Harvard Medical School rolls out new rules to stop its faculty from accepting bribes from Big Pharma

(NaturalNews) It is common practice for medical professionals to accept gifts, free travel, meals and other forms of indirect compensation from drug companies and medical device manufacturers for giving speeches that endorse their products. But Harvard Medical School has now made a new rule that prohibits its 11,000 faculty members from engaging in this activity. The school is also requiring that faculty who consult with drug companies, join their boards and work with them in any other ways, report all income over $5,000 publicly. The school is promising to keep a better watch on the relationships that its faculty has with drug and medical device companies as well. “We’re anxious to be viewed publicly as doing what’s in the best interest of our patients,” explained Dr. Robert Mayer, co-chairman of the committee responsible for Harvard’s new policy. According to both Dr. Mayer and Dr. Jeffrey Flier, dean of Harvard’s Medical School, faculty will still be allowed to work with such companies to perform industry-funded research, …

Goldman Sachs Admits Bailout Cash Went To Offshore Banks

July 26, 2010 USA Today By Karen Mracek and Thomas Beaumont, Des Moines Register Goldman Sachs sent $4.3 billion in federal tax money to 32 entities, including many overseas banks, hedge funds and pensions, according to information made public Friday night. Goldman Sachs disclosed the list of companies to the Senate Finance Committee after a threat of subpoena from

Avandia fraud explained: Why Big Pharma keeps lying about its drugs (opinion)

(NaturalNews) Sometimes the degree of fraud that takes place in the drug industry is so mind-boggling that it’s hard to determine whether drug regulators and the media are paying attention at all. For the past several months, drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been under scrutiny for tampering with clinical trial data for its diabetes drug, Avandia. Reports show that the company lied about Avandia’s safety in order to get the drug approved and keep it on the market. But despite numerous pieces of credible evidence and witness testimonies that have all come forward — all of which reveal GSK’s deception — an FDA advisory panel is still recommending that Avandia remain on the market. Back in February, a Senate Finance Committee report revealed that not only is Avandia dangerous, but GSK knows this and has deliberately tried to hide this crucial information from the public. The report even goes so far as to openly name the FDA as a culprit in conspiring with GSK (and other drug companies) to deceive the public. (You can read the article I wrote…

Afghanistan Is Obama’s War

July 9, 2010 Ann Coulter Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele was absolutely right. Afghanistan is Obama’s war and, judging by other recent Democratic ventures in military affairs, isn’t likely to turn out well. It has been idiotically claimed that Steele’s statement about Afghanistan being Obama’s war is “inaccurate” — as if Steele is unaware Bush invaded Afghanistan

U.S. Opposes Honest Labeling of GMO Foods

July 9, 2010 NaturalNews The official U.S. position on genetically-modified organisms, also known as GMs or GMOs, is that there is no difference between them and natural organisms. Crafted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the position set forth to the Codex Alimentarius Committee on the issue goes even

Waxman to push carbon limits in conference if Senate falls short

By Ben Geman House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said he would “absolutely” seek to keep greenhouse gas limits alive in a House-Senate conference if the Senate approves energy legislation this summer that omits carbon provisions.”It would be open in conference to consider because our bill has it,” Waxman told The Hill Wednesday. Waxman authored a sweeping climate and energy bill that the House narrowly approved last year that merges an “economy-wide” cap-and-trade system with other provisions to boost alternative energy and energy efficiency. Read the rest of this story at The Hill.

National Debts Soars To Highest Level Since WWII

July 1, 2010 USA Today By John Fritze The federal debt will represent 62% of the nation’s economy by the end of this year, the highest percentage since just after World War II, according to a long-term budget outlook released today by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Republicans, who have been talking a lot about the debt in recent

CFR Member Gupta Says Kids Need H1N1 This Year

CNN | Centers for Disease Control adopts recommendations from its vaccine advisory committee.

Scientists warn about a Solar Armageddon to happen in 2012

The Government Worried about a Solar Armageddon ? Studies conducted at nasa show what will really happen in 2012. Dr. Michio Kaku talks about what will happen in 2012. He is an internationally-recognized authority in theoretical physics and the environment. He received his Phd from Berkeley and is co-creator of string field theory, a branch of string theory associated with Einsteins theory of everything.” On June 9th, 2010 The US House of Rep. Energy and Commerce Committee voted to allow $100 million to study the impact of a massive Coronal Mass Ejection , on our electricity grids, computers and communication satellites. H. R. 5026 An act To amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of the United States against cybersecurity and other threats and vulnerabilities. This Act may be cited as the “Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act” or the “GRID Act”.

The Banks : just business as usual

The white shoe boys are bankrupting the world – A second Crash is inevitable Crash after crash The Banks are Bankrupting World Economy BBC Channel 4, Monday 14 June 2010 As the government prepares an emergency budget to help pay for the bank bailout, Will Hutton investigates the banks and what they’ve done with our money. He discovers that while ordinary taxpayers take the pain, for the banks it’s largely business as usual. Hutton analyses the banks’ accounts and shows how they are using government-guaranteed funds to gamble with derivatives as they did before the crash. He also reveals how the banks are still paying vast salaries and bonuses, and City head hunters tell Dispatches how the banks hide the sums they’re really paying out. With the help of former and current members of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, Hutton shows how the banks’ booming margins come from the free and near-free money the government and taxpayers…

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