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drugdangers.com
True drug information to assist with informed consent can be found at http://www.drugdangers.org/.
Integrity in Science is a project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The Project is a response to the commercialization of science. They investigate and publicize conflicts of interest and advocate for full disclosure of funding sources. They challenge undue influence and bias in medical literature, media reporting, government institutions and quasi-federal scientific bodies. Search their database for a rich source of facts about conflicts in medicine. Women for Health Protection
In September 1998, DES Action Canada brought together a dozen women's health organizations, public interest groups and academics to discuss proposed changes to Canada's federal legislation on health protection. Out of that meeting grew the Working Group on Women and Health Protection. (changed in 2002 to "Women and Health Protection (WHP)") This growing coalition of activists and academics that extended to include researchers, journalists and health professionals, shares a concern that Canada's Health Protection Branch is not adequately meeting its primary goal of protecting the health of Canadians.
http://www.whp-apsf.ca/en/index.html World Institute of Natural Health Sciences (WINHS).
WINHS is a non-profit, worldwide institution which was established to facilitate, support and defend the natural and alternative health care industries; their sciences, and the individual's right of access. The Institute fully supports sustainable health and the individual's freedom of choice from all available sciences, and therapies in order to maintain or establish a desirable level of health and well-being.
www.winhs.org Science Made Simple: Shopper's Guide to Mental Disorders. Have you been diagnosed with a mental disorder? If not, chances are pretty good that you will be sooner or later. Prepare yourself in advance with the handy Shopper's Guide to Mental Disorders! ParmedOut is an independent, publicly funded project that empowers physicians to identify and counter inappropriate pharmaceutical promotion practices.
http://www.pharmedout.org/ The FDA is Captured by Industries It Should Be Regulating. Independent experts on nutrition, food safety, and drug safety say the FDA is failing to protect Americans. While the agency obediently rushes expensive new drug therapies on the market, it does virtually nothing to help reduce the toll of drug-induced disease in America, according to Public Citizen’s Health Research Group and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).
http://cspinet.org/new/200606271.html
NewsTarget.com
Independent, honest news and commentary on health and medicine.
http://www.newstarget.com/ Alliance for Human Research Protection
AHRP is a national network of lay people and professionals dedicated to advancing responsible and ethical medical research practices, to ensure that the human rights, dignity and welfare of human subjects are protected, and to minimize the risks associated with such endeavors.
http://www.ahrp.org/ Public Citizen’s Health Research Group
Promoting safer drugs and public health
http://www.citizen.org/hrg/ Worst Pills
Expert, independent source for prescription drug information
http://www.worstpills.org/ The Bulletin of Medical Ethics
The Bulletin of Medical Ethics is an independent publication offering a source of current news and views on a wide range of issues in health care ethics, both in the UK and abroad.
http://www.bullmedeth.info/ Healthy Skepticism
Countering misleading drug promotion
http://www.healthyskepticism.org/ Citizens Council on Health Care CCHC
"A free-market resource for designing the future of health care" CCHC Mission: To enable individual control in health care decisions by supporting free market principles.
http://www.cchc-mn.org/ The Council for Ethics in Economics
The Council for Ethics in Economics is a worldwide association of leaders in business, education, and other professions working together to strengthen the ethical fabric of business and economic life. The Council identifies and responds to issues important for ethical economic practices and assists in the resolution of these issues.
http://www.businessethics.org/ The Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization that conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/default.aspx The Road Back
Since 1999, President and C.E.O. James Harper, has worked directly with individuals wanting to get off psychotropic medication and has trained healthcare professionals throughout the world on The Road Back Program.
http://www.theroadback.org/ Cato Institute
Cato's health policy work is designed to show that the only way to make health care of ever-increasing quality available to an ever-increasing number of consumers is to put consumers in charge of their health care dollars and decisions. With that in mind, Cato has worked to familiarize the public, media and policymakers with the free-market alternative to managed care and single-payer plans—health savings accounts (HSAs).
http://www.cato.org/healthcare/index.html Institute for Health Freedom
An honest source for information about policies that affect your freedom to choose your health care treatments and providers and to maintain your health privacy—including genetic privacy.
http://www.forhealthfreedom.org/ GovTrack
GovTrack.us is a nexus of information about the United States Congress, bringing together information on the status of federal legislation, voting records, and campaign contributions. The site automatically tracks legislative events and categorizes them into thousands of subjects, such as "nuclear energy" and "medicine," so that users can subscribe to follow just the events that interest them.
http://www.govtrack.us/about.xpd No-Prozac Blog Spot
http://noprozac.blogspot.com
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