Are All Medical Treatments Safe and Effective?
b"People often assume that medical treatments prescribed by doctors and covered by insurance are safe and effective. After all, there\\u2019s a whole government agency \\u2013 the Food and Drug Administration \\u2013 to ensure that very thing. But most medical drugs and devices available in the U.S. were approved by the FDA through an expedited pathway that sped up the review or required less clinical trial evidence. In this episode of the podcast, we speak with a former FDA attorney about the debate over whether the FDA should prioritize safety and effectiveness or swift access to medical innovation. We hear from a mother whose daughter urgently needed an individualized treatment only available in Italy, as well as the Right to Try advocate who assisted her. And an ER doctor explains why it\\u2019s a problem that many drugs commonly prescribed to women were only been tested on men before being approved.\\n\\nPodcast Guests:\\nDaniel G. Aaron, MD, JD, professor of law at the University of Utah\\u2019s SJ Quinney College of Law, former assistant chief counsel at the FDA\\n\\nKendra Riley, mother \\u201cRight to Try\\u201d advocate \\n\\nNaomi Lopez, Senior Fellow at the Goldwater Institute\\n\\nAlyson McGregor, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of South Carolina\\u2019s School of Medicine Greenville, author of \\u201cSex Matters\\u201d and \\u201cWhy Women Aren\\u2019t Winning at Health (but can)\\u201d\\n\\n**This episode is part of Season 4 on Top of Mind: Assessing Assumptions. Could the systems\\nwe've built to keep our communities safe and thriving work better if we weren't so set in our\\nways?"