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Newsflash: OxyContin Is Apparently Addictive Posted by Pile (10746 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.
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Wal-Mart Test Markets Biblical Action Figures Posted by Pile (15724 views) [E-Mail link]
Wal-Mart plans to test-market biblical action figures in U.S. stores as a "faith-based" alternative to toys tied to commercial movies, video games and TV. The toys -- ranging from a talking 12-inch Jesus doll to 3-inch figurines depicting Moses and the Ten Plagues of Egypt -- will be available in about 425 of Wal-Mart's 3,376 stores in 21 states, starting in mid-August. Locusts, fire, and brimstone sold separately.
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Michael Moore on Countdown with Keith Olbermann Posted by Pile (11924 views) [E-Mail link]	[Activists]
Michael Moore appears on Keith Olbermann's show and address the supposed inaccuracies of his film... check it out.
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Sanjay Gupta's "Fact Checking" Needs Its Own Fact Checking Posted by Pile (12673 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".
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Blue Cross: You'd Have To Be Dead To Not Be Affected By "Sicko" Posted by Pile (9769 views) [E-Mail link]	[Activists]
An employee of Blue Cross, one of the largest HMOs in the nation forwarded a secret memo to Michael Moore the other day, outlining the company's reaction to Moore's expose on the healthcare industry. Check out the memo and Moore's response.
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Alli OOPS - Xenical-Based Diet Drug Not Getting Rave Reviews Posted by Pile (17969 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."
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Michael Moore: How He Felt About Healthcare Years Ago Posted by Pile (10740 views) [E-Mail link]
In the wake of his new movie, "Sicko" being released in theaters soon, we dug up an old clip from him covering healthcare in the past. Want to see how he dealt with it then?
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Pharmaceutical Companies Propose "Drug TV" Channel Posted by Pile (11614 views) [E-Mail link]	[Television]
Amid strenuous lobbying across Europe to end restrictions on direct-to-consumer drug advertising, four pharmaceutical companies are considering launching their own television station. Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Novartis and Procter & Gamble envision "Pharma TV" as "a dedicated interactive digital channel funded by the industry with health news and features. " With less regulation in America, why haven't they proposed their own channel here? Ponder that while you wait in line for your medication for restless leg syndrome, chronic fatigue, fingernail fungus, erectile disfunction and dry eyes.
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Avandia: Helps Diabetes; Hurts Life Expectency Posted by Pile (10168 views) [E-Mail link]
The widely prescribed diabetes drug Avandia (generic name rosiglitazone) is linked to a greater risk of heart attack and possibly death, says a new scientific analysis published online Monday. GlaxoSmithKline downplayed the risks today and announced their new Avandia ad slogan: "When you're dead, you'll never have to worry about Diabetes again."
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How To Get Free Prescription Drugs And Health Care Posted by Pile (11504 views) [E-Mail link]
Want to know how you can get free prescription drugs? The answer is simple....
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Senate: You'll Pay More For Prescriptions And You'll Like It! Posted by Pile (10206 views) [E-Mail link]
In a triumph for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate on Monday killed a drive to allow consumers to buy prescription drugs from abroad at a significant savings over domestic prices. On a 49-40 vote, the Senate required the Food and Drug Administration to certify the safety and effectiveness of imported drugs before they can be imported, a requirement that officials have said they cannot meet. "Well, once again the big drug companies have proved that they are the most powerful and best financed lobby in Washington," said Sen. David Vitter, R-La.
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WellPoint Cares About Your Health, Sort Of Posted by ueberbill (8069 views) [E-Mail link]
WellPoint, our nation's largest health insurer (motto: Don't Get Sick, Jackass), has come up with an extremely underwhelming scheme to get all of its 42,000 employees jazzed up 'bout patient health. They are tying annual bonuses to certain quantifiable aspects of their customer base's health. Sounds great, right? Well, sort of.
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52,662 Pennies Posted by TheSwing (8757 views) [E-Mail link]	[Humor]
Man sending 52,662 pennies to protest rate increase Associated Press Mar. 7, 2007 10:54 AM CARTERVILLE, Ill. - A man who's fed up with higher electric rates has come up with a way to show his displeasure while paying his bill.
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Medical School Dean Joins The Pepsi Generation Posted by Pile (9963 views) [E-Mail link]	[Liars]
Apparently the Dean of the University of Minnesota medical school does not see a conflict of interest in joining the board of Pepsi, though the University has an organization called the Obesity Prevention Center which doesn't think too highly of sodas in the fight against fat. To add insult to injury, Dean Deborah Powell claims that when she accepted the role as PepsiCo board member, she was unaware that it paid an annual fee of $30,000 plus $2,000 per board meeting attended and $60,000 in stock.
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Recall of Oscar Mayer/Louis Rich Chicken Breasts Posted by Pile (6478 views) [E-Mail link]
Is it my imagination or are there a lot more recalls lately? Aren't these companies cleaning up after themselves? Carolina Culinary Food is recalling packages of Oscar Mayer ready-to-eat chicken breast strips with rib meat because they may be contaminated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday.
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Not Going Anywhere For Awhile? Try JetBlue! Posted by Pile (9475 views) [E-Mail link]	[Travel]
"JetBlue will review the day's events to determine whether it could have handled the storm differently and how to prevent similar problems from arising again", says JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin. Apparently, letting their customers sit in airplanes on the tarmac for ELEVEN HOURS without moving is something they didn't realize people wouldn't like?
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Wal-Mart Pays Itself Rent To Gain Huge Tax Breaks Posted by Pile (11661 views) [E-Mail link]
Wal-Mart, the nation's largest employer and the world's biggest retailer, is regularly paying itself rent and using the transaction to decrease the taxes it pays to state governments, according to a report in this morning's Wall Street Journal.
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Judge Clamps Down on Zyprexa Lawsuit Wiki Posted by Pile (12470 views) [E-Mail link]
The drug, Zyprexa, has been the subject of payouts by Eli Lilly in cases over its alleged side effects. The pharmaceutical company still faces a large number of product liability lawsuits which claim that the schizophrenia and bipolar disorder treatment has caused patients to gain weight or to contract diabetes. Eli Lilly has already paid out $1.2bn to settle suits before they reached court, including $500m just last week. A wiki about the controversy, zyprexa.pbwiki.com, published a link to internal Eli Lilly documents which the New York Times said showed that the company deliberately downplayed the side effects of the drug, which are alleged to include weight gain, high blood sugar levels and diabetes. The judge in one of the product liability cases, federal district Judge Jack Weinstein, ordered the site and a number of named individuals to refrain from distributing the documents or causing them to be distributed.
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The Sacred Virgin Jolie Spotted Hovering Over Wal-Mart Posted by Pile (10981 views) [E-Mail link]	[Art]
A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a Wal-Mart check-out line.
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The Nightmare Of Cancelling Subscription Accounts Posted by Pile (12733 views) [E-Mail link]
PC World Senior Editor Tom Spring signed up for 32 online accounts. Then tried to cancel all of them. The most difficult to cancel: NetZero. The easiest to cancel: Consumer Reports Online and The New York Times TimesSelect. Read on to hear about his customer service nightmare.
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