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Article in Health Matrix: Survey of State Medical and Osteopathy Board Disciplinary Web Sites in 2006 (HRG Publication #1902)
We sought to describe doctor disciplinary information provided on the web sites of state medical and osteopathic boards. Information collected included state board, hospital and federal government actions, as well as malpractice judgments and settlements and conviction information.
[Created on: 02/04/2010]

Open Letter to Executive Director of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) (HRG Publication #1901)
We encourage the ACGME to adopt the IOM's resident work hour limit recommendations.
[Created on: 01/28/2010]

Petition to Ban Fibromyalgia Drug Milnacipran (Savella) (HRG Publication #1900)
Milnacipran (Savella) has highly questionable clinical efficacy and has been associated with a large number of potentially serious adverse reactions including hypertension, increased heart rate and an increased incidence of suicidal ideation.
[Created on: 01/19/2010]

Testimony: Issues in Clinical Trials of New Drugs for Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (HRG Publication #1899)
The draft guidance under discussion clarifies several important issues regarding the appropriate design and conduct of noninferiority (NI) trials for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP).
[Created on: 12/10/2009]

Petition to Ban Sibutramine (Meridia) (HRG Publication #1898)
This purpose of this letter is to re-petition the FDA to immediately ban the weight loss drug, sibutramine (Meridia – Abbott – in the U.S.).
[Created on: 12/02/2009]

Article in JLME: DTC Advertising Harms Patients and Should Be Tightly Regulated (HRG Publication #1897)
In an article published in the Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics, Health Research Group Deputy Director Peter Lurie evaluates direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising and finds that the harms of DTC advertising outweigh the benefits.
[Created on: 11/23/2009]

Petition Asking FDA to Reconsider Banning Propoxyphene (Darvon) (HRG Publication #1896)
This petition asks the FDA to reconsider granting our petition to ban Propoxyphene (Darvon)
[Created on: 11/23/2009]

Letter Requesting that Medicare Deny Reimbursement for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (HRG Publication #1895)
Public Citizen asks the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Servces to deny reimbursement for TMS because the treatment has not been proved to be effective.
[Created on: 11/11/2009]

Comments on FDA Draft Guidance on Postmarketing Studies and Clinical Trials (HRG Publication #1894)
Public Citizen has reviewed the draft guidance in detail and supports its purpose and approach.
[Created on: 10/13/2009]

Letter Published in Biological Psychiatry: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Not Proven Effective (HRG Publication #1893)
Peter Lurie, M.D., M.P.H., and Eunice Yu disagree with the Reardon's conclusion that TMS is "safe and effective in the treatment of major depression."
[Created on: 10/01/2009]

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