Support, Disdain for Flu Shots (from the Los Angeles Times) By Gilbert Ross, M.D. Type : Letter Publish Date : Monday, October 6, 2008 By Dr. Gilbert Ross. The 1980s Japanese experience -- wherein a requirement that Japanese schoolchildren get vaccinated against the flu led to a dramatic reduction in the death toll among seniors -- should have led our own CDC to...
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Lethal FDA Warning (from Washington Times) By Gilbert Ross, M.D. Type : Editorial Publish Date : Sunday, September 14, 2008 By Dr. Gilbert Ross. The willful blindness of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- its overcautious reluctance to approve new drugs -- has led to historic declines in new drug approvals, which will cost lives in years to come. A more immediate tragedy, though, is FDA's refusal to withdraw its off-putting "black-box" warning label on antidepressants for teens...
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