Here are some statistics about how pharmaceutical companies financially influence Congress and legislature: Members of the House and Senate received an average of $25,277 and $81,891, respectively, in pharmaceutical industry contributions in 2008 Pharmaceutical industry spending to lobby the federal government exceeded $1.5 billion from 1998 to 2008, more than any other industry The ratio [...]

Lyme disease is one of the biggest catastrophes deluging the world and there is a marked lack of awareness. To make it worse, the Infectious Disease Society of America are far from helping the situation. In 2006, and IDSA panel upheld the view that chronic Lyme disease does not exist. But in 2007 an antitrust [...]