Brandel France de Bravo, MPH, testifies on the safety and efficacy of a new device to examine the margins of tissue removed during a lumpectomy to make sure all the breast cancer was removed.
Sonia Nagda, the senior fellow of the Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund testifies at an FDA advisory meeting on a drug that prevents blood clots in patients taking chemotherapy.
The Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition recommends the FDA should ban the use of DBP and DEHP in excipients to reduce exposure of the general population to dangerous phthalates.
Does an 18-year-old female need a pap smear? Should a patient with a mild sinus infection be given antibiotics? You might be surprised that the answer to both questions is NO according to leading physicians.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used to make plastics. It is frequently used in sports equipment, water bottles, medical devices, as a coating or lining in food and beverage cans, and in credit card receipts. It leaches out of plastic into liquids and foods, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found measurable amounts of BPA in the bodies of 93% of the U.S. population studied. While early concerns about BPA’s health effects were based primarily on animal studies and research on cells, there is increasing evidence from studies in humans that BPA can cause serious harm, such as increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and sexual dysfunction.