Many chronically ill Americans unable to afford food, medicine
- It's also important for people to be honest with their doctor if they are unable to afford enough food, since that may affect which medications and dosages are best…
Aspirin still overprescribed for stroke prevention in AF
Aspirin is still overprescribed for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation despite the potential for dangerous side effects, according to research published today Sophia Antipolis, 28 January 2014: Aspirin is still…
Media reports may paint overly optimistic view of cancer
Public release date: 16-Mar-2010 - It is estimated that one in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime - Of these, approximately…
Patient Calls Stoned Surgeon a Menace
- Fennell claims he received "services rendered ... for a procedure performed on the wrong body part."By DAVID LEEDALLAS (CN) - Baylor Health Care System sent patients to a drunken,…
Counting the hidden victims of medicine
- third leading cause of death in the developed world is "iatrogenic" deaths – those caused by medical errors, adverse drug reactions or hospital-acquired infections. 24 January 2014 Drug side…
Older Cancer Patients Are Being ‘Written Off’ ( U.K.) being assessed on age rather than fitness
A study reveals tens of thousands of elderly patients with cancer can survive at least 10 years if they are given treatment. 4:19am UK, Friday 24 January 2014 Clinical need…
( HRR incoming propaganda ) Why taking vitamin D is ‘pointless’: Review finds taking supplement does little to prevent chronic disease or early death
HRR: This is a recent press release, and another interpretational meta-analysis. It is so over the top not even close to factual. The Lancet risks becoming totally ineffectual as a…
How much does it cost to have a baby in a hospital?
- California women giving birth were charged from $3,296 to $37,227 for an uncomplicated vaginal delivery - For a C-section, women were billed between $8,312 and nearly $71,000 [caption id=""…
FDA approves previously rejected diabetes drug – May be Ineffiective and Deadly, but still OK to sell / : Forxiga dapagliflozin Farxiga
HRR: The first article is the Press release, the Second Article is an independent analysis of the studies... Both are posted for medical professionals to make an independent decision. YES…
Review: Most clinical studies on vitamins flawed by poor methodology
- “More than 90 percent of U.S. adults don’t get the required amounts of vitamins D and E for basic health,” Frei said. “More than 40 percent don’t get enough vitamin…
Corruption - Fabricated Data
Counter Intuitive
Medical Ethics
Medical Propaganda
Scientific Misconduct
Sweeteners
Researchers say fructose does not impact emerging indicator for cardiovascular disease / Funded by the Calorie Control Council – MASSIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST
HRR: Before you read the article it may be a half truth. Using data from naturally occurring fruit sugars, and not modified fructose products. This is a meta-analysis so confirmation…
Antidepressants for do not work for bipolar disorder
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 24-Dec-2013 - Antidepressants are not superior to placebo and other medication in short-term, and long-term use of antidepressants cannot achieve higher response and remission rates of bipolar…
Rogue scientist faked AIDS research funded with $19M in taxpayer money by spiking rabbit blood
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:49 EST, 26 December 2013 An Iowa State University assistant professor has stepped down after being accused of faking the results of an AIDS study…
Pregnant nurse, 29, is FIRED after she refuses to have flu shot to protect her unborn child
Dreonna Breton from Pennsylvania, became alarmed after the packaging for a number of major brands of the flu vaccine warned it 'should be given to a pregnant woman only if…
Significant minority think doctors should help ‘tired of living’ elderly to die if that’s their wish
1 in 5 - should be allowed to help the elderly who are not seriously ill, but who are tired of living, to die 1 in 3 - thinks…
US ranks near bottom among industrialized nations in efficiency of health care spending
Contact: Carla Denly cdenly@support.ucla.edu 310-825-6738 University of California - Los Angeles UCLA, McGill study also shows women fare worse than men in most countries A new study by researchers at…
NLST data highlight probability of lung cancer overdiagnosis / overdiagnosis rate for bronchioloalveolar lung cancer was 78.9 percent
Contact: Shawn Farley PR@acr.org 703-648-8936 American College of Radiology NLST data highlight probability of lung cancer overdiagnosis with low-dose CT screening Philadelphia, PA—Data from the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial…
Many trial results in ClinicalTrials.gov not published
Contact: Fiona Godwin medicinepress@plos.org Public Library of Science Half of trials with results posted in ClinicalTrials.gov database have not been published in a journal, and for some that have, the…
Results from many large clinical trials are never published
Contact: Tom Hughes tahughes@unch.unc.edu 919-966-6047 University of North Carolina Health Care Non-publication is more common among industry-funded trials, study finds CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A new analysis of 585 large,…
‘Your mother loved you very much and wanted to keep you’: Judge’s remarkable message to baby girl of woman who was forced to have caesarean
Judge Roderick Newton, who ruled that the baby born to sedated mother be put up for adoption, tells child her mother wanted to keep her Girl was born to mother,…
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