Looking For Methods to Mitigate Alzheimer’s Disease
From today’s New York Times, an article looking at various conditions that, if mitigated, will help to avoid Alzheimer’s. I won’t copy much of the...
Cranberry Juice versus Antibiotics: You Decide
An article from the New York Times comparing cranberry juice versus months of low dose antibiotics. No surprise that the antibiotic helped keep the infections...
FDA warns against Atrial Fibrillation drug Multaq. Moral? Wait 7 years before taking any newly released drug.
I’m starting to bore myself with reporting on the dangerous drugs that have been approved and set loose on the market, but here’s another one....
Blockbuster Smoking Cessation Drug Linked to Heart Disease
I somehow missed the latest in a series of much-hyped, best-selling drugs turning out to have major problems. This article was released over the July...
UCSF, Stanford Study shows that environment plays bigger role in autism
UCSF, Stanford autism study shows surprises Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, July 5, 2011 San Francisco — Environmental factors play a more important role...
Unprecedented. Experts decry Medtronic Studies.
From the New York Times. A few of my other posts on conflicts of interest in corporate research here, here,and here.Spine Experts Repudiate Medtronic StudiesBy...
Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Science
In researching the Alternative Medicine Debate from yesterday, I came upon this article from the Atlantic from last November. It is entitled,”Lies, Damn Lies, and...
Letter to the Economist
Just for the sake of completeness, I will post my letter to the Economist here. I didn’t get it in in a timely fashion because...