News Analysis: Interviews, Op-eds, & Editorials
Poor Baby – Daddy’s Got a Text Message
New York Times. March 29, 2013. When parents habitually dote on their phones or use their iPads to entertain their babies, they deny them the chance to engage with the three-dimensional world and connect to those in it. Read More
U.S. Fraud Alert Warns of Doctors’ Ties to Medical Devices
March 27, 2013. 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. Read More
Protecting Against Superbugs
Washington Post. March 10, 2013. Senior Fellow Dr. Jennifer Yttri points out two areas where action can be taken to prevent the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Read More
FDA advisors vote against two drugs for menopausal hot flashes
Reuters. March 5, 2013. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Monday voted against approval of two drugs designed to reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashes associated with menopause. “The FDA’s advisors did a great job today of carefully considering the scientific evidence,” said Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families. Read More
Hip implants a bit more likely to fail in women
AP. February 18, 2013. A new study reports that hip replacements are slightly more likely to fail in women than in men. Dr. Zuckerman states, “this is the first step in what has to be a much longer-term strategy to figure out why women have worse experiences.” Read More
Antibiotics: When Science and Wishful Thinking Collide
Health Affairs blog. January 25, 2013. Antibiotic resistance is a major concern confronting our health care system, and there is tremendous pressure on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “do something” about it. Unfortunately, the FDA is responding by approving drugs that are likely to do more harm than good. Read More
Metal Hip Implants Face Tighter Controls
Wall Street Journal. January 18, 2013. Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families, said: “There are so many shortcuts at the FDA device center that they often take a shortcut and approve a product with minimal safety testing.” Read More
Interview with Dr. Diana Zuckerman on the Dangers of Anti-psychotic Drug Overuse in Nursing Homes
Healthcare Policy Podcast, December 21, 2012. During this 30 minute interview, Dr. Zuckerman discusses the long-standing and widespread overuse or misuse of anti-psychotics in medicating nursing home residents. Read More
Notre Dame Football Players Rape Cover-up – What’s in the News and What Isn’t
Fem2.0 January 9, 2013. The media has extensively covered the college championship football game between Notre Dame and Alabama, but few Americans aware of Notre Dame’s cover-up of rapes by Notre Dame football players. Monday’s football game is an opportunity to acknowledge that raping women is a terrible crime that needs to be taken seriously by the police, the public, and the media. Read More
No Need for Skin Preps to Be Sterile, FDA Told
December 13, 2012. MedPage Today. Requiring that antiseptic skin preparation products be sterile — a standard not currently mandated by the FDA — is unnecessary and wouldn’t produce a dramatic drop in infections, manufacturers, clinicians, and policy analysts told the FDA Wednesday. “We need to have better communication that a product is not sterile,” Dr. Jennifer Yttri said, adding that could come from product labeling. Read More