How Corporate Welfare Hurts You

Public Investment In Pharmaceutical Research

Pharma Companies Spend More On Marketing Than On Research

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Midweek Reading

Examples Of Bush & Republicans Using Government To Target Critics
Groups Targeted By IRS Tested Rules Of Politics
Six Facts Lost In The IRS Scandal
Washington Misses The Point On The Tea Party & The IRS
All Killer Tornadoes Since 1950
Itsa Pharmaceuticals To Pay $33.5 Million To Settle Claims For Paying Doctors To Push Drugs
US Cities Growing Faster Than Suburbs

Heal Thy Self

A very interesting article from Wired magazine, Placebos are getting more effective. Drugmakers are desperate to know why.

It raises some very good issues regarding the commercialization of pharmaceuticals, the real effectiveness of the medicine, and the power of the body to heal itself.

Democracy On Drugs

The New York Times editors ask, Should Prescription Drugs Be Reined In?