Mammography benefits overestimated
Public Release: 7-Jul-2015 King’s College London An in-depth review of randomised trials on screening for breast, colorectal, cervical, prostate and lung cancers, published in the…
View ArticleBenzodiazepines not recommended for patients with PTSD or recent trauma
Public Release: 14-Jul-2015 Wolters Kluwer Health July 14, 2015 – Benzodiazepine drugs are widely used in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but available evidence…
View ArticleLice in at least 25 states show resistance to common treatments
Public Release: 18-Aug-2015 American Chemical Society IMAGE: Lice populations in the states in pink have developed a high level of resistance to some of…
View ArticleOsteoporosis drugs shown to increase hip fracture risk
“the use of oral bisphosphonates was not associated with a reduction in hip fractures in women of 65 but it was associated with a greater…
View ArticleBenzodiazepines ineffective in treating anxiety disorders and may increase...
Public Release: 5-Oct-2015 Osteopathic psychiatrists encourage patients to review treatment options to improve outcomes and reduce risks American Osteopathic Association Patients taking...
View ArticleAspirin use does not improve outcomes for cancer patients, but may lower...
Public Release: 8-Dec-2015 Authors of both studies call for clinical trials examining the ability of aspirin to improve care for at-risk patients University of…
View ArticleIs chemical exposure in mothers, babies, linked to poor vaccine response?
Public Release: 9-Dec-2015 University of Rochester Medical Center Early life exposures to toxic chemicals such as PCBs and DDT dampen an infant’s response to…
View ArticleCurrent cancer drug discovery method flawed: Study
“findings cast doubt on methods used by the entire scientific enterprise and pharmaceutical industry to discover new cancer drugs. “ Public Release: 2-May-2016 Vanderbilt…
View ArticleAcid reflux misdiagnosed 90% of the time in babies
Public Release: 2-May-2016 Even doctors get confused about reflux disease in babies New study shows that clinical symptoms are only rarely validated by the gold-standard…
View ArticleFDA approved devices were not effective in clinical trials
Public Release: 20-May-2016 Flawed data behind regulation of high-risk women’s health devices Some FDA approved devices were not effective in clinical trials Northwestern University CHICAGO…
View ArticlePharma Firms may of got caught manipulating data resulting in agony and profit ?
“misleading marketing caused some lung-cancer patients “to die earlier and faster, with more pain.” “This settlement, however, allows the company to avoid the burden, disruption,…
View ArticleThe Lancet: Most antidepressant drugs ineffective for children and teens,...
Public Release: 8-Jun-2016 But authors warn that lack of available data from published and unpublished trials leads to great uncertainty around true effects The…
View ArticleMost New Expensive Cancer Drugs are almost totally ineffective
Public Release: 9-Nov-2016 Expensive new cancer drugs have little effect on survival of many cancers BMJ Despite considerable investment and innovation, new cancer drugs approved…
View ArticleNew drugs, higher costs offer little survival benefit in advanced lung cancer
Public Release: 4-Jan-2017 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus According to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published this week in the Journal…
View ArticleAntibiotics not effective for clinically infected eczema in children
Public Release: 13-Mar-2017 American Academy of Family Physicians Estimates suggest that 40 percent of eczema flares are treated with topical antibiotics, but findings…
View ArticleMajor US prostate cancer study, heavily flawed and maybe useless
Public Release: 21-Mar-2018 Analysis shows influential US prostate study not representative of real-world patients European Association of Urology Copenhagen: An analysis of 3 US cancer…
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