Madely Health Headlines Commentary for
American Cancer Society states prostate cancer screening test is of questionable value: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
U.S. cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests
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Mortality Results from a Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial
Screening and Prostate-Cancer Mortality in a Randomized European Study
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 25, 2010
Mandatory checklist to be implemented in Ontario beginning April 1 to prevent surgical errors: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 24, 2010
Gatineau hospital clears out cafeteria junk food/Danny Williams' health decision: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Hospitals kick junk food habit
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 19, 2010
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 21, 2010
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Half a teaspoon less salt a day could save 100,000 lives, study finds
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Projected Effect of Dietary Salt Reductions on Future Cardiovascular Disease
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 11, 2010
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Air Canada ordered to create nut-free buffer zones
A CFRA web poll asked this question and I discussed this with Steve Madely. This is a continuation of our discussion from last week.
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 8, 2010
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Air Canada ordered to create nut-free buffer zones
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This is a classic illustration of poor risk evaluation. There is no information available in this article to help me answer the basic questions when examining a health claim.
How many people suffer anaphylactic reactions on airplanes that require emergency treatment? How many have died? What is the incidence of these occurrences?
Has there been any evidence to show what the risk reduction would be with setting this policy? Will there be any subsequent evaluation to look at outcomes? And if the outcome demonstrates little to no reduction of risk or incidence, will there be a push to rescind this edict?
Have proactive measures by people who have nut allergies prior to boarding the plane been sufficient to prevent anaphylaxis?
This is a classic illustration of the precautionary principle eloquently discussed by this man.
An exerpt from the website Junkfood Science illustrates this point.
Food allergy deaths have only been tracked by the CDC since 1998, using death certificates coded using ICD-10 classifications (the 10th edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases). ICD-10 hasn’t yet been universally adopted, which makes the accuracy of its figure unreliable. It reports that of 2.5 million deaths among all ages in the U.S. in 2005, 11 people died from a food allergy in 2005, with the number from peanuts unknown.
Perhaps the most accurate population data on peanut-related deaths among children comes from the UK. Its national death statistics and pediatric surveillance system has recorded death statistics for nearly all children and it reported that only one child, a 15-year old, died from a peanut allergy between 1990 and 2000.
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 12, 2009
Source: Cost of vaccinating the nation hits $1.5-billion and climbing
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 27, 2009
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 14, 2009
Should Canadian Olympic athletes receive immediate priority for the H1N1 vaccine: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSources:
Ottawa’s plan to shelve flu vaccines breeds dissent in health ranks
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 5, 2009
