The Promotional Products Association International is a trade group of very unhappy companies facing a severe downturn in business. These companies provide the promotional products which drug makers use to influence physician prescribing habits.
Newsletter Articles
Are Consumers That Dumb? The Wall Street Journal Thinks We Are
An inflammatory article appeared last week in the Wall Street Journal called “The Touch that Doesn’t Heal .” It deserves a thorough reading and some impassioned letters to the editor. The article, written by Steve Salerno, claims that “Americans pay billions for alternative medicine—with nothing to show for it.”
A Definitive Link between Synthetic Hormones for Menopause and Breast Cancer
Researchers from NIH’s Women’s Health Initiative released a study this December tying the use of synthetic prescription hormones to breast cancer.
FDA Reverses Its Order on Antibiotics in Animals
In July 2005, the FDA banned the use of an animal antibiotic called Baytril, citing a threat to human health.
Who Will Lead the FDA?
Drug scandals.
Eye-Opening Information Not Published in Clinical Drug Trials
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article entitled “What You Don’t Know About a Drug Can Hurt You.”
The Use of Ghostwriters by Wyeth is Questioned
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, has repeatedly made the news with his ongoing investigation into drug industry influence on doctors.
Is the FDA’s Interpretation of Provision 301 a Threat to Supplements?
The FDA invited comment about how to interpret Section 912, Provision 301 of the FDA Amendments Act of 2007.
Brain Injury in U.S. Troops — A Long-Awaited Government Study Is Published
The Institute of Medicine has issued a long-awaited government report on screening US troops for brain injury (TBI). The report calls on the military to test all new recruits for cognitive skills, then do large studies of returning combat veterans, to better evaluate for traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq War. USA… Continue reading Brain Injury in U.S. Troops — A Long-Awaited Government Study Is Published
Survey of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among American Adults and Children
The 2007 National Health Interview Study, an annual interview of more than 23,000 Americans on their health and illness-related experiences, was developed jointly by NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, or NCCAM, and the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. This year’s survey included questions about 38 different types of complementary and alternative… Continue reading Survey of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among American Adults and Children