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Curing medical mistakes--Change the Culture of Care_ Robert Wachter, MD |
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Friday, 01 September 2006 |
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Dr. Robert Wachter, author of The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes, provides an incisive blueprint for changing the culture in medicine. His starting point is the unexplained death of children following surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital, L.I. |
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FDA Strengthens Warnings on ADHD psychostimulant Drug Risks_NYT |
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Tuesday, 22 August 2006 |
The New York Times reports (below) that after months of foot dragging, the FDA has finally issued additional warnings on the labels of widely
prescribed psychostimulant drugs--Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta. |
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ADHD-Adderall Label Warnings Added Re: Cardiovascular, Psychosis |
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Sunday, 30 July 2006 |
The American Society of Health System Pharmacists reports that the FDA "directed all makers of ADHD stimulants in May to strengthen the wording in the "Warnings" section of the labeling "with regard to serious cardiovascular events and psychiatric events."
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Child Born with Severe Heart Birth Defects--Paxil Lawsuit Filed |
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Friday, 28 July 2006 |
The law firm of Baum Hedlund filed a lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the antidepressant, Paxil, for causing severe heart defects in the newborn son, of a woman prescribed Paxil during her pregnancy.
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3 Suicides:Antidepressants involved: Chess Prodigy,19; lawyer, 50; child, 11 |
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Friday, 28 July 2006 |
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Antidepressants involved in three suicides: 19-year old Chess Prodigy; 50-year old lawyer; 11-year old child |
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