“Between the Lines: Finding the Truth in Medical Literature,” by Marya Zilberberg, MD, MPH….and “The Patient Paradox: Why sexed-up medicine is bad for your health,” by Margaret McCartney, MD, are two books to add your reading list. I’ve written several times about smart blog posts by Zilberberg, an adjunct professor of epidemiology at U-Mass Amherst. In her book, she urges: “We need to acknowledge the …
On a BMJ blog, Dr. Margaret McCartney writes about her irritation after seeing ads on the side of buses in Glasgow (where she lives) promoting screening tests but not divulging that this was to recruit people into clinical trials. She and her daughter took photos of the ads, and she shared those with me: She complained to the UK agency that regulates advertising across all media. And th…
Dr. Margaret McCartney, who helped launch the PrivateHealthScreening.org site we wrote about yesterday, has a piece in the BMJ this week, “What a new consumer health magazine doesn’t tell you.” (Subscription required for full access.) Excerpts: “It looks just like any other magazine on the shelves of the newsagent aimed at middle aged women: glossy, 100 pages, with a smiling, confident looking woman on the cover. What Doctors …
(If you were looking for the “Choosing Wisely” campaign article, please click here. In the April 9 email digest that many of you receive, I inadvertently entered the wrong link – which has brought you to the article below instead. Although it’s a good one as well!) Dr. Margaret McCartney writes in the BMJ with a UK physician’s perspective on “What companies don’t tell you about screening,” questi…
…” could still be premature. Antibiotics may help relieve symptoms, but there is currently no conclusive evidence that they can correct the underlying causes of chronic back pain.” ADDENDUM on May 14: Dr. Margaret McCartney published a Medicine and the Media column in the BMJ, “Antibiotics for back pain: hope or hype?” Excerpt: “A few news reports urged caution. The Canadian Globe and Mail quoted a physician who sai…
In the Guardian newspaper, UK physician and writer Margaret McCartney wrote, “Private health screening tests are oversold and under-explained: Health screening can cause more harm than it prevents, so companies have a duty to provide full information to customers.” In the article, she introduced a new website called PrivateHealthScreening.org. She writes that: “…out of frustration and anger, myself and a few colleagues —…
… foundation spends the money it raises? These are just a few of the issues on the slippery slope of journalist endorsement of causes. Not everyone sees this is an innocuous, harmless, helpful campaign. UK physician Margaret McCartney blogged, “The problems with Movember.” She questions some of the evidence behind some of the screening and checkup information/advice promoted by the Movember campaign. Excerpt: “I urge Movember …
…217;t that, after all, what makes science exciting?” I encourage you to read her analysis. Addendum on March 22: Another noteworthy post – “The Lancet and aspirin and all cause mortality,” by Margaret McCartney. …
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