New York Times, May 14, 2017. Breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma is a mysterious cancer that has affected a tiny proportion of the more than 10 million women worldwide who have received implants. Nearly all the cases have been linked to implants with a textured or slightly roughened surface, rather than a smooth covering. Texturing may cause inflammation that leads to cancer. If detected early, the lymphoma is often curable.
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Medical Researchers Thankful for $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase
Modern Healthcare, May 1, 2017. “If you really want to make the most of medical funding, for NIH or for anybody else, it needs to be a steady stream of funds,” NCHR President said. “The problem is, what about next year? These are not one-year grants.”
Read More »NCHR Attends the March for Science
April 22, 2017. We were a partner for the March for Science because good health requires unbiased scientific studies. Politics has no place in science! See our photos here.
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.
Read More »Right to Try? Or Right to be Exploited Before You Die?
Our Bodies, Ourselves, April 17, 2017. NCHR president asks if you want your loved ones to pay lots of money for the right try a treatment that hasn’t ever been proven to work on any patients at all?
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