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NY Times Exposes Merck Gardasil® Predatory Advertising Campaign

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Opportunistic marketing isn’t new. Mass merchandising of tobacco products to minors delivered millions of “Hooked for Life” or at least until premature death ‘users” for BIG TOBACCO. With recent regulations that allegedly limited marketing tobacco to minors, rapacious advertising agencies and armies of mercenaries (lobbyists) have moved to a new, even more, profitable venue —BIG [...]

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Skip The Drugs…Change Your Food Sources

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) I was doing some research for a fiend whose child had just been “diagnosed” Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by a school nurse who suggested drug therapy. My first thought was a Kindergarten version of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’…dazed and compliant preschoolers. In the past decade, ADHD, ”Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, [...]

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Fentanyl (Duragesic) Patches Recalled

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

What are fentanyl skin patches? FENTANYL (Duragesic®, E-TRANS® Fentanyl) relieves moderate to severe chronic pain. Fentanyl patches are commonly used to treat pain associated with cancer. Once the patch is applied, the medicine is slowly absorbed through your skin into the bloodstream to help control your pain. Generic fentanyl skin patches are available. FDA Recalls [...]

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Just Say “Know” to Prescription Drugs!

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Coalition of Advocates Launch Just Say “Know” to Prescription Drugs Campaign – Declaring October “Just Say Know month,” effort aims to get one million people to take a second look at the drugs they are taking. A coalition of 10 organizations, advocates, healthcare professionals, academics and concerned citizens have launched a campaign to get one [...]

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