September 9, 2013. We agree with the Task Force that at this point, there is no reason to recommend virtual colonoscopies for most patients who need screening. We would add, however, that if specific patients are unwilling to undergo regular colonoscopies, then a virtual colonoscopy is a reasonable alternative.
Read More »We’re Speaking Out on Health Issues
NCHR scientists and health policy experts provide written and oral statements on a wide range of topics.
Here are many of the ways we have been Speaking Out on Health Policy Issues for the last few years. Whether the topic is legislation intended to cure diseases, proposed bans on BPA or other chemicals that disrupt your hormones, the importance of including women, people of color, and patients over 65 in clinical trials, or many other topics, you’ll gain a better understanding of our evidence-based analyses by reading these letters, statements, and testimony.
Here are the ways we have been Speaking out on Medical Treatments and Products, such as prescription drugs and medical devices that the FDA is considering approving, or is considering taking off the market because of serious risks. Whether the topic is Chantix, Addyi, Yaz, Essure, or medical products you’ve never heard of, you can find out more about what is known and not known about the safety and effectiveness of a wide range of products by looking through this section of our website.
Letter to the CA Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair in support of Improved Flammability Standards for Furniture
September 3, 2013. As a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public health, the National Research Center for Women & Families strongly supports the proposed revisions of California’s flammability standards for upholstered furniture and other products.
Read More »Comments on Reclassification of External Counter-Pulsating Devices for Treatment of Chronic Stable Angina
August 19, 2013. We are writing as members of the Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition to express our concerns about the proposed down-classification from Class III to Class II of External Counter-Pulsating (ECP) devices for treatment of chronic stable angina that is refractory to optimal anti-anginal medical therapy and without options for revascularization. We strongly support the proposed PMA for other indications for the same ECP devices.
Read More »Comments of the Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition on Plastic Surgery Devices: Reclassification of Ultraviolet Lamps for Tanning
August 7, 2013. Over 30 million Americans, including 2 million adolescents between age 11 and 18, use tanning devices each year. Those who began using tanning beds before age 30 are 75 percent more likely to develop cutaneous melanoma, a potentially fatal cancer.
Read More »Comments on Proposed Order “Requests for Ban or Standard on Adult Portable Bed Rails”
July 30, 2013. Comments of the National Research Center for Women & Families on Proposed Order “Requests for Ban or Standard on Adult Portable Bed Rails”: We are writing to urge the Consumer Product Safety Commission to take strong action to protect consumers from dangerous bed rails by either:
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