Posts Tagged ‘CNN’
AHRP Letter to DHHS Secretary: NO Anthrax Vaccine Test in Children
To date, the available evidence about the safety and efficacy of the anthrax vaccine is resoundingly negative. Three US government anthrax vaccine initiatives represent a reckless deviation from the precautionary principle of medical ethics and fiscal responsibility.
Read MoreCNN: Are Americans Overmedicated?
Introducing John Abrams, MD, author of Overdosed America.
Read MoreObama Administration Seeks to Test Anthrax Vaccine in Children
Whose children will be sacrificed in an illegal and unethical experiment in the name of Biodefense Preparedness?
Read MorePatients in US Hospitals At High Risk of Harm from Professional Negligence
"When my brother went into the hospital with pneumonia, he quickly contracted four other infections in the intensive care unit…Michael died in the ICU." Maureen Dowd, NYT Columnist.
Read MoreIs it Ethical to Kill a Child to Save Other Children?
When is it moral for a government policy to compel parents to expose their child to risk of suffering serious, irreversible injury, or even death–so that other children would live? That overriding moral question is what public health officials and the stakeholders in the increasingly Big Business of vaccines have refused to discuss. VACCINE EPIDEMIC…
Read MoreWill Another Blockbuster Drug Hit the Dust?
"The vote is an enormous blow to Avandia and GlaxoSmithKline. The vast majority of panel members voted either to withdraw the drug or to allow continued sales only if strict controls are added"
Read MoreRotavirus vaccine found contaminated–FDA Suspends Use of Rotarix
On March 22, 2010 the FDA recommended suspension in the use of GlaxoSMithKline’s Rotarix vaccine–to prevent rotavirus (diarrhea)–due to contamination with pig virus. Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the U.S , has already been given to about 1 million U.S. children along with 30 million worldwide.
Read MoreSpecific Anticonvulsants Increase Suicide Risk
A large-scale Harvard meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the first ever to evaluate the relationship between different anticonvulsant drugs and the risk of suicide in for patients with diverse diagnoses: " the risk was derived from the specific drug that the patient was taking and not their underlying conditions."
Read MoreWaived consent controversy: Video available_CNN: Paula Zahn
Eli Lilly Prozac Documents: What do They Reveal?
Eli Lilly Prozac Documents: What do They Reveal? Thu, 27 Jan 2005 A report in the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) that relied on internal Eli Lilly documents to challenge Lilly’s claims about the safety of Prozac has stirred a prickly hornet’s nest. [1] The documents show, among other things, that a 1988 review…
Read MoreChildren and antidepressants – CNN Financial Today
Children and antidepressants – CNN Financial Today Fri, 12 Nov 2004 When CNN was looking for an expert with a responsible, balanced view about the concerns of prescribing psychotropic drugs for children, they turned to AHRP. We recommended psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Glenmullen, a practicing clinician and Harvard faculty member, whose latest book, The Antidepressant Solution,…
Read MoreSafety of American Drugs Questioned – Assoc Press
Safety of American Drugs Questioned – Assoc Press Thu, 2 Dec 2004 In his CNN news program last evening, Lou Dobbs said the question is no longer whether something is wrong with the FDA’s performance in protecting the public from unsafe drugs–but whether the FDA can even be salvaged? The Associated Press puts it this…
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