Consumer Watchdog to Congress: Put Patients' Bill of Rights Back on the Table
WASHINGTON, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the nation's health insurance companies met in San Diego, California to discuss how to "make health care reform a reality," Consumer Watchdog called on Congressional leaders to include key patient protections and legal accountability measures...New Federal Stem Cell Rules Would Hinder Existing Research, Consumer Group Warns
... research that had received funding under the Bush Administration, Consumer watchdog said today. The nonpartisan, nonprofit group called on the National Instit... derived in good faith according to then existing standards." Consumer watchdog supports modifications proposed by the California Institute for Regenerativ...Consumer Group Urges Gov. Schwarzenegger to Sign Stem Cell Bill Into Law
...ic accountability bill, SB1565, into law, Consumer watchdog said today. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Sheila Kue...egulatory process," said John M. Simpson, Consumer watchdog Stem Cell project director. "Without this law the ...n only benefit the $6 billion program." Consumer watchdog will continue to seek legislation that would give ...California Stem Cell Agency Exaggerated Its Role in Funding Key Research
... stem cell agency overstated and hyped the importance of its funding in enabling clinical trials for a drug to treat a severe blood disorder, Consumer watchdog said today, seriously undercutting the agency's credibility and alienating those who support publicly funded stem cell research. Last week the Cal...New Conflict of Interest Violations Revealed at California Stem Cell Institute
...cost California taxpayers $6 billion. The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights is California's leading non-profit and non-partisan consumer watchdog group. For more information visit us on the web at: http://www.ConsumerWatchdog.org . ...Consumer Advocates Support Patent Office on Stem Cell Patent Rejection
... requirements for stem cell researchers The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights is California's leading non-profit and non-partisan consumer watchdog group. For more information visit us on the web at: http://www.ConsumerWatchdog.org and http://www.oilwatchdog.org . The Public Patent Foundation...Animal and plant communication at the ESA Annual Meeting
...nd feed on the plants' leaf tissue. Susan Whitehead of the University of Colorado wanted to know just what makes these bugs seemingly invisible to the watchdog ants. Whitehead hypothesized that the bugs might be acting in some way that the ants found acceptable. Since ants use pheromones to communicate wi...States expand newborn screening for life-threatening disorders
...t the immediate treatment they need to lead a healthy life no longer depends on the state in which they are born." March of Dimes will maintain its watchdog role on newborn screening, said Dr. Howse, and will continue to promote consistent guidelines nationwide, and to advocate for funding for the Newborn ...Story tips from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2008
...partment of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research. [Contact: Ron Walli, (865) 576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov ] ELECTRICITY -- Grid watchdog . . . Utilities have a new tool that provides them with a clearer picture of the wide-area electricity transmission system and enables decision-ma...Federal testing for mad cow disease a failure, law review editor says
...ad been tested for BSE in November 2004, and had been retested only on the recommendation of the Office of Inspector General," which is an independent watchdog group within the USDA. The Bush administration, in the meantime, had restored about one-third of U.S. beef exports through intense lobbying, but Ja...Loosen leash on cancer protein 'watchdog,' researchers say
...were primarily concerned with how they might stop their prospective protein watchdog from doing more harm than good. "Research is turning up lots of possible...out resorting to genetic modification. Then we might have a way to keep the watchdog on high alert." ...NameProtects watchdog tool keeps eye on search-engine ads
MADISON Digital brand-protection company NameProtect has announced a new version of its online trademark search -- and a way to see if trademarks are showing up in search-engine ads. NameProtects search tools allow companies to make sure names they want to use are not already taken, or that t...Controller's Stem Cell Agency Audit Ignores California Agency's Built-in Flaws
...n Proposition 71 that created the agency, Consumer watchdog said today. The audit released by State Contro...-member board is too big to be effective, Consumer watchdog said. The problem with the controller's audit, the...cost California taxpayers $6 billion. Consumer watchdog is California's leading nonprofit and nonpartisan ...Consumer Advocate Testifies in Support of Stem Cell Oversight Legislation
...today before the Senate Health Committee, Consumer watchdog (formerly The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer...er Commission is just what's needed." Consumer watchdog said the provisions in the bill seeking to guarant...when there are profits on the table." Consumer watchdog said the leadership of the stem cell agency, the C...Stem Cell Agency Finally Reveals Institutions Involved in Conflict Problem
...cost California taxpayers $6 billion. The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights is California's leading non-profit and non-partisan consumer watchdog group. For more information visit us on the web at: http://www.ConsumerWatchdog.org . ...Consumers Call On Interstate Stem Cell Group To Endorse Open Meetings
...articipants in the Interstate Alliance. The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights is California's leading non-profit and non-partisan consumer watchdog group. For more information visit us on the web at: http://www.ConsumerWatchdog.org and http://www.oilwatchdog.org . ...Consumer Advocates Praise Interstate Stem Cell Open Meeting Decision
...and things to learn from, the alliance." The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights is California's leading non-profit and non-partisan consumer watchdog group. For more information visit us on the web at: http://www.ConsumerWatchdog.org and http://www.oilwatchdog.org . ...