4-year old Rebecca Riley,a Casualty of Psychiatric “Treatment”_BostonGlobe_NYT
“To me one of the miracle of children’s brains is that we don’t see more harm from these treatments.”
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Nicotine Fix–Evidence of Collusion: Pharma-Govt Smoking Guidelines
"The federal government's campaign could discourage potential quitters who don't want to spend money on quitting aids or don't like the idea of treating their nicotine addiction with more nicotine."
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Psychiatric Drug Mix for Young On Shaky Grounds_ NYTimes
The lead story in The New York Times on Thanksgiving day (below) acknowledged several facts demonstrating that children are the victims of major medical malpractice:
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Negative Research Results–Mostly Concealed in Journals_SharonBegley, WSJ
"Why are scientists coy about publishing negative data?
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Conflicts of Interest Hopkins Study: Researchers Don’t Want to Disclose $$
Two surveys confirm medical researchers' resistance to complying with conflict of interest disclosure requirements.
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Experimentation on Newborns: Is it Ethical?
Experimentation on Newborns: Is it Ethical? News Stories on Human Research Protection and Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav May 13, 2002 FYI The Wall Street Journal reported: "One outrage now before a court has stunned even bioethicists who thought they’d seen it all. In 1985, University of Wisconsin (UW) researchers…
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Physician Attacks AHRP for Criticizing EPA CHEERS Pesticide Experiment on Children
Physician Attacks AHRP for Criticizing EPA CHEERS Pesticide Experiment on Children Fri, 16 Sep 2005 AHRP’s opposition to EPA’s proposed rules on human pesticide experiments–in particular rules that would allow children to be subjected to pesticide experiments–was criticized by a physician who accuses those opposed to the infamous CHEERS experiment,…
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University of California Seeks to Ease Curbs on Patient Protection in Research – LA Times
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…
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EPA Opens the Door to Testing Bug Killers on People: Spoon- Feeding Poison – VillageVoice
EPA Opens the Door to Testing Bug Killers on People: Spoon- Feeding Poison_VillageVoice Sat, 19 Jul 2003 The Village Voice reports that the EPA has “quietly begun lifting a 1998 ban” on human pesticide experiments that expose human beings to poisons meant to kill. Republican legislators have been recipients of…
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AHRP in the News
Alliance for Human Research Protection in the Press Feb 17, 2005: FDA Critics Slam Plan for Safety Reform – Nature “This is smoke and mirrors and musical chairs,” says Vera Sharav, president of the New York-based Alliance for Human Research Protection. “They will be using the very same officials that…
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Ethical Violations and Investigations Today
Ethical Violations / Investigations Today Congressional Investigations Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) Letters of Determination: http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/detrm_letrs/lindex.htm Office of Protection from Research Risks* (OPRR) List of Compliance Oversight Investigations Resulting in Restrictions or Actions to federally licensed Institutions between 1990 – 2000. *Reorganized in 2000 as OHRP Mar 30: AHRP…
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Is This Permissible Medical Research?
Is This Permissible Medical Research? Fri, 27 Sep 2002 A federally funded experiment for the treatment of acute respiratory distress (ARDS) conducted at 12 major research centers, 1996-1999, has come under sharp criticism. The ARDS researchers sought to find a method for reducing the death rate among acutely ill patients…