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    Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, F.D.A. Says
     April 30, 2008
    "Federal drug regulators believe that a contaminant detected in a crucial blood thinner that has caused 81 deaths was added deliberately, something the Food and Drug Administration has only hinted at previously. 'F.D.A.'s working hypothesis is that this was intentional contamination, but this is not yet proven,' Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the Food and Drug Administration's drug center, told the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in written testimony given Tuesday. A third of the material in some batches of the thinner heparin were contaminants, 'and it does strain one's credulity to suggest that might have been done accidentally,' Dr. Woodcock said."—New York Times
    http://www.nytimes.com/

    Don't Judge A Drug Trial Study by Its Cover
     April 26, 2008
    "Peer-reviewed journals play a pivotal role in modern medicine.

    When a journal publishes a study from a drug trial, it conveys the impression that the research is sound. In fact, drug companies will buy study reprints, at great cost, and distribute them to doctors who are often too busy to sort through the medical literature on their own."—The Globe and Mail
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/

    Co-Payments Soar for Drugs With High Prices
     April 14, 2008
    "Health insurance companies are rapidly adopting a new pricing system for very expensive drugs, asking patients to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars for prescriptions for medications that may save their lives or slow the progress of serious diseases."—New York Times
    http://www.nytimes.com/

    Quaid On Drug Labeling Crusade
     April 13, 2008
    "Dennis Quaid has found that there is something better than fame and fortune. It's something he coveted more than an Oscar.

    'Last night was the first night the twins slept all the way through the night,' Quaid says. 'They slept from 7 to 5:30. Yes!'"—Chicago Sun-Times
    http://www.suntimes.com/

    Guidelines Seek to Reduce Medication Errors Involving Kids
     April 11, 2008
    "The group that accredits most U.S. hospitals issued guidelines Friday to help prevent medication errors in hospitalized children.

    Among the recommendations: Children should be weighed in kilograms -- the global standard and the standard for medication dosing -- when they are admitted to a hospital."—US News and World Report
    http://www.usnews.com/

    Study: Med Mix-Ups Hurt 1 in 15 Kids
     April 7, 2008
    "Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children, according to the first scientific test of a new detection method.

    That number is far higher than earlier estimates and bolsters concerns already heightened by well publicized cases like the accidental drug overdose of actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins last November."—USA Today
    http://www.usatoday.com/

     

    Adverse Drug Events in Hospitalized Cardiac Patients
     November, 2007
    "Little information is available concerning adverse drug events (ADEs) in cardiac patients. Therefore, the investigators report the results of cardiac patients in an ADE surveillance program, with the intent of reducing the frequency of future events."—The American Journal of Cardiology (via ScienceDirect.com)
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/

     

    Medication Errors Harming Millions, Report Says
    July 21, 2006
    "At least 1.5 million Americans are sickened, injured or killed each year by errors in prescribing, dispensing and taking medications, the influential Institute of Medicine concluded in a major report released yesterday."—The Washington Post
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/

     

    Medication Errors Are Studied
    March 7, 2007
    "Young children are the most likely victims of surgery-related medication mistakes, a new study has found, and poor communication as the patient moves from the operating room to recovery is the most likely culprit."—The New York Times
    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/health/07children.html

     

    Don't Mistake Mainstream Meds for Kids as Proven
    November 4, 2007
    "For decades, over-the-counter cough and cold medicines have been recommended by some pediatricians, even though they haven't been shown to be safe or effective in children. An expert panel of the Food and Drug Administration now says they shouldn't be used in kids under age 6."—Chicago Tribune
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/