Healthy Skepticism Library
Items published during the years 2000 to 2009
There are 14385 items in the Healthy Skepticism Library that were published during the years 2000 to 2009.
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HSL4920
Unproven breast cancer screening test may steer women away from mammograms
CBC News Online 2006 May 23
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/05/23/breast-thermography.html
HSL4921
Gellene D.
From Blessing to Curse? :Drugs that relieve Parkinson's symptoms may also trigger odd urges: jet skiing up the coast, collecting toys or gambling compulsively.
Los Angeles Times 2006 May 23
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-sci-parkinsons23may23,1,646592,full.story?coll=la-health-medicine
HSL5006
Boodman S.
Off Label, Off Base? Many Drug Uses Don't Rest on Strong Science
Washington Post 2006 May 23
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/22/AR2006052201428.html
HSL5088
Cohen D.
Inconsistent position on SSRI ads.
CMAJ 2006 May 23; 174:(11):1597
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/174/11/1597-b
HSL5089
Silversides A.
Monitoring the price of new drugs.
CMAJ 2006 May 23; 174:(11):1548-9
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/lofref.fcgi?PrId=3051&uid=16717260&db=PubMed&url=http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16717260
HSL5090
Kondro W.
Eliminating barriers to DTC advertising for OTCs and natural health products.
CMAJ 2006 May 23; 174:(11):1547-8
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/174/11/1547
HSL4912
Counterfeiting culture
New Statesman: A New Statesman round table - Changing attitudes and gathering intelligence 2006 May 22
http://www.newstatesman.com/200605220044
HSL4962
Herper M.
The Vioxx Maelstrom
Forbes.com 2006 May 22
http://www.forbes.com/2006/05/22/merck-vioxx-approve-cx_mh_0522mrk_print.html
HSL4917
Breggin P.
FDA Warns that Paxil Makes Depressed Adults Suicidal
The Huffington Post 2006 May 21
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-breggin/_b_21389.html?view=print
HSL4913
Saul S.
Unease on Industry's Role in Hypertension Debate
New York Times 2006 May 20
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/20/business/20hyper.html?ex=1148184000&en=a88fc2652f6af4de&ei=5087%0A
HSL4916
Mukherjee R.
Essential drugs may become cheaper.
The Times of India 2006 May 20
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1539385.cms
HSL5132
McCarthy M.
US Food and Drug Administration pushed to change.
Lancet 2006 May 20; 367:(9523):1643-4
HSL5133
Schachter M, Wierzbicki AS.
Spinning stars: ASTEROID's impact on atherosclerosis.
Lancet 2006 May 20; 367:(9523):1655-6
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/lofref.fcgi?PrId=3048&uid=16714182&db=PubMed&url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140-6736(06)68728-X
HSL5134
Rockhold FW, Krall RL.
Trial summaries on results databases and journal publication.
Lancet 2006 May 20; 367:(9523):1635-6
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140-6736(06)68710-2
HSL5002
Governments must move forward with global R&D framework
MSF ( Medecins Sans Frontieres ) 2006 May 19
http://www.msfuae.ae/en/files/press/details.asp?ID=50
HSL5209
Firestone RA.
Drug giants hamstrung by timid middle management.
Nature 2006 May 18; 441:(7091):282
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/441282b
HSL5210
Wadman M.
How does a painkiller harm the heart?
Nature 2006 May 18; 441:(7091):262
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060515/full/441264a.html
HSL5211
Pearson H.
Antibiotic faces uncertain future.
Nature 2006 May 18; 441:(7091):260-1
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/441260a
HSL4733
Lofgren H.
You are invited to an afternoon symposium: The Global Pharmaceutical Market and Generic Drugs: Policy Challenges for Australia
Deakin University ( Melbourne, Australia ) 2006 May 17
http://www.deakin.edu.au
HSL4911
Global drug sales grew 5 pct in year to March -IMS
Reuters 2006 May 17
http://yahoo.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060517:MTFH59038_2006-05-17_08-37-49_L17622252&symbol=PFE.N&rpc=44
HSL4728
Cassels A, Moynihan R.
Pharmaceuticals for healthy people . US: selling to the worried well
Le Monde Diplomatique 2006 May 16
http://mondediplo.com/2006/05/16bigpharma
HSL4729
Cox S.
How the Drug Companies Want Us to Be Sick
AlterNet 2006 May 16
http://www.alternet.org/story/36174
HSL4734
Tanner L.
Sugar Cane Cholesterol Treatment Faulted
Associated Press 2006 May 16
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DIET_CHOLESTEROL_PILL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-05-16-20-17-31
HSL4909
GSK issues Seroxat warning letter
PM Live.com 2006 May 16
http://www.pmlive.com/pharm_market/news.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=4621
HSL19506
Ridker PM, Torres J
Reported Outcomes in Major Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Funded by For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Organizations: 2000-2005
JAMA 2006 May 16; 295:(15):2270
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/295/19/2270.abstract
HSL4914
Activists Crash Big Pharma's Party: Short Video Clip and Commentary
DC Indymedia 2006 May 16
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/133881/index.php#
HSL4731
Abbott S.
Letter to Healthy Skepticism: Personal concerns regarding drug company sponsored conferences and an alternative approach
Medicine with Altitude 2006 May 15
www.medicinewithaltitude.com
HSL4732
Armstrong D.
Bitter Pill: How the New England Journal Missed Warning Signs on Vioxx
The Wall Street Journal 2006 May 15
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114765430315252591.html
HSL4915
Cheung M.
Finding Normal
CBC News Online 2006 May 15
http://www.cbc.ca/national/news/normal/
HSL4959
Vickers AJ.
Stats for the Health Professional - Michael Jordan Won't Accept the Null Hypothesis: Notes on Interpreting High P Values
Medscape Business of Medicine 2006 May 15;
HSL5050
Hass DJ, Lewis JD.
Quality of manufacturer provided information on safety and efficacy claims for dietary supplements for colonic health.
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2006 May 15;
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/lofref.fcgi?PrId=3058&uid=16700078&db=PubMed&url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.1251
HSL5435
Healy J, Braithwaite J.
Designing safer health care through responsive regulation.
Med J Aust 2006 May 15; 184:(10):
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/184_10_150506/hea11015_fm.html
HSL6022
Exubera: So Far No Evidence Available Of An Additional Therapeutic Benefit
Medical News Today 2006 May 14
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=43179
HSL4730
Silverman E.
Drug maker warns of link between Paxil and suicide
Star-Ledger 2006 May 13
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-6/114749682244320.xml&coll=1
HSL4963
Godlee F.
An international standard for disclosure of clinical trial information.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1107-8
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7550/1107
HSL4964
Hitchen L.
Adverse drug reactions result in 250,000 UK admissions a year.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1109
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7550/1109
HSL4965
Brettingham M.
Department of Health ends contract with drugs bulletin.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1109
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/332/7550/1109-a
HSL4966
Watson R.
Belgium to tighten drug advertising laws.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1110
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7550/1110-a
HSL4967
Tanne JH.
Rofecoxib may cause heart attacks in first weeks of use.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1114
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/short/332/7550/1114?etoc
HSL4968
Bachmann LM, Puhan MA, ter Riet G, Bossuyt PM.
Sample sizes of studies on diagnostic accuracy: literature survey.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1127-9
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7550/1127
HSL4969
Rutten FH, Moons KG, Hoes AW.
Improving the quality and clinical relevance of diagnostic studies.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1129
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/332/7550/1129?etoc
HSL4970
Raven MK.
Depression should be managed like a chronic disease: myth of 15% suicide rate was promulgated again.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1154
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7550/1154
HSL4971
Spence D.
Research for profit.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1155-1156
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7550/1155-c
HSL4972
Looi YC.
Guideline overload forgets the staff needed to implement them
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1160
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/332/7550/1160-a?etoc
HSL4973
Wager E.
Making themselves sicke by phantsye
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1152
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/332/7550/1152?etoc
HSL5091
Chirac P, Torreele E.
Global framework on essential health R&D.
Lancet 2006 May 13; 367:(9522):1560-1
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140-6736(06)68672-8
HSL5094
Mayor S.
Cancer charity is to 'borrow' candidate drugs shelved by companies.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1112
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7550/1112
HSL5095
Watson R.
EU companies can export generic versions of patented drugs to poor countries.
BMJ 2006 May 13; 332:(7550):1112
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7550/1112-a
HSL4961
Mira AJ, Isely W, McDonnell M, Huch KM, Whittle HM, Nugent TJ, Lack DZ
Readers' Responses to "Physicians on the Take"
MedGenMed 2006 May 12;
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/531612?src=mp
HSL5093
Garber K.
Intellectual property. Decision on NFkappaB patent could have broad implications for biotech
Science 2006 May 12; 312:(5776):827
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/312/5775/827a
HSL19946
Fleming K
GPs sceptical of pharma info
Medical Observer 2006 May 124
HSL20050
Jenkins R
Group urges doctors to say no to gifts
Australian Doctor 2006 May 124
HSL20105
Howe M
Computer ad rules criticised
Australian Doctor 2006 May 124
http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/latest-news/computer-ad-rules-criticised
HSL4910
ADRs 'significantly under-reported', says BMA
PM Live.com 2006 May 11
http://www.pmlive.com/pharm_market/news.cfm?showArticle=1&ArticleID=4606
HSL5053
Solhaug HR, Indermo H, Slordal L, Spigset O.
[Written drug advertisements--are they reliable?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2006 May 11; 126:(10):1314-7
http://www.tidsskriftet.no/pls/lts/pa_lt.visSeksjon?vp_SEKS_ID=1376195
HSL5092
Rognstad S, Straand J.
[The withdrawal of Vioxx: how did the patients react?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2006 May 11; 126:(10):1326-7
http://www.tidsskriftet.no/pls/lts/pa_lt.visSeksjon?vp_SEKS_ID=1377273
HSL5135
Check E.
Are rich nations up for drug reform?
Nature 2006 May 11; 441:(7090):135
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/441135a
HSL4627
Stop Drug Ads
Democracy in Action 2006 May 10
http://democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/commercialalert/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1415&t=stop_drug_ads_home.dwt
HSL4624
Carlat D.
Generic Smear Campaign
New York Times 2006 May 9
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/opinion/09carlat.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print
HSL4629
Fyfe M.
Gift guide for doctors toughened
The Age (Melbourne) 2006 May 9
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/gift-guide-for-doctors-toughened/2006/05/08/1146940475899.html
HSL5136
Kondro W.
Dispute over Vioxx study plays out in New England journal.
CMAJ 2006 May 9; 174:(10):1397
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/174/10/1397
HSL5137
Silversides A.
Former director general: Health Canada needs broader drug safety powers.
CMAJ 2006 May 9; 174:(10):1395-6
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/174/10/1395
HSL4518
Herper M, Langreth R.
Pill Pushers: How the drug industry abandoned science for salesmanship.
Forbes.com 2006 May 8
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/0508/094a_print.html
HSL4620
Scheetz A.
Variation of drug ads numbers in JAMA
2006 May 8
HSL4621
Boseley S.
Pill under review over link to depression
The Guardian ( UK) 2006 May 8
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1769935,00.html
HSL4625
Lane S, Colvin M.
New pharmaceutical guidelines criticised
Australian Broadcasting Commission ( Radio National - PM program) 2006 May 8
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1633524.htm
HSL4626
Adams C.
Good science lacking for many `off-label' prescriptions, study finds
Knight Ridder Newspapers 2006 May 8
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14530736.htm
HSL4628
Rubin R.
Study: Off-label drugs often prescribed
USA Today 2006 May 8
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-08-offlabel-drugs_x.htm
HSL4699
Theobald B.
Vaccine makers helped write Frist-backed shield law: E-mails reveal private meetings
Tennessean online 2006 May 8
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060508/NEWS02/605080356
HSL4700
Smith S.
Some hospitals forgo baby-formula handout: State considers ban on gift bags
Boston Globe 2006 May 8
http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2006/05/08/some_hospitals_forgo_baby_formula_handout/
HSL5083
Radley DC, Finkelstein SN, Stafford RS.
Off-label prescribing among office-based physicians.
Arch Intern Med 2006 May 8; 166:(9):1021-6
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/166/9/1021
HSL4622
Wahlberg D.
Outside income: UW's doctors needn't tell all
Wisconsin State Journal 2006 May 7
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=82989
HSL5085
Stephens J.
Panel faults Pfizer in '96 clinical trial in Nigeria.
Washington Post 2006 May 7; A1,:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/06/AR2006050601338.html
HSL4635
Dyer O.
Watchdog gives spoof awards for aggressive marketing of drugs.
BMJ 2006 May 6; 332:(7549):1050
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7549/1050-a
HSL4636
Tuffs A.
German law to cuts drug costs angers doctors.
BMJ 2006 May 6; 332:(7549):1051
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7549/1051
HSL4637
Patsopoulos NA, Ioannidis JP, Analatos AA.
Origin and funding of the most frequently cited papers in medicine: database analysis.
BMJ 2006 May 6; 332:(7549):1061-4
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7549/1061
HSL4638
Delaney B.
Is society losing control of the medical research agenda?
BMJ 2006 May 6; 332:(7549):1063-4
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7549/1063
HSL4639
Altman DG, Royston P.
The cost of dichotomising continuous variables.
BMJ 2006 May 6; 332:(7549):1080
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7549/1080
HSL4619
Babington C.
Out of a Son's Suicide, a New Mission
Washington Post 2006 May 5
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050401685.html
HSL4908
Ghosh P.
Doubt cast over drug trial safety
BBC News 2006 May 5
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4989810.stm
HSL5097
Wilson N, Signal L, Nicholls S, Thomson G.
Hazardous and beneficial nutritional messages in 858 televised food advertisements during children's viewing hours.
N Z Med J 2006 May 5; 119:(1233):U1967
HSL4614
Saul S.
Doctors Object to Gathering of Drug Data
New York Times 2006 May 4
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/business/04prescribe.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
HSL4615
Prescription Drugs | Pharmaceutical Company Advertisements Often False, Misleading, Report Finds
kaisernetwork.org ( The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) 2006 May 4
Pharmaceutical Company Advertisements Often False, Misleading, Report Finds
HSL4616
Baker D.
Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Why Is Anyone Surprised?
Beat th Press 2006 May 4
http://beatthepress.blogspot.com/2006/05/corruption-in-pharmaceutical-industry.html
HSL4617
Abelson R.
Too Soon to Breathe Easy?
New York Times 2006 May 4
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/business/04sinus.html
HSL5037
Wood AJ, Darbyshire J.
Injury to research volunteers--the clinical-research nightmare.
N Engl J Med 2006 May 4; 354:(18):1869-71
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/354/18/1869
HSL5086
Saul S.
Doctors object as drug makers learn who's prescribing what.
NY Times (Print) 2006 May 4; A1:
HSL4542
McConnell M.
An open letter to Healthy Skepticism:
2006 May 3
HSL4545
Grady D.
Study Finds Few Therapies Work Well on Hot Flashes
New York Times 2006 May 3
http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?tntget=2006/05/03/health/03hormone.html&tntemail1=y&_r=1&oref=login&emc=tnt&pagewanted=print
HSL4623
Fallik D.
Penn bans gifts from drug reps
Philadelphia Inquirer 2006 May 3
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/14485248.htm
HSL5038
Strom BL.
How the US drug safety system should be changed.
JAMA 2006 May 3; 295:(17):2072-5
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/lofref.fcgi?PrId=3051&uid=16670415&db=PubMed&url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16670415
HSL4534
Fyfe M.
Trio slams cancer drugs 'gravy train'.
The Age (Melbourne) 2006 May 2
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/trio-slams-cancer-drugs-gravy-train/2006/05/01/1146335671089.html
HSL4535
Companies 'overstep mark' to promote drugs
ABC Online (Australia) 2006 May 2
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1628456.htm
HSL4536
Consumers’ Association Calls For Regulation of Drug Advertising
Australian Consumers Association 2006 May 2
HSL4538
Cresswell A.
'Schmoozing' drug firms go too far
The Australian Newspaper 2006 May 2
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18996609-23289,00.html
HSL4539
Stafford A, Fyfe M.
Drug firms accused over doctor 'perks'
The Age (Melbourne) 2006 May 2
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/drug-firms-accused-over-perks/2006/05/01/1146335671080.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
HSL4544
Altman L.
For Science's Gatekeepers, a Credibility Gap
New York Times 2006 May 2
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/health/02docs.html?ex=1304222400&en=989fce7c62c8e849&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
HSL4612
Turning Medicine into Snake Oil
New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) 2006 May 2
http://njpirg.org/reports/TurningMedintoSnakeOil.pdf
HSL4613
Boodman S.
'Natural' Guidance: Better Safety, Efficacy Data on Natural Medicines Are Now Available for a Fee, as Public Use Grows
Washington Post 2006 May 2
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/NewsSearch?st=Data+on+Natural+Medicines&x=9&y=10&fn=&sfn=&sa=ns&cp=&hl=false&sb=-1&sd=&ed=&blt=
HSL4701
Heavey S.
Sick patients need access to drugs sooner: US court
Reuters 2006 May 2
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=12041977
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