August 20, 2001 A landmark decision by Maryland’s highest court, the Court of Appeals of Maryland, is a victory for the human rights of children. The decision affirms the responsibility of parents, the government, researchers and institutional review boards (IRB) to protect children from non-therapeutic experiments that may put their health…
August 20b, 2001 The Scientist News reports on AHRP as New Advocacy Group to Police Human Research A group of patient and social justice advocates plan to form an Alliance for Human Research Protection to provide oversight on clinical research from laypersons’ point of view, says John H. Noble Jr.,…
Integrity in Scientific Research : Peer review ineffective – Institute of Medicine / Lancet / Science August 25, 2002 Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct This report and by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and two current editorials in major scientific journals-the Lancet (Aug 17)…
Three Questionable FDA policies: drug factory inspection rules/ clinical trials/ Paxil ads Thu, 22 Aug 2002 Three news items highlight questionable FDA policies that are in conflict with consumer health interests. 1) Poor quality control standards in American drug and vaccine manufacturing plants is a disgrace. The Associated Press reports…
August 26, 2002 OHRP Retreats from Providing Public Info re: Compliance Activities FYI A newly posted announcement by the Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP), dated July 15, rescinds the agency’s announced policy of making public the content of its letters of determination following the agency’s investigation of compliance /…
Anti-malaria drug: Risk of Suicide_UPI Thu, 29 Aug 2002 United Press International (UPI) reporters, Mark Benjamin and Dan Olmsted, have conducted a 6 month investigation of the reports linking the antimalaria drug, Lariam to severe mental disorders–including violence and suicide. http://www.upi.com/results.cfm?Keywords=lariam On May 21, UPI reported that “in thousands of…
Aug 20, 2002 Medical Science Violating Children – 450 healthy children targeted – Redflagsweekly FYI Redflagsweekly is the first online health news service to pick up on a news item provided in yesterday’s AHRP Infomail about a proposed experiment (whose researcher seeks government funding) to be conducted on 450 children…
Neil Bush: “My Son Was A Victim of School Rx: Ritalin”_NY Post Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 In a series of columns in The New York Post, Douglas Montero is exposing the Ritalin epidemic in America’ s schools. This irresponsible method of behavior control has been referred to as, “the…
August 7, 2002 University of California Seeks to Ease Curbs on Patient Protection in Research – LA Times FYI Thanks to a series of articles, in the San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times, the public has been made aware about the back-door efforts to pass a bill in California…
Tonight PBS Is Science for Sale? Fri, 22 Nov 2002 Bill Moyers Now, a PBS program will discuss the influence of the pharmaceutical industry and its PR companies on science. The discussion explores how the scientific literature and the process of reporting the scientific findings of research have been rendered…
Anthrax Vaccine Damage Done – London Times Tue, 26 Nov 2002 A riveting report in the London Times reveals more facts about the US anthrax vaccine debacle. The Times reports it “has looked at thousands of pages of government, FDA, Army, congressional and medical reports stretching back 30 years. The…
Vaccines the culprit – Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory – NYT Sun, 10 Nov 2002 A report in Sunday’s NY Times Magazine (excerpt below) reveals as much about the culture of arrogance exhibited by those who formulate public health policy, as it does about the link (long-denied) between a vaccine preservative containing…
