Risks of treating diabetes 2
In keeping with the theme of this website---reporting the lack of evidence for common medical treatments---attention this week goes to drugs for type 2 diabetes. A new meta-analysis of the best studies...
View ArticleWhistleblower’s story: New book reviewed
"Blood Feud: the man who blew the whistle on oneof the deadliest prescription drugs ever" by Kathleen Sharp This new book tells the true story of an expensive anti-anemia drug that came on the market...
View ArticleWeight loss won’t prevent diabetes
Rare is the public announcement that a long-standing medical recommendation has been found to be impossible to follow. That’s what happened---albeit unofficially--- at a recent press briefing when...
View ArticleHow prescription drug harms can go unnoticed
Twelve years ago, the American public first heard the shocking news that deaths due to medical treatment constitute the third leading cause of death in the U.S.---after deaths from heart disease and...
View ArticleMDs distrust industry-funded studies
Here’s an interesting turn of events. A new survey shows that physicians will distrust the results of a study, once they see that it was funded by the pharmaceutical industry. In fact, many physicians...
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