Pharma /oss/taxonomy/term/1762/all en Skeletons in the Closet /oss/article/medical-critical-thinking/skeletons-closet <p>Dr. David Franklin’s conscience was bothering him. At first, the job he had secured in 1996 with Parke-Davis, a division of the Warner-Lambert pharmaceutical company, seemed ideal. Armed with a PhD in microbiology and three years of research experience at the prestigious Dana Farber Cancer Institute, he felt ready to take on the challenge of acting as a “medical liaison” with physicians. He would not be a drug salesman, the company told him, but would answer physicians’ questions about medications so that they could practice the best medicine that science allowed.</p> Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:24:04 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9773 at /oss Popular Health Guru Sayer Ji Curates the Scientific Literature with His Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy /oss/article/pseudoscience/popular-health-guru-sayer-ji-curates-scientific-literature-his-bachelors-degree-philosophy <p>There is a tool on Sayer Ji’s website<a href="http://greenmedinfo.com"> GreenMedInfo.com</a> that I wish I could recommend. I am sometimes asked by members of the public for a place to go to find scientific papers in order to figure out what is “science” and what isn’t, and the<a href="https://www.greenmedinfo.com/research-dashboard"> Research Dashboard</a> on Ji’s website appears to be up to that task.</p> Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:35:33 +0000 Jonathan Jarry, MSc 7828 at /oss The Right Chemistry: Celery Juice and "Miracle" Cures /oss/article/health-videos/right-chemistry-celery-juice-and-miracle-cures <p></p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"></div> Sat, 02 Mar 2019 18:26:55 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7622 at /oss