Painkiller trial raises questions for FDA, Pfizer

By Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer

In February 2005, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called a three-day hearing to review the risks of three painkillers known as C

Excerpts from this story referencing "Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research":

"… ISION trial informed consent document, Pfizer, Nissen, and trial-organizer Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research all declined to release it. The document was subsequently sent to the Cent …"

Doctors skittish about health technology despite promise of big federal bucks

By Susan Jaffe

The federal government is paying physicians billions to adopt electronic health records, but doctors still aren't sure they want the cash

Excerpts from this story referencing "strokes":

"… , who has high blood pressure.“We don’t want to wait until people have strokes to find out they have high blood pressure,” he said. But not all patient …"