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- 397 Views
- 3 Comments
A jab for flab
JULY 11, 2012 8:58AM
Topics: vaccine, somatostatin, growth hormone, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health, personal responsibility, obesity
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- 1063 Views
- 17 Comments
On raising a "transgendered" child
JULY 13, 2012 9:16AM
Topics: sex reassignment surgery, health, health care, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, transgender, transgendered child
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- 1241 Views
- 1 Comments
Taking a bite out of dental care costs
JUNE 12, 2012 9:02AM
Topics: w k kellogg foundation, dentaquest institute, pew foundation, california dental academy, american dental association, dentistry, dental therapist, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 1290 Views
- 4 Comments
Ya gotta die of something
MAY 30, 2012 9:03AM
Topics: health, health care, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, diabetes, national institutes of health, national health interview surveys, edward gregg, caleb alexander, american diabetes association, sue kirkman, us agency for healthcare research and quality
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- 1510 Views
- 4 Comments
"A carrot growing out of my forehead"
APRIL 20, 2012 6:24AM
Topics: overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, health care, health, anxiety, mdd, major depressive disorder, depression, psychopharmaceutical-industrial complex, psychiatry
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- 1634 Views
- 8 Comments
Drugging them into submission Part 2
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 6:49AM
Topics: iatrogenesis, l alan sroufe, biological psychiatry, psychiatry, stimulants, adhd, add, hyperactivity, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 1445 Views
- 1 Comments
News flash: exercise burns fat
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 7:18AM
Topics: medical-industrial complex, health, health care, overmedicalization, exericse, brown fat, irisin, obesity, personal responsibility
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- 1755 Views
- 3 Comments
Just say No to TeenScreen
DECEMBER 22, 2011 10:03AM
Topics: teenscreen, columbia university, suicide, suicide prevention, ssri’s, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antidepressants, health, health care, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, psychiatry, psychiatric-industrial complex, laurie flynn, carmel hill foundation, sallie foundation, depression, bipolar disorder, money laundering, uspstf, us preventive services task force
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- 2055 Views
- 8 Comments
Drugging them into submission UPDATED AGAIN
DECEMBER 13, 2011 6:12AM
Topics: health, health care, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, psychiatry, seroquel, abilify, geodon, risperidal, pfizer, astrazeneca, florida, department of juvenile justice, palm beach post, michael laforgia, rex birkmire, umesh mhatre, atypical antipsychotics
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- 3387 Views
- 7 Comments
The Vampire of the Caribbean
NOVEMBER 29, 2011 8:49AM
Topics: vampire, hemo caribbean, hemocaribien, tontons macoutes, joseph gorinstein, baby doc, papa doc, jack anderson, luckner cambronne, haiti, aids, hiv, blood donation, blood, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health, pan troglodytes
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- 1991 Views
- 9 Comments
Why psych meds are not "like insulin for diabetes" continued
NOVEMBER 23, 2011 7:16AM
Topics: health, health care, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, psychiatric-industrial complex, prozac, fluoxetine, serotonin, marcia angell, robert whitaker, richard friedman, andrew nierenberg, john oldham, daniel carlat, peter kramer, eli lilly
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- 1339 Views
- 22 Comments
Why psych meds are not "like insulin for diabetes"
NOVEMBER 18, 2011 7:26AM
Topics: overdiagnosis, iatrogenesis, psychiatry, david healy, eliot s valenstein, robert whitaker, psychiatric-industrial complex, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 1822 Views
- 4 Comments
Chunky monkeys
NOVEMBER 11, 2011 6:02AM
Topics: apoptosis, health, health care, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, obesity, personal responsibility, adipotide, m d anderson cancer center, university of texas, macaca mulatta, rhesus monkey, angiogenesis, bmi, body mass index, insulin resistance
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- 1994 Views
- 9 Comments
One of the deadliest prescription drugs ever
OCTOBER 24, 2011 8:19AM
Topics: methadone, oxcarbazepine, oxycodon, alcohol, overdose, hiv, aids, cancer, heart attack, stroke, jan schlichtman, mark duxbury, ortho, epogen, procrit, epo, epoetin alpha, amgen, johnson and johnson, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, health insurance, health care, health, eric holder, attorney general, department of justice, covington & burling, conflict of interest
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- 956 Views
- 5 Comments
Big fat lies Part 8
OCTOBER 4, 2011 10:34AM
Topics: exercise, nitric oxide, scripps research institute, kim janda, ghrelin, personal responsibility, obesity, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 1093 Views
- 18 Comments
A manufactured epidemic
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 9:08AM
Topics: center for pediatric psychopharmacology, iatrogenesis, ect, hyperactive, adhd, depression, ssdi, ssi, thorazine, robert whitaker, suicide, massachusetts general hospital, harvard medical college, joseph biederman, ssri’s, risperidal, antipsychotics, antidepressants, ritalin, juvenile bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder, bipolar, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, health care, health
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- 1346 Views
- 25 Comments
An invented disorder UPDATED AGAIN
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 8:54AM
Topics: biological psychiatry, iatrogenesis, juvenile bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder, bipolar, methylphenidate, ritalin, biological psychiatry, psychiatry, hyperactivity, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, attention-deficit disorder, adhd, add, ritalin, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health
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- 1242 Views
- 9 Comments
The astonishing rise of mental illness Part 2 UPDATED
AUGUST 31, 2011 9:11AM
Topics: psychiatry, biological psychiatry, joseph biederman, juvenile bipolar disorder, risperidal, health, health care, health insurance, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, antipsychotic, nimh, nami, scientology, church of scientology, l ron hubbard, johnson & johnson, national alliance for the mentally ill, depression, national institute of mental health, massachusetts general hospital, harvard medical college, johnson & johnson center for pediatric psychopathology
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- 1671 Views
- 6 Comments
The astonishing rise of mental illness in America Part 1
AUGUST 29, 2011 9:23AM
Topics: valium, prozac, eli lilly, thorazine, miltown, iproniazid, imipramine, haloperidol, lithium, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, ssri’s, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, zyprexa, xanax, mental illness, adhd, depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder, disability, ssi, ssdi, mania, pancreatitis, robert whitaker, health, health care, health insurance, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, psychiatry, david healy, joseph glenmullen, klonopin, desipramine, panic attack, biological psychiatry
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- 1237 Views
- 2 Comments
News flash: public playgrounds harbor germs
AUGUST 24, 2011 9:02AM
Topics: chuck e cheese, burger king, mcdonald's, playground, streptococcus, staphylococcus, autoimmune disease, asthma, type i diabetes, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, crohn's disease, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health, helicopter mom, helicopter parent
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