Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 16, 2013
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DANGER: Reading articles about health and disease can make you feel ill
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Category: Science and Media ReportingMadely Health Headlines Commentary for March , 2013
MS drug study: Beware drug company press releases that are used to report drug trial results, and of course it has favourable results Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Excellent Results For MS Drug “Plegridy”
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The results were presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 65th Annual Meeting. It is not published.
Further it compares the drug to placebo, a useless marker for clinicians. We want to know how it fares against other medication of a similar class at least and how it compares to other medication in use today. It also refers to relative and not absolute risk reduction.
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 28, 2013
Study suggests that rate of breast cancer in young women has increased by 13 per million young women in 30 years Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Study Sees More Breast Cancer at Young Age
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Incidence of Breast Cancer With Distant Involvement Among Women in the United States, 1976 to 2009
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 26, 2013
Study on patient acceptance into family practice misleading and poorly analyzed Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Looking for doctor? Well-off may do better than poor getting appointments: study
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The effect of socioeconomic status on access to primary care: an audit study
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 22, 2013
Study does not have the power to show that prolonged sitting increases chronic disease risks Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Too Much Sitting Linked to Chronic Health Problems
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Time spent sitting may raise chronic disease risk
Chronic disease and sitting time in middle-aged Australian males: findings from the 45 and Up Study
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February , 2013
Bad Pharma with Dr. Ben Goldacre coming up on this week's Sunday House Call Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadMadely Health Headlines Commentary for January 10, 2013
Government digging into Tamiflu stockpile to combat flu; unfortunately evidence that the drug works as purported by drug company is being questioned Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 5, 2012
Media, scientists and institutions all play a role in hyping study results Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
How reliable is your health news?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 19, 2012
Significant flaws in study looking at BPA association to childhood obesity Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
BPA Associated With Obesity in Children and Teens
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 24, 2012
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Evidence behind autism drugs may be biased: study
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http://bit.ly/IbeJgx, http://bit.ly/IbeZfe and http://bit.ly/Ibf0jy Pediatrics, online April 23, 2012.
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 5, 2011
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Evidence “increasingly against” phone cancer risk
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Mobile phones ‘unlikely to cause brain tumours’
Mobile Phones, Brain Tumours and the Interphone Study: Where Are We Now?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 10, 2011
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 3, 2011
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More chemophobia reports about heavy metals in lipstick, Mumps booster recommended for young adults
May 17Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 17, 2011
More chemophobia reports about heavy metals in lipstick, Mumps booster recommended for young adults Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
How safe is your makeup?
Teens and young adults may need mumps booster
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An assessment of mumps vaccine effectiveness by dose during an outbreak in Canada
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 9, 2011
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Melanoma awareness video quickly goes viral
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 13, 2011
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 8, 2011
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Fresh food diet cuts exposure to BPA, study finds
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This book provides a compelling science and evidence-based argument about the tactics and misrepresentations of the studies that are used to fan the flames of chemophobia.
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 24, 2011
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for , 2010
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A multivitamin a day may keep heart attacks away
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Multivitamin use and the risk of myocardial infarction: a population-based cohort of Swedish women
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 15, 2010
Remember that Medical TV shows are not licensed to practice medicine Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Watch medical dramas for the drama, not the treatment methods, study warns
