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All the 20545 items in the Healthy Skepticism Library are listed below in order of publication date with the most recent at the top. There are 100 items per page.

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HSL2738
Goddard J.
Feds fight bogus weight-loss schemes
Toronto Star 2005 Nov 5
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar%2FUtilities%2FJavaSearch&searchstring=weight-loss&Submit2.x=12&Submit2.y=12&Submit2=Go%21

HSL2739
On Prozac: Debating the New Technologies of Mind- "DANGER: These drugs may offer pseudo-solutions to real problems"
Choices and Challenges ( Virginia, USA ) 2005 Nov 5

HSL2740
Homeland Security in charge of pandemic?
Effect Measure 2005 Nov 5
http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com/

HSL2727
McDonald M, Kogoy .
EPO company sponsors road race
Fox Sports 2005 Nov 4
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,17133634-23218,00.html

HSL2730
Cassels A.
Dementia do-nothing meds on www.worstpills.org
Common Ground ( Canada) 2005 Nov 4
http://www.commonground.ca/iss/0511172/cg172_cassels.shtml

HSL2744
Carey E.
Are flu vaccines shots in the dark?
Toronto Star 2005 Nov 4
http://register.thestar.com/LoginPage.aspx?SID=JuQ7&RID=3075&CU=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aGVzdGFyLmNvbS9OQVNBcHAvY3MvQ29udGVudFNlcnZlcj9wYWdlbmFtZT10aGVzdGFyL0xheW91dC9BcnRpY2xlX1R5cGUxJmM9QXJ0aWNsZSZjaWQ9MTEzMTA1ODIwMTUzOCZjYWxsX3BhZ2VpZD05NjgzMzIxODg0OTImY29sPTk2ODc5Mzk3MjE1NCZ0PVRTX0hvbWU%3d

HSL20045
Limprecht E
Lobster returns to the menu
Australian Doctor 2005 Nov 44
http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/latest-news/lobster-returns-to-the-menu

HSL2729
Jury Says Merck Properly Warned Users About Vioxx Risks
Associated Press 2005 Nov 3

HSL2732
Epstein S.
The look good...feel better program: but at what risk?
World-Wire 2005 Nov 3
http://www.world-wire.com/news/1103050001.html

HSL2733
Swissler M.
Is silence golden?
The Sacramento Bee 2005 Nov 3
http://www.newsreview.com/issues/sacto/current/news.asp

HSL2736
Smith E.
Aetna to help employers address workers' depression
Courier-Post 2005 Nov 3
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/BUSINESS/511040364/1003/BUSINESS

HSL2737
Robins J.
Defensive medicine
lawgazette.com.uk 2005 Nov 3
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/view=feature.law?FEATUREID=257241

HSL2712
Gezonde Scepsis - New Dutch Version of Healthy Skepticism
Gezonde Scepsis 2005 Nov 2
http://web.archive.org/web/20070808010149/http://www.gezondescepsis.nl/2.html#A1

HSL2735
Thomaselli .
$4 billion DTC drug ad fight finds a human face- Widowed Ad Exec Suing Pfizer Testifies at Charged FDA Debate
Advertising Age 2005 Nov 2
http://www.adage.com/section.cms

HSL2704
DDMAC Warning Letters, Avoid Regulatory Action, An audioconference
FDAnews 2005 Nov 1
http://www.fdanews.com/wbi/conferences/ddmac.html?s=8053&p=05ODML

HSL2707
Egilman D, Bohme S.
Corporate Corruption of Science
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 2005 Nov 1
http://web.archive.org/web/20051205015457/http://www.ijoeh.com/pfds/IJOEH_1104_Egilman.pdf

HSL2709
Neergaard L.
Bush Outlines $7.1B Flu-Fighting Strategy
Associated Press 2005 Nov 1
http://www.healthcareforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=19030&sid=6f167e31a265c7eb62d9ae5fb8cd6b22

HSL2724
Lewis C.
Drug company sued for unethical conduct
Nashville City Paper 2005 Nov 1
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9&screen=news&news_id=45577

HSL2725
Abboud L.
A pragmatic approach for troubled kids
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 2005 Nov 1
http://online.wsj.com/public/health?mod=0_0005

HSL4945
Small DH.
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of dementia in Alzheimer's disease: do we need new inhibitors?
Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2005 Nov 01;10:(4):817-25
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16262564

HSL5226
Krleza-Jeric K.
Clinical trial registration: the differing views of industry, the WHO, and the Ottawa Group.
PLoS Med 2005 Nov 01;2:(11):e378
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020378

HSL5227
Sim I, Detmer DE.
Beyond trial registration: a global trial bank for clinical trial reporting.
PLoS Med 2005 Nov 01;2:(11):e365
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020365

HSL5453
Grant DC, Iserson KV.
Who's buying lunch: are gifts to surgeons from industry bad for patients?
Thorac Surg Clin 2005 Nov 01;15:(4):533-42

HSL7846
Arnold M.
Flexible Forces
Medical Marketiing and Media 2005 Nov 1
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0198-276304_ITM

HSL4721
Santell JP, Cousins DD.
Medication errors related to product names.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2005 Nov;31:(11):649-54

HSL4725
Klein BE, Dalby KJ.
Nonprofit drug companies.
Health Aff (Millwood) 2005 Nov-Dec;24:(6):1684-5
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/24/6/1684

HSL4726
Kirkwood L.
An artist's perspective on body image, the media, and contemporary society.
J Nutr Educ Behav 2005 Nov-Dec;37:

HSL4752
Bono JE, Anderson MH.
The advice and influence networks of transformational leaders.
J Appl Psychol 2005 Nov;90:(6):1306-14
http://content.apa.org/journals/apl/90/6/1306

HSL4766
Komesaroff PA.
Ethical issues in the relationships with industry: an ongoing challenge. New Guidelines open for public comment.
J Paediatr Child Health 2005 Nov;41:(11):558-60
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00719.x

HSL4769
Curtiss FR.
Who Needs XR, LA, SR, XL, ER, or CR?
J Manag Care Pharm 2005 Nov-Dec;11:(9):772-3,

HSL4770
Hong SH, Shepherd MD, Scoones D, Wan TT.
Product-line extensions and pricing strategies of brand-name drugs facing patent expiration.
J Manag Care Pharm 2005 Nov-Dec;11:(9):746-54

HSL4799
McHenry L.
On the origin of great ideas: science in the age of big pharma.
Hastings Cent Rep 2005 Nov-Dec;35:(6):17-9

HSL4826
Openshaw MS.
The economics of prescription drug prices, government intervention, and the importation of drugs from Canada.
Nurs Econ 2005 Nov-Dec;23:(6):307-11,

HSL4827
Kahn J.
BiDil: false promises: faulty statistics and reasoning have lead to the first 'racial medicine'.
Genewatch 2005 Nov-Dec;18:(6):6-9,

HSL4832
Prat EH.
[Is the pharmaceutical industry really as bad as its reputation?]
Wien Med Wochenschr 2005 Nov;155:(21-22):502-12

HSL4890
Fox JL.
Sandoz sues FDA over delay in first biogeneric approval.
Nat Biotechnol 2005 Nov;23:(11):1327-8
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nbt1105-1327

HSL8059
PhRMA
PhRMA Guiding Principles: Direct to Consumer Advertisements About Prescription Medicines
: PhRMA 2005 Nov
http://www.phrma.org/publications/policy_papers/phrma_dtc_guiding_principles/

HSL2703
Walker M.
Brave New World of Zero Risk Covert Strategy in British Science Policy
The One Click Group 2005 Oct 31
http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/

HSL2705
Schwartz N.
Rumsfeld's growing stake in Tamiflu
CNN/Money ( from Fortune ) 2005 Oct 31
http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/newsmakers/fortune_rumsfeld/?cnn=yes

HSL2706
Stafford A.
Pharmacy talks end in whimper, not bang
The Financial Review ( Australia) 2005 Oct 31
http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/browseArchive.ac?sy=nstore&cls=631

HSL2726
FDA To Consider Use of Celebrity Spokespeople in DTC Prescription Drug Ads
kaisernetwork.org ( The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) 2005 Oct 31
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=33423

HSL4559
Burda D.
Modern Healthcare rules. Our editorial code of ethics guides our coverage of the industry.
Mod Healthc 2005 Oct 31;35:(44):18

HSL2728
Engdahl F.
Is Avian Flu another Pentagon Hoax?
Geopolitics-Geoeconomics ( F W Engdahl's website) 2005 Oct 30
http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/GMO/gmo.html

HSL3304
Tanne JH.
Doctors who write guidelines often have ties to the drug industry
BMJ 2005 Oct 29;331:982
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7523/982-a

HSL2700
Gerstel J.
More sex please: Is desire a drug conspiracy?
Toronto Star 2005 Oct 28
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Page&cid=968867505381

HSL2699
Harris G.
Ex-Head of F.D.A. or Wife Sold Stock in Regulated Area
New York Times 2005 Oct 27
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/politics/27fda.html

HSL2731
Montague P.
Why we can't prevent cancer
Rachel's Democracy and Health News 2005 Oct 27
http://web.archive.org/web/20060821202625/http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/

HSL2696
Vedantam S.
U.S. Alters Test Policy On Psychiatric Drugs; FDA Won't Require 6-Month Studies
Washington Post 2005 Oct 26
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501576.html

HSL2697
Lueck S, Mathews A.
FDA Head Held Shares in Regulated Firms In Regulated Firms as Late as '04
The wall street journal 2005 Oct 26
http://online.wsj.com/public/health

HSL2701
Goddard J.
Obesity's dominant factor is genetics, scientist says
Toronto Star 2005 Oct 26
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1130277008357&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes

HSL5126
Mathews AW.
An FDA reviewer battles the drug his boss approved: private letter gets Dr. Misbin pulled from diabetes case but he pursues it anyway.
Wall St J (East Ed) 2005 Oct 26;A1:

HSL19922
Limprecht E
Bayer matching up GPs, patients
Australian Doctor 2005 Oct 26
http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/bayer-matching-up-gps,-patients

HSL2695
Ljunggren D, Pinck P.
"Don't panic over bird flu," say top officials
Reuters 2005 Oct 25
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2005-10-26T013255Z_01_MCC461588_RTRUKOC_0_US-BIRDFLU-CANADA.xml&archived=False

HSL2698
Siegel M.
Scare Scenario
The Nation 2005 Oct 24
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051107/bird_flu_scare

HSL4566
Approval of drug marketed to African Americans raises political, economic issues. Study criticizes manufacturer for re-branding generic drug with race-specific indication.
Med Health 2005 Oct 24;59:(38):1,

HSL2693
Light D, Lexchin J.
US drug prices not Canada's fault, study says
York University 2005 Oct 22
http://www.yorku.ca/mediar/archive/Release.asp?Release=966

HSL9985
Light DW, Lexchin J.
Foreign free riders and the high price of US medicines.
BMJ 2005 Oct 22;331:(7522):958-60
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/331/7522/958

HSL2683
Fidelman C.
Herceptin in demand after glowing editorial
The Gazette ( Montreal) 2005 Oct 21
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/montreal/story.html?id=e4e4bd99-c8ca-45fb-b4f9-4ee36e86a295

HSL2686
Gerstel J.
Trolling for truth in fish debate
Toronto Star 2005 Oct 21
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1129845011301&call_pageid=991479973472&col=991929131147

HSL2680
Taylor R, Giles J.
Cash interests taint drug advice
Nature 2005 Oct 20
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051017/full/4371070a.html

HSL2682
Picard A.
Big Pharma's Calling the Shots
The Globe and Mail ( Canada) 2005 Oct 20
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051020/HPICARD20/Health/Idx

HSL2687
Tanner L.
Diabetes pill comes under fire
The Globe and Mail ( Canada) from Associated Press 2005 Oct 20
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051020.wdiab1020/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/

HSL2690
Brophy J.
New Medication Awaiting FDA Approval for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes May Increase Deaths and Cardiovascular Events plus Editorial
JAMA 2005 Oct 20
http://www.JAMA.com

HSL2691
Hoyes J.
Feds call pill claims bogus: Distributor sues FTC over ads
Boston Herald ( Business Today) 2005 Oct 20
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=107878

HSL2702
Eli Lilly donation proposal sought loosened restrictions
Associated Press ( on Macon.com ) 2005 Oct 20
http://web.archive.org/web/20051020135806/http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/12949375.htm

HSL2685
Donn J.
Drug Effective Against Early Breast Cancer
Associated Press 2005 Oct 19
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051019/ap_on_he_me/breast_cancer_drug

HSL2661
Aboud L, Matthews A.
FDA May Require Longer Studies Before Clearing Psychiatric Drugs
The Wall Street journal 2005 Oct 18
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=912743641&Fmt=3&clientId=20485&RQT=309&VName=PQD

HSL2662
Tanner L.
Dementia Drugs Can Increase Death Risks
Associated Press ( in Seattle Post-Intelligencer ) 2005 Oct 18
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_Dementia_Drug_Risks.html

HSL2663
Doctors Told To Stop Using Acid Reflux Treatment
Associated Press ( on NBCSandiego.com ) 2005 Oct 18
http://web.archive.org/web/20051020122515/http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/5115101/detail.html

HSL2664
World Menopause Day
International Menopause Society 2005 Oct 18
http://web.archive.org/web/20061215084315/http://www.imsociety.org/PDF/wmd_press_release.pdf?PHPSESSID=2a06ccab2b0218967868e6b0505c6c14

HSL2665
Carey B.
Can Brain Scans See Depression?
New York Times 2005 Oct 18
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/health/psychology/18imag.html

HSL2666
Hogan B.
Paging Dr. Ross
: Mother Jones 2005 Oct 18
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2005/11/paging_dr_ross.html

HSL2667
Masterjohn C.
Myth: Cholesterol Causes Alzheimer's Disease Part I: Debunking the Myth
: cholesterol-and-health.com 2005 Oct 18
http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Cholesterol-Alzheimers.html

HSL2673
Doctors' children get fewer antibiotics: study
Reuters ( originally in the medical journal 'Pediatrics' ) 2005 Oct 18
http://deaconesshospital.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=16&pid=16&gid=2369

HSL2689
Lichtblau E.
Settlement in Marketing of a Drug for AIDS
New York Times 2005 Oct 18
http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=ERIC%20LICHTBLAU&fdq=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=ERIC%20LICHTBLAU&inline=nyt-per

HSL2692
Barrett S.
Endocrinologists Blast CBS Promotion of Dr. Steven Hotze
Quackwatch 2005 Oct 18
http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/hotze.html

HSL3314
Laine C, Mulrow CD.
Exorcising ghosts and unwelcome guests. 2005 Oct 18;143(8):611-2.
Ann Intern Med 2005 Oct 18;143:(8):611-2
http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/143/8/611.pdf

HSL2660
Grove L.
Drug business prescribes a novel cure for its ills
New York Daily News 2005 Oct 17
http://web.archive.org/web/20060208084005/http://www.nydailynews.com/10-17-2005/news/story/356294p-303697c.html

HSL2670
WHO warns against bird flu 'scaremongering'
AFX News ( on Forbes.com) 2005 Oct 17
http://web.archive.org/web/20051219020620/http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/10/17/afx2280935.html

HSL2671
Cresswell A.
Small fines 'let drug giants off hook'
The Australian Newspaper 2005 Oct 17
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16940396%5E23289,00.html

HSL2681
Check E.
"I really hate my period"
Nature ( News at Nature Blog) 2005 Oct 17
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051017/full/051017-6.html

HSL2694
Ritalin Nation
Telegraph ( UK ) 2005 Oct 16
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/16/nadhd116.xml

HSL5205
Hall SS.
The short of it: more short children are being given growth hormone in the hope that an extra inch will protect their supposedly fragile psyches. But research suggests that their height is a problem less for them than for us.
N Y Times Mag 2005 Oct 16;:54-9:

HSL2654
How GPs keep Uptodate about Medicines ( Page 4-5 of MedicinesTalk Spring 2005 )
NPS ( National Prescribing Service, Australia ) 2005 Oct 15
http://www.nps.org.au/resources/medicines_talk/mt_spring2005.pdf

HSL2655
Royce D.
Hundreds May Have Used Botox Knockoff
Associated Press ( here in the Washingotn Post ) 2005 Oct 15
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101500716.html

HSL2657
Healy D.
Contra Pfizer
Springer Publishing Company ( originally from Ethical Human Psychology & Psychiatry Volume 7, Number 3, Fall/Winter 2005 ) 2005 Oct 15
http://www.springerpub.com/default.aspx?pid=68

HSL2653
Moghimi Y.
AMSA's PharmFree Campaign
AMSA ( American Medical Student Association ) 2005 Oct 14
http://web.archive.org/web/20060415120428/http://www.amsa.org/prof/pharmfree.cfm

HSL2656
Westphal S.
Human Gene Patents 'Surprisingly High,' A New Study Shows
The wall street journal 2005 Oct 14
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB112922829130567900.html

HSL2658
Ritter M.
Scientists Look to DNA for Nutrition Ideas
Associated Press ( here on ChannelOne.com ) 2005 Oct 14
http://channelone.com/news/2005/10/14/ap_nutrition/

HSL2669
Teaching the rational use of medicines is subject of discussion ( Ensino para o uso racional de medicamentos é tema de debates)
ANVISA ( Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanataria ) 2005 Oct 14
http://www.anvisa.gov.br/divulga/noticias/2005/141005_2.htm

HSL2649
Lascelles M.
A cheat's guide to clinical trials: 15 tricks pharma companies use to get the right results
Pharma Watch 2005 Oct 13
http://pharmawatch.blogspot.com/2005/10/cheats-guide-to-clinical-trials-15.html

HSL2675
Whitehead J.
A Lone Wolf Talks on the Drug Leviathan ( An interview with Allen Jones )
The Rutherford Institute 2005 Oct 13
http://www.rutherford.org/oldspeak/articles/interview/oldspeak-jones.htm

HSL2646
Tanner L.
Cholesterol Levels Fall in Older Americans
Los Angeles Times ( via AP and based on study in JAMA ) 2005 Oct 12
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top16oct12,0,706283.story

HSL2672
Rovner J.
FDA Woes May Lead to Credibility Problems
NPR (National Public Radio ) 2005 Oct 12
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4956167&ft=1&f=1001

HSL2645
Wyeth smallpox vaccine to carry heart warning--US
Reuters 2005 Oct 11
http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20051011:MTFH67867_2005-10-11_22-10-16_N11312126:1

HSL2648
Badsher K.
Pressure Rises on Producer of a Flu Drug
New York Times 2005 Oct 11
www.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/business/11drug.html

HSL2644
Raab S.
Errors in cancer diagnosis common
Reuters ( originally in the medical journal 'Cancer' ) 2005 Oct 10
http://www.health.am/cr/more/errors_in_cancer_diagnosis_common_often_harmful/

HSL2647
Rabin R.
Lawsuit questions drug's need
Newsday 2005 Oct 9
http://www.freewebs.com/killerpillresearch/lawsuit%20questions%20need.pdf

HSL2688
Mayeda J.
Big Pharma holds all ages in its thrall
SFGate ( San Francisco Chronicle ) 2005 Oct 9
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/09/RVG24F0EPB1.DTL&type=books

HSL2708
Foggo D.
ADHD Advice Secretly Paid for by Drugs Companies
Telegraph ( UK ) 2005 Oct 9
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/09/nadhd09.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/09/ixhome.html

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