Learned Anything from Vioxx and Vytorin?

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. May 22, 2008.

It's getting tough to find any Merck drug that can hold up to scrutiny.

Does America Have a Prescription Drug Problem?

Doug Bremner, Huffington Post. May 9, 2008.

Almost all of the chronic conditions for which pills are prescribed are preventable through changes in lifestyle, diet and exercise.