Category: Medicine, Drugs & Devices

Estrogen Therapy Scare Debunked: HRT doesn’t increase risk of Alzheimer’s

“Approximately 10 years ago, the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) found that postmenopausal hormone therapy in older women caused nearly two-fold increases in dementia risk…” Continue reading Estrogen Therapy Scare Debunked: HRT doesn’t increase risk of Alzheimer’s

Measles surges in UK years after vaccine scare

“This year, the U.K. has had more than 1,200 cases of measles, after a record number of nearly 2,000 cases last year. The country once recorded only several dozen cases every year. It now ranks second in Europe, behind only Romania.” Continue reading Measles surges in UK years after vaccine scare

Expert: Flu vaccine might be less beneficial and less safe than has been claimed, and the threat of influenza appears overstated.

CDC studies are “simply implausible” and likely the product of the ‘healthy-user effect’ (a propensity for healthier people to be more likely to get vaccinated than less healthy people). Continue reading Expert: Flu vaccine might be less beneficial and less safe than has been claimed, and the threat of influenza appears overstated.

Claim: Breast implants interfere with breast cancer diagnosis

Weak statistical associations from a meta-analysis in which the researchers admit to not adjusting their results for confounding factors. Continue reading Claim: Breast implants interfere with breast cancer diagnosis

Rise in ADHD cases is due to marketing

“The 53 percent increase in the diagnosis of ADHD in the past 10 years cannot be explained on the basis of genetics or any other biological discovery that would permit a valid diagnosis.” Continue reading Rise in ADHD cases is due to marketing

Bad blood of research: Do human experimenters take the ‘informed consent’ requirement seriously?

A psychiatrist recommends a patient for a University of Minnesota antipsychotic clinical trial — even though one week earlier the psychiatrist recommended the patient be involuntarily committed. The patient subsequently committed suicide, possibly but not certainly because of the medication. Question: How could patient possibly have provided “informed consent” to participate in the clinical trial? Continue reading Bad blood of research: Do human experimenters take the ‘informed consent’ requirement seriously?