Youth Today, January 2001. The first-ever Surgeon General’s report on youth violence was recently released by Dr. David Satcher, a Clinton appointee who still holds his position in the Bush Administration. The report hardly made a ripple in the public debate, but what caught our attention was the press reports regarding what wasn’t in the report, rather than what was.
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“Breakthrough Therapy” Parkinson’s Drug Raising Safety Concerns
WNYC, April 12, 2018. Does this expensive medication save lives or cost lives? NCHR president explains why “breakthrough” drugs often don’t work and aren’t always safe.
Read More »How to kill Obamacare—death by 1,000 cuts?
The BMJ, October 17, 2017. Will ACA die from 1,000 cuts? Or can it be saved? Diana Zuckerman explains the fate of Obamacare under the Trump administration.
Read More »Why Are So Many American Women Having Mastectomies?
Our Bodies Ourselves, June 16, 2017. Breast cancer experts believe that many women undergoing mastectomies do not need them and are getting them out of fear, not because of the actual risks.
Read More »Don’t Give Kids Cough Syrup or Pain Meds that Contain Codeine, FDA Says
NPR, April 20, 2017. NCHR President Diana Zuckerman says that “the FDA needs to do more to warn patients about the known risks of medical products as soon as data are available,” after it took the FDA 18 months to warn parents children under 12 should not be given prescription medicines that contain codeine or another narcotic, tramadol.
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