I will simply link to the local news story that covered the article published in the New England Journal of Medicine concerning the benefits of mammograms in women over the age of 50 years of age. The data on this
I covered some of the controversies over prostate cancer screening in previous posts. Prostate cancer is a condition that should get a bit more scrutiny when it comes to the risk/benefit ratio of treatment. This should apply on an individual
In a follow up on a previous post (http://ksparrowmd.blogspot.com/2009/03/prostate-screening-test-psa-may-not.html) there is now another study, this time from the British Medical Journal, showing that PSA testing does not give enough valuable information to be worth doing. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/print/news/fullstory_89847.html FRIDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay
In a follow up on a previous post (http://ksparrowmd.blogspot.com/2009/03/prostate-screening-test-psa-may-not.html) there is now another study, this time from the British Medical Journal, showing that PSA testing does not give enough valuable information to be worth doing. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/print/news/fullstory_89847.html FRIDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_89795.htmlTHURSDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) —“Women who take certain antidepressants during the first three months of pregnancy may have a slightly increased risk of giving birth to babies with heart defects. Septal heart defects — malformations in the wall separating
The Mayo clinic has found that using medical cement to fix cracks in the brittle vertebrae of elderly people is no better than placebo. The reason that this article is of interest to me is that it fits in the
That is the title of author David H. Newman MD’s piece today in the NYTimes. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/the-ideology-of-health-care/ On a medical acupuncturist’s blog readers might conclude that the title refers to ineffective alternative medical treatments or supplements. But no. Dr. Newman is
That is the title of author David H. Newman MD’s piece today in the NYTimes. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/the-ideology-of-health-care/ On a medical acupuncturist’s blog readers might conclude that the title refers to ineffective alternative medical treatments or supplements. But no. Dr. Newman is
In an article from the NYTimes titled “Benefits of Mammograms Under Debate in Britain” the author discusses the controversy raging over information pamphlets handed out to patients on the benefits of mammograms in the UK. (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/health/31mamm.html?ref=health&pagewanted=print) A group of advocates
This particular article is worth reading in its entirety for those interested in the relative value of mass screenings for common diseases. For those of us who don’t always trust the common medical orthodoxy, the conclusion of this article doesn’t
