Tag: disease industry
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the latest absurd marketing scheme from merck
cervical cancer vaccine for boys? you can’t make this stuff up… from dr. mercola: School-age boys are now being advised to get vaccinated with Gardasil, Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine, according to mainstream media reports. Previously, the vaccine was only recommended for girls. The new male recommendation is based on the notion that boys could get…
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US military practices genetic discrimination in denying benefits
from los angeles times: Eric Miller’s career as an Army Ranger wasn’t ended by a battlefield wound, but his DNA. Lurking in his genes was a mutation that made him vulnerable to uncontrolled tumor growth. After suffering back pain during a tour in Afghanistan, he underwent three surgeries to remove tumors from his brain and…
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‘sicko’ leaves top democrats ill at ease
from la times: With the release of Michael Moore’s “Sicko,” a movie once again is adding sizzle to an issue that’s a high priority for liberal politicians — this time comprehensive health insurance for all. But unlike Al Gore’s film on global warming, which helped rally support on an equally controversial problem, “Sicko” is creating…
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clintons sell their war, oil & pharma stocks for millions
from ap: Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton liquidated the contents of their blind trust upon learning it contained investments of $5 million to $25 million that could pose conflicts of interest or prove to be embarrassing to her presidential campaign. The blind trust and a bank account valued in the same range place the Clinton’s…
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tb patient’s relative to be investigated
from ap/yahoo: A federal microbiologist, the father-in-law of the man quarantined with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, will be investigated to see how he was involved in the case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. Meanwhile, the CDC said it has withdrawn the federal isolation order for TB patient Andrew Speaker because…
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May Clearinghouse
activists go face to face with evil as rockefeller confronted giuliani getting ‘tripped up’ by 9/11 activists tb patient’s dad-in-law works for cdc’s tb program questions about 9/11 get army sergeant demoted bush authorizes new covert action against iran US flexes muscle off iranian coast armed police swoop on cowgirls with toy guns ‘who’s a…
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sick people used like lab rats in GM trials
from independent: Genetically modified potatoes developed by Monsanto, the multinational biotech company, have been fed to sick patients in an experiment. Rats that ate similar potatoes in the research suffered reductions in the weight of their hearts and prostate glands. Dr Michael Antoniou, reader in molecular genetics at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of…
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merck mercenaries
from blacklisted news/youtube: Gardasil is one of the Merck’s brightest lights as the company faces lawsuits, layoffs and the looming patent expiration of its top earner, Zocor. Merck faces 9,200 lawsuits from plaintiffs who blame Vioxx, the $2.5 billion arthritis painkiller Merck pulled off the market in 2004, for heart attacks, many of them fatal.…
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texas gov orders anti-cancer vaccine
from ap/reason: Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer… Perry also directed state health authorities to make the vaccine available free to girls 9 to 18 who are uninsured or…
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US unwittingly evolved superpathogen
from raw story: A drug-resistant bacteria that is infecting wounded US soldiers in Iraq – and has spread to civilian hospitals in parts of Europe – accidentally evolved in US military hospitals in Iraq, Wired Magazine will report in a massive expose on Monday, RAW STORY has learned. The full story is now available here.…
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gloom & doom in 2007?
from ap/yahoo: Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster. These are among Americans’ grim predictions for the United States in 2007. Only a minority of people think the U.S. will go to war with Iran or North Korea over those countries’ nuclear ambitions. An overwhelming majority of those surveyed…
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cancer scientist funded by monsanto
from guardian: A world-famous British scientist failed to disclose that he held a paid consultancy with a chemical company for more than 20 years while investigating cancer risks in the industry, the Guardian can reveal. Sir Richard Doll, the celebrated epidemiologist who established that smoking causes lung cancer, was receiving a consultancy fee of $1,500…