Project Bioshield comes up dry again
Boondoggle or scam? Take you pick.Posted on July 12, 2008 7:39 AM • 2 Comments •
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The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United States (Boston, 1799). The Editors sign their posts "Revere" to recognize the public service of a professional forerunner better known for other things.
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Drugs:
Understanding the watermelon - Viagra connection: it's not hard
Eat a lot of watermelon and it won't be long.Posted on July 2, 2008 7:29 AM • 17 Comments •
Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline to its scientists: fuck off
Who needs research and development in the drug industry? Not Big Pharma, that's for sure.Posted on June 17, 2008 7:39 AM • 12 Comments •
They have a pill for that
Military medical malpractice. And unethical.Posted on June 15, 2008 3:51 PM • 53 Comments •
Disease mongering
Even when concern is appropriate it can be exploited.Posted on April 20, 2008 4:11 PM • 10 Comments •
Opening up vaccine policy and research
Letting other voices be heard.Posted on April 15, 2008 3:38 PM • 9 Comments •
Marijuana mystery in Texas
Commonsense prevails for a change.Posted on March 28, 2008 3:53 PM • 25 Comments •
I'd love to hear the McCain - Lieberman pillow talk
McCain the ungrateful spouse.Posted on March 21, 2008 4:05 PM • 6 Comments •
Aspirin, ibuprofen and stroke
Wherein I learn a well-kept secret.Posted on March 17, 2008 3:16 PM • 8 Comments •
Drug prices for elderly rise twice as much as inflation
Medicare Part D. worked so well that's use the same principle for everything.Posted on March 7, 2008 4:20 PM • 12 Comments •
How to test for counterfeit Tamiflu
A simple color change test can measure Tamiflu quantitatively in the field.Posted on March 7, 2008 7:43 AM • 11 Comments •
FDA speaks up a little more often
Warning: FDA is warning us.Posted on February 27, 2008 3:55 PM • 5 Comments •
Warning: contains FDA approved drug
Baxter's bad blood thinner.Posted on February 20, 2008 4:13 PM • 13 Comments •
Idle griping about press releases supposed to look like "news"
Inaccurate news about a TB test's accuracy.Posted on February 16, 2008 7:46 AM • 3 Comments •
Tamiflu resistance in seasonal flu: the devil is in the details
No surprise. It's more complicated than we might think.Posted on January 29, 2008 7:26 AM • 43 Comments •
Poultry workers and drug resistant E. coli
Another hazard of poultry workers. As if they didn't have enough.Posted on December 21, 2007 4:58 PM • 3 Comments •
More drugs down the drain
Sewage full of drugs. Really full of drugs.Posted on December 4, 2007 4:36 PM • 4 Comments •
Listening to the earache vaccine
A vaccine non-susceptible earache bug appears.Posted on October 23, 2007 7:05 AM • 14 Comments •
Can you hear me now?
Viagra can cause hearing loss. What?Posted on October 20, 2007 7:35 AM • 12 Comments •
Flying blind into the cytokine storm
Know what you are doing before you do it.Posted on August 16, 2007 7:19 AM • 16 Comments •
"Reefer blindness"
Hey Dude. That's my garden you're ripping up!Posted on July 19, 2007 3:54 PM • 36 Comments •
