Cries for Wall Street Regulation

March 12, 2010 Reuters By David Morgan The findings suggest that 82 percent of Americans want the government to clamp down more strongly on Wall Street excesses, with a particular emphasis on bonus schemes that have rewarded employees at loss-making companies such as American International Group. A Harris release on the February 16-21 telephone survey of 1,010 adults did

David Frum: Hatchet Man for Ben Bernanke

Gary North | David Frum has written an article for CNN, “Ron Paul’s money plan is far from golden.” It is an attack on anything resembling a gold coin standard.

Challenge of the Raw Milk Ban

March 2, 2010 Grist.org By David Gumpert The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is taking on the Big Enchilada in the raw milk war: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s prohibition on interstate shipment of raw milk. The FTCLDF filed suit over the weekend in U.S. District court against FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg, and the secretary of the FDA’s parent

UK bans ‘clapping’ in televised debates, fearing audience influence

Daily Mail | Televised election debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will take place in near silence after the broadcasters were forced to agree to a ban on clapping.

Glaxo Birth Defect Litigation Reveals Paxil Promoters on Speed Dial

(NaturalNews) In the first Paxil birth defect trial against GlaxoSmithKline, much of evidence focused on the doctors on Glaxo’s payroll involved in the corruption of the medical literature and seminars given to promote the off label use of Paxil with pregnant and nursing mothers. On October 13, 2009, the trial of Kilker v Glaxo ended with a Philadelphia jury awarding $2.5 million in compensatory damages to the family of Lyam Kilker, after finding that Glaxo “negligently failed to warn” the doctor treating Lyam’s mother about the risks of Paxil and the drug was a “factual cause” of the child’s heart defects. Glaxo’s lead attorney at trial was King and Spalding partner Chilton Varner, and the family’s lead attorney was Sean Tracey from Houston. During his opening statement on September 15, 2009, Tracey told the jury that Doctor David Healy is “one of the most, if not the (most) world-recognized expert on pharmaceutical industry influence and the medicine, he is up there in the top five.” Healy “is going to explain to you how GSK corrupted the medical literature,” he…

Glaxo Birth Defect Litigation Reveals Paxil Promoters on Speed Dial

(NaturalNews) In the first Paxil birth defect trial against GlaxoSmithKline, much of evidence focused on the doctors on Glaxo’s payroll involved in the corruption of the medical literature and seminars given to promote the off label use of Paxil with pregnant and nursing mothers. On October 13, 2009, the trial of Kilker v Glaxo ended with a Philadelphia jury awarding $2.5 million in compensatory damages to the family of Lyam Kilker, after finding that Glaxo “negligently failed to warn” the doctor treating Lyam’s mother about the risks of Paxil and the drug was a “factual cause” of the child’s heart defects. Glaxo’s lead attorney at trial was King and Spalding partner Chilton Varner, and the family’s lead attorney was Sean Tracey from Houston. During his opening statement on September 15, 2009, Tracey told the jury that Doctor David Healy is “one of the most, if not the (most) world-recognized expert on pharmaceutical industry influence and the medicine, he is up there in the top five.” Healy “is going to explain to you how …

Science Mimicking Photosynthesis in Artificial Leaves

March 1, 2010 Natural News By David Gutierrez Researchers from Imperial College London have launched a £1 million ($1.6 million) study to create what they call an “artificial leaf,” mimicking the process of photosynthesis that allows plants to generate energy from the sun. Plants use solar radiation to power a chemical reaction that converts water and carbon dioxide into

Climate Scientists Back off Sea Level Claim

February 22, 2010 Guardian By David Adam Scientists have been forced to withdraw a study on projected sea level rise due to global warming after finding mistakes that undermined the findings. The study, published in 2009 in Nature Geoscience, one of the top journals in its field, confirmed the conclusions of the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on

Verdict in Chemotherapy Death Trial: Manslaughter

February 17, 2010 Natural News By David Gutierrez An inquest jury has concluded that a British doctor who prescribed a lethal dose of chemotherapy drugs to one of his patients is guilty of “manslaughter by gross neglect.” In March 2006, Dr. Jacqueline James prescribed four 60-milligram doses of the chemotherapy drug idarubicin to Anna McKenna, who suffered from a

Online Junk Food Ads Preying on Teens

February 15, 2010 Natural News By David Gurierrez Teenagers are strongly affected by Internet marketing in a way that has yet to be addressed by scientific research or government regulation, a group of scientists has warned in a review published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. “As the media marketplace continues its rapid transformation, becoming a ubiquitous presence in

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