Public Citizen’s Health Letter
Published monthly since 1985, Public Citizen’s Health Letter brings you critical information about health issues — arming you with up-to-date information so you can make better health care decisions. Topics have included quality of care; insurance; questionable doctors and hospitals; managed care and the recalls of drugs, devices and consumer products. Previously a print-only publication, in 2013 Health Letter became available to all readers for free online. Click the links provided to read individual articles dating back to January 2000.
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2026
January 2026
- Outrage of the Month: Senselessly Undermining the Success of Hepatitis B Vaccination
- Product Recalls: November 12, 2025 – December 17, 2025
2025
December 2025
- Outrage of the Month: The FDA, Autism, Leucovorin and Cerebral Folate Deficiency
- Product Recalls: October 15, 2025 – November 12, 2025
November 2025
- Outrage of the Month: Protecting Americans From Risky Drugs Made Overseas
- Product Recalls: September 17, 2025 – October 15, 2025
October 2025
- Outrage of the Month: A Misguided Recommendation To Remove Thimerosal From U.S. Influenza Vaccines
- Product Recalls: August 13, 2025 – September 17, 2025
September 2025
- Outrage of the Month: Mitigating the Damage From Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Assault on Federal Vaccine Policy
- Product Recalls: July 16, 2025 – August 13, 2025
August 2025
- Outrage of the Month: Patient Deaths From a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy
- Product Recalls: June 18, 2025 – July 16, 2025
July 2025
- Outrage of the Month: The Continuing Problem of Pharmaceutical Industry Payments to Physicians
- Product Recalls: May 14, 2025 – June 18, 2025
June 2025
- Outrage of the Month: Undermining Federal Oversight of Research Ethics
- Product Recalls: April 16, 2025 – May 14, 2025
May 2025
- Lenacapavir, a Twice-Yearly Injectable Drug for HIV Prevention That Should be Widely Available
- Product Recalls: March 19, 2025 – April 16, 2025
April 2025
- Outrage of the Month: Continuing Measles Outbreaks in the United States
- Product Recalls: February 12, 2025 – March 19, 2025
March 2025
- Update on COVID-19 Vaccination
- Product Recalls: January 15, 2025 – February 12, 2025
- Outrage of the Month: The Shocking Abandonment of Ongoing USAID-Funded Clinical Trials
February 2025
- Outrage of the Month: The FDA’s Long-Overdue Ban on Red Dye No. 3 in Food and Oral Drugs
- Product Recalls: December 18, 2024 – January 15, 2025
January 2025
- Outrage of the Month: A Disturbing Informed Consent Failure in Alzheimer’s Disease Trials
- Product Recalls: November 13, 2024 – December 18, 2024
2024
December 2024
- Outrage of the Month: President-Elect Trump’s Nominees for HHS and CMS
- Product Recalls: October 16, 2024 – November 13, 2024
November 2024
- Outrage of the Month: The Continuing Influence of Industry Payments to U.S. Physicians
- Product Recalls: September 18, 2024 – October 16, 2024
October 2024
- Outrage of the Month: Expanded FDA Approval of a Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy
- Product Recalls: August 14, 2024 – September 18, 2024
September 2024
- Outrage of the Month: a Senior FDA Official Regulated Medical Devices While His Wife’s Law Firm Represented Their Manufacturers
- Product Recalls: July 17, 2024 – August 14, 2024
August 2024
- Outrage of the Month: Private Equity Firms: Stripping Hospital Assets and Threatening Patient Safety
- Product Recalls: June 12, 2024 – July 17, 2024
July 2024
- Outrage of the Month: Tobacco Industry Sponsorship of Continuing Medical Education
- Product Recalls: May 15, 2024 – June 12, 2024
June 2024
- Outrage of the Month: The Impella Left Ventricular Assist Device: a Problematic Heart Pump Beset by Problems
- Product Recalls: April 17, 2024 – May 15, 2024
May 2024
- Outrage of the Month: Lessons From the Withdrawal of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Drug AMX0035 (RELYVRIO)
- Product Recalls: March 13, 2024 – April 17, 2024
April 2024
March 2024
- FDA Requires Boxed Warning for Denosumab (PROLIA) because of an Increased Risk of Severe Hypocalcemia for Some Patients
- Product Recalls: January 17, 2024 – February 14, 2024
- Outrage of the Month: More than Five Years Later, Florida Still Hasn’t Taken Action Against a Physician and His Life-Threatening Cancer “Treatment”
February 2024
January 2024
- What is the FDA’s Role in the Development of New Antibiotics?: The Case of Recarbrio
- Product Recalls: November 14, 2023 – December 14, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: Use of Computer Algorithms by Medicare Advantage Insurers to Deny Needed Care
2023
December 2023
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccines for Adults Ages 60 and Older and to Protect Newborns
- Product Recalls: October 11, 2023 – November 14, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: The Philips Respironics Recall of Ventilators and Positive Airway Pressure Machines
November 2023
- FDA Approval of the Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec-rokl (ELEVIDYS) Gene Therapy for Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy Calls into Question the Agency’s Role as a Careful Gatekeeper
- Product Recalls: September 13, 2023 – October 11, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: Lax Enforcement of Reporting Requirements for Clinical Trials
October 2023
- Americans Skimp on Prescription Drugs to Save Money
- Product Recalls: August 16, 2023 – September 13, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: Public Comments to Medicare Marred by Financial Conflicts of Interest
September 2023
- The Dangerous Health Effects of Air Pollution
- Product Recalls: July 12, 2023 – August 16, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: Protecting the Public From Dangerous Doctors
August 2023
- Limited Benefit From FDA Action to Curb Acetaminophen-Related Liver Toxicity, Study Finds
- Product Recalls: June 14, 2023 – July 12, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Approval of Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s Disease
July 2023
- Weak Evidence for Psychedelic Drugs as Potential Treatments for Depression and Other Mental Illnesses
- Product Recalls: May 11, 2023 – June 14, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: Sackler Family Donations to the National Academy of Sciences
June 2023
- Artificial Sweeteners and the Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke
- Product Recalls: April 12, 2023 – May 10, 2023
- Outrage Of The Month: FDA Approval of Brexpiprazole for Agitation Symptoms Associated With Dementia Due to Alzheimer’s Disease — False Hopes for Patients and Families?
May 2023
- Sun and Safety: Protect Yourself From Common Dangers
- Product Recalls: March 15, 2023 – April 12, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Rises to Historic Levels
April 2023
- CRISPR Gene Editing: the Immediate Future of Bioengineering and Medicine
- Product Recalls: February 15, 2023 – March 15, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Guidance on Homeopathic Drugs: An Ongoing Public Health Failure
March 2023
- What Are Fecal Matter Transplants, and Are They FDA-Approved?
- Product Recalls: January 18, 2023 – February 15, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: Deadly Politicization of COVID Vaccines
February 2023
- Uncertain Net Benefits for Most Mineral and Vitamin Supplementation for Preventing Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer in Healthy Adults
- Product Recalls: December 14, 2022 – January 18, 2023
- Outrage of the Month: Congressional Probe Confirms Inappropriate FDA-Biogen Collaboration on Alzheimer’s Disease Drug
January 2023
- Devices to Treat ADHD: Do They Work?
- Product Recalls: November 16, 2022 – December 14, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: Lifesaving Insulin Remains Unaffordable for Too Many U.S. Patients
2022
December 2022
- Monkeypox: What Is It, and How Can We Prevent It?
- Product Recalls: October 12, 2022 – November 16, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: Congress Reauthorizes FDA-Corrupting User Fees for Five More Years
November 2022
- Patient Harm Remains Pervasive in Hospitalized Medicare Patients, a New Federal Report Shows
- Product Recalls: September 14, 2022 – October 12, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: Nonprofit Hospital Systems Exploiting Poor Patients, Driving Them Into Debt
October 2022
- Think Twice Before Using These UV Wands to Disinfect Surfaces
- Product Recalls: August 17, 2022 – September 14, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: President Biden Prematurely Declares COVID-19 Pandemic “Over”
September 2022
- COVID-19 Smell and Taste Disturbances: What’s Your Prognosis?
- Product Recalls: July 20, 2022 – August 17, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: New Research Reveals FDA Fails to Protect Consumers from Dangerous Dietary Supplements
August 2022
- Despite Claims, Real-World Evidence Shows E-Cigarettes Not an Effective Smoking-Cessation Aid
- Product Recalls: June 15, 2022 – July 20, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: For Years, FDA Has Allowed the Marketing of Blood Oxygen Monitors that Contributed to Racial Disparities in Health Care
July 2022
- “Long COVID” is Yet Ill-Defined but Worthy of Attention
- Product Recalls: May 18, 2022 – June 15, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Increasingly Reluctant to Seek Input From External Experts Before Approving New Drugs
June 2022
- FDA Warns That Buprenorphine Medications Dissolved in Mouth Increase Risk of Dental Problems
- Product Recalls: April 13, 2022 – May 18, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: To Maximize Profits, Medicare Advantage Companies Dangerously Deny Needed, Covered Care
May 2022
- New Study Examines Lead Exposure and Related Community Factors Among U.S. Children
- Product Recalls: March 16, 2022 – April 13, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: CPSC Drags Its Feet, Proposes Half Measures as Fatalities Caused by Adult Portable Bed Rails Mount
April 2022
- Banned by Obama, Revived by Trump, Banned Again by Biden: the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
- Product Recalls: February 16, 2022 – March 16, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: Lax FDA Oversight Fostered Surge in Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
March 2022
- The Shingles Vaccine SHINGRIX: A Good Choice for Preventing Shingles and Related Complications
- Product Recalls: January 19, 2022 – February 16, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation and Disinformation Causing Great Harm in the U.S.
February 2022
- Routine Screening Recommendations for Colorectal Cancer
- Product Recalls: December 15, 2021 – January 18, 2022
- Outrage of the Month: Big Pharma’s “Unsustainable, Unjustified and Unfair” Business and Pricing Practices
January 2022
- Alcohol Consumption Causes a Variety of Cancers; Understand the Risks
- Product Recalls: November 17, 2021 – December 15, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: Biden’s Recycled FDA Commissioner Pick: Still Unfit for Duty
2021
December 2021
- As Process to Ban Makena for Preventing Preterm Birth Edges Forward, Public Citizen Calls for Balanced Hearing Panel to Evaluate the Drug
- Product Recalls: October 13, 2021 – November 17, 2021
- Outrage of Month: Researchers Conducted Unethical, High-Risk Experiments, Violated Patients’ Rights, But Only Got a Slap on the Wrist From the FDA
November 2021
- Study Highlights Increased Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods by U.S. Youths
- Product Recalls: September 15, 2021 – October 13, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: Prescription-Drug Price Gouging in U.S. Fuels Big Pharma’s Revenues
October 2021
- E-Counseling (Telebehavioral Health) Services: What You Should Know
- Product Recalls: August 18, 2021 – September 15, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: Nursing Homes, U.S. Government Hide Misprescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs to Elderly Dementia Patients
September 2021
- Public Citizen Calls for Federal Investigation of Serious Regulatory, Ethical Lapses in Reckless Epilepsy Clinical Trial Funded by NIH
- Product Recalls: July 14, 2021 – August 18, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: U.S. Health Care System Continues to Rank Dead Last Among High-Income Countries
August 2021
- States, Medical Regulators and Institutions Must Act to End Sexual Abuse of Patients by Physicians in the U.S.
- Product Recalls: June 16, 2021 – July 14, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: Shocking New Revelations of Unprecedented FDA–Biogen Collaboration on Alzheimer’s Disease Drug
July 2021
- Trump’s Health Policy Legacy: A Dangerous Extension of Nixon and Reagan
- Product Recalls: May 12, 2021 – June 16, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: FDA’s Reckless Decision to Approve Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s Disease
June 2021
- Public Citizen Petitions FDA to Prohibit Pharmacy Compounding of Banned Weight-Loss and Antibiotic Drugs
- Product Recalls: April 14, 2021 – May 12, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: CDC Jettisons Common Sense With Premature Update of Mask-Wearing Guidance
May 2021
- U.S. Expert Panel Recommends Routine Behavioral Counseling for Healthy Diet and Physical Activity in Adults With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
- Product Recalls: March 17, 2021 – April 14, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: Some Hand Sanitizers Sold in the U.S. Found to be Tainted With Benzene, a Known Human Carcinogen
April 2021
- Food for Thought and Action: Responding to the Health Threats Posed by Climate Change
- Product Recalls: February 17, 2021 – March 17, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: State Rollbacks of Pandemic Restrictions: ‘Neanderthal Thinking’ Indeed
March 2021
- First Two FDA-Authorized COVID-19 Vaccines Rarely Cause Severe Allergic Reactions
- Product Recalls: January 13, 2021 – February 17, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: Merck, FDA Failed to Warn Consumers About Potential Suicide Risk Linked to Anti-Baldness Drug
February 2021
- Survey Underscores That Many Americans Are Delaying or Avoiding Medical Care Due to COVID-19 Concerns
- Product Recalls: December 16, 2020 – January 13, 2021
- Outrage of the Month: Trump’s Pandemic Response: Catastrophic to the Very End
January 2021
- Coping with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in the Age of COVID-19
- Product Recalls: November 11, 2020 – December 16, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: FDA’s Inappropriate Close Collaboration with Biogen on Alzheimer’s Disease Drug
2020
December 2020
- Researchers Provide Estimates of Preventable COVID-19 Deaths in the U.S.
- Product Recalls: October 14, 2020 – November 11, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: Post-Election Behavior of Trump and His Senior Health Officials Continues to Endanger American Lives
November 2020
- Key Takeaways From the Updated CDC Report on Antibiotic Resistance
- Product Recalls: September 16, 2020 – October 14, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: Trump’s Rejection of Science Endangers Americans, Prompts Unprecedented Rebukes by Major Scientific Journals
October 2020
- COVID-19 Racial Disparities in the U.S.: Just How Disparate and How Novel Are They?
- Product Recalls: August 12, 2020 – September 16, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: Trump Lackeys’ Unprecedented Denigration of CDC Scientific Experts
September 2020
- New Public Citizen Report Highlights the FDA’s Reckless Oversight of Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulators for Pain Relief
- Product Recalls: July 15, 2020 – August 12, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: “Male-Enhancing” Dietary Supplements Were Tainted With Dangerous Drugs
August 2020
- Economic and Racial Inequality Are Intensifying the Killing Power of COVID-19 in the U.S.
- Product Recalls: June 10, 2020 – July 15, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: Enough is Enough: Trump, Pence Must Relinquish Leadership of the Federal Pandemic Response to Public Health Experts Now
July 2020
- New Public Citizen Report Highlights Frequent Leniency for Physicians Who Sexually Abuse Their Patients
- Product Recalls: May 13, 2020 – June 10, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: ‘Typhoid’ Trump
June 2020
- The World Health Organization Does Too Much to Be Defunded, Especially Now
- Product Recalls: April 15, 2020 – May 13, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: Top 12 Things Trump Did to Speed the Pandemic
May 2020
- Updated Rule Enables CMS to Ban Sanctioned Physicians Who Harmed Patients From Medicare
- Product Recalls: March 11, 2020 – April 15, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: Trump’s Nonstop Lying About the Coronavirus Is Becoming Contagious
April 2020
- In COVID-19 Briefing, Trump Becomes Unglued Again, This Time in Response to a Critical Report From His Own Office of Inspector General
- Muzzling Health Care Professionals Who Wish to Speak Out About Coronavirus-Related Shortages Endangers Public Health
- Product Recalls: February 12, 2020 – March 11, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: Donald Trump’s Mouth Must Be Quarantined
March 2020
- FDA Announces Long-Awaited Rule to Update Cigarette Warnings
- Product Recalls: January 15, 2020 – February 12, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: Trump Administration’s Budget Proposal is a Recipe for a Public Health Disaster
February 2020
- Public Citizen Urges FDA to Ban Medication Used to Prevent Preterm Birth
- Product Recalls: December 11, 2019 – January 15, 2020
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Foot-Dragging on Tainted Heartburn Drug Endangers Public Health
January 2020
- National Survey Shows Most Americans Are Uninformed About State Medical Boards, Despite Common Physician Misconduct
- Product Recalls: November 13, 2019 – December 11, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: Newly Unsealed Court Documents Shine Light on How Purdue Planned to Mislead Doctors About the Risks of Oxycontin
2019
December 2019
- Most Preventive Antibiotics Before Dental Procedures Are Unnecessary, Study Finds
- Product Recalls: October 16, 2019 – November 13, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: Company Tested Unapproved Implanted Drug on Louisiana Prisoner in Apparent Illegal Clinical Trial
November 2019
- Health Care Crisis by the Numbers: Data Update from the PNHP Newsletter Editors
- Product Recalls: September 18, 2019 – October 16, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Inaction Spurred Epidemic of Teen Nicotine Addiction Via E-Cigarette Use
October 2019
- U.S. Expert Panel Again Recommends Against Screening for Pancreatic Cancer in Adults Without Symptoms
- Product Recalls: August 14, 2019 – September 18, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: Revolving Door to FDA Commissioner’s Office Sows Distrust in Agency
September 2019
- New Study Makes Case for Increased Access to the Opioid Overdose Antidote Naloxone
- Product Recalls: July 17, 2019 – August 14, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Ban of Breast Implants Linked to Cancer Comes Too Late for Many Women
August 2019
- Time to End Physician Sexual Misconduct, Says Public Citizen’s Health Research Group
- Product Recalls: June 12, 2019 – July 17, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: Physician Sexual Abuse of Patients
July 2019
- For Some Drugs, Crushing Tablets or Opening Capsules Can Yield Fatal Consequences
- Product Recalls: May 15, 2019 – June 12, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: Generic Drugmakers Allegedly Engaged in Massive Price-Fixing Scheme
June 2019
- Public Citizen Campaigns for Medicare for All Reform
- Product Recalls: April 10, 2019 – May 15, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: NIH Gags Its Own Scientific Experts, Interferes with Probe of Unethical Sepsis Trial
May 2019
- New Study Finds Pharmaceutical Marketing of Opioid Products to Doctors is Linked to Increased Opioid-Related Deaths
- Product Recalls: March 13, 2019 – April 10, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: FDA’s Belated Ban of Surgical Mesh for Repair of Pelvic Organ Prolapse Comes Too Late for Thousands of Women
April 2019
- New Research Shows Aspirin Is Not Beneficial for Older Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease
- Product Recalls: February 14, 2019 – March 13, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: Pharma’s Price Gouging on Insulin Is Literally Killing Patients
March 2019
- Companies Are Reaping Benefits from Social Influencers, and Big Pharma Wants In
- Product Recalls: January 17, 2019 – February 13, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: Maryland Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Protect Dangerous Doctors
February 2019
- New Public Citizen Study Shows Nurses Rarely Receive ‘Reportable’ Penalties for Sexual Misconduct
- Product Recalls: December 12, 2018 – January 16, 2019
- Outrage of the Month: Global Warming – A Public Health Crisis Already Underway
January 2019
- New Research Finds Increased Water Intake Helps Prevent Recurrent Bladder Infections, Reduces Use of Antibiotics in Premenopausal Women
- Product Recalls: November 15, 2018 – December 12, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: In Face of Raging Opioid Addiction Crisis, FDA Fuels the Fire
2018
December 2018
- Public Citizen Seeks Ban of Dangerous Cesium Dietary Supplements
- Product Recalls: October 10, 2018 – November 14, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Hooking a New Generation of Young People on Nicotine Via E-Cigarettes
November 2018
- New Public Citizen Study Revealed Widespread Use of Placebo-Only Control Groups in Clinical Trials
- Product Recalls: September 12, 2018 – October 10, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Florida Medical Center Brazenly Deceives Patients About Life-Threatening Cancer ‘Treatment’
October 2018
- Public Citizen Petitions FDA to Pull Twice-Rejected Gout Medication Off the Market
- Product Recalls: August 16, 2018 – September 12, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Unethical, Reckless Sepsis Trial Funded by NIH Must be Halted
September 2018
- Prompted by Public Citizen Lawsuit, FDA Finally Acts to Protect Infants from Dangerous Benzocaine Teething Gels
- Product Recalls: July 12, 2018 – August 15, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Unethical Human Experiments That Tested Powerful General Anesthetic for Agitation
August 2018
- FDA Should Ban the Dangerous Female Sterilization Device Essure Immediately!
- Product Recalls: June 14, 2018 – July 11, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Agency Insiders Recount FDA’s Cozy Relationship with Industry
July 2018
- USPSTF Recommends Against Hormone Therapy to Prevent Chronic Conditions in Postmenopausal Women
- Product Recalls: May 10, 2018 – June 13, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Scathing Internal Report Finds Serious Misconduct That Undermined the Integrity of NIH Alcohol Study
June 2018
- U.S. Expert Panel Recommends Against Ovarian Cancer Screening in Women Without a High Genetic Risk of Cancer
- Product Recalls: April 12, 2018 – May 9, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Pharma’s Price Gouging Forces Rationing of Lifesaving Opioid Overdose Antidote
May 2018
- Alcohol Consumption in the U.S.: Extent and Link to Cancer Risk
- Product Recalls: March 15, 2018 – April 11, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Director Colluded with the Alcohol Industry
April 2018
- New Report on Big Pharma Settlements Highlights Need for Tougher Enforcement
- Product Recalls: February 14, 2018 – March 14, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Most State Medical Boards Fail to Use Available Tools for Detecting Dangerous Doctors
March 2018
- CDC Finds That Infant Safe Sleep Practices Often Not Followed, Increasing Risk of Infant Death
- Product Recalls: January 11, 2018 – February 14, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Disgraced CDC Director Joins Ranks of Most Ethically Challenged Trump Appointees
February 2018
- Withholding Information on Unapproved Drug Marketing Applications: The Public Has a Right to Know
- Product Recalls: December 14, 2017 – January 10, 2018
- Outrage of the Month: Child Mortality in the U.S. Exceeds 19 Other Wealthy Nations
January 2018
- FDA Lax in Evaluating Drugs Approved Through Expedited Pathways, Studies Show
- Product Recalls: November 16, 2017 – December 13, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: Fake and Substandard Drugs Kill Hundreds of Thousands Around the Globe
2017
December 2017
- Foreign Bribery by the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Product Recalls: October 12, 2017 – November 15, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: Opioid Maker Executives “No Better Than Street-Level Drug Dealers”
November 2017
- Industry’s Open Payments to Physicians: What Have We Learned?
- Product Recalls: September 14, 2017 – October 11, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: VA Hospitals Concealed Information About Dangerous Health Care Practitioners
October 2017
- Public Citizen Calls for Halt to Unethical NIH-Sponsored Clinical Trial Involving Heart Attack Patients Throughout the U.S. and Canada
- Product Recalls: August 10, 2017-September 13, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: Illegal Stem Cell Treatments Endanger Vulnerable Patients
September 2017
- Pharmaceutical Research Costs: The Myth of the $2.6 Billion Pill
- Product Recalls: July 13, 2017 – August 9, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: Enforcement of Federal Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research Plummets
August 2017
- Trouble With Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
- Product Recalls: June 15, 2017 – July 12, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: A Dangerous Proposal to Roll Back Pharmacy Compounding Rules
July 2017
- Benefits of Probiotics Remain Unproven
- Product Recalls: May 11, 2017 – June 14, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: After Learning of Faulty Equipment That Could Endanger Babies, Clinical Trial Leaders Continued Experiment
June 2017
- Maker of ‘Female Viagra’ Sued as Sales Fizzle
- CDC Report Tackles Sepsis
- Product Recalls: April 13, 2017 – May 10, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: House Passage of Trumpcare
May 2017
- You Might Be In A Medical Experiment And Not Even Know It
- Trump Fuels False Hope for Dying Patients
- Product Recalls: March 16, 2017 – April 12, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: Dietary Supplements Purported to Boost Women’s Sex Drive Found to be Tainted With a Dangerous Drug
April 2017
- Exorbitant Prescription Drug Prices: A Solvable American Problem
- Workers Breathe Easier: Why We’re Celebrating OSHA’s New Beryllium Rule
- Product Recalls: February 16, 2017 – March 15, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: Sleep Deprivation — A Dangerous Prescription for Resident Physicians
March 2017
- Beware of Ads for ‘Memory-Enhancing’ Dietary Supplement Prevagen
- Despite Deadly Outbreak, FDA Cannot Recall Drugs
- Product Recalls: January 12, 2017 – February 15, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: Big Pharma’s Self-Promoting Media Campaign
February 2017
- FDA Announces Ban on Marketing of Some Antibacterial Soaps
- Is Obamacare’s Repeal the Health Care Reform We Need?
- Product Recalls: December 8, 2016 – January 11, 2017
- Outrage of the Month: Rep. Tom Price: Unfit to Be HHS Secretary
January 2017
- Maintaining Limit on Work Hours for First-Year Medical Residents Is Best for Patients
- Gabapentin and the Criminal Manipulation of Science, a Decade Later
- Product Recalls: November 16, 2016 – December 7, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: 21st Century Cures — Gift to Big Pharma and Medical Device Companies, Bad Deal for Patients
2016
December 2016
- Secrets of the Youngest Female Health Care Ex-Billionaire
- FDA Warns Against Use of Ovarian Cancer Screenings
- Product Recalls: October 20, 2016 – November 16, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: War Crimes Mount in Syria as Hospital Bombings Expand
November 2016
- The Universal Benefits of Breastfeeding
- Poultry Workers Denied Bathroom Breaks
- Product Recalls: September 15, 2016 – October 19, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: Foreign Drug Manufacturer Blocks FDA Inspection
October 2016
- Report Shows County Jails Unequipped to Handle People with Serious Mental Illnesses
- FDA Warns of Mercury in Skin Products
- Product Recalls: August 18, 2016 – September 14, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Senior Leader Ignores Science, Approves Ineffective Drug for a Rare Disease
September 2016
- Physicians Propose Single-Payer Health Care Plan
- Nail Salon Workers Toil in Toxic Conditions
- Product Recalls: July 21, 2016 – August 17, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: A Price-Gouging, Tax-Dodging Drug Company
August 2016
- Updated Mammogram Recommendations for Average-Risk Women
- Fecal Transplants for C. Difficile Diharrhea Gain Wider Use
- Product Recalls: June 23, 2016 – July 20, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: Congress Finds Money for Big Pharma, but Not Opiod-Addicted Patients
July 2016
- The Rising Cost of Generic Drugs
- FDA Finally Moves to Ban Dangerous Powdered Surgical and Medical Exam Gloves
- Product Recalls: May 19, 2016 – June 22, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: Doctors Accepting Bribes, Betraying Patients
June 2016
- Caffeine Use in Pregnancy
- Mysterious Kidney Disease Devastates Rural Farming Communities
- Product Recalls: April 14, 2016 – May 18, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: New Evidence Shows Parents of Babies in NIH-Funded Oxygen Experiment Were Mislead
May 2016
- New Legislation a Windfall for Pharma, False ‘Cure’ for Patients
- Responsible Disposal of Prescription Drugs
- Product Recalls: March 17, 2016 – April 13, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: A Steady Stream of Unethical Human Experiments
April 2016
- Pharmaceutical Industry Continues to Defraud Federal, State Governments
- New Public Citizen Study Examines Physician Sexual Misconduct
- Product Recalls: Feburary 18, 2016 – March 16, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: A Dangerous Drug Maker Ignores the FDA
March 2016
- Charges on Your Eye Exam — Why Some Doctors Ask for More
- Health Care Crisis by the Numbers: Data Update from the PNHP Newsletter Editors
- Product Recalls: January 20, 2016 – February 17, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: Ethical Blindness at The New England Journal of Medicine
February 2016
- Fourteen Years After Petition, Proposed OSHA Rule Now Outdated
- New National Data Show Higher Complications Among Mothers With Cesarean Deliveries
- Product Recalls: December 17, 2015 – January 20, 2016
- Outrage of the Month: Failures by Device Manufacturer, FDA Exposed Patients to Life-Threatening Infections
January 2016
- Feds Finally Crack Down on Illegal Dietary Supplement Makers
- Essure: What One Dangerous Device Tells Us About a Broken System
- Product Recalls: November 12, 2015 – December 16, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Joins Hands With Industry to Weaken Agency’s Rules
2015
December 2015
- Prenatal Vitamins: What Pregnant Women Need to Know
- New Report Finds Diagnostic Errors Harm ‘Unacceptable Number’ of Patients
- Product Recalls: October 15, 2015 – November 11, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: Unethical Human Experimentation in 2015 and Our Broken System for Protecting Human Research Subjects
November 2015
- Racism’s Insidious Effect on Black Lives and Health
- Antibiotics, Common Heartburn Drugs And Spread of Potentially Fatal Intestinal Infection
- Product Recalls: September 10, 2015 – October 14, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: More Reasons for Obama to Withdraw his Nominee for FDA Commissioner
October 2015
- Don’t Buy the Snake Oil ’21st Century Cures’ Would Turn Back the Clock on FDA Regulation
- Energy Drinks: A Classic Example of a Harmful, Unregulated Product
- Product Recalls: August 13, 2015 – September 9, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: Editors of Prestigious Journal Sacrifice Standards to Defend an Unethical Clinical Trial
September 2015
- Caffeine That Kills
- Electronic Media Devices Bad for Children’s Sleep
- Product Recalls: July 9, 2015 – August 12, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: Initial Ruling in Industry Lawsuit Threatens FDA’s Regulation of Drugs
August 2015
- The Cuban Health System at the Dawn of Détente
- Public Citizen Helps Defeat Louisiana Legislation That Threatened Patient Safety
- Product Recalls: June 11, 2015 – July 8, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: Leading Professional Psychologists Organization Colluded With Defense Department, Facilitated Participation in Torture
July 2015
- Vyvanse for Binge Eating: Old Pill, New ‘Disease’
- More Dietary Potassium Can Reduce Occurrence of Hypertension, Amount of Drugs Needed for Its Treatment
- Product Recalls: May 14, 2015 – June 10, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Makes Major Blunder After Approving Drug for Rare Sleep Disorder
June 2015
- School-Aged Children Eat Too Much Sodium, CDC Report Finds
- Dispelling the Myths About Alcohol and Breast Milk
- Product Recalls: April 16, 2015 – May 13, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: Industry Lawsuit Threatens FDA’s Regulation of Drugs
May 2015
- Medical Journal Editors’ Conflicts of Interest Largely Undisclosed
- Have Health Insurance Costs for Working Americans Outgrown Wage Increases?
- Product Recalls: March 19, 2015 – April 15, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: Industry Greed, Three Decades of CPSC Foot-Dragging Contribute to Rising Death Toll in Children
April 2015
- Life Line Screening: Another Company Peddling Bad Medicine With Deceptive Advertising
- Cures for the 21st Century: Five Simple Ideas Congress Has Ignored
- Product Recalls: February 19, 2015 – March 18, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: Misprescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs to Elderly Dementia Patients
March 2015
- Somalia Ratifies Children’s Rights Treaty, U.S. and South Sudan Remaining Holdouts
- World Health Organization’s First Suicide Report Underscores Prevention
- Product Recalls: January 15, 2015 – February 18, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: Health Insurers Find Creative New Way to Discriminate Against Sick Patients by Increasing Drug Costs
February 2015
- Health Care Quality Is Everyone’s Responsibility
- Unsafe Bedding Widely Used, Increasing Risk of Sudden Infant Death
- Product Recalls: December 11, 2014 – January 14, 2015
- Outrage of the Month: Fake IV Fluids Not Intended for Human Use Sicken at Least 17 Patients Across the U.S.
January 2015
- Drugs and Vaccines to Treat and Prevent Ebola
- A New Report Highlights Elder Abuse Awareness
- Product Recalls: November 20, 2014 – December 10, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: Criminalizing Compassion for Homeless People
2014
December 2014
- Weight Loss Quackery Reaches New Heights
- New Debate Over the Effectiveness of Routine Pelvic Exams in Healthy Adult Women
- Product Recalls: October 16, 2014 – November 19, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: When the Regulated Write the Regulations
November 2014
- Dead Last: U.S. Health Care System Continues to Rank Behind Other Industrialized Countries
- Preventing Skin Cancer Caused by Indoor Tanning Devices
- Would a ‘Right to Try’ Law Save Patient Lives?
- Product Recalls: September 11, 2014 – October 15, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: CDC Director’s False Assurances on Ebola
October 2014
- Can Structured Physical Activity Reduce the Risk of Mobility Disability Among Frail Older Adults?
- Unethical Clinical Trials Still Being Conducted in Developing Countries
- New Study Latest to Shine Light on Unpublished Medical Data
- Product Recalls: August 14, 2014 – September 10, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: Peddling Bad Medicine With Deceptive Advertising
September 2014
- Public Citizen Seeks Ban on Benzocaine Teething Gels Associated With Life-Threatening Condition
- Drug Company Tries to Change Diabetes Testing Guidelines
- Seven Million Deaths in 2012 From Air Pollution
- Product Recalls: July 10, 2014 – August 13, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: FDA Moving at a Snail’s Pace in Regulating Over-the-Counter Pharmaceuticals
August 2014
- Hunger and Shopping: Studies Provide Warnings, Advice
- Childhood Bullying Can Lead to Health, Wealth and Social Problems in Early Adulthood
- Patients and Profits
- Product Recalls: June 18, 2014 – July 9, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: Unacceptable Safety Lapses at the CDC
July 2014
- Deadly Risks From E-Cigarettes
- FDA Issues Long-Delayed Proposal to Regulate E-Cigarettes
- FDA Asks for Help From Consumers to Assist in Crackdown on Illegal Tobacco Sales to Minors
- Surgeon General’s Report Chronicles 50 Years of Efforts to End Smoking
- Product Recalls: May 15, 2014 – June 11, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: Peddling Bad Medicine
June 2014
- CDC Reports Increasing Number of Recreational-Water-Related Disease Outbreaks
- Pharmaceutical Lobby Reigns Supreme in Washington
- AARP: A Profitable Nonprofit Organization
- Product Recalls: April 17, 2014 – May 14, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: Doctors in the Death Chamber — Participants Should Lose Their Licenses
May 2014
- ‘Accountable’ Care Organizations?
- One Year After Horrific Building Collapse, Bangladeshi Garment Workers Still Toil in Deadly Conditions
- Guidelines Updated for Lung Cancer Screening
- Product Recalls: March 13, 2014 – April 16, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: Revolving Door at FDA Undermines Public Confidence
April 2014
- Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: Rates Drop for the Heart Healthy
- New FDA Online Portal for Reporting Problems With Dietary Supplements
- EPA Proposes Increased Pesticide Protections for Workers
- Product Recalls: February 13, 2014 – March 12, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: Auto Safety Regulators Ignore Danger Signal, Fail to Protect Consumers From Life-Threatening Defect
March 2014
- Portable Bed Rails Pose Life-Threatening Risk to Elderly, Frail Adults
- FDA Requires Testing for “Antiseptic” Soap
- Still Unsafe
- Product Recalls: January 1, 2014 – February 12, 2014
- Outrage of the Month: Dangerous New Opioid Pain Drug Scheduled to Hit U.S. Market in March
February 2014
- Common Knee Surgery Appears to Have Little Benefit
- New Law on Pharmacy Compounding May Increase Risks for Consumers
- The Sustainable Growth Rate and Physician Compensation
- Product Recalls: December 4, 2013 – December 31, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: FDA’s Reckless Inaction Regarding Over-the-Counter Acetaminophen
January 2014
- Federal Agency Sounds Alarm on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
- The FDA’s Proposed Partial Ban on Some Trans Fats
- Don’t Just Sit There! The Adverse Health Impact of a Sedentary Lifestyle
- Product Recalls: November 6, 2013 – December 3, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Secrecy in Health Care Pricing
2013
December 2013
- Choosing Between Cesarean Section and Vaginal Delivery? Consider the Physician’s Role
- Zinc as a Cold Remedy: Still Waiting for Good Evidence
- Prescription Drug Prices Spur Maine Law, San Francisco Referendum
- Product Recalls: October 2, 2013 – November 5, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: False and Misleading TV Drug Ads
November 2013
- Controversy Rages Over Unethical Experiment on Critically Ill Premature Babies
- American Medical Association Classifies Obesity as a Disease
- “Normal” Weight and Aging
- Relaxing Regulations at Poultry Plants a Threat to Worker, Consumer Safety
- Product Recalls: August 21, 2013 – October 1, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Addicting Children to Nicotine With E-cigarettes
October 2013; Vol. 29, No. 10
- Public Citizen Report Highlights Crucial Generic Drug Labeling Concerns
- Uncovering Quality Concerns In Nursing Homes
- Health Advocacy Organizations: Patients’ Voices or Corporate Front Groups?
- Product Recalls: August 7, 2013 – August 20, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Preventable Death and Lack of Insurance
September 2013; Vol. 29, No. 9
- An Ongoing Public Health Catastrophe: Public Citizen Continues Work on Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
- Normal Memory Loss and Dementia: How to Tell the Difference
- Force-Feeding Guantanamo Prisoners Draws Scrutiny from Medical Community
- Product Recalls: June 26, 2013 – July 30, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Exploiting The Desire for Younger-Looking Skin
August 2013; Vol. 29, No. 8
- Youth Stimulant Abuse at Record High
- Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer: Is It Right for You?
- Robotic Hysterectomy: Newer, But Not Necessarily Better
- Product Recalls: May 29, 2013 – June 24, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Pay for Delay
July 2013; Vol. 29, No. 7
- Study: Overuse of Risky Screening Colonoscopies in Elderly
- Protect Others by Reporting Your Child’s Problems With Medical Products
- Nine Reasons Older Adults Are More Likely to Have Adverse Drug Reactions
- Product Recalls: May 1, 2013 – May 28, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Avandia
June 2013; Vol. 29, No. 6
- Public Citizen: Oxygen Experiment On Premature Babies Is Highly Unethical
- Terrors of U.S. Drone War Brought to Light
- Sun Protection Is Vital for All
- Product Recalls: April 3, 2013 – April 30, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Medicare Advantage — Whose Advantage?
May 2013; Vol. 29, No. 5
- Grief and Antidepressant Use
- LASIK Eye Surgery: Know the Risks, Not Just the Benefits
- How to Check Your Blood Pressure at Home
- Product Recalls: March 6, 2013 – April 2, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Unethical Studies on Premature Babies
April 2013; Vol. 29, No. 4
- Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in Children At All-time High
- Many Women Undergo Unnecessary Cervical Cancer Screening
- Objects Left in the Body After Surgery
- Product Recalls: February 6, 2013 – March 5, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Republican Politics, Medicaid Expansion and Hypocrisy
March 2013; Vol. 29, No. 3
- What You Need to Know Before Becoming A Human Subject in a Clinical Trial
- The Ethical Implications of the Global Outsourcing of Clinical Research
- Buying Drugs Online Presents Hidden Risks
- Product Recalls: January 2, 2013 – February 5, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: Modeling For Ads Promoting a Diabetes Pill
February 2013; Vol. 29, No. 2
- Nondrug Therapies Help Dementia Patients And Their Caregivers
- Early Testing for Alzheimer’s Disease
- Novel Tactics Impede Generic Competition to Suboxone Tablets
- Product Recalls: December 5, 2012 – January 1, 2013
- Outrage of the Month: More About Drug Industry Lawlessness
January 2013; Vol. 29, No. 1
- Dietary Supplements Offer Little To No Benefit and May Be Harmful
- Consensus on Iran Sanctions Cripples Iranian Health Sector
- Pay for Performance: Does It Backfire for Doctors and Hospitals?
- Product Recalls: November 1, 2012 – December 4, 2012
- Outrage of the Month: Court Allows Big Tobacco to Hide the Graphic Dangers of Smoking
2012
December 2012; Vol. 28, No. 12
- Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Highlights the Dangers of Compounding Pharmacies
- As Online Drug Promotion Proliferates, Regulations Lag Behind
- A Single-Payer System, Not the ACA, Is the Remedy for the National Health Crisis
November 2012; Vol. 28, No. 11
- The American Medical Association and Its Dubious Revenue Streams
- Angioplasty Offers Little Benefit for Low-Risk Patients
- What You Should Know About Radon in Your Home
October 2012; Vol. 28, No. 10
- To Nap or Not to Nap
- Dangerous Lack of Evidence Characterizes Prescription Drug Use in Children
- Outrage: Deficiencies of the Texas Medical Board
September 2012; Vol. 28, No. 9
- Choosing Wisely Project
- Biased Data Can Lead to Substandard Drug Treatment
- Bereavement: A Look at the Grieving Process and How to Cope With Loss
- Outrage: Substandard Doctors Should Not Treat Louisiana Prisoners
August 2012; Vol. 28, No. 8
- Financial Disclosure Requirements Delayed by Obama Administration
- Public Citizen Fights for an End to Double Standard on Drug-Label Warnings
- Outrage: Profiting from Obamacare
July 2012; Vol. 28, No. 7
- Underrepresentation of the Elderly in Randomized Controlled Trials
- Measuring Blood Pressure in Both Arms Could Help Predict Risks
- FDA’s About-Face on Financial Conflicts of Interest
- Obama Administration Sacrifices Children to Keep Agribusiness Happy
- Preventing Heat-Induced Death and Illness
- Outrage: Medical Center Shares Patient Information With Fundraiser
June 2012; Vol. 28, No. 6
- Ranking of State Medical Board Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2009-2011
- Outrage: The Personal Face of Inadequate Doctor Discipline
May 2012; Vol. 28, No. 5
- States in the Spotlight as Single-Payer Resurfaces in Mainstream Discourse
- Wide Variation in Rates of Second Breast Cancer Surgery
- Nondrug Treatments for Neck Pain Better Than Medications
- Outrage: FDA Helps Companies Exploit Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease
April 2012; Vol. 28, No. 4
- Industry Lobbies to Weaken Medical Device Oversight
- Scientific Fraud on the Rise: Its Impact on Patients and Research
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Mystery Disease
- Outrage: Treating Sick Rich Folks
March 2012; Vol. 28, No. 3
- Osteoporosis Screening Needed Only Every 5 to 15 Years for Most Older Women
- The Jungle: Meatpacking Workers, 100 Years Later
- Being the Ghost in the Machine: A Medical Ghostwriter’s Personal View
- Outrage: Dangers of Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment
February 2012; Vol. 28, No. 2
- Florida Sanctions Top Medicaid Prescribers — But Only After a Shove
- Outrage: American Red Cross Violations
January 2012; Vol. 28, No. 1
- Child Labor: Alive and Well on American ‘Farms’
- A More Perfect Union
- Outrage: 50 Million Uninsured in the U.S. Equals 50,000+ Avoidable Deaths a Year
2011
December 2011; Vol. 27, No. 12
- Doctor Experience Linked With Risk of Death From Carotid Artery Stenting Procedures
- Medical-Device Approval Process Flawed, Dangerous for Patients
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: More Despicable Drug-Industry Behavior
November 2011; Vol. 27, No. 11
- Obama Administration Refuses to Protect Doctors-in-Training From Dangerous Work Shifts
- The Origins and Progress of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group: The First 40 Years
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: For Big Pharma, Crime Pays
October 2011; Vol. 27, No. 10
- Workers Die From Extreme Heat, With Little Government Action
- Second Opinions for Surgery: Avoiding Unnecessary Operations, Deaths and Expenses
- Doctors Avoid Penalties in Suits Against Medical Firms
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Having 50 Million Uninsured Americans Is Bad Enough, But…
September 2011; Vol. 27, No. 9
- Proton Pump Inhibitors: Dangerous and Habit-Forming Heartburn Drugs
- Preventing Diabetes on a Budget
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Profiting from Disasters
August 2011; Vol. 27, No. 8
- Governor Brown, Address the Poor Performance of California’s State Medical Board
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Further Arguments for Eliminating the Private U.S. Health Insurance Industry
July 2011; Vol. 27, No. 7
- Criminalizing the Seriously Mentally Ill: Two Decades Later
- Criminalizing the Seriously Mentally Ill: The Abuse of Jails as Mental Hospitals
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Hope for Delaware Emerges After Disaster for Its Children
June 2011; Vol. 27, No. 6
- Ranking of State Medical Board Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2008-2010
- How Does the Medical Industry Influence Patient Care?
- Emails Show Drug Company Used Third-Party Medical Groups to Influence Regulators, Undercut Rivals
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Remove Dangerous Alzheimer’s Drug — Aricept 23 — from the Market Immediately
May 2011; Vol. 27, No. 5
- Losing Weight Safely and Effectively
- Fourteen Years of Deceptive Television Drug Advertising
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Unreliable Alzheimer’s Diagnoses
April 2011; Vol. 27, No. 4
- Experts Who Write Highly Influential Clinical Practice Guidelines Have Significant Conflicts of Interest
- Many Patients Undergo Unnecessary Invasive Cardiac Procedures
- 10 Best Funded and 10 Worst Funded States in Providing Government Health Insurance Assistance
- The Few, The Proud, The Thin
- Inadequate NJBME Action Against Physicians Disciplined by Hospitals
- Product Recalls
- National Cancer Institute’s Helpline: A Valuable, Underused Resource
- Outrage: Patient Advocacy Groups and Drug Company Funding
March 2011; Vol. 27, No. 3
- Patients at Risk: Medical Boards Fail to Discipline Almost 6,000 Physicians With Hospital Sanctions
- Beware of Fraudulent ‘Dietary Supplements’
- Proud, Safe Gun Owners Want Their Right to Bear Arms Privately
- Our Unsafe Health Care System Is the Issue, Not Caps on Tort Settlements
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Atomic (Nuclear) Power
February 2011; Vol. 27, No. 2
- Breast Implants and Cancer Revisited: Plastic Surgeons Cover Up New Evidence of Human Cancer From Implants
- National Cancer Institute’s Helpline: A Valuable, Underused Resource
- Pharma’s War on Kids
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: War’s Adverse Impacts
January 2011; Vol. 27, No. 1
- Can Drugs Make Americans Lose Weight? Not Likely
- Aspirin-Induced Reye’s Syndrome: A Preventable Cause of Death
- Health Letter Volume Index, 2010
- Product Recalls
- If a Drug Is New, Does That Make It Better?
- Cholera in Haiti: A Look From the Trenches
- Outrage: Governor Scott of Florida
2010
December 2010; Vol. 26, No. 12
- Treating the Common Cold (Without Making Yourself Sicker)
- Skin Cancer Doesn’t Discriminate (Suggestions to Prevent Skin Cancer)
- Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Teens Singled Out For Punishment: Study in Leading Pediatric Journal Finds Unfair Treatment Nationwide
- Early Stage Breast Cancer: More or Fewer Psychological Problems after More or Less Surgery
- Thirteen Dirty Big Pharma Tricks That Rip You Off and Risk Your Health for Profit
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Pharmaceutical Industry Is Biggest Defrauder of the Federal Government under the False Claims Act, New Public Citizen Study Finds
November 2010; Vol. 26, No. 11
- Know When Antibiotics Work
- HHS Report Is a Wake-Up Call to Fix National Patient Safety Crisis
- The Risks of Tranquility
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Holding Executives Accountable for Corporate Wrongdoing
October 2010; Vol. 26, No. 10
- In the Public Interest — Abuses From the ‘Merchant Class’
- Television Leads to Obese Children
- Nine Essential Steps for Regulating Your Blood Pressure
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: U.S. Troops: More Deaths Related to Prescription Drugs
September 2010; Vol. 26, No. 9
- OSHA Must Regulate Resident Physician Work Hours
- Why Are Troops Killing Themselves?
- Second Opinions for Surgery: Avoiding Unnecessary Operations, Deaths and Expenses
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: The Health Insurance Industry
August 2010; Vol. 26, No. 8
- JAMA Survey Finds Doctors Unwilling to Report Negligent Peers
- Cracks in FDA’s Medical Device Approval Process Allow Unproven Devices to Slip Through
- In the Public Interest
- To Mitch McConnell: We’re Already Rationing Care
- Guidelines for the Perplexed
- Practical Diabetes Tips for the Budget-Conscious
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Don’t Get Sick in July
July 2010; Vol. 26, No. 7
- Public Strongly Supports Substantially Reducing Work Hours for Resident Physicians, New Research Finds
- Patient Safety Advocates Give Plan to Reform Medical Residency a Failing Grade
- 10 Things You Need to Know About Healthcare Reform
- A Doctor’s Word: Deciphering the New Mammography Guidelines
- Product Recalls
- Remembering the Flexner Report as a Drug Firm Pays $520 Million for Misleading Marketing
- Outrage: They Said What?!
June 2010; Vol. 26, No. 6
- FDA-Sanctioned International Diabetes Drug Trial Is Unethical and Dangerous, Must Be Stopped
- Severely Mentally Ill More Likely to Be in Jails Than Hospitals, Report Shows
- Product Recalls
- A Doctor’s Word: How to Keep Your Blood Pressure Down
- Outrage: Crime in the Pharma Suites
May 2010; Vol. 26, No. 5
- Obama’s Reform: No Cure for What Ails Us
- Guide to Avoiding Unnecessary Cesarean Sections in New York State
- Health, Life Insurers Hold $1.88 Billion in Fast-Food Stocks
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: The Continuing Saga of Avandia: Paid Cheerleaders for the Drug
April 2010; Vol. 26, No. 4
- Misprescribing and Overprescribing of Drugs
- Ten Rules for Safer Drug Use
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: FDA Cautious on Food Safety, Reckless on Drug Safety
March 2010; Vol. 26, No. 3
- Patient Safety Advocates Launch Campaign to Reduce Resident Physician Fatigue, Boost Patient Safety
- Letter to the ACGME RE: Optimizing Medical Resident Schedules to Improve Patient Safety
- The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation: Causes and Consequences
- What You Should Know About Low Back Pain
- What You Should Know About Migraine
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: “Botox Injections Helpful for Depression?”
February 2010; Vol. 26, No. 2
- Harvard Researchers: Health Information Technology Savings Will Only Occur With a Single-Payer Health System
- Morton Mintz: Taking Aim at Insurance Execs’ Pay
- Neonatal Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Cost, Culture and Behavioral Considerations
- Health and Disease in People over 85: Despite Disease, Disability is Low
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Everybody In, Nobody Out (That Means Immigrants Too!)
January 2010; Vol. 26, No. 1
- Mandatory Disclosure of Pharmaceutical Industry-Funded Events for Health Professionals
- Health Letter Volume Index, 2009
- Opposition to Prophylactic Removal of Third Molars (Wisdom Teeth)
- Product Recalls
- Outrage: Tamiflu? More Like Scamiflu!