{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Ethical Nag","provider_url":"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org","author_name":"Carolyn Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/author\/czthomas\/","title":"2009 posts","type":"link","html":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-attachment-id=\"9185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2009-posts\/blue-orb-pen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-pen.png\" data-orig-size=\"256,256\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blue-orb-pen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-pen.png?w=256\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-pen.png?w=256\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9185\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-pen.png?w=256&#038;h=256\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-pen.png 256w, https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-pen.png?w=175&amp;h=175 175w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><em>All the Nags from 2009<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>SEPTEMBER 2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carolynthomas.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/04\/doctors-on-the-take\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Doctors on the take: how to read the fine print in medical research articles <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carolynthomas.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/04\/ghostwriting\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">What if everybody starting telling the truth about medical ghostwriting?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carolynthomas.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/04\/ghostwriting1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Medical ghostwriting: if you\u2019re not alarmed, you\u2019re not paying attention<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carolynthomas.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/05\/lexapro\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How to use the media to push your drugs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carolynthomas.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/05\/partners-in-slime\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Partners in slime: why you should be alarmed about medical ghostwriting<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carolynthomas.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/05\/horse-thief\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Horse thieving, train robbing, and medical ghostwriting<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carolynthomas.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/07\/kitties\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Even our kitties can\u2019t believe everything they read<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/12\/astrazeneca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">What drug reps wrote on their BlackBerries<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/09\/pfizer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How to translate Big Pharma PR-Speak into English<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/14\/swine-flu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Stock market tip: how to profit from swine flu<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/16\/sleuthing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Medical journal editor resorts to sleuthing to catch ghostwriters<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/18\/50-100-ghostwritten\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">50-100% of medical journal articles on drugs paid for by Big Pharma?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/20\/sleazy-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">\u201cSleazy example\u201d of drug company reminder ad on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/22\/guest-athors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Ghostwriting and \u201cGuest Authorship\u201d \u2013 twins separated at birth?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/24\/paxil\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">GlaxoSmithKline hid Paxil\u2019s\u00a0birth defect warnings for decades<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/26\/titanic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Is Big Pharma onboard the Titanic?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/28\/merck-vioxx\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Merck paying off 3,100 families affected by Vioxx deaths<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/09\/30\/big-pharma-salaries\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Big Pharma = Big Salaries<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>OCTOBER 2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/02\/bingo\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Bingo Fun with Pharmaceutical Ads: What can they teach us about marketing<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/04\/helicopter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Pfizer paid $4,000 per day in speaking fees\u00a0to helicopter-flying doc<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/06\/yogurt\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Dannon\u00a0slammed with $35 million settlement over Acitivia\u00a0false advertising <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/08\/all-bark-no-bite-new-big-pharma-trialsghostwriting-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">All bark, no bite: new Big Pharma ethics guidelines lack teeth<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/10\/orthopedic-surgeon-kickbacks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Is your surgeon able to understand simple instructions<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/12\/drug-rep-confidential\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Drug rep confidential<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/14\/journal-editor-puzzled\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How hockey goons are the same as \u201cpuzzled\u201d medical journal editors<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/16\/columbia-drug-study-scandal\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Columbia drug study scandal<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/18\/panexa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">PANEXA: ask your doctor if you need it<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/20\/bayer-prostate-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Bayer sued for false prostate cancer prevention claims in multi-vitamins<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/22\/history-of-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">A short history of medicine<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/24\/drug-marketing-by-the-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Drug marketing by the numbers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/26\/tooth-fairy-science\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Dr. Harriet Hall explains Tooth Fairy Science<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/28\/a-mere-2-3-billion-later\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">A mere $2.3. billion later\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/10\/30\/the-lucky-stockbroker-syndrome-and-other-ways-to-skew-medical-treatment-results\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The Lucky Stockbroker Syndrome and other ways to skew research<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>NOVEMBER 2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/01\/amer-j-phys-surgeons\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Radiation + asbestos = good.\u00a0 Abortion + vaccines = bad.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/03\/magnetic-or-copper-bracelets-ineffective-in-treating-pain\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Copper magnetic bracelets are ineffective against pain<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/05\/whistleblower-i-was-fired-for-fighting-hospitals-ties-to-medtronic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Whistleblower: \u201cI was fired for fighting hospital\u2019s link with Medtronic\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/07\/how-a-new-drug-is-approved\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">How a new drug gets approved<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/09\/nejm-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Former NEJM Editor: \u201cNo longer possible to believe most medical research published.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/11\/eli-lilly-waikar-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Nice work if you can get it: same speech, week in, week out \u2013 at $1,500 a pop<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/13\/gapabentin-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Warning: clinical trials funded by drug companies may be less truthful than they appear<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/15\/boehringer-desire-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">New \u2018Desire Drug\u2019 claims that sex really IS all in her head<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/19\/wyeth-drug-rep-carlat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Doctor\u2019s \u2018kiss &amp; tell\u2019 tale: My one-year career as a Drug Rep<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/21\/nestle-boycot\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Marketing that kills babies: Why I support the Nestl\u00e9 boycott<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/25\/the-drug-pushers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The Drug Pushers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/27\/texas-nurses\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Two nurses fired for reporting doctor\u2019s inappropriate actions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/11\/29\/disease-mongering\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">There\u2019s a pill for that!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/12\/01\/starbucks-or-not\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Is this a Starbucks or not?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><strong>DECEMBER 2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/12\/03\/me-too-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">\u201cMe-too\u201d drugs that don\u2019t meet any unmet needs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/12\/04\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Do you want to take medicines made in China?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/12\/08\/pens-pizza-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Pens, pizza, parties: how Big Pharma freebies influence your doctor<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/12\/12\/pfizer-exec-cihr\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Where there\u2019s smoke, there\u2019s Pfizer<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/12\/16\/not-for-womens-eyes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Not for women\u2019s eyes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/12\/20\/profit-before-patients\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The business of prostate cancer: putting profits before patients<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/12\/24\/health-news-review\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Miracle medical breakthrough? Not so fast!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/2009\/12\/28\/head-to-head-brawl-bmj\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Head to head brawl: should drug companies be trusted to run their own trials?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><em>Return to this year&#8217;s Nags<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">or visit the dark, dank scary archives of all Ethical Nag posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em><a style=\"color:#000000;\" title=\"2010\u00a0posts\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2010-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\">2010<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em><a style=\"color:#000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2011-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\">2011<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em><a style=\"color:#000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2012-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a style=\"color:#000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2013-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>2<\/em><em>0<\/em><em>13<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a style=\"color:#000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2014-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>2014<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">l<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/all-the-nags\/2010-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0066ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">k<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">l<\/span><\/p>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/blue-orb-pen.png?fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_width":null,"thumbnail_height":null}