The image here is the front of the Great Seal of the United States - but it has been doctored. The word Unum is replaced by Mediocris which is not Latin for Mediocrity although it might as well be - it's Latin for Average. Earlier posts have dealt with Artificial Intelligence (AI) issues - The Miracle of Artificial Intelligence - and although it may not look like it is … [Read more...] about Artificially Intelligent or Artificial I ?
Skills and Pills for Depression
David Antonuccio, a close friend for 20 years since we met around the issue of antidepressants and suicide, and now an emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada, organized a Skills and Pills for Depression meeting in Reno on October 4 2025. The recordings of the talks are available now. The quality is not perfect, even after a clean-up operation, but … [Read more...] about Skills and Pills for Depression
Health, Care and Science in Real Life
This post was delivered as a Medicine in Crisis lecture at a Pills and Skills for Depression meeting that David Antonuccio organized in Reno Nevada on October 4. Kim Witczak who features throughout the post was a panellist at the meeting. There was an audience of over 200 primarily University of Nevada students - so the talk is not like a tight academic article, it is … [Read more...] about Health, Care and Science in Real Life
Request for American Psychiatric Association Assistance
Dear Dr Wills You wrote to Dr. Makary on July 25th following a July 21st FDA Panel on Antidepressants and Pregnancy. I was a panel member and hope you won’t object to me taking advantage of your closing invitation to Dr. Makary to avail of APA assistance. The panelists expressed very different views, so it is unclear whether anything I said concerned you. I hope not, as … [Read more...] about Request for American Psychiatric Association Assistance
Partnerships in Healthcare
Following a media feeding frenzy in the wake of an FDA Panel on SSRIs in Pregnancy - see Unsafe Safety Systems - another feeding frenzy erupted with an HHS (Health and Human Services ) statement that it was reviewing the use of Tylenol in Pregnancy and possible links to Autism. This post engages with both of these frenzies. It is partnered with an ideally read first post … [Read more...] about Partnerships in Healthcare
From Just Say No to Getting to Yes
Could It Be Intelligent to Say No? The meat in this post comes from Peter Selley and centers on a new hazard of monoclonal antibodies given to infants - seizures and other neurological problems, along with deaths. The background to this post lies in Ground Control to RSV - RSVP.. It also links to Back to the Future of Personal Care on RxISK. In The Miracle of Artificial … [Read more...] about From Just Say No to Getting to Yes
Ground Control to RSV – RSVP
An illustration of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in cross-section landing on a respiratory endothelial cell in humans. A nuclear protein core capped by large L proteins is depicted with single-stranded RNA (colored purple). The virion exterior is populated by F and G proteins, while its interior is lined by M2-1 and M proteins. G proteins are shown as tangled tubular … [Read more...] about Ground Control to RSV – RSVP
The Miracle of Artificial Intelligence
The recent FDA Panel on SSRIs and Pregnancy attracted a scathing Media Response. See Unsafe Safety Systems for 25 responses including the American Psychiatric Association and Britain’s College of Psychiatrists. For the most part the responses were remarkably similar, displayed complete amnesia for previously accepted facts, and downplayed any risks with phrases like earlier … [Read more...] about The Miracle of Artificial Intelligence
There’s Something About Pregnant Mary
A recording of the full FDA Panel on SSRIs and Pregnancy is linked to the last post here. There has been extensive media coverage of this event - and 18 takes on what reporters heard can be found linked to Unsafe Safety Systems on RxISK. Roger McFillin was on thin ice, at the recent FDA Panel on SSRIs and pregnancy, when he told us that women have emotions and maybe … [Read more...] about There’s Something About Pregnant Mary
FDA Panel: SSRIs and Pregnancy
On behalf of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H., the FDA is holding a series of roundtable discussions with independent panels of scientific experts that will review the latest scientific evidence, evaluate potential health risks, explore safer alternatives, and may offer recommendations for regulatory action. This initiative is part of the FDA’s broader … [Read more...] about FDA Panel: SSRIs and Pregnancy