The biggest unfounded health scares of 2010 (The Daily Caller)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : ACSH In The News
Publish Date : Thursday, December 30, 2010
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. As we begin a new year, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) would first like to try and slay the demons and hobgoblins of the past year. We do this each New Year’s Eve by making a list of the top unfounded health scares of the outgoing year. These bouts of hysteria are prompted by many different things. But what they have in common is that there’s no scientific evidence to back up the alarms being sounded.  Read Full >>

New Antibiotics, Stat! (National Review Online)
The vaccine makers are in a bind — and public health is in danger.
By Jonathan (Josh) Bloom, Ph.D., Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Monday, December 20, 2010
By Dr. Josh Bloom and Dr. Gilbert Ross.The development of new antibiotics has slowed to a trickle, just when we need them most. As drug-resistant bacteria are on the rampage worldwide, we find ourselves in a most precarious situation — one not unlike the one we faced in the pre-antibiotic era, before penicillin, when staphylococcal and pneumococcal infections were the dominant pathogens. . .  Read Full >>

Drug approvals are bogging down (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Tuesday, December 14, 2010
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. Patients and doctors cheered in 2008, when the Food and Drug Administration approved Genentech’s Avastin for treating women with advanced breast cancer. Scientists had found that in many cases, the drug could prolong life, and today doctors prescribe it to some 17,500 women a year as their last, best hope. .  .        Read Full >>

FDA Conflict-of-Interest Rules Go Too Far (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Sunday, December 12, 2010
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. When an FDA panel voted to reject a new weight-loss drug this fall, many observers were outraged.  Read Full >>

The British Health Care Invasion (from Forbes.com)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Publish Date : Wednesday, November 17, 2010
By Dr. Gilbert Ross. Just as Britain is moving away from destructive cost-control policies in its health system, the U.S. seems to be embracing them. If American health policy-makers begin putting cost before quality, doctors might soon lose the freedom to treat patients without being obstructed by regulators. Countless patients could lose access to life-saving treatments.  Read Full >>