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 include 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 for the first time to all readers for free online. Click the links provided to read individual articles dating back to January 2013. Content prior to January 2013 can be accessed in PDF format by clicking the “View as PDF” button next to each issue listing.
Jump to year:
2025 – 2024 – 2023 – 2022 – 2021 – 2020 – 2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009 – 2000
2025
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!