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PATH: BS | Business | Corporations | Big Pharma Cigna Defends Administrative Decision That Leaves Girl Dead Posted by Pile (10641 views) [E-Mail link] Cigna HealthCare is taking heat this Christmas but isn't backing down after its decision to deny a liver transplant to a teenager afflicted with leukemia left her dead. Nataline Sarkisyan, 17, died last week after suffering complications following a bone marrow transplant. Cigna had refused to cover a liver transplant the girl's doctors had requested, dubbing it "experimental," only to reconsider at the last minute when the girl's parents had already decided to take her off life support. After taking a beating in the press and on the Web, the Philadelphia-based insurance giant distributed a letter to the press Monday defending their decision. READ MORE | 1 comment since 2007-12-31 20:54:21 | Comment on this Article Maher: Ask Your Doctor If Getting Off Your Ass Is Right For You Posted by Pile (12645 views) [E-Mail link] Bill Maher goes off on a classic tirade against the pharmaceutical industry. It turns out diet and exercise is just as much (if not more) effective a treatment against depression as Zoloft and Paxil. Go ask your doctor if getting off your ass is right for you! READ MORE | 1 comment since 2007-10-09 11:41:54 | Comment on this Article John Stossel Called Out For His Healthcare Hit Piece In WSJ Posted by Pile (12054 views) [E-Mail link] ABC's John Stossel wrote a story for the Wall Street Journal entitled, "Sick Sob Stories" where he lambasts a woman whose story appeared in the movie, "Sicko". Unfortunately, he didn't do his homework and the widow has quite a bit to say about this yellow journalistic hit piece. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Doctor Buys Huge Interest In Lion's Gate, Distributor of Sicko Posted by Pile (13756 views) [E-Mail link] [Movies] Would you find it suspicious that a doctor with heavy ties to the HMO and Pharmaceutical industry suddenly went on a quest to acquire controlling interest in Lion's Gate, the distribution company for Michael Moore's movie, "Sicko" a week before it opened? And then the movie's release in theaters seems to rapidly diminish? Coincedence? Or has Lion's Gate now become a puppet of big pharma? Bill Maher's upcoming film critical of religion is also set to be distributed by Lion's Gate. Are we going to see a trend of activist films being limited in distribution by their corporate controllers? READ MORE | 1 comment since 2007-08-23 08:45:14 | Comment on this Article Rapper Aims At Pharmaceutical Companies With Hilarious Spoof Posted by Pile (12082 views) [E-Mail link] [Music] The New Jersey rapper, Sudden Death, has launched a free-to-play track which mocks the drug industry's direct-to-consumer advertising. The song, titled Pillagers, describes the experience of a man taking two dozen pills for various conditions and being prescribed the drug Liquiplox that "relaxes the lining of your throat making it easier to take pills". "Liquiplox isn't for everyone. People without health insurance or who otherwise may be unable to pay should not take Liquiplox. Do not stop taking any of your other medications without consulting your doctor as this may cause an unsafe drop in our profit margins." READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Michael Moore Plays Hardball Posted by Pile (9963 views) [E-Mail link] [Activists] Michael Moore appeared on Chris Matthews' Hardball program to talk about healthcare and a whole lot more. Take a look at the video.. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Newsflash: OxyContin Is Apparently Addictive Posted by Pile (10732 views) [E-Mail link] Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, and three of its executives were ordered Friday to pay a $634.5 million fine for misleading the public about the painkiller's risk of addiction. READ MORE | 7 comments since 2008-12-30 01:42:03 | Comment on this Article Michael Moore on Countdown with Keith Olbermann Posted by Pile (11908 views) [E-Mail link] [Activists] Michael Moore appears on Keith Olbermann's show and address the supposed inaccuracies of his film... check it out. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Sanjay Gupta's "Fact Checking" Needs Its Own Fact Checking Posted by Pile (12653 views) [E-Mail link] [News Media] In the wake of the scandalous appearance Michael Moore made on TSR, Larry King takes time away from his schedule of obsessing over Paris Hilton and lost white girls from rich parents, to address the conflict between Moore and Dr. Gupta's claim that Sicko has some "fact fudging". READ MORE | 2 comments since 2007-07-11 11:47:28 | Comment on this Article Alli OOPS - Xenical-Based Diet Drug Not Getting Rave Reviews Posted by Pile (17951 views) [E-Mail link] GlaxoSmithKline has launched a $150 million promotion campaign for its over-the-counter (OTC) weight loss drug, Alli. But not all media coverage is up-beat about what is a lower-dose version of Roche's prescription only drug, Xenical. New York Daily News reporter Julian Kesner reports that Alli consumers "might just find themselves $50 poorer, lacking in vitamins ... and suffering a bout of diarrhea." READ MORE | 1 comment since 2007-10-03 03:57:26 | Comment on this Article 10 Articles displayed. Show More Articles.

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