Healthy Skepticism Updates
HS Int News
Two new Healthy Skepticism International News issues have now been added to our website.
May 2007 Vol 25 No 5
Is it insulting to suggest that health professionals are influenced by drug promotion?
By Peter R Mansfield
One of the most important barriers to healthy skepticism about drug promotion is the belief that to suggest that health professionals are influenced is to insult them. Some arguments for overcoming that barrier are presented in this issue. Peter has found these arguments to be effective for use in presentations to health professionals.
April 2007 Vol 25 No 4
Regulation of Homeopathic Products
By Ken Harvey
Ken questions whether companies are misusing the regulations that govern homeopathic products in Australia in order to market pharmacologically inactive substances labelled as DHEA, HGH and melatonin.
Call for papers
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Special thanks to Judy Norsigian
We thank Judy for her article "Misleading Ads and How They Hurt Us" published by The Women’s Media Center (USA) on 25 May 2007. We usually get one or two new subscribers every day but there has been a surge of new subscribers since Judy’s article was published.
See: www.womensmediacenter.com/ex/052207.html
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