Consumer Reports, April 27, 2016. Three deaths from falling furniture prompt urgent call for action from Consumer Reports and its partners.
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Kids with ADHD Do Better with Therapy First, Study Finds
NBC News, April 27, 2016. National Center for Health Research weighs in on behavioral training programs for children with ADHD.
Read More »FDA Panel Votes Against Sarepta’s Drug for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
STAT, April 25, 2016. A federal advisory panel voted Monday that a drug from Sarepta Therapeutics was not effective for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare and fatal muscle-wasting disease. About 13,000 children, mostly boys, are afflicted.
Read More »To Sway Drug Approval, Patient Advocates Turn up The Heat on the FDA
The Washington Post, April 23, 2016. Parents are desperate for a treatment for their sons with a rare disease, but if FDA approves a drug that isn’t proven to work, we are all at risk. FDA will meet to consider this dilemma on Monday, April 25.
Read More »How the House, Senate Diverge on Patient Safety in Cures Bills
American Health Line, April 19, 2016. Patient safety experts, including Dr. Diana Zuckerman, report that the the Senate’s version of the House-approved 21st Century Cures Act has been updated but still needs more changes.
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