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- 80 Views
- 2 Comments
Ya gotta die of something
MAY 30, 2012 9:03AM
Topics: us agency for healthcare research and quality, sue kirkman, american diabetes association, caleb alexander, edward gregg, national health interview surveys, national institutes of health, diabetes, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 317 Views
- 4 Comments
"A carrot growing out of my forehead"
APRIL 20, 2012 6:24AM
Topics: overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, health care, health, anxiety, mdd, major depressive disorder, depression, psychopharmaceutical-industrial complex, psychiatry
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- 547 Views
- 8 Comments
Drugging them into submission Part 2
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 6:49AM
Topics: iatrogenesis, l alan sroufe, biological psychiatry, psychiatry, stimulants, adhd, add, hyperactivity, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 408 Views
- 1 Comments
News flash: exercise burns fat
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 7:18AM
Topics: medical-industrial complex, health, health care, overmedicalization, exericse, brown fat, irisin, obesity, personal responsibility
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- 646 Views
- 3 Comments
Just say No to TeenScreen
DECEMBER 22, 2011 10:03AM
Topics: teenscreen, columbia university, suicide, suicide prevention, ssri’s, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antidepressants, health, health care, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, psychiatry, psychiatric-industrial complex, laurie flynn, carmel hill foundation, sallie foundation, depression, bipolar disorder, money laundering, uspstf, us preventive services task force
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- 838 Views
- 8 Comments
Drugging them into submission UPDATED AGAIN
DECEMBER 13, 2011 6:12AM
Topics: health, health care, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, psychiatry, seroquel, abilify, geodon, risperidal, pfizer, astrazeneca, florida, department of juvenile justice, palm beach post, michael laforgia, rex birkmire, umesh mhatre, atypical antipsychotics
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- 1773 Views
- 7 Comments
The Vampire of the Caribbean
NOVEMBER 29, 2011 8:49AM
Topics: vampire, hemo caribbean, hemocaribien, tontons macoutes, joseph gorinstein, baby doc, papa doc, jack anderson, luckner cambronne, haiti, aids, hiv, blood donation, blood, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health, pan troglodytes
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- 831 Views
- 9 Comments
Why psych meds are not "like insulin for diabetes" continued
NOVEMBER 23, 2011 7:16AM
Topics: health, health care, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, psychiatric-industrial complex, prozac, fluoxetine, serotonin, marcia angell, robert whitaker, richard friedman, andrew nierenberg, john oldham, daniel carlat, peter kramer, eli lilly
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- 866 Views
- 22 Comments
Why psych meds are not "like insulin for diabetes"
NOVEMBER 18, 2011 7:26AM
Topics: overdiagnosis, iatrogenesis, psychiatry, david healy, eliot s valenstein, robert whitaker, psychiatric-industrial complex, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 689 Views
- 4 Comments
Chunky monkeys
NOVEMBER 11, 2011 6:02AM
Topics: apoptosis, health, health care, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, obesity, personal responsibility, adipotide, m d anderson cancer center, university of texas, macaca mulatta, rhesus monkey, angiogenesis, bmi, body mass index, insulin resistance
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- 1212 Views
- 9 Comments
One of the deadliest prescription drugs ever
OCTOBER 24, 2011 8:19AM
Topics: methadone, oxcarbazepine, oxycodon, alcohol, overdose, hiv, aids, cancer, heart attack, stroke, jan schlichtman, mark duxbury, ortho, epogen, procrit, epo, epoetin alpha, amgen, johnson and johnson, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, health insurance, health care, health, eric holder, attorney general, department of justice, covington & burling, conflict of interest
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- 825 Views
- 5 Comments
Big fat lies Part 8
OCTOBER 4, 2011 10:34AM
Topics: exercise, nitric oxide, scripps research institute, kim janda, ghrelin, personal responsibility, obesity, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 808 Views
- 18 Comments
A manufactured epidemic
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 9:08AM
Topics: health, health care, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, bipolar, bipolar disorder, juvenile bipolar disorder, ritalin, antidepressants, antipsychotics, risperidal, ssri’s, joseph biederman, harvard medical college, massachusetts general hospital, suicide, robert whitaker, thorazine, ssi, ssdi, depression, adhd, hyperactive, ect, iatrogenesis, center for pediatric psychopharmacology
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- 1001 Views
- 24 Comments
An invented disorder UPDATED AGAIN
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 8:54AM
Topics: biological psychiatry, iatrogenesis, juvenile bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder, bipolar, methylphenidate, ritalin, biological psychiatry, psychiatry, hyperactivity, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, attention-deficit disorder, adhd, add, ritalin, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 956 Views
- 9 Comments
The astonishing rise of mental illness Part 2 UPDATED
AUGUST 31, 2011 9:11AM
Topics: johnson & johnson center for pediatric psychopathology, harvard medical college, massachusetts general hospital, national institute of mental health, depression, national alliance for the mentally ill, johnson & johnson, l ron hubbard, church of scientology, scientology, nami, nimh, antipsychotic, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health insurance, health care, health, risperidal, juvenile bipolar disorder, joseph biederman, biological psychiatry, psychiatry
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- 1153 Views
- 6 Comments
The astonishing rise of mental illness in America Part 1
AUGUST 29, 2011 9:23AM
Topics: valium, prozac, eli lilly, thorazine, miltown, iproniazid, imipramine, haloperidol, lithium, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, ssri’s, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, zyprexa, xanax, mental illness, adhd, depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder, disability, ssi, ssdi, mania, pancreatitis, robert whitaker, health, health care, health insurance, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, psychiatry, david healy, joseph glenmullen, klonopin, desipramine, panic attack, biological psychiatry
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- 941 Views
- 2 Comments
News flash: public playgrounds harbor germs
AUGUST 24, 2011 9:02AM
Topics: helicopter parent, helicopter mom, health, health care, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, type i diabetes, asthma, autoimmune disease, staphylococcus, streptococcus, playground, mcdonald's, burger king, chuck e cheese
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- 2047 Views
- 20 Comments
Are statin drugs the new thalidomide?
AUGUST 5, 2011 6:50AM
Topics: medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health, dementia, parkinson’s disease, coenzyme q10, stephanie seneff, diabetes, rhabdomyolysis, alzheimer’s disease, lou gehrig’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, als, heart failure, dolichols, cortisol, aldosterone, vitamin d3, testosterone, progesterone, estrogen, cholesterol, pfizer, lipitor, atorvastatin, statin
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- 736 Views
- 5 Comments
Listening to Peter Kramer
JULY 11, 2011 10:03AM
Topics: irving kirsch, peter kramer, eliot s valenstein, listening to prozac, blaming the brain, the emperor’s new drugs, health, healthcare, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, prozac, antidepressants, fluoxetine, venlafaxine, effexor, nefazodone, serzone, paroxetine paxil, ssri’s, placebo, placebo effect, placebo washout period, depression, fda, hamilton rating scale for depression, hrsd, eli lilly
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- 988 Views
- 8 Comments
Chantix: killing more than just your desire to smoke
JULY 5, 2011 3:08PM
Topics: pharmalot, ed silverman, death, smoking, plos, public library of science, homicidal ideation, homicide, family annihilation, murder, suicide, nicotine replacement therapy, surgeon general, michael c fiore, thomas j moore, sean wain, andrew case, kenneth heath, nicorette, niquitin/nicoderm/nicabate, committed quitters, commit lozenges, wellbutrin, varenicline, champix, chantix, glaxosmithkline, pfizer, health care, health, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization
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