On Thursday, the Public Citizen Health Research Group petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the only approved long-term weight-loss drug, orlistat.
Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of the Health Research Group -- part of the nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen -- isn't hopeful about the development of an effective and safe weight-loss drug.
"Unless a plan is doing well on everything, patients are getting the short end of the stick, " says Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group and an author of the report.
Though the supposed smoking gun revealed by Sidney Wolfe , director of the Public Citizen Health Research Group, raises concern about the actions of the drug's manufacturer, Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ), it appears to be far from a final word on Celebrex.
But in the narrower atrial fibrillation market, which is where Pradaxa is already approved, it is being used 16% of the time, says Mark Schoenebaum, a health care analyst at stock research firm ISI Group.
The issue of these hospitals was raised by Prof Sir Brian Jarman, of the Dr Foster research group, in March 2010 with the then Health Secretary Andy Burnham.
The Institute of Medicine, a group that uses scientific research to formulate public health policies, currently recommends an Adequate Intake, or AI, rather than a specific daily amount of vitamin D.
Martin Dockrell, director of research and policy at the campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), acknowledges that there is no clear evidence of a significant harm to health from second-hand outdoor tobacco smoke.
Health Care for America Now Executive Director Ethan Rome said his group believes the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association, PhRMA, was actually behind the RetireSafe letter.
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Identifying and analyzing research was also a priority and led to two research review sessions with members of the Working Group, academic and public health experts, and other key stakeholders.
The CTIA, the wireless industry trade group, noted that no research has found cell phones to be a danger to health.
They are "a symbol of economic health and a vibrant community, " says Jennifer Tescher, head of the Center for Financial Services Innovation, a research group that focuses on people without a banking relationship.
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