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Khan Academy Medical Device Makers Report Malfunctions And Patient Injuries In FDA Database Hidden From Public ViewKaiser Health News [UPDATED at 6 p.m. ET on March 8] Dr. Douglas Kwazneski was helping a Pittsburgh surgeon remove an appendix when something jarring happened. The surgical stapler meant to cut and seal the tissue around the appendix locked up. Kwazneski later turned to the Food and Drug Administration’s public database that tracks medical device failures and “there was nothing,” he said. Kwazneski had no idea the FDA had quietly granted the makers of surgical staplers a special “exemption” allowing them to file reports of malfunctions in a database hidden from doctors and from public view. “I don’t want to sound overdramatic here, but it seemed like a cover-up,” said Kwazneski, who practiced in Pasco County, Fla., from 2016 through earlier this year. After Dr. The FDA has built and expanded a vast and hidden repository of reports on device-related injuries and malfunctions, a Kaiser Health News investigation shows. Deaths must still be reported in MAUDE. Madris Tomes(Courtesy of Madris Tomes) Even Dr. Dr.
Critical Psychiatry Network The Critical Psychiatry Network (CPN) is a psychiatric organization based in the United Kingdom. It was created by a group of British psychiatrists who met in Bradford, England in January 1999 in response to proposals by the British government to amend the 1983 Mental Health Act (MHA). They expressed concern about the implications of the proposed changes for human rights and the civil liberties of people with mental health illness. Participants in the Critical Psychiatry Network share concerns about psychiatric practice where and when it is heavily dependent upon diagnostic classification and the use of psychopharmacology. Key issues[edit] CPN is concerned with a number of issues, including the problem of coercion and the role of psychiatry in social control, the role of biological science in psychiatry, and the implications of the decontextualisation of experience in psychiatry. Coercion and social control[edit] The role of scientific knowledge in psychiatry[edit] Efficacy[edit]
Research identifies changes in neural circuits underlying self-control during adolescence: Study shows developing brain networks support cognition in youth -- ScienceDaily The human brain is organized into circuits that develop from childhood through adulthood to support executive function -- critical behaviors like self-control, decision making, and complex thought. These circuits are anchored by white matter pathways which coordinate the brain activity necessary for cognition. However, little research exists to explain how white matter matures to support activity that allows for improved executive function during adolescence -- a period of rapid brain development. Researchers from the Lifespan Brain Institute of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia applied tools from network science to identify how anatomical connections in the brain develop to support neural activity underlying these key areas. In this study, the researchers mapped structure-function coupling -- the degree to which a brain region's pattern of anatomical connections supports synchronized neural activity.
Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses | Clinical Infectious Diseases Skip to Main Content Advertisement Journals Books Search IDSA Journals Close Advanced Search Search Menu Article Navigation Volume 48 Issue 4 15 February 2009 Article Contents Journal Article Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses Stanley Plotkin, Stanley Plotkin Section Editor Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Jeffrey S. Jeffrey S. Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Paul A. Paul A. Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 48, Issue 4, 15 February 2009, Pages 456–461, Published: Article history Received: 25 August 2008 Accepted: 14 October 2008 Abstract Although child vaccination rates remain high, some parental concern persists that vaccines might cause autism. Several issues undermine the interpretation by Wakefield et al. [1] of this case series. Table 1 Thimerosal (pg.