By Jennifer Corbett Dooren WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration has approved 20 new drugs so far this year, just one short of the total for all of 2010, according to a top agency official. The pace likely puts the FDA on track to approve more new types of drugs in 2011 than the previous few […]
Drug Overdose Second Leading Cause of Injury Deaths in United States
By Norma Erickson According to the CDC’s latest edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), accidental drug overdose is now the second leading cause of injury death in the United States – right behind automobile accidents. Four out of every five of these accidental overdoses are from prescription drugs. Consider the sobering statements from this […]
Final countdown: Atlantis to carry next-generation vaccine candidate on last space voyage
By Joseph Castermeyer On July 8, at approximately 11:26 a.m. EDT, the space shuttle Atlantis will streak skyward from the Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A, for one last mission. While the STS-135 flight marks the end of the space shuttle’s glory days, its final trip may open a new era of research into infectious […]
3 Harvard Psychiatrists Disciplined Over Drug Company Ties
By Kristina C. Three Harvard psychiatrists, including a leading proponent in the off-label use of antipsychotics for bipolar disorder in children, have been disciplined by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital for not fully disclosing the extent of their ties to drug companies under the federal Physicians Payment Sunshine Act of 2010. Drs. Joseph […]
Infectious Illnesses in Today’s America: How Concerned Should We Be?
By Robert Schecter Every night, those of us who have a TV are bombarded by a string of pharmaceutical company ads each one more ridiculous than the other. The one saving grace is that at the end of each, we’re at least encouraged to see our doctor to find out if this particular drug de […]
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