November 12, 2008 – 6:17 pm
Recall — Firm Press Release
FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company.
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August 21, 2008 – 1:04 pm
FINALLY!
In June of 2006, my writing partner, Leslie Botha, and I, started writing articles cautioning women against the use of Gardasil® for girls and young women. We cited the limited nature of the clinical trials (the number, and ages of women tested) and the length of time from the clinical trials and the FDA [...]
August 21, 2008 – 10:14 am
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
I was doing some research for a fiend whose child had just been “diagnosed” Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by a school nurse who suggested drug therapy. My first thought was a Kindergarten version of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’…dazed and compliant preschoolers.
In the past decade, ADHD, ”Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a neurobehavioral [...]
August 14, 2008 – 10:55 am
More Reports of Coincidental Collateral Damage
Reported by Barbara Loe Fisher
The reports of HPV vaccine reactions, injuries and deaths continue to roll in, not only to NVIC but also to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (Search HPV4 at: http://www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/index.html) newspapers, and television stations.
And the only response that comes from officials at the CDC, FDA [...]
Do not use or buy Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning people not to use or buy Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream because the product contains potentially harmful ingredients that may cause respiratory problems or vomiting and diarrhea in infants.
Marketed by MOM Enterprises Inc. in San Rafael, Calif., the product [...]
Wall Street Journal Examines Efficacy Of HPV Vaccine Gardasil In Treating Precancerous Lesions, Preventing Cervical Cancer
The Wall Street Journal on Monday examined the efficacy of Merck’s human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil in treating precancerous lesions and preventing cervical cancer (Carreyrou, Wall Street Journal, 4/16). Gardasil in clinical trials has been shown to be 100% effective in [...]