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ASK YOUR DOCTOR... Do you have any financial ties with the company that makes this drug? Do you consult for the company? Other than free samples, do you receive gifts from drug companies? Are you being paid to put me on this drug and enroll me in a drug company study? Do you make time for visits from drug company representatives? BE WARY OF THE DRUG INDUSTRY In the May 2009 issue of Viewpoint, I wrote about the need for a Universal Public Drug Plan. In that article I also wrote a little about the pharmaceutical industry. Here's some more talk about that industry. Read more here.... DYSTONIA Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes the muscles to contract and spasm involuntarily. The neurological mechanism that makes muscles relax when they are not in use does not function properly.......... Read more here.... R&D SPENDING FOR DRUGS DECREASES AGAIN Research and development spending in Canada by brand-name drug companies has dropped to its lowest level since 1988, according to the latest annual report of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)........... Read more here.... COMMENTARY: WHY UNIONS? "Once again we have been tested by strikes and the usual complaints against unions arose, not only from politicians but also from the guy on the elevator. For some reason the strike is always the union's fault yet it takes "two to tango"........... Read more here.... SENIORS CRIME STOPPERS It is estimated that by the year 2021, there will be as many senior citizens in Ontario as there are youth. The dramatic growth of our seniors population is unparalleled at any previous time in our history. Increasingly, our seniors are more frequently victims of crime........... Read more here.... Forums Put the Pieces Together: To Enable People to Age at Home. June 13 at Metro Hall, Toronto, in co-operation with Care Watch. (Write-up in this issue) Letters July 4. To Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors) congratulating her on her recent appointment and describing briefly the goals of CPC and referring her to the CPC website. Copies to Wayne Marston, NDP Critic and Judy Sgro, Liberal Critic.
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