Health and Disease

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

Victory for Viet Vets Victory for Viet Vets

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Jan 31, 2002 / Peter Montague and Maria B. Pellerano

Rx Needed for Medical Journals Rx Needed for Medical Journals

Drug companies influence research; they also affect what gets published.

Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / Sonia Shah

No Last Rights No Last Rights

Attorney General John Ashcroft throws out Oregon's assisted suicide law, against the wishes of a majority of Oregonians and in defiance of a 1997 Supreme Court ruling.

Nov 21, 2001 / David Sarasohn

Big Pharma’s Payoff Big Pharma’s Payoff

Talk about good times for Washington's mercenary culture. Even as officials scrambled to explain why they had not acted more quickly to protect postal workers from anthrax contami...

Oct 25, 2001 / The Editors

Needed: Rx for Drug Costs Needed: Rx for Drug Costs

John Elias, my patient, has a dilemma. He can't afford to buy his medicines and also pay his rent. I'm sure he won't give up his apartment just to keep his veins filled with my ch...

Jun 28, 2001 / Dr. Marc Siegel

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