ADHD Medications Don’t Hurt Children’s Hearts, Study Finds

Medications given to children for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not appear to pose risks to their cardiovascular health over the long term, at least at low doses, according to a new study conducted in Sweden.

ADHD Medications Don’t Hurt Children’s Hearts, Study Finds

Coming soon to Europe: Chewable cholesterol drugs for children (like candy)

(NaturalNews) The European Commission has approved a chewable version of Pfizer's blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor, for use in children over the age of 10.

Coming soon to Europe: Chewable cholesterol drugs for children (like candy)

Tots to teens medicated under state foster care system

One in five children in foster care in Texas is on psychotropic medicines for an extended time. Those are powerful drugs that change brain function.

Despite a push by the state to decrease the use of psychotropics, children younger than the age of 2 are being prescribed anti-psychotics.

Tots to teens medicated under state foster care system

Drugmakers top list of DOJ fraud settlements

In the 1990s, the pharmaceutical industry repeatedly was named the most profitable industry in the world. More than a decade later, the industry tops a more dubious list: the No. 1 source of fraud-related settlements with the Department of Justice, an advocacy group says.

Drugmakers top list of DOJ fraud settlements

Now here's an interesting web page.

The Deadly Industry of Psychiatry

Check it out.

Big Pharma Maneuvers to Label Toddlers as Depressed—and Drug Them

Once children are in the system, most become fodder for the Big Pharma machine for the rest of their miserable lives.

Big Pharma Maneuvers to Label Toddlers as Depressed—and Drug Them

Lawsuits Say Pharma Illegally Paid Doctors to Push Their Drugs

Drug companies say the millions of dollars they pay physicians for speaking and consulting justly compensates them for the laudable work of educating their colleagues.

Lawsuits Say Pharma Illegally Paid Doctors to Push Their Drugs

Dollars for Docs - What Drug Companies are Paying Your Doctor

Dollars for Docs - What Drug Companies are Paying Your Doctor

Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors for promoting their drugs. But seven companies have begun posting names and compensation on the Web, some as the result of legal settlements. ProPublica compiled these disclosures, totaling $258 million, into a single database that allows patients to search for their doctor. Receiving payments isn’t necessarily wrong, but it does raise ethical issues.

5 Fraud, Abuse Laws Med Students Should Know

5 Fraud, Abuse Laws Med Students Should Know

More than half of U.S. medical schools don't provide any instruction on federal fraud and abuse laws, according to a report from the Office of Inspector General.

Pharmaceutical company ethics: Protected by the White House, the FDA and Congress

Because the US Supreme Court is currently hearing a major vaccination case.

Pharmaceutical company ethics: Protected by the White House, the FDA and Congress

ADHD: Commonly diagnosed disorder in children. Study links childhood deaths and stimulants

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD or ADHD) is a neuron behavioral developmental disorder. It is the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children affecting about 3 to 5% of children globally with symptoms starting before seven years of age. It is characterized by a persistent pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity. ADHD is diagnosed twice as frequently in boys as in girls, though studies suggest this discrepancy may be due to subjective bias. ADHD is generally a chronic disorder with 30 to 50% of those individuals diagnosed in childhood continuing to have symptoms into adulthood. As they mature, adolescents and adults with ADHD are likely to develop coping mechanisms to compensate for their impairment.

ADHD: Commonly diagnosed disorder in children. Study links childhood deaths and stimulants

Pfizer ends trial after widespread overdosing of children with psych drug

Drug giant Pfizer has canceled a scheduled clinical trial of its antipsychotic drug Geodon after the FDA accused it of subjecting child participants in a prior study to "widespread overdosing."

Pfizer ends trial after widespread overdosing of children with psych drug

Psychiatric practice drops MaineCare

A Bangor psychiatric practice that serves thousands of area residents will stop seeing MaineCare patients next month, citing an untenable reduction in payments from the MaineCare program.

Psychiatric practice drops MaineCare

'We're doing experiments on poor children'

Washington state is working to reverse a disturbing trend: the disproportionate use of adult antipsychotic drugs to treat poor kids with mental illness.

'We're doing experiments on poor children'

How drug reps increase drug sales by influencing physicians

It may be hard for people to imagine that drug reps can get us to prescribe a particular drug by simply giving us a meal or being nice to us. The process is subtle, but it happens all the time. To quote Ahari again: “Drug reps increase drug sales by influencing physicians, and they do so with finely titrated doses of friendship.”

How drug reps increase drug sales by influencing physicians

Exclusive: Police Investigating Death Of Foster Child

Exclusive: Police Investigating Death Of Foster Child

Henry County Police tell CBS Atlanta News they are investigating the death of 18-month-old.

Supreme Court considers consequences in vaccine case

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case Tuesday that could pave the way for numerous lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers, a particularly high-stakes issue in light of the thousands of claims, so far unproven scientifically, linking vaccines to autism.

Supreme Court considers consequences in vaccine case

Exhibit Exposes Dangers Of Psychiatric Drugging Of Children

An Industry of Death in downtown Sacramento and warned families about the dangers of psychiatric drugging of children.

Exhibit Exposes Dangers Of Psychiatric Drugging Of Children

Vaccine makers targeted in lawsuit

Hannah Bruesewitz's parents think a DPT vaccination caused the child's seizure disorder, but the vaccine maker is protected from suits by federal law

Vaccine makers targeted in lawsuit

Children’s Mercy leads juvenile drug study

For the next seven years, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics will play a key role in a $95 million federal contract to improve drug label dosing instructions for children.

Children’s Mercy leads juvenile drug study

Are Juvenile Detention Centers Using Drugs to Control Kids?

What do you imagine the halls of a juvenile detention facility sound like? Loud and rowdy? These youth weren’t incarcerated for being docile and submissive, after all, so it would seem highly unlikely one could find a quiet spot in such an institution, right? But, according to some, the sounds of juvenile detention centers have changed drastically over the past several decades -- they've gotten a lot quieter -- largely due to the use of prescription sedation.

Are Juvenile Detention Centers Using Drugs to Control Kids?

Controversy continues over ADHD medication, sudden cardiac deaths

Controversy continues over ADHD medication, sudden cardiac deaths

Due to a paucity of data, controversy persists regarding the risk of cardiac events associated with children taking medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to a speaker here at the 2010 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition.

FDA Okays First ADHD Drug for Use With Stimulant

The FDA has approved clonidine hydrochloride (Kapvay) as the first attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug concomitantly used with a stimulant.

FDA Okays First ADHD Drug for Use With Stimulant

Rediscovering the First Miracle Drug

Rediscovering the First Miracle Drug

Every few months some miracle drug or other is rolled out with bells and confetti, but only once or twice in a generation does the real thing come along.

Psychiatric experts assess parental alienation

Psychiatric experts assess parental alienation

The American Psychiatric Association has a hot potato on its hands as it updates its catalog of mental disorders — whether to include parental alienation, a disputed term conveying how a child's relationship with one estranged parent can be poisoned by the other.

ADHD in children – what every parent should know – drug lawyer las vegas

The figures are out and they are startling to say the least ! It is now reckoned that about 10% of American children are kids with ADHD and that could be as many as 2.4 million children. Even more alarming is the fact that only about 50% of these have actually got diagnosed and are getting treatment. ADHD in small kids may seem a relatively minor problem but with figures like these, it does mean that there is an enormous pool of people who are going to carry ADHD into adulthood.

ADHD in children – what every parent should know – drug lawyer las vegas

Medication errors like those at Children's common, underreported

Medication errors are among the most common mistakes made by healthcare practitioners, research shows. They are also among the most under reported.

Medication errors like those at Children's common, underreported

Bill Gates says vaccines can help reduce world population

Bill Gates says vaccines can help reduce world population

In a recent TED conference presentation, Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, who has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to new vaccine efforts, speaks on the issue of CO2 emissions and its effects on climate change. He presents a formula for tracking CO2 emissions as follows: CO2 = P x S x E x C.