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Prescription Drugs: The Hidden Costs to Health and the Planet

Mad in America

Pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. The Downsides of Pharmaceuticals for Health Management While prescription drugs can be lifesaving or increase your quality of life, it can be damaging to rely solely on pharmaceuticals for your well-being. In certain cases, pharmaceuticals can harm public health.

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Risks of Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Veterans

Mad in America

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require warnings for persistent sexual dysfunction, for example, and today the agency is attempting to defend itself from a lawsuit by the consumer advocacy nonprofit Public Citizen, which claims that it failed to respond to a 2018 petition to do so.

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Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5: An Interview with Lisa Cosgrove and Brian Piper

Mad in America

When medical historians say, “This particular person got an appreciable amount of money from a pharmaceutical company, in this case, Merck and Parke-Davis,” we want to know how much money it is. He wanted his friends to use this drug, he wanted his family members to use this drug. He was also a major user for an extended period.

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The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora

Mad in America

This isn’t an anxiety to pathologize or suppress, nor is it something we can avoid by just eating gluten-free food or avoiding caffeine. Our hormones, our gut health, micronutrient deficiencies, the degree to which we have inflammatory molecules coursing through our bloodstream—there’s an enormous influence from food.

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How Great Leaders Help Employees Connect to Purpose

Great Place to Work

At Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a Bell Ringing ceremony is held to celebrate important milestones in the development of treatment of diseases. At Wegmans Food Markets , a commitment to transparent language is part of the secret sauce, as captured in its “W Board ” — a mission board on display at all of its locations. “We

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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Mad in America, the Biopsychosocial Model, and Psychiatric History

Mad in America

You sent some great questions and on this and our next podcast, we will be talking with Bob about Mad in America, the biopsychosocial model, the history of psychiatry, pharmaceutical marketing, and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. I think the question is, will we ever have that?

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3 middle class families across America share what they earn, spend, and save

Work Life

“Plus, food prices in Spain are cheap,” she says. Last year, the family went to Spain for two weeks, using points from a trip that was canceled during COVID. When they travel, they try to stay in an Airbnb, so they don’t need to buy breakfast in a restaurant.

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