Health and Disease

A Cancer Grows A Cancer Grows

Medical treatment in women's prisons ranges from brutal to nonexistent.

Sep 11, 2002 / Feature / Cynthia Cooper

The Women’s Enron The Women’s Enron

The recent news about the harmful effects of hormone replacement was played in the media as a health story, but it is much more than that. In fact, it may be the hot-flashiest cor...

Aug 15, 2002 / Sue Woodman

Big Pharma, Bad Science Big Pharma, Bad Science

In June, the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most respected medical journals, made a startling announcement.

Jul 25, 2002 / Feature / Nathan Newman

Vitamin Giants: The Sequel Vitamin Giants: The Sequel

Price-fixing fines behind them, the firms are close to achieving a monopoly.

Jun 20, 2002 / Feature / Jock Ferguson

Anthrax and the Military Anthrax and the Military

The Pentagon's recent decision to limit anthrax vaccine shots to those at high risk does not address the fundamental objection to the shots, which is the lack of informed consent....

Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Mary L. Cummings

Globalizing Clinical Research Globalizing Clinical Research

Big Pharma tries out First World drugs on unsuspecting Third World patients.

Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Sonia Shah

Fighting the Drug (Ad) Wars Fighting the Drug (Ad) Wars

As corporations push new medicines, sound and affordable healthcare suffers.

May 30, 2002 / Feature / Dr. Marc Siegel

Racial Prescriptions Racial Prescriptions

A recent front-page story in the Boston Globe proclaimed that New England leads the nation in Ritalin prescription levels. Somewhat to my surprise, the prevalence of Ritalin in...

May 16, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Going Down the Road Going Down the Road

o, my momma called, "Why are they letting them gouge us like this?" she wanted to know. "They" are our so-called political leaders in Washington, and "them" are the drugmakers now...

Apr 11, 2002 / Jim Hightower

Microbes at the Gates Microbes at the Gates

Odds are good that on a plane or boat or bus somewhere in the world sits a refugee headed for the United States carrying the seeds of a weapon of mass destruction. The agent he un...

Apr 4, 2002 / Wendy Johnson

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