“Don’t Take Supplements, but Feel Free to Electrocute Your Stomach!”
The FDA’s obesity “logic” hurts Americans—and endangers supplements. Action Alert!
24 Jun
2014
17 Jun
2014
What the FDA Doesn’t Know About Farming and Food Could Fill an Encyclopedia
This time they try to save us from some of the most delicious and healthy cheeses.
10 Jun
2014
We’re Spending More and More on Drugs for Prisoners
Is this in part a pay-off to Big Pharma for campaign support?
09 Jun
2014
Rewarding Bad Behavior: Doctors and Compounders Are Being Punished for the FDA’s Ineptitude
“I certify that this compounded variation produces ‘a significant difference from the marketed drug version.’ ”
If Congress’s initial, knee-jerk reaction to the 2012 New England Compounding Center (NECC) meningitis tragedy had become law, you would have had to add this federally mandated disclaimer to every prescription you wrote for a compounded drug. It seems Congress, influenced by pharmaceutical industry lobbying dollars, wanted to reward the FDA’s failure to shut down grossly negligent compounding manufacturers—but did so by granting the agency vast new powers.
03 Jun
2014
Over 10,000 American Toddlers Are Being Given ADHD Drugs
And once again, our country’s disadvantaged kids are being unnecessarily medicated nearly three times more often.
27 May
2014
The Great Connecticut Chocolate Milk Fiasco
How can schools create healthy meals when politicians interfere?
20 May
2014
FDA Asked Big Pharma to Self-Police on Dangerous Chemicals
You can guess how that worked out. Action Alert!
13 May
2014
What Does the FDA Know about Farming? “Jack Manure,” Apparently
The agency’s fumbling around on farm safety rules might seem comic—if the livelihood of small farmers and brewers weren’t at stake.
13 May
2014
Could a Chinese Herb Replace Life-Threatening RA Drugs?
The famous Cleveland Clinic has opened a Chinese herbal medicine center, but Europe is virtually banning it. Action Alert!
06 May
2014
One in Five Pregnant Women Take Opioid Painkillers
And what doctors are prescribing as an alternative is just as dangerous. Action Alert!