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Chemotherapy & Radiation Kill Another…when will it end?
Get Natural Health Solutions | August 4th 2008
This Friday gone I lost a friend of mine to Breast Cancer at the age of 34. She has 3 young kids under the age of 7. Tony Snow also died recently from Colon Cancer. Randy Pausch also recently passed away. My husband passed away going on 11 months now read more
Roche stops work on HIV drugs
James5 - eco, social and legal justice in Melbourne and abro… | August 3rd 2008 by Devon Whittle
It seems that Roche has stopped their research into HIV drugs. Though not directly linking it to the compulsory licensing/IP issues, one can’t help but wonder if it’s related. Elizabeth Pisani is right about the need for public funding/ow read more
"Inflating AIDS" - A Congressional "Bush" in Zimbabwe
The Robert Scott Bell Show | July 30th 2008 by Robert Scott Bell
Headline: House approves 50-billion-dollar AIDS package "The US House of Representatives Thursday approved a nearly 50-billion-dollar aid package to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in the developing world over the next five years." Whose mo read more
Frankenfoods without consequence?
Bark 'N' Blog | July 30th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
Wow, humans can be such strange creatures. We animals go through life - when in the wild - foraging, hunting, and eating what nature provides us according to our species needs. However, humans are ever hunting and foraging for new ways to make one t read more
A Definite High Dividend
Mental Nurse | July 28th 2008
The Cockroach Catcher has an interesting post on the amount of money drug companies are spending on marketing ADHD drugs like atomoxetine and methylphenidate. Here’s a little thought from me: Before I came to CAMHS I worked on a rehab ward with read more
Analysis of the Obesity Drug Markets in the US and EU: Obesity Re…
Health habits | July 28th 2008 by DR
Q: Which business sector saw it’s sales triple in 2007, and Expects sales to increase at an even greater rate, and Has a target market that is literally getting bigger day by day, and Whose customers keeps buying their product even when they h read more
The Start to the Convergence Revolution
Jutia Group | July 25th 2008
Nanotech/Biotech Convergence and Opportunities Accelerating Not that long ago, the media were full of warnings that Big Pharma was running out of steam. Patents were expiring, and not enough new candidates were in the pipeline to keep them profitable read more
Clopidogrel (Plavix) - Migraine Cure or a Death Trap?
Migraine News Network | RainGem | | July 21st 2008 by Rain Gem
There's a new "hypothesis that migraines can be caused by tiny blood clots that form in the heart and travel to the brain, disrupting the blood flow and causing the typical symptoms of one-sided headache, nausea and photophobia."It was advanced by Dr read more
Hey! Wake up!
karmasurfer | July 19th 2008 by t
Hey sheeple! Time to wake up. Yeah, I'm talking to YOU. All you sleep-walking 'tards who think the most important things in life revolve around your job, your cell phone, carbon emissions, and who will be the next loser president, may as well just read more
Killing us all softly? NOT!
A Dog's View | July 16th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
Haven’t you ever wondered how ALL of this poop got into human and animal food??? Well animals have always been the testing ground humans. And if you think just bepaws it’s been approved by the FDA that it’s safe, hahahahaha, THINK a read more
Pet Food Safety: No One Watching Out for Our Pets
Bark 'N' Blog | July 15th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
Well, it’s time for another sad fact of this modern age…we pets aren’t being watched out for by the government but then neither are you humans, WOOF! It’s not about health or protection. I just wished I could bark that loud en read more
8 Year olds on Drugs - FDA approves
Get Natural Health Solutions | July 15th 2008
Just read an article where they were discussing the news of the FDA now recommending that children be tested for Cholesterol levels as young as age 2. What is this world coming to? Not only will they be tested but they will also be put on drugs to c read more
Time machines and judgement day
Allotment Junkies | July 14th 2008
I wrote this post a while ago, but decided not to publish it. I have changed my mind after seeing that people do stop by here and read my story now and again… So this is part 10 (phew it was never meant to take this long!) of my account of what read more
Quick Links: Effective Ortho, Early Diet & Later Health, Food & t…
Know Thy Health | July 14th 2008 by L.M. Verigin
Survey: Most Effective Dental Braces Are Least Attractive (Physorg) FDA Slowing New Medicine Pipeline (WSJ via azcentral.com) 100 Californians Injured by Hospitals Each Month (MedHeadlines) Mother’s Junk Food “Harms Child” (BBC) Ear read more
Roche to Suspend HIV Research
Daily Dose of Queer | July 13th 2008 by DJ
We had just commented about an article on thebody.com that foreshadowed the rough days ahead for HIV med research. Today, some sad news comes out that one of the big pharma’s will be pulling out of HIV research. Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutica read more
No Free Lunches at the Codex Cafe
A Dog's View | July 10th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
Of course it makes NO SENSE to me at all bepaws dogs actually have way more common sense than is common these days with humans, WOOF! Well actually to find out the whole truth, just watch this video - it’s long (3 hours) but open your mind to w read more
Why I’m Not Convinced Big Pharma Is Behind Pot Prohibition (But…
NORML Blog | July 8th 2008
REMINDER: NORML podcaster Russ Belville and I will be discussing this essay, as well as my previous blog post “US Government Patents Medical Pot,” later today on the NORML Daily Audio Stash. An abbreviated version of my essay appears on A read more
Now It’s Kids and Cholesterol while We Miss the Big Picture
Know Thy Health | July 8th 2008 by L.M. Verigin
So the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has revised its position on children and cholesterol. Now they say that children as young as two should be screened for cholesterol if they are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). The AAP al read more
Keep taking your vitamins
A Dog's View | July 5th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
This is rrreally goofy to me - to QUIT taking the very vitamins bodies need for life! Now I wonder how many humans know how badly the soils are depleted of ESSENTIAL nutrients (such as MINERALS & VITAMINS) so that it is now NECESSARY (as in NOT read more
Big Pharma Is in a Frenzy to Bring Cannabis-Based Medicines to Ma…
CoffeeHouseStudio | July 5th 2008
By Paul Armentano, AlterNet.While the the American Medical Association claims pot has no medical value, Big Pharma is busy getting patents for marijuana products.The US government's longstanding denial of medical marijuana research and use is an read more
Big Pharma Going Bankrupt?
Migraine News Network | RainGem | | July 5th 2008 by Rain Gem
"I think the industry is doomed if we don't change," said Sidney Taurel, the chairman of Eli Lilly & Co.The reason for this statement is thus - "The expiration of patents on top moneymaking drugs is expected to reduce the top drug companies' prof read more
Quick Links: Pharma Phollies Edition
Know Thy Health | July 3rd 2008 by L.M. Verigin
Image by robotson via Flickr Pushing Prescriptions: A Record Year for the Pharmaceutical Lobby in ‘07 (Center for Public Integrity) Doctors Say Medication Is Overused in Dementia (NY Times) Drug-Resistant High Blood Pressure on the Rise read more
Outlaw Vitamin B6?
A Dog's View | July 1st 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
I’ve heard of ridiculous before but big pharma is outdoing itself in ridiculosity and greed, WOOF! Outlaw a NATURALLY occuring VITAMIN, then reclassify it and call it a DRUG so only THEY can sell it through doctors! Oh yeah that sounds healthy read more
The Truth About Homeopathy: Dispelling the MYTHS that Surround it…
Bark 'N' Blog | June 30th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
Okay so this is a VERY long article. But it was obviously warranted in light of the mainstream media and medical attacks on the efficacy of homeopathy. Well we’re gonna continue to use it our home, WOOF! You see any time natural health starts a read more
Drug companies don’t want us taking supplements
A Dog's View | June 29th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
Huh? Wonder why??? Hahaha! The supplements, the natural treats, the TOYS, the raw meaty bones are MINE! Bepaws God gave us that in NATURE!…well maybe not the toys but you get my drift hehe. Of course the big corporate entities are always tryi read more
Ephedra still illegal but not pharmaceutical mimic
A Dog's View | June 27th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
Shall I bark it again? Okay, are we surprised??? NOT! You see the ephedra couldn’t be patented but aaahhh the synthetic mimic of it as a pharmaceutical COULD be AND then sold for LOTS of profit! You cannot serve both God and Mammon…we kno read more
COMFORTIS® and ivermectin interaction Safety Warning Notificatio…
Bark 'N' Blog | June 26th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
Well, don’t look at me bepaws I’m pretty happy I’m drug & chemical free myself, WOOF! I’m rrreally glad the more I hear about these safety notifications and recalls that my humans don’t use ANY of these things and f read more
Vitamin B6 Outlawed Soon?
Migraine News Network | RainGem | | June 26th 2008 by Rain Gem
"Big Pharma wants to market its own form of Vitamin B6 and call it a "drug." Say what? OK, once again - "Medicure Pharma, Inc., has been studying the clinical effects of Vitamin B6 (which they call "MC-1") on humans. This is part of a process for re read more
Studies on vitamin efficacy flawed
A Dog's View | June 23rd 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
Are we surprised? I don’t think so, WOOF! What I’m glad about is that my humans pay ZERO attention to all those goofy studies. They determine what they will use based upon how things work in nature and within their bodies and also mine of read more
Quick Links: Oral Piercing Problems, Organic Food Quality, Compac…
Know Thy Health | June 23rd 2008 by L.M. Verigin
Warning for Teens: Teeth and Jewelry Don’t Mix (Science Daily) Is Organic Food Really Healthier? (Earth Land Journal, via Alternet) Are Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs Dangerous? (Scientific American) Key Opinion Leaders: Independent Experts of read more
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