Making medicines safer for all of us
Adverse drug events are now the fourth leading cause of death in hospitals.
It’s a reasonable bet they are an even greater cause of death in non-hospital settings where there is no one to monitor things going wrong and no one to intervene to save a life. In mental health, for instance, drug-induced problems are the leading cause of death — and these deaths happen in community rather than hospital settings.
There is also another drug crisis — we are failing to discover new drugs. [Read more…]
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Horrendous Investigations
At the most recent hearing in the Clancy case, Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer Kevin Reddington said the following: When you consider the evidence that the government has, you have the exercise bands, you have the woefully deficient DNA, you have the woefully deficient fingerprinting, you have the horrific, ridiculous investigation using the term loosely by the…
Paradise, Eden or Garden of Forking Paths
If you’re as ancient as I am, and as lucky, you will have had children who at some point spent a lot of time keeping Tamagotchis alive. You’ll, even as a parent, probably have also tried your hand at the job and realized how difficult it could be and how attached you could become but…
Zealots in Zealand, Tragedy in Denmark
This post by Peter Selley flags a growing menace. Denmark has a tradition of public trust. Some say it stems from the rapid introduction of Jenner’s smallpox vaccination in the early 1800s. In just seven years, smallpox was eradicated from Copenhagen. Fast forward two centuries, half a million adults are taking part in a trial…
Damnation or Salvation – High Stakes Court Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4BKRRE1lhM Someone tuning into the closing arguments in the Clancy case without having seen anything that went before, especially if they came to it thinking trials should hinge on facts rather than waffle or emotions, would likely have been left figuring the prosecution has to win. They dealt in details. Details about her illness,…
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The Eclipse of Science and of Us
An alternate title for this post could have been something like A Medical Yankee in King Charles’ Court or King Donald’s Court – your choice of Kings. The recent Eclipse makes this title timely. An Eclipse also features in the original A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – a take-down of both superstition and…