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"Richard horton, editor of The Lancet, a well-respected medical journal. Dr. horton was outraged and called for FDA reform: "In the case ofVioxx, the FDA was urged to mandate further clinical safety testing after a 2001 analysis suggested a 'clear-cut excess number of myocardial infarctions.' It did not do so. This refusal to engage with an issue of grave clinical concern illustrates the agency's in-built paralysis, a predicament that has to be addressed through fundamental organizational reform." But Dr. horton didn't stop there. He also explained, "..." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Danforth, E. Jr., horton, E. S., Bray, G. A., Glennon, J. A., and Salans, L. B. (1973). Endocrine and metabolic effects of experimental obesity in man. Recent Prog. Horm. Res. 29, 457-496. 9. Sims, E. A., Goldman, R. F., Gluck, C. M., horton, E. S., Kelleher, P. C, and Rowe, D. W. (1968). Experimental obesity in man. Trans. Assoc. Am. Physicians 81, 153-170. 10. Bouchard, C, Tremblay, A., Despres, J. P., Nadeau, A., Lupien, P. J., Theriault, G, Dussault, J., Moorjani, S., Pinault, S., and Fournier, G. (1990). The response to long-term overfeeding in identical twins. N. Engl. J. Med." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Richard horton, the editor of the British journal The Lancet. The FDA used to be famous for moving at a glacial bureaucratic pace. In 1980, the General Accounting Office of Congress reported that the FDA was inadequately staffed to keep up with its workload. In 1988, political action by AIDS activists drew attention to the very real need for quicker access to potentially lifesaving drugs. The ensuing political crisis resulted in the 1992 passage of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, otherwise known as PDUFA." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Gluck, C. M., horton, E. S., Kelleher, P. C, and Rowe, D. W. (1968). Experimental obesity in man. Trans. Assoc. Am. Physicians 81, 153-170. 10. Bouchard, C, Tremblay, A., Despres, J. P., Nadeau, A., Lupien, P. J., Theriault, G, Dussault, J., Moorjani, S., Pinault, S., and Fournier, G. (1990). The response to long-term overfeeding in identical twins. N. Engl. J. Med. 322, 1477-1482. 11. Bouchard, C, Tremblay, A., Despres, J. P., Theriault, G, Nadeau, A., Lupien, P. J., Moorjani, S., Prudhomme, D., and Fournier, G. (1994). The response to exercise with constant energy intake in identical twins." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"In a 2004 Lancet editorial, Richard horton called Vioxx a "public health catastrophe" and accused Merck and the FDA of "ruthless, shortsighted and irresponsible self-interest."43 He especially criticized the FDA for failing to act as early as 2001, and called for a complete restructuring of that agency. Strong words, indeed. In an interview, Eric Topol said that he had "never read a more powerful editorial in a medical journal." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"In the view of Richard horton, a British physician and editor of the prestigious medical journal the Lancet, "Journals have devolved into information-laundering operations for the pharmaceutical industry." There is a long list of ways in which companies have been known to launder clinical research. In a hilarious spoof in the British journal BMJ titled "HARLOT pic: An Amalgamation of the World's Two Oldest Professions," respected British clinical researchers David Sackett and Andrew Oxman list at least thirteen different methods for making drugs (and devices) look better than they really are." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"On October 13, horton received a call from a senior member of the Royal Society. According to the Guardian, horton, "said the phone call began in a 'very aggressive manner.' He said he was called 'immoral' and accused of publishing Dr. Pusztai's paper which he 'knew to be untrue.' Towards the end of the call Dr. horton said the caller told him that if he published the Pusztai paper it would 'have implications for his personal position' as editor." - Jeffrey M. Smith, Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating (Get the book.)

"Richard horton, editor, The Lancet Off-label drug use and the sham of FDA-approved drug safety Did you know that many drugs are used in the United States today for diseases and conditions they were never approved for? It's called off-label drug use, and it's a common practice that promotes the sale of prescription drugs and circumvents the so-called "gold standard" drug safety procedures the FDA claims to enforce." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "The exposed behavior of the FDA and Merck regarding the safety of Vioxx earned itself scathing criticism from The Lancet, where Dr. horton explained, "This discovery points to astonishing failures in Merck's internal systems of postmarketing surveillance, as well as to lethal weaknesses [emphasis added] in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulatory oversight." This phrase, "lethal weaknesses," has never before been used to describe the FDA; at least not by anybody in the medical industry." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"In the view of Richard horton, a British physician and editor of the prestigious medical journal the Lancet, "Journals have devolved into information-laundering operations for the pharmaceutical industry." There is a long list of ways in which companies have been known to launder clinical research. In a hilarious spoof in the British journal BMJ titled "HARLOT pic: An Amalgamation of the World's Two Oldest Professions," respected British clinical researchers David Sackett and Andrew Oxman list at least thirteen different methods for making drugs (and devices) look better than they really are." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Burstein AH, horton RL, Dunn T, et al: Lack of effect of St. John's Wort on carbamazepine pharmacokinetics in healthy volunteers. Clin Pharmacol Ther 68(6):605-612. 2000. Butterweck V, Nahrstedt A, Evans J, et al: In vitro receptor screening of pure constituents of St. John's Wort reveals novel interactions with a number of GPCRs. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 162(2): 193-202. 2002. Butterweck V, Wall A, Lieflaender-Wulf U, et al: Effects of the total extract and fractions of Hypericum perforatum in animal assays for antidepressant activity. Pharmacopsychiatry 30:117-124. 1997." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Rather, as The Lancet editor Richard horton wrote, it "provides a report that deserves further attention."30 Some of the country's senior scientists thought that Pusztai's work should not have been published at all—and some apparently even tried to stop The Lancet from publishing it. horton had submitted Pusztai's work to six reviewers—twice the normal number. A majority had agreed that it should be published, but horton came under intense pressure to drop the paper. He was telephoned by a member of the Royal Society and, he says, threatened with loss of his job if the publication went ahead." - Peter Pringle, Food, Inc. Mendel to Monsanto - The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest (Get the book.)

"Consider these words of Richard horton, M.D., the editor-in-chief of the Lancet, in a 1998 editorial on the "Precautionary Principle": Dr. Horton's Precautionary Principle 'We must act on facts," Dr. horton wrote, "and on the most accurate interpretation of them, using the best scientific information. That does not mean that we must sit hack until we have 100 percent evidence about everything. When the state of the health of the people is at stake.. ." - Ralph Moss, PhD, Antioxidants Against Cancer: How to activate your bod natural healing powers with today's most protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods (Get the book.)

"Richard horton, the Lancet's editor, told the Guardian, "there was intense pressure on the Lancet from all quarters, including the Royal Society, to suppress publication." The paper passed the peer review and was set to appear on October 15, 1999. On October 13, horton received a call from a senior member of the Royal Society. According to the Guardian, horton, "said the phone call began in a 'very aggressive manner.' He said he was called 'immoral' and accused of publishing Dr. Pusztai's paper which he 'knew to be untrue.' Towards the end of the call Dr." - Jeffrey M. Smith, Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating (Get the book.)

"But Dr. horton didn't stop there. He also explained, "...with Vioxx, Merck and the FDA acted out of ruthless, short-sighted, and irresponsible self-interest." The prescription drug Spironolactone caused an estimated 4,200 deaths in the United States and 37,000 more hospitalizations each year." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"An austere disdain for media celebrity among scientists remains to this day,' writes Richard horton. As an example, 'One only has to look at the way Susan Greenfield, who currently runs the Royal Institution, has been criticized for what some see as her courting of journalists at the expense, so it is alleged, of her work as a scientist.'28 But if the great and the good are discouraged from talking to the media, lest it taint their earnest pursuit of truth, what hope do the test of us have of evet knowing the true risks and benefits of medicines?" - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.) "Lancet editor Dr Richard horton describes such missions as information-laundering operations. Here's how it works. A pharmaceutical company will sponsor a scientific meeting. Speakers will be invited to talk about a product, and they will be paid a hefty fee (several thousand pounds) for doing so. They are chosen for their known views about a particular drug or because they have a reputation for being adaptable in attitude towards the needs of the company paying their fee. The meeting takes place and the speaker delivers a talk." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.) "The process of publication has been reduced to marketing dressed up as legitimate science,' says horton. 'Pharmaceutical companies have found a way to circumvent the protective norms of peer review. In all too many cases, they are able to seed the research literature with weak science that they can then use to promote their products to physicians.'3 'We are being hoodwinked by the drug companies,' Smith says. 'The articles come in with doctors' names on them and we often find some of them have little or no idea about what they have written." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

"The world of orthodox cancer research shows huge promise, creativity and brilliance, although it is still true, as Richard horton, the current editor of The Lancet, writes, that "Medicine is as unpredictable, baffling, ambiguous, fallible, and absurd as it ever was" (New York Review of Books, 2 November 2000, pp. 48-50). A chill comes when I note that cancer has been identified in dinosaur bones from the Jurassic period—yes, of Spielberg's Jurassic Park—which is more than 150 million years ago (Mel Greaves, Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy, p. 11)." - Michael Gearin-Tosh, Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny (Get the book.)

"Meanwhile, as apparent evidence mounted from several studies conducted by pharma into their SSRIs, doctors started prescribing them for things beyond their licensing indications. horton, of the Lancet, told the UK House of Commons committee, how so-called off-label use is driven. Companies have been very clever at seeding the literature with ghostwritten editorials and review papers that promote off-label use of these drugs. You can dress up in an academic argument about 'would this drug X be quite useful for this condition; why?' and have an interesting debate about that." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

"According to the Guardian, horton, "said the phone call began in a 'very aggressive manner.' He said he was called 'immoral' and accused of publishing Dr. Pusztai's paper which he 'knew to be untrue.' Towards the end of the call Dr. horton said the caller told him that if he published the Pusztai paper it would 'have implications for his personal position' as editor." Although horton declined to name the caller, the Guardian "identified him as Peter Lachmann, the former vice-president and biological secretary of the Royal Society and president of the Academy of Medical Sciences." - Jeffrey M. Smith, Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating (Get the book.)

"Richard horton, the editor of The Lancet, also based in Britain. The journals have a vested interest in keeping the drug giants happy. Industry advertisements is what keeps the journals alive (and also the mass media). In addition, drug companies pay the journals large sums of money for reprints of articles reporting findings from large clinical trials that involve their products. Some journals fail to retract known cases of fraud for fear of lawsuits. Editors may "face a frighteningly stark conflict of interest" in deciding whether to publish such a study, Dr. Smith said." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Writers like Paddy Chayefsky (author of Marty), Reginald Rose (author of Twelve Angry Men), Rod Serling (author of Requiem for a Heavyweight), and horton Foote (author of A Trip to Bountiful) launched their careers in these early TV dramas. The most influential television series of the early 1950s was I Love Lucy, which debuted on CBS in October 1951 and spent four of its six seasons as the highest-rated series on television." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"Explorations in Ethnoarchaeology (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1978); D. R. horton, "Tasmanian adaptation," Mankind 12:28-34 (1979); I. Walters, "Why did the Tasmanians stop eating fish?: A theoretical consideration," Artefact 6:71-77 (1981); and Rhys Jones, "Tasmanian Archaeology," Annual Reviews of Anthropology 24:423-46 (1995). Results of Robin Sim's archaeological excavations on Flinders Island are described in her article "Prehistoric human occupation on the King and Furneaux Island regions, Bass Strait," pp. 358-74 in Marjorie Sullivan et al., eds." - Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Get the book.)

"In this situation, advises Richard horton, editor of the Lancet, "Attacking hunger, disease, poverty, and social exclusion might do more good than air marshals, asylum restrictions, and identity cards. Global security will be achieved only by building stable and strong societies."67 Because a healthy population is an essential factor in economic development, the health effects of globalization—positive and negative?become important concerns. Globalization has improved the social, dietary, and material resources of many populations, but it has also heightened economic and health inequities." - Marion Nestle, Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (Get the book.)

"Towards the end of the call Dr. horton said the caller told him that if he published the Pusztai paper it would 'have implications for his personal position' as editor." Although horton declined to name the caller, the Guardian "identified him as Peter Lachmann, the former vice-president and biological secretary of the Royal Society and president of the Academy of Medical Sciences." Lachmann had been one of the nineteen co-signers on the Royal Society's open letter attacking Pusztai." - Jeffrey M. Smith, Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating (Get the book.)

"A majority had agreed that it should be published, but horton came under intense pressure to drop the paper. He was telephoned by a member of the Royal Society and, he says, threatened with loss of his job if the publication went ahead.31 Horton was especially careful in an accompanying editorial to present the findings as "preliminary and non-generalisable" and to write that publication was "not a vindication of Pusztai's earlier claims." - Peter Pringle, Food, Inc. Mendel to Monsanto - The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest (Get the book.)

"In the May 19th edition of the prestigious medical journal Lancet, editor Richard horton claimed that the FDA has become a servant to the drug industry. An example: Even though there are multiple deaths caused by certain drugs, the FDA does not recall them from the market, but suggests adding a warning. The LA Times reported that the FDA has withheld safety information from labels that physicians say would call into question the use of the drugs. Since 1993, at least 1,000,000 people were killed by drugs that were approved, but never should have been." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"Horton's Precautionary Principle 'We must act on facts," Dr. horton wrote, "and on the most accurate interpretation of them, using the best scientific information. That does not mean that we must sit hack until we have 100 percent evidence about everything. When the state of the health of the people is at stake.. .we should be prepared to take action to diminish those risks even when the scientific knowledge is not conclusive____" (ns) This same Precautionary Principle has been applied by some doctors to make recommendations on supplements." - Ralph Moss, PhD, Antioxidants Against Cancer: How to activate your bod natural healing powers with today's most protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods (Get the book.) "Lancet, in a 1998 editorial on the "Precautionary Principle": Dr. Horton's Precautionary Principle 'We must act on facts," Dr. horton wrote, "and on the most accurate interpretation of them, using the best scientific information. That does not mean that we must sit hack until we have 100 percent evidence about everything. When the state of the health of the people is at stake.. ." - Ralph Moss, PhD, Antioxidants Against Cancer: How to activate your bod natural healing powers with today's most protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods (Get the book.)

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