To file under “First Do No Harm,” the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issues guidelines stating that postmenopausal women should not be taking hormone replacement to ward off dementia, bone fractures or heart disease. Indeed, the data have shown that
New study showing that supplemental Calcium increases heart attack risk by 30% That’s a huge amount! The study was done to see if the added Calcium provided heart benefits in addition to alleged bone improvement. So, weight bearing exercise
As readers of this blog or my newsletters (and here) know, this has been a topic for a few years, but now it’s official. The money quote is this ” Most important, the task force found that, at best, one
( I will get to some posts on acupuncture issues tomorrow, I promise! I just had to add this post. This is a topic I’ve covered before and it falls into a category I call “Beware of the Block Buster
This is an animal study on BPA, a plastic used in cans, bottles and also in some ATM receipts. It shows an increase in density in breast tissue in monkeys, which can be a precursor to Breast Cancer. It’s a
A comprehensive take down of the problems with Bisphenol by Nicholas Kristoff in the NYTimes. I will excerpt some of it here, but the whole article is worth reading. Quite chilling. The experts recommend no receipts from ATM’s, (easy enough),
If you would like to go to whole interview with this doctor, click on the title. I excerpt only a small portion. How Doctors and Patients Do Harm How Doctors and Patients Do HarmBy TARA PARKER-POPE Christopher T. Martin Dr.
Genentech Tries New Tack on Shelved Breast Cancer Drug Avastin This is an article from the San Francisco Chronicle about “a new kind of study” Genentech is going to try with it’s discredited drug, Avastin. They will be looking for
Cancer Screening: Opinions from the Field I’m sure everyone is sick of this topic, but I thought I would share the take of two physicians who have had a careful look at the recent recommendations. I’ve redacted heavily and just
As a follow up to yesterday’s post about patients opting for less treatment, this article reports on the latest guidelines from 9 specialty boards, recommending fewer tests, and urging patients to refuse them if offered (!) This blog may become
