Drug Industry Ties Raise PMDD Questions in Secret Talks
A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MedPage Today joint investigation traces how PMDD gained traction through a 1998 Lilly funded meeting with FDA officials and subsequent guidelines pushing antidepressants as the treatment of choice. Critics say such secrecy and industry links influenced the disorder’s acceptance before robust evidence.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MedPage Today
Lilly
J. Scott MacGregor
FDA
Lauren Shaham
Allen Frances
American Psychiatric Association
GlaxoSmithKline
Journal Sentinel
The
Medpagetoday.com
Isonline.com
Obama reaches over a thousand commutations in clemency
President Obama surpassed 1,000 prison clemencies with 79 non violent drug offenders freed. The 1,023 total exceeds the prior 11 presidents combined. He urged reforms to end decades long or life sentences and warned against wasteful prison crowding and harming families.
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Obama
Jessica Jackson Sloan
Sloan
Trump
Facebook
Congress
Secrecy and Public Access in State and Local Govt
The piece examines a Maryland case where County Executive Isiah Leggett backed a private soccer club using public land and the school board met in secret. It cites the Open Meetings Compliance Board finding and broader US trends of opaque budgets, contract disclosures, and costly enforcement, with examples from California, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and beyond. It notes limited enforcement and rising citizen activism in places like Potomac and San Jose as reform efforts face steep challenges.
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Maryland
Patrick Lacefield
Leggett
Nick
United States
Robert J. Freeman
New York
Committee On
Estonia
Mexico
Peru
U.S
League of Women Voters
National Freedom of Information Coalition
Wisconsin
Scott Walker
Walker
Massachusetts
Tennessee
San Jose
Calif
Ted Smith
Smith
California Supreme Court
San Diego
Donna Frye
Oklahoma
Public University Regents
University of Kentucky
Dan Bevarly
University of Missouri
Potomac
Nick Maravella
Bevarly
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USA Today
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Usatoday
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Patty Michalski
Kevin Gentzel
Jones Branch Dr
McLean
Gannett
Gannett Newspapers
Advertising Department
GannettReprints.com
Associated Press
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Washington Post
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Marquette University
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