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Reason Magazine Perpetuates False Information About Safety and Efficacy of Antidepressants

by Bijan Esfandiari The September 27, 2011 edition of Reason Magazine reported on a “new working paper” from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), suggesting that the FDA’s 2005 black box warnings concerning antidepressants and the risk of suicidal behavior in adolescents and teenagers caused a dramatic drop in antidepressant use and, consequently, a rise [...]

Published by Stoff on October 26, 2011 1:31 pm

Canucks vs Bruins Game 5, Out with the Vet in with the Rookie

Canucks Coach AV proves he has the stones to make a huge call in tonight’s game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals. By pulling $4.2 million dollar Keith Ballard for rookie Chris Tanev he’s placing all his cards on a young kid to help steady a defense that’s been rocked with the loss of Dan [...]

Published by Stoff on June 10, 2011 2:32 pm

Kygyrzstan Police Over Run By Protesters

It’s a bizarre world we live in when the U.S. Government would back this terrible and repressive government rather than help the people. While we constantly hear government officials speaking of the Iranian people and how they should rise up against their repressive government. Why do they pay and support the Kygyrzstan government? The simple [...]

Published by Stoff on April 7, 2010 11:52 pm

Lindsay Lohan creates legacy of substance abuse via lawsuit

When Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer filed a lawsuit against E-trade for their “Milkaholic” advertisement that ran during the super bowl she tied herself to substance abuse forever. Her issues with drugs and alcohol are common knowledge but there have been a large number of entertainers that have overcome their demons and then shrugged off the labels. [...]

Published by Stoff on March 9, 2010 2:27 pm

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Baum Hedlund Files Three Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits in Los Angeles December 30, 2011
Three Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits in Los Angeles FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Los Angeles, California, December 29, 2011 – - Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C. (www.baumhedlundlaw.com) has filed three lawsuits today against Japanese-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries on behalf of three California residents and their spouses alleging the […]
EPA Finds Potential Link between “Fracking” and Well Water Contamination December 12, 2011
Pavilion, Wyoming located about 230 miles northeast of Salt Lake city is a small community surrounded by a natural gas well field, (up to 150 wells), owned and operated by Alberta based Encana Corporation. Encana uses hydraulic fracturing or “Fracking”, a controversial technology employed to recover and enhance natural gas and oil production from deep […]
New UN Report Links Extreme Weather to Climate Change November 1, 2011
AFP has obtained a copy of the IPCC ‘Man-made Climate Change’ draft report’s 20-page Summary for Policymakers, due to be released on November 18, 2011. The report, which is subject to Government revisions before its release, appears to coincide with a series of Global natural catastrophes in the last couple of years that have increased the […]
Dwarf Planet ‘Eris’ Gives Up More Secrets October 31, 2011
Eris, the dwarf planet discovered in 2005, has passed in front of a star and is providing astronomers with the clearest view of it since it was identified. The planets size and other characteristics have been difficult to measure because it is located nearly three times farther from the sun than Pluto and about 96 […]
St. Louis Wins Game 6 October 28, 2011
Texas was leading 7-4 after the 7th inning, but the Cardinals fought back in the 9th and 10th innings to win the game 10-9. The Cardinal’s managed one run in the 8th, then in the bottom of ninth Cardinals third baseman Dave Freese stepped up to the plate and with two out and with only […]