Stealth Merger: Drug Companies and Government Medical Research Some of the National Institutes of Health's top scientists are also collecting paychecks and stock options from biomedical firms. Increasingly, such deals are kept secret. (requires registration) - The Los Angeles Times - BLOCKBUSTER ARTICLE!

Revealed: how drug firms 'hoodwink' medical journals - Pharmaceutical giants hire ghostwriters to produce articles - then put doctors' names on them - The Guardian, UK - "Hundreds of articles in medical journals claiming to be written by academics or doctors have been penned by ghostwriters in the pay of drug companies, an Observer inquiry reveals...The journals, bibles of the profession, have huge influence on which drugs doctors prescribe and the treatment hospitals provide. But The Observer has uncovered evidence that many articles written by so-called independent academics may have been penned by writers working for agencies which receive huge sums from drug companies to plug their products."

Why you should avoid taking vaccines - By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. - www.newswithviews.com

Experts Not Ready to Predict Flu Severity - AP via ABC News

Cause of digestive disorder found - Scientists believe they may have found the cause of the gut disorder coeliac disease. - BBC

Hypochondria - An Ignorance-Based Medical Weapon of  Mass Devastation Used Against Large numbers of  Patients with symptoms not easy to diagnose (requires subscription) - by Nicholas Regush - www.redflagsdaily.com 

Angry scientists attack Nobel loser - Colleagues slam academic for adverts saying he deserved to win - The Guardian, UK

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