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| New Antibiotics, Stat! (National Review Online) |
| The vaccine makers are in a bind — and public health is in danger. |
| By Jonathan (Josh) Bloom, Ph.D., Gilbert Ross, M.D. |
| Posted: Monday, December 20, 2010 |
| By Dr. Josh Bloom and Dr. Gilbert Ross.The development of new antibiotics has slowed to a trickle, just when we need them most. As drug-resistant bacteria are on the rampage worldwide, we find ourselves in a most precarious situation — one not unlike the one we faced in the pre-antibiotic era, before penicillin, when staphylococcal and pneumococcal infections were the dominant pathogens. . . |
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| Drug approvals are bogging down (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) |
| By Gilbert Ross, M.D. |
| Posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 |
| By Dr. Gilbert Ross. Patients and doctors cheered in 2008, when the Food and Drug Administration approved Genentech’s Avastin for treating women with advanced breast cancer. Scientists had found that in many cases, the drug could prolong life, and today doctors prescribe it to some 17,500 women a year as their last, best hope. . .
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| November |
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| The British Health Care Invasion (from Forbes.com) |
| By Gilbert Ross, M.D. |
| Posted: Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| By Dr. Gilbert Ross. Just as Britain is moving away from destructive cost-control policies in its health system, the U.S. seems to be embracing them. If American health policy-makers begin putting cost before quality, doctors might soon lose the freedom to treat patients without being obstructed by regulators. Countless patients could lose access to life-saving treatments. |
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| Health Panel Finds All-Natural Carcinogens Galore in Holiday Dinner Menu |
| Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
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NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK — Scientists associated with the American Council on Science and Health analyzed the natural foods that make up a traditional holiday dinner — and have found that they are loaded with "carcinogens": chemicals that in large doses cause cancer in laboratory animals. None of these chemicals are made by man or added to the foods. Indeed, all of these "carcinogens" occur naturally in foods. But ACSH scientists have good news: these natural |
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| Congress might be fed up, but America's children aren't (Daily Caller) |
| By Gilbert Ross, M.D. |
| Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| By Dr. Gilbert Ross. A tuna fish sandwich is both nutritious and affordable — but this once ubiquitous lunchbox staple is fast becoming an anachronism because of unfounded fears of mercury. It’s omitting seafood from your diet that’s the real risk, since fish provide nutrients that protect our hearts, stave off strokes and help save our eyesight. |
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| Curing breast cancer (from the NY Post) |
| By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H. |
| Posted: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 |
| By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan. This is the 25th year when October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink ribbons, marches in the park, fundraisers to find "the cure." Time to talk about our loss of mothers and sisters (and even some brothers) to this dreaded disease. But this year we should also focus on the good news about breast cancer. |
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| August |
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| Blue Ribbon Panel Report on Plasticizers |
| chaired by C. Everett Koop |
| Posted: Friday, August 6, 2010 |
| ACSH's A Blue Ribbon Panel Report: A Scientific Evaluation of Health Effects of Two Plasticizers Used in Medical Devices and Toys was conducted in 1999 and led by C. Everett Coop, the former surgeon general. The independent expert panel examined the use of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DINP), two plasticizers used in flexible vinyl products. It found that DEHP, used to make medical devices, "is not harmful to even highly exposed people" and |
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| Vaccines: Do your homework (San Diego Union-Tribune) |
| By Gilbert Ross, M.D., and Dr. Jack Fisher |
| Posted: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 |
| By Drs. Gilbert Ross and Jack Fisher. As kids head back to school over the next few weeks, parents will be met with a bevy of papers. There are enrollment forms, permission slips, perhaps even a few credit card bills. Sadly, an increasing number of parents aren’t signing the most important piece of paper of all – their children’s vaccine form. |
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| July |
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| Unlocking The Genetic Secrets Of Autism |
| By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H., and Dr. Henry I. Miller |
| Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| By Drs. Elizabeth M. Whelan and Henry I. Miller. Intense and even fanatical resistance to childhood immunizations is itself a significant public health problem, but a recent study of abnormalities in the DNA of children with autism spectrum disorders should finally put rest to claims that vaccines cause these conditions. |
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| June |
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| Jeff Stier defends Happy Meals on CNBC |
| Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| ACSH's Jeff Stier discussed the Center for Science in the Public Interest's threatened lawsuit against McDonald's for including toys with Happy Meals on CNBC's Power Lunch June 23, 2010. Watch here. |
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| NY Times Reporter Honored For Activism Disguised as Journalism |
| By Jeff Stier, Esq. |
| Posted: Monday, June 21, 2010 |
| By Jeff Stier. When journalists give an award to one of their own, you’d think they’d honor reporting that rises above that of others in journalistic quality. But that isn’t what happened when The Deadline Club, the New York branch of the Society for Professional Journalists, gave its Daniel Pearl Award for Investigative Reporting to The New York Times’ Charles Duhigg. Duhigg was the author of the series “Toxic Waters.” |
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| Haitian ‘Social Justice’ Groups Want to Burn Aid (From NRO) |
| By Jeff Stier, Esq. |
| Posted: Thursday, June 3, 2010 |
| By Jeff Stier. Four months after a devastating earthquake ripped apart their country, the people of Haiti are still suffering, so you’d think a multi-million-dollar donation of vegetable seeds would be welcome news. But two Haitian groups, backed by the activist group Grassroots International, are urging farmers to do the unthinkable: burn the donated seeds. |
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| April |
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| On Earth Day, praise BPA (The Daily Caller) |
| By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H. |
| Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 |
| By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. In the 40 years since the first Earth Day, the “Green Movement” has migrated far beyond the prevention of polluted lakes and streams and emissions from coal-burning plants to take on scientifically-shakier targets: allegedly harmful substances in food and consumer products. |
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| Stimulus Spending Meets Bad Ideas (Washington Examiner) |
| By Jeff Stier, Esq. |
| Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| By Jeff Stier. It used to be that when the Federal government wanted to encourage states and cities to adhere to certain policies, they'd offer grants with strings attached. Today, however, all pretenses are out the window, and the Obama administration is taking taxpayer money and sending it directly to local governments and non-profits to lobby on behalf of nanny-state policies |
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| March |
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| 9/11 Junk Science (from the New York Post) |
| Health Claims Lack Evidence |
| By Jeff Stier, Esq. |
| Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 |
| By Jeff Stier. On Friday, the judge in the Ground Zero health-claims case tossed out the recent settlement agreement, citing concerns that the deal wasn't fair to plaintiffs. Yet the fact remains that there is no credible evidence in the medical literature that exposure to Ground Zero dust can cause any chronic disease or condition... |
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| January |
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| Conflict of Interest (from Medical Progress Today) |
| By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H. |
| Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
| By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. The pharmaceutical industry is a powerful innovative force, both in the creation of new life-saving technologies and the underwriting of academic medical research. Yet there is now a sweeping "conflicts of interest" movement aimed squarely at curtailing academic-industry collaboration in biomedical research... |
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