Medications, drugs, pharmaceuticals

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• Rockefeller and the Rand Corporation - people more disabled now
• drug companies use prescribing profiles to sell drugs
• Drug-Induced Disorders - November 1, 1997 - American Family Physician
• Hormone therapy not safe option - HERS study halted due to 40 percent MORE heart attack, thrombosis and stroke in those taking hormones!
• Botox - how safe is it really?
• Contaminated vaccine may cause cancer
• Doctors asked to not accept gifts from Pharmaceutical firms
• Chemicals in cosmetics being absorbed into the body
• Viagra, the enjoy-sex drug is ineffective on most people!
• New pill competing with Viagra may be dangerous
• New England Journal admits drug studies may be flawed
• Flu medication may be more dangerous than having the flu
• Study shows that pharmaceutical gifts to physicians do influence their prescription writing