Category Archives: Newsroom
Overtreatment Is Taking a Harmful Toll
August 29, 2012The New York Times | August 27, 2012, 2:37 pm | By TARA PARKER-POPE When it comes to medical care, many patients and doctors believe more is better. But an
Top Six Myths about Medicare
August 20, 2012By Mark Miller | Reuters – Thu, Aug 16, 2012 3:03 PM EDT Mitt Romney’s selection of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate guarantees a fierce debate about the future
Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
August 7, 2012The New York Times | By REED ABELSON and JULIE CRESWELL | Published: August 6, 2012 In the summer of 2010, a troubling letter reached the chief ethics officer of the hospital
MRSA on the Rise: Infections Have Doubled in 5 Years
August 4, 2012The Atlantic | Jul 30 2012, 4:05 PM ET 2 Even as in-hospital infections are on the decline, more people are checking into hospitals with the drug-resistant staph infection than those
Antipsychotic drugs used to pacify seniors
August 2, 2012According to EDDIE SMALL in the Waterbury REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN, “An average of roughly one-quarter of the long-term residents in Connecticut’s nursing homes who did not have schizophrenia, Tourette’s syndrome or Huntington’s
Former FDA Reviewer Speaks Out About Intimidation, Retaliation and Marginalizing of Safety
July 30, 2012TRUTH-OUT.ORG Sunday, 29 July 2012 08:37 By Martha Rosenberg, Truthout The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is often accused of serving industry at the expense of consumers. But even FDA
40% Of High-Prescribing Docs Get Pharma Perks
July 30, 2012by Lisa Chedekel | Jul 28, 2012 7:59 pm In 2010 and 2011, Dr. Irene Abramovich of West Hartford was the state’s top prescriber of Invega, an antipsychotic medication marketed
Anemia drugs made billions, but at what cost?
July 25, 2012The Washington Post | By Peter Whoriskey, Published: July 19 On the day Jim Lenox got his last injection, the frail 54-year-old cancer patient was waiting to be discharged from the
Drug Companies Drive the Psychiatric Drugging of Children
July 25, 2012Posted: 07/24/2012 11:24 am Huffington Post | Dr. Peter Breggin, reform psychiatrist with Ginger Breggin – Johnson & Johnson, the company that makes the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, has tentatively agreed
HHS: Hospitals ignoring requirements to report errors
July 23, 2012USA TODAY | News – 7/20/2012 By Kelly Kennedy, WASHINGTON – Hospitals are ignoring state regulations that require them to report cases in which medical care harmed a patient, making