A Flagrant Example of Pushing the Sponsor’s Product
Drugmakers Pay an NPR Talk Show Host/Physician $1.3 Million for Lectures
02 Dec
2008
02 Dec
2008
The Power of the Placebo — Is Healing All in Our Mind?
A recent survey of doctors from the U.S. finds that nearly two out of three believe it is permissible to use placebos, and one out of two U.S. doctors prescribe placebos to their patients.
02 Dec
2008
Has Technology Failed Us? Doctors Match Machines in Spotting Heart Disease
There are many aspects of what is sometimes called the “gold standard” of medicine that have been scrutinized by science and found to be lacking.
02 Dec
2008
What Your Waist Size Means to Your Health
Connecting the Dots between a Bulging Waistline and the Risk of Premature Death
25 Nov
2008
What Were the Results of Giving Vitamin C and Vitamin E to Prevent Heart Disease and Cancer?
Over the past few years, there have been a series of research reports critical of vitamins.
25 Nov
2008
PRACTICING MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE
Group of unions accuses CVS Caremark Corp of violating patient privacy and pushing doctors to prescribe costly drug
18 Nov
2008
FDA Regulation Changes Threaten the Supplement Industry
Urgent Action Needed. The Time to Send Comments to the FDA is Now: comment period whether section 301 should be extended to include dietary supplements has been extended to November 25.
18 Nov
2008
The JUPITER Study — Is the News as Encouraging as It Seems?
Every major news wire service was abuzz this past week over Crestor. The study released November 9 involved 18,000 patients, and supplied powerful evidence that statins save lives by driving down blood cholesterol and reducing inflammation in arteries as measured by high blood levels of C-reactive protein. In the study published in the New England Journal […]
18 Nov
2008
Heart Failure Hospitalizations Are Up 131% in Three Decades
The American Heart Association’s annual scientific session in New Orleans this month heard the presentation of a Drexel University study showing that the hospitalization rate for heart failure among older Americans increased dramatically over the past three decades.
18 Nov
2008
The Link between Phthalates and Prescription Drugs
In August, Congress enacted a law banning the phthalates (esters of phthalic acid that are mainly added to plastics to increase their flexibility) in toys and other children’s products.