When does death occur? I wish I knew honestly. In cases of medical futility, it’s always heart-wrenching to be faced with a patient in whom medical interventions amount to maintaining the status quo which is already not good. A patient whose family members don’t seem to understand that there is no going back to better […]
Sepsis Drug XIGRIS withdrawn from worldwide markets for lack of efficacy
In what is breaking news today in the field of medicine, the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced that activated drotrecogin alfa (XIGRIS) is to be pulled off all markets including the United States. This drug, intended to treat severe sepsis, has been shown in the new PROWESS-SHOCK trial to be no better than placebo in […]
Whooping Cough (Pertussis) kills!
Last month, a baby in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania died of pertussis (whooping cough). I suppose death from pertussis (or any other vaccine-preventable illness) is preferable to the speculated possibility of life with autism for vaccine nay-sayers. Thank goodness I’m not a pediatrician because I don’t think I would last long trying to convince parents […]