Carl Elliott, MD

LIbby Zion Death: Medical Malpractice

March 3, 2009 |

After 25 years the preventable death of Libby Zion at the age of 18 at (then) New York Hospital (Cornell) continues to haunt the medical establishment. Continue reading →

Excess Deaths in VA Tretinoin-Retin-A Trial_FDA Silent

February 26, 2009 |

Even a seemingly harmless topical ointment may pose unanticipated lethal risks which are undisclosed on the FDA-approved label. Continue reading →

Drug-induced Risk of Cardiac Death: NYS Advisory_APA Guidance

February 24, 2009 |

“Current users of typical and of atypical antipsychotic drugs had higher rates of sudden cardiac death than did nonusers of antipsychotic drugs.” NEJM 2009
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Deaths, A Consequence of Forced Psychotropic Drugs

February 19, 2009 |

"Whatever powers the Constitution has granted our government, involuntary mind control is not one of them, absent extraordinary circumstances." 1979, Judge Joseph L. Tauro Continue reading →

$1.1 Billion in Stimulus Package for Comparing Medical Treatments

February 15, 2009 |

This has the potential for restoring integrity to medicine by providing doctors and the public with impartial risk / benefit information about existing treatments devoid of commercial bias.
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Curing medical mistakes–Change the Culture of Care_ Robert Wachter, MD

September 1, 2006 |

Dr. Robert Wachter, author of The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes, provides an incisive blueprint for changing the culture in medicine. His starting point is the unexplained death of children following surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital, L.I.

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