(See update at end of article). Bri Dressen was a key figure behind the Washington DC November 2 event reported in Mandated Harms, Her testimony at this meeting features Here and Here. She followed up this testimony by writing to the New England Journal of Medicine which until recently was viewed as one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world - Americans … [Read more...] about New England Journal of Misinformation
Je Suis Charlie: You are Michael
Nearly seven years ago now, two brothers burst into the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, where they killed twelve people and injured eleven others. Charlie's crime was to support the idea that it was reasonable to portray the Prophet in Cartoon form. This touched a raw nerve for some French people. Nearly four million other French people, however, came out on … [Read more...] about Je Suis Charlie: You are Michael
Chronicle of a Tyranny Foretold
This post links intimately with the Dia de los Muertos post on RxISK. El Naufragio de lo Singular was published two weeks ago. Translated by Alex Oncina Canovas and Marc Casañas, who have thought long and hard about related issues, it is likely this is almost its own book rather than just a translation. There were two reasons to translate Shipwreck into Spanish. One is … [Read more...] about Chronicle of a Tyranny Foretold
The Standardization of Psychiatry
The Back Story Britain's Royal College of Psychiatrists recently produced a book, Mind State and Society, edited by George Ikkos and Nick Bouras. MSS celebrates 50 years of psychiatry during the period 1960 - 2010. George approached me for a chapter on pharmaceutical industry input to the period. I wrote The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Standardisation of Psychiatric … [Read more...] about The Standardization of Psychiatry
From Virtual Care to Virtual Research
This post by Johanna Ryan continues a set of posts looking at the changing world of clinical trials - See Clinical Trial Fraud. These feed straight into and add to the points made in a series of lectures on how trials have developed over the last 3 decades - Clinical Trials Are Not Safe, People are the Data in Clinical Trials and They Used to Call it Medicine - they make the … [Read more...] about From Virtual Care to Virtual Research
Company Woman or Mother?
On June 3, 2009, Sean Tracey cross-examined Jane Nieman, who at the time was Director, U.S. Post-Marketing Group, Worldwide Clinical Safety for GlaxoSmithKline in a deposition. Ms. Nieman testified about a spontaneous event report for an aborted male child that was assigned Manufacturer Control Number 2001014040-2109 case number 3667484. This report, received by GSK/SB on June … [Read more...] about Company Woman or Mother?
They Used to Call It Medicine
This is part 3 of a set of lectures organized by André Marx, a family doctor from Stockholm. Its alternate title is Girl who Eats Salt. This follows Girl with a Clinical Trial Tattoo, and Girl who Tackles Ghosts. A video recording done by Thomas Hultgren of Girl who Eats Salt is Here. Our lady is still in the waiting room. She will come in before the end of the … [Read more...] about They Used to Call It Medicine
People are the Data in Clinical Trials
This is the second of a 3 lecture series given to family doctors in Stockholm on September 9 this year. The meeting was organized by André Marx. The alternate title of this talk is Girl who Tackles Ghosts. It follows Girl with a Clinical Trial Tattoo. It will be followed by Girl who Eats Salt. Thomas Hultgren did a video recording through Zoom. One child makes a … [Read more...] about People are the Data in Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials Are Unsafe
This is the first of 3 linked lectures given to family doctors in Stockholm on September 9 2021. The meeting was organized by André Marx, a family doctor in Stockholm who also runs Sweden's first and only public health care-funded withdrawal clinic for psychiatric drugs. The alternate title of this talk is Girl with a Clinical Trial Tattoo. It will be followed by Girl who … [Read more...] about Clinical Trials Are Unsafe
In a Galaxy too close to Home for Comfort
Long ago, in friendlier times, this blog ran a series of Modern Myths featuring Crusoe. The plan was for a lot more but life got serious. Rummaging through files I came across some drafts. This one was dated 2010 but the original might have been written a year or more before. It was clearly the way things were going then. Beta Centauri was unquestionably a long way from … [Read more...] about In a Galaxy too close to Home for Comfort