Concerns Voiced Over Methadone Results

Concerns continue over mercury and autism.

Stehr-Green et al. have misrepresented my work and confused the debate over autism and mercury exposure with ecologic data from Sweden and Denmark. Their report has many flaws. Four stand out. Their description of the California data promotes complacency regarding autism rates. For an Institute of Medicine (IOM) review, I presented an ecologic analysis of autism rates and mercury exposure demon...

Concerns over predictability of supply and quality

Concerns over Predictability of Supply and Quality Invited Abstract Carl Bowen AMD Adaptive test seems a logical solution to address the challenge of increasing IP complexity and shrinking test time budgets. Might slow adoption be a consequence of the Engineering community focus on technical implementation methods, at the expense of addressing the emotional concerns of the Quality and Supply Ch...

Concerns mount over genetics and insurance

The British government is boosting access to genetic services available to patients through its National Health Service but also plans to intervene to stop the growth of a potentially uninsurable genetic underclass in the face of growing concerns about the speed of developments. Last month, a committee of MPs called for a two-year moratorium on the use of further genetic tests by insurers to al...

Concerns over use of hydroxyethyl starch solutions

Concerns over data in key dabigatran trial.

One of the key selling points of the new oral anticoagulant dabigatran for use in stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation is that the drug requires no time consuming anticoagulant activity or drug plasma level monitoring. But the evidence on which these claims were based has been called into question by the publication of new material as a result of an investigation in The BMJ. Do...