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Children Are Being Exploited to Extend Pharmaceutical Patents

Want to protect your kids from high cholesterol? Just give ’em drugs—like the new, chewable form of Lipitor. Yes, chewable. Like candy. A new Action Alert asks Congress to repeal a really rotten law that encourages this.

Cancer, Chemo, and Crony Capitalism

When Medicare reduced reimbursements for oncologists in 2003, some physicians started giving their patients more expensive chemotherapy and other cancer treatments—in return for kickbacks from the pharmaceutical companies, a new study has found.

Antibiotics for Farm Animals—Is the FDA Serious?

Last week, FDA said they’d “recommend” reducing the use of growth-promoting antibiotic drugs in meat-producing animals. “Recommend”? Our Action Alert asks the FDA to actually do something about the problem.

Raw Milk Gets a Raw Deal

To public health officials, raw milk is dangerous. But the facts prove it’s far healthier than pasteurized. Small family farms want to sell it, consumers want to buy it—and states are battling for the right to do so.