Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children The Code of Federal Regulations (45 CFR 46.407) requires that any experiment involving children which puts them at greater than minimal risk without a potential benefit to justify the risk, requires the Secretary of Health and Human…
Submitted Testimony of Meryl Nass, MD Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 (207) 288-5082 ext. 220 Senate Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Hearing: Biodefense: Next Steps Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 10 am SD-430 Dirksen Senate Office Building Thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony…
New Fears Re: Smallpox Vaccine Thu, 8 May 2003 The smallpox vaccine may be even more dangerous than anyone thought. Severe adverse effects are mounting. Four civilian deaths are being investigated. The sudden death of David Bloom, NBC’s correspondent in Iraq, who died of a blood clot, is now being…
Time to put drug giants on trial – Scotsman (UK) Fri, 20 Jun 2003 The UK media-including BBC, the Guardian, the Scotsman, the London Times, and others–have been informing the British public about the hidden health hazards underlying the industry-controlled drug approval and drug marketing process. Current practices have led…
Vaccinated Doctors Could Hurt Patients_JAMA Tue, 25 Mar 2003 A startling report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) raises serious concerns about the risks posed by the smallpox vaccine: After examining the data on 2.4 million patients discharged from New York hospitals in 2001, researchers found that…
FDA reviews depression drugs–Intense or Cautious? WashPost/ NYT/ Herald Wed, 29 Oct 2003 The Washington Post correctly reports: “The association between antidepressants, particularly the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and suicide has been controversial since the first SSRI, Prozac, came on the market in the late 1980s.” But stakeholders in…
Medicare Rx Drug Bill Shaped by Drug Industry Blocks Elderly Bargaining Power – NYT Fri, 5 Sep 2003 A drug industry lobbyist is quoted in The New York Times stating: “Having both houses of Congress Republican-controlled was great. Like in Monopoly, when you get to add hotels.” The Medicare prescription…
British Medical Journal critized for promoting drug cocktail ignoring risks Mon, 14 Jul 2003 The push toward adopting a radical cholesterol lowering strategy, including the use of statin drugs was given a shot in the arm when the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published an article– endorsed by its editor–promoting the…
Clarification Re: safety of pyridostigmine, Drug tested in Gulf War Thu, 27 Feb 2003 Although pyridostigmine bromide (PB) apparently causes only short-term symptoms when used for its two indications (myasthenia gravis and reversal of muscle relaxants post-anesthesia), the issue of whether it was safe when used in the presence of…
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Panel Misses the Point re Test Subjects October 3, 2002 See also the following Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences documents: IOM Report: Responsible Research: A Systems Approach to Protecting Research Participants. Oct. 3, 2002 (Adobe Acrobat document) IOM Public Briefing – October…
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…
Cong. to act on GAO Finding: Families Give Up Kids to Get Treatment Tue, 29 Apr 2003 A report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) confirms that draconian state policies are causing families to break up when parents across America are forced to give up custody of their children in…
