February 11, 2019 Tobacco use among youth and young adults is a large health concern. NCHR wrote a comment to the CDC regarding efforts to minimize usage among this population.
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Policing Big Pharma’s Influence Over Doctors’ Treatment Guidelines
Undark: February 4, 2019. Medical treatment guidelines are supposed to advise doctors how best to treat their patients. But what if the guidelines are written by doctors who are paid by particular pharmaceutical or device companies? Even if your doctor doesn’t take money from Pharma, how will biased guidelines affect what your doctor recommends to your treatment?
Read More »Hundreds of EpiPen Users Complained About Problems With the Lifesaving Device. It Still Took 3 Years and a Top Regulator Stepping in Before Serious Change — With Potentially Deadly Outcomes
Business Insider: February 1, 2019. When hundreds of patients reported that their EpiPens were defective, Mylan blamed the patients rather than apologizing and fixing the problems. NCHR president tells Business Insider what she thinks of that excuse.
Read More »Municipal and Schools Budgets Proposed for FY ’19-20, Public Comments Focus on Turf, Ice Rink
Greenwich Free Press: January 25, 2019. NCHR’s president, Dr. Zuckerman, traveled to Connecticut to present information on artificial turf fields.
Read More »Prepared Statement to the Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation Regarding Dangers of Artificial Turf, January 24, 2019
January 24, 2019. NCHR President Dr. Diana Zuckerman presented comments in Greenwich, CT regarding the possibility of artificial turf being used in their schools and fields.
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