NBC4 Washington, June 13, 2013. Diana Zuckerman with the Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund said parents had good reason to be concerned about rubber mulch. “Rubber mulch contains phthalates, which are chemicals that affect hormones, and other chemicals that are known to be harmful to our health,” Zuckerman said.
Washington Post. May 23, 2013. Public health and consumer advocacy groups are attacking Senate legislation designed to tighten oversight of specialized pharmacies such as the one at the center of this past fall’s deadly meningitis outbreak, saying it does not adequately address health risks.
Did Angelina Jolie make the right decision? And should that influence other women? Our president Dr. Diana Zuckerman explains why Angelina’s risk of breast cancer is lower than she was told and what the implications are for you.
The Office of the Inspector General has issued a special fraud alert, warning patients about doctors who also own businesses that sell medical devices that those physicians may then implant in their patients.
February 21, 2013. Yesterday the FDA quietly approved yet another questionable style of breast implants, the Natrelle 410 Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone-Gel Filled Breast Implant made by Allergan, Inc. Unfortunately, Allergan’s studies did not compare the safety and effectiveness of the Natrelle 410 implant to other previously approved silicone gel-filled breast implants on the market.
By Diana Zuckerman, PhD, Nyedra Booker, PharmD, MPH, and Sonia Nagda, MD, MPH Reproductive Health Matters, December 2012 Tens of thousands of defective silicone breast implants were recalled in Europe in 2011–12 soon after the FDA’s unrelated announcement that a rare cancer of the immune system was associated with all saline and silicone gel breast […]