Amy Martyn, CBS News: July 27, 2108. NCHR president speaks out about medical devices, spurring filmakers to make documentary available on Netflix. The documentary discusses the human side of faulty medical devices being released to the market.
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NPR, May 24 2018. Dr. Diana Zuckerman is interviewed by an NPR podcast about medical devices. Listen and read how most devices do not have to be proven to be safe or effective by the FDA before being put on the market and into use.
Read More »What is to Blame for Youth Violence? What Did We Know in 2001 That Is Still True Today?
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.
Read More »“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.
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