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Another business for pharmaceutical companies

No advertising of pharmaceutical drugs or sponsors on the website of the Foundation for bipolar children and adolescents has been renamed to the Zen way "Foundation mental balance." (Meditation and medication are the same thing, no?)Instead, visitors to the site will find treacherous stories of children saved from bipolar medications and a list of donor families. But according to the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry current trends that the Foundation uses to distinguish bipolar disorder in children and adolescents were funded by Abbott, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Forest, Janssen, Novartis, and Pfizer. Oops. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the group that produces the Journal, is also seen as a possible front organization for Pharma. The magazine is the same in which he appeared "Studio 329" on Paxil who buried dell'antidepressivo the risk of suicide in adolescents. The prosecution brought by the Attorney General of New York in 2004 showed that the search was not even written by the doctors and researchers who twenty-two listed, but (hear hear) from the company's marketing GlaxoSmithKline. Everything, including the scientific and therapeutic. The authors of the influential guidelines in 2007 for children of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, according to which "sometimes it is necessary to use drugs," although they had financial links with Abbott, AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol -Myers Squibb, Cephalon, Eli Lilly, Forest Labs, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), various divisions of Johnson & Johnson and ten other drug companies. In 2012, the Academy has only received $ 221,000 from Eli Lilly for research and conferences.Nothing less. "Children are forced by school personnel to take their medications," says Gwen Olsen, author of "Confessions of a drug pusher." "They are forced by their parents and their doctors to take these drugs. Thus, children are the patient type ideal for 'longevity' and because the drug is imposed on them."Another widely viewed as a front group for Pharma is the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, dedicated to combating suicide caused by lack of drugs we provide. Suicide prevention is a basic tool of marketing for Pharma. What they do not tell you is that, despite the sales of antidepressants have increased by 400% in the wake of their terrorist campaigns, suicide not only unabated, but rather worrying increase in proportion: 36,000 deaths per year.Nothing less. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has received $ 100,000 from Eli Lilly in 2011 and $ 50,000 in 2012 and has been driven for a long time psychiatrist Charles Nemeroff, thrown out of the Emory University after Congress discovered secret payments from the Pharma Emory for at least $ 1.2 million. Nothing less. According to the medical journal UIC in Spring 2008 Pharma gave between $ 10,000 and $ 24,000 at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Illinois at Chicago, along with GSK, maker of Paxil.Another group uncertain is the National Council for behavioral health care to the community, described on its website as "a non-profit organization representing 1,300 mental health and addiction treatment and rehabilitation." However receives donations of at least half a million dollars from Pharma. In 2010, the Council received $ 190,000 from Eli Lilly and $ 500,000 from AstraZeneca. Nice work without profit, if you can say. According to his own magazine last year the group has received funding from AstaZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb. No wonder the Council pushes in his magazine National Council the "week of awareness of mental illness, suicide prevention" and profitable idea that addiction is "a chronic medical condition treatable, like diabetes or heart disease." Already.Finally, there is the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), the first international organization based in the United States to focus exclusively on ADHD. "The APSARD offer a range of services including a complete Web site, an annual scientific meeting, a quarterly magazine and the development of guidelines to address the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of ADHD throughout the life span," this promises his first press release without mentioning that Eli Lilly will fund the newsletter and the 2010 conference. Oops. In addition to funds from Pharma, many psychiatrists are able to smooth their income by prescribing medications that their patients - adults and children - may not even need. A psychiatrist who works eight hours a day doing therapy communication "earns about $ 940 a day, $ 4,700 a week and $ 225,000 per year," according to an article entitled, "The Industrialized, New-Deal Age of Psychiatry" by psychiatrist Ronald Ricker. So much effort for so little? "Much better to their patients monthly monitoring visits lasting 15 minutes - each paid about $ 90," says Ricker. "Multiply forty patients a day and add a few extras ... et voila the momentum built over a million dollars a year." Nothing less. The pill that lays golden eggs is backed by fake illness and support groups of patients funded by Pharma. Evelyn Pringle is an investigative journalist and a pharmaceutical researcher. 

Martha Rosenberg is an investigative reporter who takes care of health and author of the book "Born With A Junk Food Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks and Hacks Pimp The Public Health" (Prometheus Books)

Ikea has stopped the sale of chocolate cake

Ikea has stopped the sale of chocolate cake, in which the Chinese health authorities have found traces of E. coli bacteria in all of the restaurants in Italy. The results of the first analysis of the samples, according to reports, are expected in the next 48 hours. The Swedish company announced that it has stopped the sale of chocolate cakes in cafes in 23 countries after the Chinese health authorities have found traces of bacteria that usually indicate faecal contamination. The decision to Ikea was taken after the destruction by the Chinese Customs of 1,800 sweet "chokladkrokant" (a cake with almonds and chocolate butter cream and caramel) intercepted last November in the port of Shanghai. According to the newspaper Shanghai Daily English speaking, some tests showed that the sweets contained "excessive levels of coliform bacteria." These bacteria are not normally dangerous to consumers, are usually light "of a faecal contamination, although it is not always the case," said a microbiologist of the Food Safety Sweden, Mats Lindblad. The cakes withdrawn were produced by Swedish manufacturer, Almondy. A spokeswoman for Ikea, Ylva Magnusson, reported that the level of concentration of these bacteria did not represent a serious danger to public health. "There are indications that the concentration of bacteria detected is low, but we need to know the exact figure and know what happened."

Shell continues to pollute the North Sea

It seems absurd, but the oil company Shell, continues to pollute without anyone to take appropriate action. After the pollution of the Niger Delta oil company is continuing to pollute half the world regardless of the damage, just a month ago in Alaska had an accident involving the kulluk platform and now it's incredibly ennessimo the environmental disaster. According to an investigation by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in the last 10 months has resulted in well-Shell 430 oil spills in the North Sea. All this because of the violent drilling activities that Shell has intensified in this period, needless to say that these criminal activities are exterminating the marine ecosystem already weakened intesiva practiced their fishing in the North Sea. Shell respond to these accusations claiming that precautions be taken to avoid damage, in fact, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, it would try to use less invasive methods for boring. However, the problem remains as governments with state subsidies entice companies like Shell to increase the oil business, but had not started the green revolution? According to the WWF to cut all oil companies subsidies would be the only way to stop these dangerous criminal activities, also with the same gesture will encourage the development of more sustainable energy policies. In short, the bad example from above, the government once again proved'' not interested'' in this worrying environmental problem.

MUOS: The military force locks are held by women and children

Protests in the district of elm in Niscemi (CL), hundreds of nonviolent activists peacefully prevent access to the means the U.S. military. Have not served the assurances of the president of the region Crocetta to block the advance of the Americans, the Sicilian governor issued an order revoking the works for the construction of Muos that Americans refuse to comply. Just yesterday, the U.S. base in Sigonella rejected the letter of revocation of the region Sicily, the official responsible for the delivery has been left outside the gates of the military entrance. Just a few days ago, the Italian police in riot gear had hit the demonstrators who were lying on the ground to protest against the installation of Muos. Among them women and children who have suffered injuries to his head and legs. As usual when it comes to economic interests, democracy and the right to health are not protected. I find it disgusting that Americans are using whatever legal means and not to force people to live in Sicily with an installation that supports the war, the U.S. is an example of those who preach good and bad ... but they were scratching against terrorism? Meanwhile, this morning at the gates of the construction site for the Muos, a convoy of U.S. military attempted to overcome the blocks. As always found to block the activists, fortunately this time have been rejected and no one has been hurt. For how long the resistance of activists?

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Scandal of horse meat

The scandal of horse meat continues to grow and is a growing concern of the Italian and European citizens to the lack of controls on food. Meanwhile they are to return the animal meal responsible for mad cow disease: the EU provides more control, but there is growing concern among the people.The scandal horse meat grows and continues to remain in the spotlight. Less light in the news a few days ago the confirmation from Europe's lifting of the ban on the use of flours derived from animal carcasses to be used as feed for other animals, the infamous flour responsible for mad cow disease. It goes without saying that the people most concerned about the shortcomings in throughout Europe by the authorities should ensure that controls on food and make people wonder: can we trust the EU's statements? The controls on animal meal will be really so hard? If even on products intended for human consumption shall you well, as you will monitor those on consumption of other animals?The scandal of horse meat is the scandal of the moment, but it is not the only one that opens to the concern about food adulteration at Italian and European level. Animal meal will come back to be used for fish before, then pigs and poultry. The EU has received a great deal of criticism for the great danger of this choice simply not to feed the cows charged in order for such diseases will not occur in other animals? Europe bulldozing and gets substantially with a promise of more stringent controls on flour derived from crushing and pulverization of the remains of other animals. (Adding a questionable insurance: there will be no cannibalism, the pigs will be given not to eat the remains of other pigs, but there are strong doubts that this consideration has value on the risks of new diseases and diseases).The question seems to be: can we trust the European authorities about the increased controls? Always remembering that even if they were perfectly done many experts do not exclude, however, a number of risks, we do not or will not say that we trust, nor that we should not trust, but we believe they are subjects on which it is good to ask.