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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...

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Whistleblower’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...

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Weight 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...

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How 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...

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MDs 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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