Lethal FDA Warning (from Washington Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Sunday, September 14, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  The willful blindness of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- its overcautious reluctance to approve new drugs -- has led to historic declines in new drug approvals, which will cost lives in years to come.  A more immediate tragedy, though, is FDA's refusal to withdraw its off-putting "black-box" warning label on antidepressants for teens...  Read Full >>

Response to an Attack on "Conflicts of Interest" (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Saturday, April 12, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. Dr. Kassirer persistently targets financial conflicts while ignoring the many other potential sources of lack of scientific objectivity...  Read Full >>

Big Picture of Flu Vaccination (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Monday, March 17, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. While the total number of youngsters who succumb to the flu is not large, and it is unclear how many lives would be saved by the vaccine, that is beside the point...  Read Full >>

FDA Supreme, for Now (from the Washington Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, March 5, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that manufacturers of FDA-approved medical devices cannot be held liable for defects in design or malfunction, unless the company lied in their application for approval.  This is good news for consumers and for public health...  Read Full >>

Allowing Personal Beliefs to Trump Public Health (from the San Diego Union-Tribune)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Sunday, March 2, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. Childhood infectious diseases we thought had been relegated to the dustbin of history seem to be making a comeback...  Read Full >>