In an April 19, 2001 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine is a report that concludes that for children younger than three years of age who have persistent otitis media, prompt insertion of tympanostomy tubes does not measurably improve developmental outcomes. The story, also reported in the April 18, 2001 issue of MSNBC.com
read moreThe prescription drugs many people take may be based on inaccurate and faulty studies. This concept was based on a new study published in the August issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the University of California found that 30 percent
read moreIMS HEALTH, a global healthcare information company, reported on August 1, 2002, an 11% growth in drug sales through retail pharmacies in 13 key markets in the 12-month period from June 2001 through May 2002, adding up to a whooping US$263 billion. IMS HEALTH is the world’s leading provider of information to the pharmaceutical and
read moreCorporate Crime in the Pharmaceutical Industry is a book by Dr John Braithwaite where he describes many examples of corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry. Dr Braithwaite’s revealing study is based on extensive international research and includes interviews with 131 senior executives of pharmaceutical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico and
read moreMedscape reported on July 2, 2000 that errors in medication for children are creating a growing problem. The article states that the problem is due to the lack of information on the effects of many drugs on children. Most research is done with drugs on adults, little information is then known on the effects on
read moreA study published in the September 13, 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) starts off with a chilling statement. “Much of pediatric drug use is off-label because appropriate pediatric studies have not been conducted and the drugs have not been labeled by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for
read moreThe above headline comes from the March 13, 2005 USA Today. The article starts by noting that in 2004 preliminary reports show that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received roughly 422,500 adverse-event reports from pharmaceutical companies, health professionals and patients, up nearly 14% from the 370,887 reports filed in 2003. The article noted
read moreA study to be published in the December 1999 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine (available on the internet at http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/05oct99/bloom.htm ), addresses the growing dangerous practice of purchasing prescription drugs through the internet. The study conducted by Bernard S. Bloom, PhD, and Ronald C. Iannacone, BS at the Department of Medicine, University of
read moreThe May 2001 issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine featured a study that showed a consistent increase of psychotropic medication usage in children and adolescents. This study showed that prescription prevalence in school-aged children 6 to 14 years increased from 4.4% to 9.5% of the population for stimulants during the study period.
read moreA research study published in the July 12, 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), shows that daily activity can have a positive impact on life expectancy in older adults. It was previously known that exercise had a positive effect on life expectancy. This study also shows that those who are
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