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ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND SCREENINGS. HAVE WE REALLY MADE ANY PROGRESS?
I can’t believe its my 75th trip out to Washington DC since Woody died in August 2003. As I was preparing for this trip, I was reflecting on what little progress has been made in […]
A TRAGIC REMINDER HOW FRAGILE LIFE IS
2016 started out with the tragic reminder of how fragile life is. Last week one of my good friends – Karen Langhart took her life. She was just 56 years old. I will never forget […]
MY NEW YEAR WISH … RETHINKING MENTAL HEALTH
I (K.W.) have been thinking a lot lately about mental health. It seems every where you turn, there’s something about “mental health” in the headlines. Whether its another shooting, the high profile suicide of Robin […]
CHRISTMAS CARDS TO WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED SEX OFFENDERS
One of the tasks I (LT) perform annually as a progressive activist is to write lengthy holiday cards of solidarity and encouragement to wrongfully incarcerated sex offenders identified by a small almost all-volunteer organization, the […]
THE END OF THE CANADIAN WOMEN’S HEALTH NETWORK?
This is sad sad news. The Canadian Women’s Health Network (CWHN), one of the pillars of the women’s health movement in North America, has announced that it is suspending activities due to a lack of funds […]
OPPORTUNITY FOR PATIENT INPUT – REALLY!
The FDA wants to know how the process for soliciting patients for the “patient focused drug development” meetings is going. That phrase “Patient focused drug development” may ring a bell with you, but if not, […]
REFLECTIONS ON FDA CHANTIX HEARING
In mid October, the FDA convened a special meeting of drug safety and psycho-pharmacology experts to look at whether or not the smoking cessation drug Chantix needed to continue to carry a black box warning. […]
