The only way to answer this question is to read the published studies yourself. We do it for you each month. Our articles provide a critical evaluation of the latest medical research you’re not likely to get from your doctor. (New to this website? click here)

New book about exercise
You may be exercising to improve your health, your memory, your strength, or for the pure pleasure of it all. By now, there’s a mountain of research to show the best ways to achieve these goals while minimizing the chance of injuries. Gretchen Reynolds, who writes the Phys Ed” column for the New York Times, has distilled it all for her new book, “The First 20 Minutes.” Many myths were busted along the way   .read more

U.S. doctors’ income
Cardiologists, radiologists, and anesthesiologists have the highest income; primary care docs have the lowest. See the latest on the average length of a doctor visit.   read more

Drugs to prevent heart problems
Two cardiologists call for more research for the drugs prescribed to healthy people who are taking them want to avoid a heart attack or stroke. Too many of these drugs are proven in the short run (e.g., cholesterol-lowering) but unproven in terms of what really matters (e.g., a lower chance of heart attack and  stroke).     read more

The drug for memory loss
How two drug companies made billions with a drug that doesn’t work—and then managed to extend its patent with a bogus claim that a higher dose version is even better. read more

45 tests or treatments to avoid
Nine specialists organizations identify the top five in their respective areas of expertise.   read more

New Book:  Mammography Screening—Truth, Lies and Controversy by Peter C. Gotzsche, MD.
Author is the foremost authority on the evidence supporting the use of this breast cancer screening test. Read more

What’s so bad about red meat?
Not so good for you or the environment.      read more

What doctors don’t know about cancer screening
They send you for cancer screening tests, but primary care doctors don’t know which screening statistics provide reliable evidence for screening’s effectiveness, new survey shows.  read more

A new take on palliative care
The nation’s leading organization of cancer specialists calls for an end to the inhumane practice of withholding comfort care until people with advanced cancer give up on potentially curative treatment.                               read more