The Department of Health and Human Services is broken. Most Americans know that sad fact. Like the entire regulatory process in our government that is supposed to protect us, the the Department...
Stephen Barrett, M.D. reports that in his opinion infomercials and medicine don't always mesh:
[T]he vast majority of health-related products promoted through infomercials don't work as...
I have followed medical science advances in treatment of cancer and multiple sclerosis. People that I care about have those diseases. You all have loved ones affected by those diseases. I have been...
In an Editorial in the Providence (RI) Journal (4/20) they support the Obama administration goal of cleaning up the FDA:
One important task before President Obama is shoring up the Food and...
Bloomberg News (4/21, O'Reilly) reports,
Wyeth, the drugmaker being acquired by Pfizer Inc., must face a lawsuit by a woman who claims her breast cancer was caused by the menopause medicine...
The AP (4/16, Curran) reports, The nation's pharmaceutical makers spent more than $2.9 million on Vermont's doctors, hospitals and universities to market their products in the last fiscal year,...
Having been involved in looking for new treatments for my wife who died of cancer last year, I can tell you that watching Clinical Trials is a life and death matter for millions of ill Americans. I...
The Wall Street Journal (4/9, B3, Winslow) reports that on Apr. 8, Roche Holding AG's Genentech, Inc. unit said it is voluntarily withdrawing its psoriasis drug Raptiva [efalizumab] from the market...
criteria for HRT cases If you feel you have been injured by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) there are certain criteria that can help you evaluate whether or not you may qualify to be included in...
The Wall Street Journal (4/4, Favole) reported, The Food and Drug Administration warned 14 major pharmaceutical companies about brief Internet ads that accompany searches on Google and other...