NHLBI director Dr. Lenfant is Retiring Thu, 3 Jul 2003 The retirement of Dr. Claude Lenfant, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) was announced today. Not mentioned in the press release is the heated controversy surrounding two clinical trials sponsored by the NHLBI, conducted by the…
NYT Pitches New Brain Disorder: “Executive Dysfunction” Tue, 26 Aug 2003 Should the Science section of The New York Times be in the business of promoting the expanded use of psychotropic drugs for unproven non-medical conditions? Today’s Science section of the New York Times includes 2 promotional articles that covertly…
Medication switched for research purposes – patient nearly dies Tue, 11 Nov 2003 The Boston Globe reports that an investigation by a state oversight agency, “uncovered numerous ethical violations at the Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center by Boston Medical Center physicians contracted to treat patients there.” Boston University Medical…
China Daily update: Harvard genetic research in rural China Wed, 1 Oct 2003 “It’s the responsibility of the dean of the School of Public Health and, ultimately, it’s my responsibility as president of [Harvard] university to see to it that where wrong can be put right it is and, more…
Minnesota initiative: Compulsory newborn congenital testing Mon, 24 Mar 2003 The Minnesota House Health and Human Services Policy Committee will vote tomorrow on a law requiring the screening of every newborn baby to ascertain who may have a congenital disorder. It is important to note that this “public health” initiative…
Cost and Consequence: drug “cocktails” deplete Medicaid_Globe Tue, 24 Jun 2003 The escalating cost of healthcare is in large measure due tothe spiraling expenditure on drugs–many of which are misprescribed.The Boston Globe reports about one Medicaid patient who is prescribed18 medications at a cost of roughly $16,000 a year–“all at…
Bayer Documents: AIDS Tainted Blood Killed Thousands of Hemophiliacs Thu, 22 May 2003 An examination of internal Bayer company documents by The New York Times reveals that the company was engaged in unsavory, probably criminal marketing practices. The documents reveal that Bayer continued to sell contaminated blood plasma causing thousands…
To view AHRP news and infomails from 2006, please visit our new site. Infomails Subscribe to AHRP’s infomails At FDA, Graham is still the whistle-blower Loss of Trust: Big Drug Makers See Sales Decline With Their Image War hero’s death in clinical trial follows years of FDA neglect European perspective:…
Cover Letter – AHRP Ethical and Scientific Objections to FDA’s Proposed Licensure of Anthrax Vaccine related links: Comments Submitted to FDA re Anthrax Vaccine (312K pdf) Who Is Protecting The Public Health? By Meryl Nass, Z Magazine March 29, 2005 Lester Crawford, Ph.D., D.V.M. Acting FDA Commissioner U. S. Food…
New York Times Magazine Letters Sunday, Dec 8, 2002 Re: Ritalin in 3 yr olds Although raising some doubts about medicating 3 year olds, your article basically purports to show that medication is safe and necessary for some children. But several other troubling points need to be addressed. At the…
Amnesty International’s Compilation of Additional Codes and Declarations Relevant to the Health Professions To read about the various codes of professional ethics for the various health professions, please click on the blue URL below (pdf file). http://www.web.amnesty.org/aidoc/aidoc_pdf.nsf/index/ACT750052000ENGLISH/$File/ACT7500500.pdf
MEMORANDUM Date: June 10, 2002 From: THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION Re: Opposition to AB 2328 To: Members of the California Health and Human Services Committee and Staff: Senator Deborah Ortiz (Chair), Mr. John Miller Senator Ray Haynes (Vice Chair), Ms. Debbie Rogers Senator Jim Battin, Ms. Katie Tinney…
