This week on NOW: BAD MEDICINE at the FDA, interview with a whistleblower

[Wonk]

http://www.pbs.org/now/thisweek/index.html

This week on NOW:

Vioxx was one of the most widely used prescription drugs in the world and, for many, it may have been a killer. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is supposed to guarantee the safety of the medicines we take, so how could it have disregarded warnings from its own scientists about this looming public health disaster? In BAD MEDICINE David Brancaccio provides a rare glimpse inside the FDA, scrutinizing how it operates and revealing how cozy relationships with drug makers may be putting lives at risk. In his first extended television interview, FDA whistleblower Dr. David Graham reveals how his FDA managers tried to silence him and quash evidence that indicated Vioxx was unsafe.

http://www.pbs.org/now/science/fda.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/fda2.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/drugads2.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/drugsmart2.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/drugplan.html

Charity check. In the wake of the Tsunami, what's the real story on America's foreign aid. A David Brancaccio essay.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/aiddollars.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/society/volunteer.html

Check your local listings.
http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html

[SoCalDem]

1. It's now just a half hour..dammit..

followed by Tavis Smiley (which is RE-Run at 11pm..its usual time).. Why couldn;t they have left NOW a full hour and just shown Tavis' show once??

Bastards,, I already "know" the answer..


Probably after the "season" is over, they will decide that Brancaccio is no Moyers, and just let the show "fade away"..:grr:

[SharonAnn]

3. Here they follow it with half an hour of Tucker Carlson, his own show.

Ain't that wonderful.

[SoCalDem]

4. Call your local station .. tell them to get that bowtied freak OFF your TV

:)

[Wonk]

2. Time zone kick