Meghan Murphy is a writer and journalist from Vancouver, B.C. She founded Feminist Current in 2012, which has since grown to be the leading feminist website in Canada, as well as a global presence. Meghan is currently working on a book that critiques third wave feminism as a modern anti-feminist backlash. Download this episode (right click and save)
Diabetes drug causes cancer: Big pharma fined for destroying the evidence
In 1999, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug – Actos – for the treatment of diabetes in the United States. It did not take long before the drug became the best-selling diabetes treatment in the world, primarily due to its effect of reducing glucose production in the liver. For those taking and prescribing it, Actos seemed like a …