This week has been proclaimed International Men’s Health Week – the week leading up to and including Father’s Day. And it’s part of what’s more broadly been proclaimed by some as Men’s Health Month. The campaign offers a variety of men’s health “materials” – including the squeezy prostate stress ball pictured at left – if [...]
Hilde Lindemann, former president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, has resigned as a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Bioethics. She wrote: “While the journal has been hugely successful, there seems to be no oversight or accountability, so it is difficult for board members to know very much [...]
Even if you’re not into blog rankings, Wikio.com’s ranked list includes links to many solid sites. This blog rose a bit in the rankings in the past month. We’re pleased to be included in a list of so many quality blogs. 1 Well 2 Kevin, M.D. – Medical Weblog 3 Respectful Insolence 4 Science-Based Medicine [...]
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a news release (pdf file) today, stating: “The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless phone use.” Read [...]
We like to give consumers another view of medicine sometimes. A physician friend sent me this invitation he received in the mail. The program includes workshops on: volumizingbody contouringbody sculptingbody shapingcollagen stimulationdermal fillerssmart-lipo (as opposed to the dastardly dumb-lipo, I guess)Laser Tattoos, Pigmentation and Skin Rejuvenationand much more See more for yourself at the Aesthetics [...]
On the NPR Shots blog, Scott Hensley reports: “This Just In: Fake News Is No Way To Sell Acai Berries.” Excerpt: “Some marketers of weight-loss products containing acai berries are also purveyors of news you shouldn’t use, the Federal Trade Commission says. The FTC has asked federal courts to put a stop to the activities [...]
On the WBUR Boston “Common Health” blog, Carey Goldberg tore me up by posting this video: But Goldberg also wrapped this painfully funny clip into the actual context of the environment many researchers face, writing about “The painful reality of research funding cuts it reflects.” Laugh, cry, whatever you choose – but worth a watch. [...]
The New York Times reports, “Medtronic Bone-Growth Product Scrutinized.” Excerpt: “One of Medtronic’s most profitable divisions — selling bone growth products used in spinal fusion procedures — faces growing pressure amid a widening criminal investigation into the company’s marketing of one product and a rejection by federal regulators of another one. Recently, the Food and [...]
Carl Bialik, in his “The Numbers Guy” column in the Wall Street Journal, takes a closer look at statistical significance and discussed the premise that “you can have a real effect which is nonetheless trivial in the practical sense.” We often see this in health care news stories – in which the emphasis may be [...]
Succumbed to March Madness. Taking a break. My alma mater, Marquette, is in The Sweet Sixteen. Sportswriter for Star Tribune wrote last week that they didn’t even belong in the tourney! We’ll save SportsNewsReview.org for another time.
Better than a competing piece by Reuters but still a little short on some details about this asthma drug study.
An adequate summary of this asthma drug trial’s design doesn’t make up for the overly optimistic tone about the drug’s future. A New York Times story was better.
This story focuses on a family that may have a rare genetic mutation that increases their risk of heart disease. Unfortunately, the “rare” part wasn’t mentioned until 1,600 words into this 2,100 word story.
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