Medscape, December 31, 2015. FDA proposes warning patients more quickly about the risks of medical devices Critics, including our president, question why safety isn’t a priority.
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Why the FDA Wants to Ban Tanning Beds for Minors
Marketwatch (WSJ), December 22, 2015. The skin damage caused by tanning beds can be deadly and that’s why the FDA wants to ban minors from using them.
Read More »Limits Urged on the Use of Codeine to Stop Kids’ Coughs and Pain
NPR, December 11, 2015. Medical advisers to the Food and Drug Administration say that prescription opioid drugs containing codeine should not be used to treat children or the majority of teens suffering from pain or a cough.
Read More »Politicians Want to Speed Up Drug Approvals. That Could Backfire
The Washington Post, November 24, 2015. Two new studies show faster drug approvals don’t help people with Alzheimer’s, cancer, depression, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s.
Read More »The 21st Century Cures Act Could be a Harmful Step Backward
The Washington Post, November 19, 2015. Precision medicine is the next big thing in health care, and it’s also one of the few health goals that Congress and the White House agree on. But while we await treatments targeting the precise genetic makeups of individuals and diseases, medical researchers still are not paying enough attention to the most important kinds of differences among patients: those of sex, age and race.
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