Harvard Medical Students Rebel Against Pharma-Ties
200 Harvard Medical School STUDENTS are confronting the administration demanding an end to pharmaceutical industry influence in the classroom. The revolt began when a first year medical student “grew wary” when a professor promoted cholesterol drugs and “seemed to belittle a student who asked about side effects.” He later discovered that the professor, a full-time Harvard Medical faculty member, was a paid consultant to 10 drug companies, including manufacturers of cholesterol drugs. Full Story : Ahrp.org…..
Was wondering how long it would take for the medical establishment to put up a fight against big pharma. Doctors are just as “addicted” to pharmaceuticals as their patients, because that’s the first thing they’re taught to use to treat everything. Give them meds, give them meds. Hey, here’s an idea, let’s stop prescribing meds to band-aid problems and actually starting solving the core problems. Peoples diets suck, pollutants in the environment screw with peoples brains, doctors have a fat head thinking they know what’s best, but end up just treating patients instead of curing them. Ancient Chinese medicine calls a doctor who treats patients a failure, because a decent doctor cures patients, and a great doctor prevents patients from ever getting sick in the first place. Unfortunately, big pharma pushes for “continual treatment”, and health insurance doesn’t like preventative care. Sad.