Dear Ms.Ellen,please help my mom,were from the philippines she has rectal cancer...She needs ct scan so that the doctor will tell us the stage of her cancer...Im her only child and n0 one is supp0rting us bc0z our family is poor...This is my only wish for my birthday..Its on october 12.I really dont kn0w where t0 get some help...Please help me...More power to your show!Thank you.

I think your daily attire has to be the worst on TV.Your dance (laugh laugh) is even worse. Your finally with the coffee table is stupid. No wonder our teen agers dress so poorly.

hi ellen i started watching your show while on holiday in turkey, and now watch as often as possible, i live on a island in the middle of the irish sea called the isle of man, keep up the good work hope to see you live 1 day , sue

Hi Ellen,

I think it's so great that you bought Halo. I've used their products for years and especially like the ear wash. It's fabulous that you can use your influence to help our quadrapeg friends. I wanted to bring to your attention an opinion article in today's USA Today (June 17, 2008). It's an incredible story about a female vet who single handedly took on a drug company and her own employer, the FDA, to get ProHeart 6 off the market because it killed hundreds of dogs. She was victimized for her trouble by both the drug company, Wyeth, and her own employer, the FDA. Maybe you can let her know how much support and love she has from all of us animal lovers for doing the right thing. I'll copy the story below for you.

PS Is Halo going to make treats? Lucinda

Our view on drug safety: FDA vet tracks dog deaths, gets smeared in the process
Tale of ProHeart 6 raises questions about who calls the shots at agency.
ProHeart 6 — a controversial heartworm drug for dogs — came back on the market last week, almost four years after it was pulled when hundreds of dogs died and thousands more suffered adverse reactions. Ordinarily, this might be of interest mainly to pet owners and veterinarians. But this is much more than a dog story.

(Photo - Hampshire: Questioned heartworm shot / Leslie E. Kossoff, AP)

During the process that took ProHeart 6 off the market, the drug's maker investigated and denounced a Food and Drug Administration scientist who gathered the damning data. And instead of protecting its scientist, the FDA booted her off the case and tried to have her criminally prosecuted.

It's a disturbing tale for anyone who relies on pharmaceutical companies and the FDA to ensure that medicines for animals and humans are safe, one that raises questions about the conduct of a major corporation and its federal regulator.

The story begins in 2001, when ProHeart 6 came on the U.S. market. It was regarded as a breakthrough. Veterinarians could inject it once every six months, replacing the once-a-month pill people gave — or often forgot to give — their dogs to ward off potentially deadly heartworms. Though many dogs did fine on ProHeart 6, others had dangerous complications. Eventually, the FDA says, 500 to 600 dogs died and there were "adverse" reactions, including seizures and uncontrolled bleeding, in 5,500 to 6,000.

In 2004, the FDA pushed ProHeart 6 manufacturer Fort Dodge Animal Health, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant Wyeth, to remove the drug from the market. Wyeth argued that the drug was safe but agreed to remove it. Then it fought back.

The company targeted Victoria Hampshire, a veterinarian and FDA safety officer who collected and analyzed the adverse drug reports on ProHeart 6. Wyeth hired investigators who dug up information on Hampshire's home, her tax records and a veterinary website where a handful of her friends and veterinary clients could buy drugs and pet supplies. (It's not uncommon for FDA's vets to practice medicine part-time in their off hours.) Wyeth executives then alleged that Hampshire had a conflict of interest.

Without telling Hampshire what was going on, the FDA took her off the ProHeart 6 case and began an internal investigation that culminated when FDA investigators asked the U.S. attorney in Maryland to criminally prosecute her. It took one day for the U.S. attorney to sort through the flimsy referral and refuse to press charges. The FDA eventually exonerated Hampshire, and she now works at the agency in a different job.

ProHeart 6, meanwhile, is back on the market. The manufacturer and the FDA say the drug is safe, free of the solvent residue thought to have caused the earlier problems. But the drug is being administered under a strict "risk minimization" plan that applies to only a small number of FDA-approved drugs for animals and humans.

We know much of this story not because Wyeth or the FDA disclosed it voluntarily, but because a persistent investigation by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, dragged it out of them. The probe revealed that Wyeth officials had easy, undocumented access to the FDA to lobby for ProHeart 6 and attack Hampshire. FDA managers seemed more interested in placating Wyeth than in dealing fairly with one of its scientists.

The most troubling aspect of this is the effect it will inevitably have on other FDA safety officers. After seeing what can happen when someone gathers evidence that a drug is unsafe, what safety officers wouldn't think twice about risking their careers by antagonizing powerful companies?

That's a terribly dangerous way to run a drug safety process that can ultimately mean life or death to animals and humans alike.

Posted at 12:22 AM/ET, June 17, 2008 in Animals - Editorial, Drug abuse - Editorial, USA TODAY editorial |

June 18, 2008(12:15am)
I miss your shows,its been a never ending replays here(PHILIPPINES)Just seeing your attire,I know who your guess are and what will happen with the whole show. Right now I am watching one of your replays. I hope we get dated shows here so I can watch you announcing that you finally married Portia. Regards. GOD Bless INGAT KA:)

Hey Ellen we love ya here in Alaska. I always cheer up watching you. I have been a long time fan & appreciate all the wonderful giving of your help to so many. I think you are friends to so many out here in the world more than you could know. Thank you for sharing yourself with us in so many ways. I have had a very rough life and you make a difference to so many by giving of yourself and helping to make me laugh every day & I get up & dance with ya also no matter how bad a day may get you put the fun back in & cheer a very lonely lady up. I wish i could come to see you live down there in the lower 48 but I can't afford to go across town here much less dream to ever see ya live. Just think of us here in the winter when we are at 40 below that ya can still warm us up here. You outta come up here to see us in Fairbanks sometime...Summer is good cause we have daylight 24 hours. And not so cold...well maybe someday....

Hello Ellen
Thank you for this briefing...it's very usefull. You're just fantastic, amazing, the coolest and funniest person on Earth.
Well...now i'm gonna do some briefing on this side of the tunel. I'm writting from a kingdom ( it really is just a presidetial democracy, but still...) far far away.If i put this through a bit of thinking you might not even know where this is. The bottom line is i'm talking about Romania here. A medium sized (compared to the US, a small) country. Well, i gotta tell ya, i love your show and all the great stuff you're doing to help people. Gotta give it up to you.Respect, Woman!!! And i also have to admit the fact that you are my role model ( i'm a bit blushing here ). Thanks to your existence i decided to study Journalism and Mass Communication Sciences. I wanna be just like you ( maybe a bit bigger, i don't know quite for sure), anyway you are my first on wannabe list.
I have this very important question i would like to ask you. Why only people from USA can send you e-mails and stuff? I would really like if you could make this world wide.
Thank you for your attention.
Keep it real.
With a lot of love and respect,
Maria.

Hey Ellen, I love your show but end of missing it must of the time since you moved to the A.M... It would be wonderful to see a show dedicated to animals and non-profit organizations. Volunteering myself for a non-profit (The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, MN) we need to rely on individuals to help us out with money to survive. We take in wildcats, yes Bobcats, Lynx and Cougars just to name a few that do NOT make good housepets and give them their only chance to be "wild". Along the way I have come across other organizations such as Angels Of Hope Rescue that are always in need if not money, donations of items. I am not asking for anything but a "plug" for all the non-profit organizations.. Take care and God Bless...

Love you,

Nancy

i dont know why, that every 4 pm my tv should be on ch 11 , which is here in florida,. you got me, honey. you got the magnet!

Hi Ellen,

I love your show. I look forward to watching you every morning. You inspired me to do a fundraiser for my 40th birthday this fall. My daughter has Mitochondrial Disease with a defect in Complex 1. I decided after watching you fundraise for "Make It Right" in honor of your 50th, that I had to do something to help other families affected by Mito. I am in the process of creating a web page to raise funds for mitoaction.org. It is a web community that has been very helpful to me. Part of my plan was to send you a "mito" pin and T-shirt to wear later this summer since my birthday is in September, which also happens to be Mitochondrial Disease Awareness month . But after reading Lynn Soules's post from earlier today about her grandson, I decided I had to write now! Hang in there Lynn! It took us almost 5 years to get my daughter's diagnosis. Mito is a terrible disease affecting as many as 1 in 2,000 but you have to have hope. Anyone with this diagnosis or a loved one with it,should check out Mitoaction's website or the Muscular Dystrophy Association's site. Ellen, I will be sending you that pin and t-shirt soon! Thanks for all the laughs. More importantly thank you for helping me figure out how to "celebrate" my birthday in a very meaningful way! The best gift I could ever receive, would be a cure for Mitochondrial Disease. In the meantime, if I can help another family with whatever donations I raise and sharing my daughter's positive energy, that is pretty special too! I will let you know how much money I raise. Wish me luck!
Loree B. from Massachusetts