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A little-noticed provision of the omnibus spending bill could give the agency power to ban off-label use of approved therapies.. Secreted within the 2023 omnibus appropriations bill—4,155 pages, spending $1.7 trillion—is a 19-line section that could change the way medicine is practiced. Physicians routinely prescribe drugs and employ medical devices that are approved and labeled by the Food and Drug Administration for a particular use. Yet sometimes physicians discern other beneficial uses for these technologies, which they prescribe for their patients without specific official sanction. The new legislation amends the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA, to give the...

VIDEO It was like a MIRACLE! Last month Senator Amy Klobuchar's husband caught a severe illness that seems to be in the news. He went into the hospital and despite being severely sick, he walked out five days later perfectly healthy. So what treatment did he use? Many people are asking that question but for some mysterious reason, Senator Klobuchar won't reveal the answer. An oatmeal cookie for the first REAL reporter brave enough to ask her that question directly whose truthful answer could halt her political advancement.

We are told that we must wait many months for the studies before we can judge whether any treatment is effective, and reports of effectiveness of the hydroxychloroquine / azithromycin and other potential treatments are anecdotal and have little value. But many doctors are prescribing these and other drugs and getting results, both positive and negative. Clearly, clinical trials have value, and we should do them. However, aren't we right in the middle of a giant clinical trial with massive amounts of data that could be mined for results? There are many unanswered questions regarding the efficacy of many treatments...