The study compared surgically removing prostate gland with ‘watchful waiting’ Some experts now questioning whether disease should even be called cancer By Pamela Owen New research into prostate cancer has revealed that surgery has little or no benefit in… Read More ›
Ineffective Treatments
Study shows no evidence of a mortality benefit to PSA screening
Men enrolled in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer (PLCO) Screening Trial had no evidence of a mortality benefit compared to a control group of men undergoing usual care, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the… Read More ›
FDA Panel Members Express Opposing Views on Truvanda Approval
FDA Panel Members Express Opposing Views on Truvanda Approval In May, the FDA Antiviral Advisory Committee met to review evidence for the approval of two antiretroviral drugs, tenofovir and emtricitabine for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV infection. Two members of… Read More ›
Experts challenge FDA over approval for new dose of Alzheimer’s drug – Aricept ( donepezil ) Ineffective and harmful
Observations: How the FDA forgot the evidence: The case of donepezil ( Aricept) 23 mg Approval for a new dose of a best-selling Alzheimer’s drug “breached the FDA’s own regulatory standard” and has led to “incomplete and distorted messages” about the… Read More ›
New study supports claim that breast screening may be causing more harm than good
Requested Repost from Dec 2011 Research: Possible net harms of breast cancer screening: Updated modelling of Forrest report A new study published on bmj.com today supports the claim that the introduction of breast cancer screening in the UK may have… Read More ›
Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, U-M study shows
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don’t lead… Read More ›
Mammography screening shows limited effect on breast cancer mortality in Sweden
Breast cancer mortality statistics in Sweden are consistent with studies that have reported that screening has limited or no impact on breast cancer mortality among women aged 40-69, according to a study published July 17 in the Journal of The… Read More ›
Widely prescribed MS treatment may not slow progression of disease: VCH-UBC research
Researchers with the UBC Hospital MS Clinic and Brain Research Centre at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of British Columbia have published important data in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about the impact of a common… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 