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The New York Times, Roni Caryn Rabin
- Sep 11, 2017
- 3 min
A Suicide Leaves Grief and Tough Questions About an Antidepressant
Wendy Dolin believes that a drug her husband was taking, an antidepressant called Paxil, played a role in his suicide by triggering a side e
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Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith
- Aug 10, 2017
- 2 min
Libertarians Score Big Victory in "Right-To-Try" Drug Bill
“You have a situation where patients think they want to take a risk and don’t necessarily understand what risk they are taking," said D
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The Washington Post, Jennifer Block
- Jul 26, 2017
- 3 min
The Battle Over Essure
Women using the "permanent contraceptive" device called Essure are experiencing health problems, such as bad toothaches & head
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Bloomberg BNA, Mike Stankiewicz
- Jul 12, 2017
- 2 min
FDA Eases Notice Requirement on More Than 1,000 Medical Devices
“In addition to risks to patients, these FDA actions mean even less information about the devices that will be available to doctors and thei
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The New York Times, Sheila Kaplan
- Jul 10, 2017
- 2 min
FDA Deal Would Relax Rules on Reporting Medical Device Problems
“It often takes months or even years for the F.D.A. to detect patterns of failure,” said Jack Mitchell, director of health policy for the Na
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The Washington Post, Nicole Van Groningen
- Jun 16, 2017
- 2 min
Big Pharma Gives Your Doctor Gifts and Then Your Doctor Prescribes Their Drugs For You
Doctors who accept visits and gifts from pharmaceutical reps are more likely to be biased in which drugs they prescribe.
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Modern Healthcare, Mara Lee and Virgil Dickson
- May 22, 2017
- 2 min
Trump budget would cut $636 billion from HHS agencies
“I have never known Congress that enthusiastically cut NIH funding,” she said. But she’s less sanguine about the fate of the Centers for Dis
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The New York Times, Denise Grady
- May 22, 2017
- 2 min
A Shocking Diagnosis: Breast Implants ‘Gave Me Cancer’
Women who have had the lymphoma say that the attention is long overdue, that too few women have been informed of the risk and that those wit
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Kaiser Health News, Sidney Lupkin
- May 17, 2017
- 1 min
Faster FDA Approval But More Safety Issues
“All too often, patients and clinicians mistakenly view FDA approval as [an] indication that a product is fully safe and effective,” he said
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Chicago Tribune, Grace Wong
- May 2, 2017
- 2 min
Patient Network Member Wins Against Pharma
"None of us here are anti-drug. That's not the issue," Dolin added, "but we are patient advocates and we hope that people
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Joshua M. Sharfstein
- Apr 28, 2017
- 2 min
Déjà Vu at the FDA
There is an American tendency to equate scientific review with bureaucratic delay. But it is this review that distinguishes what works from
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Health Affairs Blog, Ellen Sigal
- Mar 20, 2017
- 2 min
How Do We Protect Patients From False Promises In Right-To-Try Laws?
Legislation before Congress seeks to grant all terminally ill patients the “Right to Try” experimental therapies once approved alternatives
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