In the genes
When Michael Hayden was a doctor at Children’s Hospital Boston, a teaching arm of Harvard Medical School, he did the unthinkable: he left – for a position at UBC. “When I told people in Boston and Harvard, they thought I was crazy. Some suggested I see a psychiatrist. They said I was committing academic suicide – I’d lost it.”But going his own way has paid off. more...
Selling Sickness
From Paxil and Prozac to Ritalin and Viagra, prescription drugs are a multibillion-dollar global business. With a court battle that may result in Canada allowing drug companies to target ads directly at ¬consumers, how much more are we willing to swallow? more...
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