The following list includes all of our articles organized by the latest entry first.

• Should you get a flu shot?
• MDs distrust industry-funded studies
• Diabetes 2 drug warnings
• U.S. medical care: A critique with proposals for change
• Understanding lab tests
• Drugs for mild hypertension
• Cranberries and urinary tract infections
• Medicare better than private insurance
• How prescription drug harms can go unnoticed
• An honest take on screening for lung cancer
• Time to rethink low-dose aspirin therapy?
• Breast cancer and radiation
• Omega-3 supplements for the heart
• New book about exercise
• U.S. doctors’ income 2011
• Drugs to prevent heart problems
• The drug for memory loss
• 45 medical tests or treatments to avoid
• New Book: Mammography Screening—truth, lies and controversy
• What’s so bad about red meat?
• What MDs don’t know about cancer screening
• A new take on palliative care
• Sinusitis and antibiotics
• Fried foods are not bad for the heart, if…
• Drugs to treat the flu
• A new take on bone density retesting
• Weight loss won’t prevent diabetes
• Drugs that can cause leg cramps
• Breast cancer treatment decision aid
• Niacin and the heart
• Breast cancer deaths drop—but not because of mammography
• Rethinking aging
• The PSA debacle
• Whistleblower’s story: New book reviewed
• Warning on bone drugs: stop after 5 years
• Best painkillers for acute pain
• Chocolate and the heart
• The overuse of screening colonoscopy
• The end of cholesterol…
• Risks of treating diabetes 2
• G’bye to low-fat diets
• Reducing salt intake has no effect on heart risk
• Lung screening scans for smokers
• Why have a PSA test?
• When to just say no
• Can this drug prevent breast cancer?
• Thumbs down on selenium
• More overdiagnosis
• Most drugs don’t work…
• Treatment guidelines and conflict of interest
• Provenge®
• Drugs for bone loss
• How risky is diabetes 2?
• Of wine, cholesterol, and triglycerides
• Protect yourself from overtreatment
• Heart screening tests
• No proof sunscreens prevent cancer
• Memory improvement and aerobic exercise
• Shingles vaccine revisited
• Taking thyroid drugs—is timing important?
• Low-dose aspirin and cancer prevention
• Beware of Tamiflu
• Alcohol and the Heart: Some good news
• Drugs to prevent stroke and heart attack
• Vitamin E and strokes
• Heart valve repair
• Were you, or are you, a heavy smoker?
• Cuts in doctor-payments cut unproven ADT use
• Drugs that work for enlarged prostate
• Cancer screening tests right to the grave
• Statins don’t work for people w/o heart disease
• Improved treatment trumps mammography
• The safest toothpaste
• Best place for cancer death—home
• How to avoid tooth loss
• Rethinking calcium
• Overtreatment of early prostate cancer
• MDs OK with industry gifts
• Excessive chemotherapy and uninformed patients
• Foods rich in vitamin E lower risk of dementia
• Depression drugs — a cautionary tale
• MD disciplinary actions: read our new report
• Is your sunscreen safe?
• Overtreatment of thyroid cancer
• We support Obama’s choice to head Medicare
• Bone drugs’ adverse effect found to be very rare
• The shingles vaccine
• Heartburn drugs
• Best way to screen for colon cancer?
• CT scan misuse and Obama’s physical
• High-dose aspirin for migraines
• Cancer prevention rethink
• WHO & Pharma under fire over swine flu
• Flu death risk overrated
• Diabetes 2 drugs
• Osteoporosis drugs
• Back Pain and the herniated disc
• Angioplasty Overuse and Bill Clinton
• Vaccine-Autism study retracted
• Drugs and Alzheimer’s Disease
• Meridia: banned in Europe, but not in U.S.
• Tamiflu: serious questions remain
• Platelet-rich plasma therapy fails first test
• Breast biopsy: One type is much safer
• Type 2 diabetes drugs: risks w/o benefit
• Prostate cancer treatment misused
• Swine flu hysteria
• New Pap test guidelines
• Mammogram uproar
• Walk-in clinics good choice for minor ills
• How good is Tamiflu?
• Why the swine flu isn’t a major threat
• Steroids alone best choice for Bell’s palsy
• Prevent falls with vitamin D3
• Heart surgery 2nd opinion center
• What about the negotiated drug discounts?
• No Benefit to Reducing Blood Pressure Below 140/90
• When to get a 2nd pathology opinion
• Advocacy letters
• Reduce your risk of breast cancer: Avoid mammograms
• Anemia drugs hasten death in some cancer patients
• Excerpt from Lancet editorial, September 5, 2009
• New Malpractice Report Contradicts Conventional Wisdom
• Harry and Louise Ad Campaign Revisited
• Hospital-Acquired Infection Report
• Most Recent New York State Reports on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
• Tests: Always Call for Results
• Health Care Reform
• Mediterranean Diet: What Accounts for the Health Benefit?
• Red Yeast Rice Supplements: Not a Safe Alternative to Statins
• FDA’s Warning System for Drug Adverse Reactions
• Blood Pressure Drugs for All at High Risk, Whether or Not Blood Pressure is High
• Drug-Coated Stent No Riskier Than Bare-Metal Stent, But…
• Oral vs. Standard Chemotherapy To Prevent Recurrent Breast Cancer
• Wrist Splints Work For Thumb Arthritis
• Heartburn Drugs Overused In Hospital Patients Not at Risk for Stress Ulcers
• The Marketing of Osteoporosis
• CT Scans—Lots of Radiation, Little Research
• Need for Comparative Effectiveness Research
• Home Remedy and Antibiotics for Eczema
• Healthy Ovaries Should Not Be Removed
• Best Topical Medicines for Psoriasis
• Bladder Cancer: No adequate research to guide treatment decisions
• Just Say No to the PSA Prostate Cancer Test
• Radiation dose of cardiac CT scans
• Very Hot Tea Linked to Esophageal Cancer
• Supreme Court Rules Against Pharmaceutical Industry
• Make an Informed Decision about Mammography
• Treatment for Early Prostate Cancer
• Fosamax-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Jaw More Common Than Previously Thought
• Alternatives to Open Breast Biopsies
• Generic Heart Drugs Just As Good
• Breast Cancer Incidence Drops in U.S.
• Acute low back pain and imaging
• Avoiding Alcohol While on Antibiotics—A Prevalent Myth
• Weight loss and urinary incontinence
• How Good are Colonoscopies?
• Medical Myths
• Peppermint Oil, Fiber and Antispasmodic Drugs for IBS
• The Healthy Skeptic
• Take a Closer Look at Statin’s Benefit
• Risks of Biologic Drugs
• Vitamins: Research Shows No Benefit and Some Risks
• Safe Drug Use: An Interview
• Arthroscopic Surgery for Knee Arthritis
• Hip and Knee Replacement: Low Rate of Repeat Surgery
• Why is Anyone Taking Zetia or Vytorin?
• On Exposure to Light at Night
• Having A Medical Test?
• MRI Scans and Mastectomies
• Our Daily Meds: A book review
• Osteoporsis Drug: New Adverse Effects
• Women-in-Towels Evista Ad Critiqued
• How to Select a Mammography Facility
• Three Weight-Loss Diets Compared
• Chantix: Another FDA Failure?
• Drug-Induced Memory Loss
• Hospitals Compared
• Pharmaceutical Industry to Public: Drop Dead
• Avoid Drug-Related Injury
• You Can Be Fat and Fit
• Osteoporosis: Many Drugs Prescribed, Not So Many Hip Fractures Avoided
• Anemia Drugs For Cancer Patients
• Overtreated—Why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer
• Most Recent New York State Report on Angioplasty Outcomes
• Hospital-Acquired Infection…and What To Do About It
• Failed Vytorin Study Raises Questions About Cholesterol
• Why is America fat? Another hypothesis to be tested
• Gary Taubes Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control and Disease
• Heart News 2007
• Screening for Prostate Cancer: The More They Test, The More They Find
• Is Back Surgery Worth It? An interview with the country’s leading back pain researcher
• Sinusitis: Saline Irrigation Works
• Restless Legs Syndrome: Two Heavily Promoted Drugs
• Comparison of Arthritis Drugs
• Acupuncture for Knee Pain
• Yogurt Drink Prevents Antibiotic-Induced Diarrhea
• Best Pain Relievers for Diabetic Neuropathy
• Zyprexa and Other Drugs for Dementia
• Antibiotics Prior to Dental Procedures: Big Change in Recommendations
• Low-Dose Aspirin for Heart Protection: How Low Should a Safe Dose Be?
• Avandia Debacle: Strong Medicine Needed to Cure FDA’s Ills
• Screening for Stroke, Peripheral Artery Disease and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Anemia Drug Update
• Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy Surveyed About Use of All Other Drugs
• Anemia Drugs for People on Chemotherapy
• Anemia Drugs Increase Risk of Death, Blood Clots and Heart Damage
• Honesty in Drug Advertising: Some rare examples
• “Natural” Postmenopausal Hormones: Not so natural, not so safe
• Those Ubiquitous Gardasil Ads
• A Critical Evaluation of the Pap Test and Its Role in Reducing Cervical Cancer Deaths
• Support for FDA Regulation of “Home Brew” Diagnostic Tests
• FDA Regulation of “Home Brew” Tests
• Statins and Mediterranean Diet
• Heartburn Drugs & Hip Fractures
• Hernia Surgery
• How Vaccine Policy is Made: The Story of Merck and Gardasil
• Back surgery compared to non-surgical treatment
• Drug Advertising Critique
• How Well Tested Are New Cancer Drugs?
• Patient Safety Crises in New York State
• New Cervical Cancer Vaccine Should Not Be Mandatory
• Assessing Physician Performance
• Only One in 2000 Women Benefit from Mammography
• Getting a Flu Shot? Read This First
• Report Side-Effects of Statin Drugs
• Center Director Calls for Sweeping FDA Safety Reform
• Drug-eluting Stent
• Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: Adverse Effects Higher Than Reported in Clinical Trials
• America’s Best Hospitals – Many Others are Just as Good
• Drug-emitting stents a failed solution to an iatrogenic problem
• Cancers That Do Not Kill
• Hospital Errors Still Out of Control
• Statins: Low chance of Benefit
• FDA Credibility
• Bed Bugs: One Woman’s Experience
• Reporting Drug Company Gifts to Doctors
• Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
• Protopic and Elidel: Eczema Drugs Have a Cancer Risk
• New Web Site Critiques Medical Reporting
• Angioplasty: No Effect on Future Heart Attack
• Women’s Health Advice Falls Short
• Popular Supplements Studied
• Vytorin: Yet Another Cholesterol Drug
• Dueling Osteoporosis Drug Ads
• Painkiller’s Ads Hype New Combo of Old Drugs
• Probiotics: Research is Promising, But Few Products Can Be Trusted
• Selling Sickness
• Empty Promises
• Insomnia Treatments: What Works?
• Perils of Speedy Drug Approval
• Choosing Where to have High-Risk Elective Surgery
• Reliable Information on the Internet
• Doubts About Safety of Flu Vaccine in Kids
• Influenza Vaccines, Influenza Drugs – Both Losing Effectiveness
• Medicare Marketing Blitz Takes Aim at Seniors
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Read This Before You Have a Mammogram
• Medicare Turns 40
• How Good Are the Treatments for Osteoporosis?
• Adverse Drug Reactions
• Conflicts of Interest Among FDA Advisory Committeee Members
• Stop Drug Companies from Hiding Negative Results
• Hospital-Acquired Infections
• Former Medical Journal Editor Speaks Out About Conflicts Of Interest
• Critical Condition—How Health Care in America Became Big Business & Bad Medicine
• Spiral CT Lung Scans for Smokers and Former Smokers
• Radiation-Induced Heart Damage on the Decline
• Our View of the FDA Hearings on Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex Safety
• Antibiotics Before Dental Procedures
• Drugs For High Blood Pressure: Which Are Best?
• Hormones Cause Urinary Incontinence
• Prenatal Ultrasound—Safe, So Far
• Flu Vaccines Do Not Work For Kids Or The Elderly
• C-Reactive Protein Testing Not For Everyone
• Early Promoters Of PSA Screening For Prostate Cancer Do A Turnabout
• Vitamin D Deficiency: Cause Of Many Ailments
• Stroke Survivors Can Regain Use Of Partially Paralyzed Arm
• The Obesity Myth
• Overdosed America
• New Info About Old Hypertension Drug
• Flu Vaccines Virtually Useless For Healthy Adults
• The Doctor IS In
• Vertigo And A Low-Tech Cure
• Radiation Risks Of Full-Body Scans
• Should I be Tested for Cancer? Maybe Not and Here’s Why
• Survey Of Patient Education Materials About Prostate Cancer Treatment
• Do Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Benefit Women?
• Advertising Drugs To The Public: A Bad Idea
• Deceptive Drug And Device Ads
• Second pathology opinion for mammography-detected breast cancer
• Cardiologists Poised to Give Everyone Lipitor
• The Women and Heart Disease Awareness Campaign
• 2004 Update on Summary of the Evidence
• Second Thoughts about Aspirin a Day to Prevent Heart Attacks
• Mercury in Childhood Vaccination
• Niacin Supplements for Cholestrol-Reduction: Not All Brands are Equal… and Some are Dangerous
• How We Came to Believe that the Low-Fat Diet is Good and Cholesterol is Bad
• The Good Fat Cookbook by Fran McCullough
• Osteoporosis: How Effective is Prevention?
• Statins Drugs: How Safe? How Effective?
• Colds & Flu: What Works?
• Integrity in Science
• Prehypertension—How Real Is This New “Disease”
• Second Pathology Opinion for Early Breast Cancer
• Many People Stop Taking Anti-Hypertensive Drugs because the Dose is too High
• Accurately Written Prescription Drug Information
• Ultimate Fitness
• Two New Books about Hormones
• End of Life Decisions
• Letter To FDA Opposing Use of Surrogate Endpoints for Approval of Cancer Prevention Drugs
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• AAL
• National Breast Screening Study of Canada
• Cholesterol Skeptics: Conference Report
• PSA Screening Test for Prostate Cancer
• Osteoarthritis Treatments
• How Prevalent are Medical Errors?
• Are Consumers Fully Informed About Cancer Drugs Given Accelerated Approval?
• When To Start Bone Density Testing
• Should Smokers And Former Smokers Have A Lung Scan?
• Risk of perforation during colon procedures
• Mammography Media Survey
• Consumer Response to the Malpractice “Crises”
• C-Reactive Protein Testing For Heart Disease
• Science Under Attack By Bush Administration
• Heart Scans For People Without Symptoms
• Surgery For Early Prostate Cancer
• Mammography: Should you have one?
• Response to FDA’S “Request For Comment on First Amendment Issues”
• Postmenopausal Hormones: A Cautionary Tale
• Mental Deficits After Surgery
• Postmenopausal Hormones: An Update
• How To Read A Prescription Drug Ad
• A Critical Review Of All Clinical Trials Shows That Mammography-Screening Could Cause More Harm Than Good
• Breast Self-Exam Leads To Unnecessary Breast Biopsies
• Myth Of The High Cost Of Drug Research
• American Cancer Society
• Links: Aging
• Links: Alternative Medicine & Nutrition
• Links: Cancer
• Links: Children’s Health
• Links: Consumer Guides & Rights
• Links: Environmental & Occupational Health
• Links: Family Planning
• Links: General Health
• Links: Government Agencies
• Links: Mental Health
• Links: Professional Licensing and Discipline
• Links: Tobacco
• Links: Women’s Health
• Links: Hospital Care
• Wendy Atkin et al, Gut 1999
• Calcium in adulthood: no proof of fracture reduction
• 1992 Interview with hypertension expert, Dr. Michael Alderman
• Antidepressant efficacy overrated — unbiased research shows
• Nonsurgical treatment of gum disease
• Links: Drugs