Greed: The cancer of cancer research

10/26/2010

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A while back, the world heard about Ashley Kirilow. A 23-year-old woman arrested for faking cancer to encourage others to give her money. This is shameful and deplorable. Stealing money from good Samaritans. Stealing money from those who need it.

So, why not arrest the biggest profit making not-for-profit in the world for stealing money too?

The word cancer applies to some 200 diseases associated with uncontrolled cell growth.

The research and development for the disease is associated with another cancer – greed.
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Skippy - Not Just Peanut Butter Anymore

04/16/2010

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Skippy isn’t just peanut butter – or Alex P. Keaton’s affable neighbour – anymore.

It is a code word for Ritalin.

And the same way “fat” has an entirely opposite meaning when spelled with a “ph,” so too does “farm.”

Welcome, to 2010. Actually, welcome to 2000, because if you think pharm parties are new, well, you’ve just been watching too much Family Ties.
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Taking it in both ends

04/09/2010

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Most people take it by mouth.

But in Ontario, we may have to take it in both ends, after Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall and Pharma Plus are through with us.

The generic pharmaceutical.

The Ontario government is cutting the price of generic drugs to equate to 25 per cent of the price of their brand name counterparts. These savings will be passed on to the consumer, and the government, of course.

So we finally catch a break, right?

Well, we actually catch a 22.
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