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Public Citizen calls on FDA to stop illegal Celebrex television advertisement


A letter was sent on April 9 by Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, urging the FDA to order Pfizer to immediately s   read more

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Fluorescent Light Bulbs Can Be Costly - Over $2000 if You Break One!


How much money does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent light bulb? About US$4.28 for the bulb and labour -- unless you break the bulb. Then yo   read more

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FDA Determines Popular IBS Drug should be pulled off the Market


FDA recommended a voluntary withdrawal of Zelnorm in the US   read more
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Drug Companies pay the FDA for Drug Review - Is This a Conflict of Interest?


Today, drug companies pay a fee to the FDA for review of new drugs. This has been the case since 1992 with the passage of the Prescription Drug User   read more
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America is Importing Tons of Food from Other Countries without FDA Inspection


People are upset. Their little Fidos and Fluffies are being poisoned by a chemical additive in pet food imported from China. And now it's been found   read more
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F.D.A. to Test Toothpaste Sent to U.S. From China for Antifreeze


The FDA will test all toothpaste made in China. It was discovered last week that some Chinese manufacturers had been substituting a more costly sugar   read more
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Women in Government, Merck's Trojan Horse: Part Three in a Series on the Politics and PR of Cervical Cancer


An in-depth look at Merck's push to make HPV vaccinations mandatory for adolescent girls.   read more

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Bush's War on Women Is a War on Science


The veil over the Bush administration's war on women's reproductive health was pulled back recently by the president's own former surgeon general.   read more

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Hezbollah re-fights war with Israel in video game


Cable news anchors on Friday lamented the use of video games as propaganda by a militant Middle East group; however, politicized video games are hardly new, nor is their use as an avenue to reach young supporters."One of the world's most dangerous te   read more

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Drug Warning Labels Should Include FDA Ties to Big Pharma


Ninety-two percent of FDA advisory meetings in the last decade included a member with financial ties to drug companies. A look at how that affects the drugs that are allowed on the market -- even after they're shown to be deadly.   read more

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