The Long War on Aspirin
CounterPunch, CA -
Johnson & Johnson has paid out countless millions of dollars over the years to settle suits by Tylenol victims and minimize adverse publicity. Occasionally the wall of silence by the corporate media gets breached, but the message that Tylenol causes liver damage has yet to reach the masses. A 1998 article in Forbes by Thomas Easton and Stephen Herrera critiqued J&J's strategy: "J&J has made grudging concessions, strengthening the warning label a little at a time... Why not warn about people about possible liver failure? J&J says that 'organ specific' warnings would confuse people. Why not talk about the risk of death? That would promote suicides, says the company." The Forbes piece concluded, "[CEO James] Burke's successor has a painful choice. He can rewrite the label, putting on it the verbal equivalent of a skull and crossbones. Or he can go on paying off victims, and hope for the best." Richard Cowan posted the Forbes piece on Marijuananews.com, with a commentary contrasting the safety profiles of Tylenol and cannabis. That was about 2,500 deaths ago.
2006-06-20
Changing face of a little hero
Daily Mail - UK, UK -
Yet again Ollie was back on a ventilator as doctors fought to save him. He pulled through, but spent another four weeks in hospital. We knew Ollie would need surgery to patch the area where the leak was occurring at the back of his nose. In November 2000, a few days after his third birthday, Ollie went in for a nine-hour operation.
2006-06-19
'World News Tonight' Extra: Surgeon General Discusses the Findings
ABC News -
If a service ranked low on the list from the Partnership for Prevention, it meant there was not enough research showing it provided the kind of medical bang for the buck as other services. He did say the list should prompt a frank discussion between all patients and their doctors. Watch the
2006-06-18
COASTAL MONMOUTH COUNTY BRIEFS
Asbury Park Press, NJ -
A lifelong resident of Middletown, Oxley graduated from the University of Maryland and earned a juris doctorate degree from the Delaware Law School of Widener University in Wilmington, Del. His career in public service began as an assistant prosecutor in the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. From 1993 to 1995, he served on the Middletown Township Committee and was mayor in 1994. Oxley has served as Monmouth County Sheriff since 1996. He is a certified jail manager and a certified public manager.
2006-06-16
The Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
About - News & Issues, NY -
Shaffer, D., Fisher, P., Dulcan, M. K., Davies, M., Piacentini, J., Schwab-Stone, M. E., Lahey, B. B., Bourdon, K., Jensen, P. S., Bird, H. R., Canino, G., & Regier, D. A. (1996). The NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC- 2.3): Description, acceptability, prevalence rates, and performance in the MECA Study. Methods for the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders Study.
2006-06-15
Israel missiles kill 10 in Gaza
International Herald Tribune, France -
They contended that the explosion on the beach occurred between 4:57 P.M. and 5:10 P.M. They based that on an array of films, not specifically identified but shown at the news conference in Tel Aviv. One film taken from seaward showed what the officials called normal activity on that stretch of beach, with the time stamped as late as 4:57. A later film stamped at 5:15 showed an ambulance arriving from a hospital about five minutes away.
2006-06-14
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