Patients Experiment With Prescription Drugs To Fight Aging
Doctors and patients say they鈥檙e compelled to use off-label meds as research goes unfunded.
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Doctors and patients say they鈥檙e compelled to use off-label meds as research goes unfunded.
The race for the cure to aging sparks hope and hype among top scientists 鈥 plus billions of dollars in investment.
Shepherd Smith, a strong supporter of abstinence-only sex education for AIDS, has been close to the new director of the CDC for decades. This connection is just one example of the "new in crowd" surrounding the Trump administration, where politics and religion mix.
The Trump administration plans to detain immigrant families indefinitely in facilities run by the Department of Homeland Security, an agency with little experience in handling their complex needs.
The White House鈥檚 latest immigration strategy has created challenges for the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is now responsible for more children 鈥 many far younger than in previous administrations.
The Food and Drug Administration rarely prosecutes research violations, but its criminal division is looking into the experimental herpes vaccine research by Southern Illinois University professor William Halford.
Suffering Americans seek medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids and other powerful pharmaceuticals. Though legal in 29 states, some doctors say the lack of strong data makes it hard to recommend.
Critics say the Trump administration failed to properly vet Dr. Robert Redfield as they attribute a pattern of 鈥渆thically and morally questionable behavior鈥 to him.
Three participants in unauthorized herpes vaccine research file a lawsuit against scientist鈥檚 company, alleging adverse side effects.
Southern Illinois University鈥檚 medical school has halted all herpes research, one of its most high-profile projects, amid growing controversy over a researcher鈥檚 unauthorized methods offshore and in the U.S.
The Republican senator sent out letters to the Food and Drug Administration and HHS demanding an explanation about a rogue herpes vaccine trial.
Controversial research methods by university researcher unlikely to prompt federal response or institutional change, experts say.
Southern Illinois University has concluded its researcher violated university rules and U.S. law.
Southern Illinois University鈥檚 William Halford conducted unregulated human herpes experiments in hotels near university campus, emails show.
Patients flocked to researcher who ignored usual patient protections, as university claimed ignorance.
After a Kaiser Health News report on an offshore herpes vaccine trial that skirted FDA regulations, St. Kitts and Nevis officials claim they had no knowledge of the testing. An investigation is underway.
Prominent businessmen and an American university supported offshore testing of an experimental vaccine.
The market for wound care products booms among a growing older and diabetic patient pool, but many treatments are untested and funding for research falls short.
With high-level connections in the Capitol, Parker "Pete" Petit aims to resolve regulatory issues that have haunted his wound care company.
With federal investigators bearing down on his committee, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., who is line to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, showed little restraint in investing in health companies.
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