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		<title>Tylenol, Motrin, St. Joseph&#8217;s aspirin recalled</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2010/01/16/tylenol-motrin-st-josephs-aspirin-recalled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnson &#038; Johnson announced yesterday that it was recalling Tylenol, Motrin, and St. Joseph&#8217;s aspirin as well as other over-the-counter drugs because they emit a moldy smell that has sickened some users. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has criticized the New Brunswick, NJ-based company and sent it a warning letter for not taking faster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Maher&#8217;s prescription for Big Pharma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frankly, we weren&#8217;t scheduled to post this until tomorrow, but in light of yesterday&#8217;s announcement of the $2.3 billion settlement between Pfizer and the U.S. Department of Justice, it just seemed too a propos to postpone. Our thanks to Eleni Prokopeas for having posted this video on her site, Green Diva Mom, thereby bringing it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer to pay $2.3 billion for felony, fraudulent marketing</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/02/pfizer-to-pay-2-3-billion-for-fraudulent-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it had reached the largest settlement ever with a pharmaceutical manufacturer as Pfizer pled guilty to felony charges of fraudulent promotion of pharmaceuticals. According to a DOJ press release, the company will pay a criminal fine of $1.195 billion, the largest criminal fine ever imposed in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug firms pour $40 million into healthcare debate</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/03/npr-drug-firms-pour-40-million-into-healthcare-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/03/npr-drug-firms-pour-40-million-into-healthcare-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hear how Big Pharma spent $40 million just in April, May and June of this year to influence Congress against single-payer plans and to ensure that pharmaceutical companies will come out on top in whatever healthcare plan results. This report will tell you why you don’t find discussion of certain issues during the healthcare debate. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New study vindicates meat eaters</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/05/26/new-study-vindicates-meat-eaters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 15:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study based on the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study shows no correlations between consumption of meat and postmenopausal breast cancer.]]></description>
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		<title>Drug industry battles for doctors&#8217; time</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2008/01/21/drug-industry-battles-for-doctors-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking to see a doctor, bring lunch. That&#8217;s one of the finding in a recent article on doctors and drug-company reps published in the latest AARP Bulletin (Ties that Bind, by Barbara Basler). We found some interesting figures there, figures that otherwise seem to go unpublicized. For example, the pharmaceutical industry&#8217;s spending on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alli is out&#8212;Use at your own risk</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/17/alli-is-out-use-at-your-own-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2007/06/17/alli-is-out-use-at-your-own-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We felt glued to our seats. My wife and I were sitting in a small cafe in southern New Hampshire&#8212;the only diners in the place&#8212;and on the TV in the corner was Neil Cavuto on Fox TV conducting an interview (a debate, really) about the new over-the-counter weight-loss pill just approved by the Food and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But wait&#8212;there&#8217;s more: Fosamax has been linked to dead jaw disease as well</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2007/05/09/but-wait-theres-more-fosamax-has-been-linked-to-dead-jaw-disease-as-well/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2007/05/09/but-wait-theres-more-fosamax-has-been-linked-to-dead-jaw-disease-as-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 05:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of our report on links between atrial fibrillation and bisphosphonate drugs such as Fosamax and Reclast, Health Spectator performed a routine follow-up investigation of the health claims and side effects of this class of drugs. We discovered that, contrary to the majority of reports we had read when researching the initial story, [...]]]></description>
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