HealthFacts

A consumer newsletter that offers a critical perspective on medical and health care issues. The editorial intent is to provide health-care consumers with the information needed for informed medical decision-making. In addition to articles on medical procedures, appropriate treatment, and non-medical alternatives, content includes misleading drug ads, public access to information about doctor and hospital performance, and medical decisions made by managed care organizations.

How to select a mammography screening facility.(Interview)
July 01, 2008

Vitamin D research continues to show benefits.
July 01, 2008

Coffee as a health drink? (it may or not be the caffeine).(Brief artic...
July 01, 2008

Old drug, new claim: the women-in-towels Evista ad explained.
July 01, 2008

Brighter lights and melatonin improves cognition in elderly people wit...
July 01, 2008

Memory loss and the drugs that can cause it.
June 01, 2008

From the director ... FDA fails to protect public once again.(Food and...
June 01, 2008

Is your drug an anticholinergic?(Brief article)
June 01, 2008

Mediterranean diet lowers risk of diabetes.(Brief article)
June 01, 2008

Consumer Reports provides comparison of aggressive vs. conservative ho...
June 01, 2008

Hospital patients still unsafe.(From the Director ...)(Report)
April 01, 2008

Osteoporosis: many drugs prescribed, not so many hip fractures avoided...
April 01, 2008

Walk more--that's all you have to do.(Interview)
April 01, 2008

Thyroid Cancer on the rise in many countries.
March 01, 2008

Thumbs down on OTC statin drugs.(over the counter )
March 01, 2008

Five-year HealthFacts index.
March 01, 2008

Letter to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
March 01, 2008

FDA alert regarding "Natural" hormones.(Food and Drug Administration)(...
March 01, 2008

New book: "overtreated--why too much medicine is making us sicker and ...
March 01, 2008

Vytorin study raises questions about Cholesterol's Import.
February 01, 2008

Hospital-acquired infection and what to do about it.(Betsy McCaughey o...
February 01, 2008

15 Steps you can take to reduce your risk of a hospital infection: rep...
February 01, 2008

U.S. healthcare spending.(Drug News in Brief)(United States)(Brief art...
February 01, 2008

Medicare drug benefit Boondoggle.(Drug News in Brief)(medical savings ...
February 01, 2008

Free drug samples.(Drug News in Brief)(Brief article)
February 01, 2008

FDA alert about osteoporosis drugs.(Drug News in Brief)(Food and Drug ...
February 01, 2008

New book challenges the low-fat diet.(Good Calories, Bad Calories--Cha...
January 01, 2008

Why is America fat? Another hypothesis to be tested.(Robert Lustig, MD...
January 01, 2008

Latest heart news: the good, the bad, and the not so bad.
December 01, 2007

News about defibrillators.
December 01, 2007

News about drug-coated stents.(post surgery disorder after angioplasty...
December 01, 2007

From the Director ...(presidential candidates must reduce the health c...
December 01, 2007

Screening for prostate cancer: the more they test, the more they find....
November 01, 2007

More needle biopsies, more prostate cancers detected.(Report)
November 01, 2007

Medicating grief with potentially addictive drugs.(Brief article)
November 01, 2007

Weighing risks and benefits of arthritis painkillers.(Brief article)
November 01, 2007

Blood clots rare after long airplane trips.(Report)(Brief article)
November 01, 2007

Drugs, buckling knees, vision loss and stopping viruses: prescription ...
November 01, 2007

Drugs, buckling knees, vision loss and stopping viruses: too many mast...
November 01, 2007

Drugs, buckling knees, vision loss and stopping viruses: women and sta...
November 01, 2007

Drugs, buckling knees, vision loss and stopping viruses: patients igno...
November 01, 2007

Drugs, buckling knees, vision loss and stopping viruses: ways to stop ...
November 01, 2007

Drugs, buckling knees, vision loss and stopping viruses: macular degen...
November 01, 2007

Drugs, buckling knees, vision loss and stopping viruses: knee buckling...
November 01, 2007

Is back surgery worth it? An interview with a leading research.(Interv...
October 01, 2007

Three surveys show gaps in doctors knowledge.
October 01, 2007

Short takes from medical journals, N.Y. Times and beyond.(drug costs a...
August 01, 2007

A comparison of drugs for osteoarthritis.
August 01, 2007

Acupuncture for pain of knee osteoarthritis shows strong placebo effec...
August 01, 2007

New law regulates surgery in the doctor's office.(From the Director......
August 01, 2007

Supermarket product prevents antibiotic-caused diarrhea.(yogurt)
July 01, 2007

Antibiotics prior to dental procedures: big change in policy.
July 01, 2007

Zyprexa and other antipsychotic drugs for elderly people with dementia...
July 01, 2007

The best pain relievers for diabetic neuropathy.(Brief article)(Clinic...
July 01, 2007

Screening for vascular disease: not much to recommend it.
June 01, 2007

Low-dose aspirin for heart protection: how low should a safe dose be?
June 01, 2007

From the director.... Avandia debacle: strong Medicine needed to cure ...
June 01, 2007

The FDA is taking a hard look at anemia drugs for people with cancer.
June 01, 2007

Cancer patients on chemotherapy are surveyed about use of all other dr...
June 01, 2007

Are natural hormones a safe alternative to postmenopausal hormone drug...
May 01, 2007

Compare nursing homes at HHS Web site.(Department of Health and Human ...
May 01, 2007

The Atkins diet may not be so unhealthy after all--a comparison trial ...
May 01, 2007

Anti-anemia drugs for people with cancer or kidney failure under FDA s...
May 01, 2007

Honesty in drug advertising--rare examples.
May 01, 2007

Legislation in the works.(Safe Drug Compounding Act of 2007 )(Brief ar...
May 01, 2007

Antioxidant vitamins: review finds increase in mortality.
April 01, 2007

Five-year HealthFacts index offer.
April 01, 2007

Compare quality of care at U.S. hospitals.(www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov...
April 01, 2007

From the director ... FDA makes new plans about conflict of interest.(...
April 01, 2007

Should you have C-reactive protein test for heart disease?
April 01, 2007

How vaccine policy is made: the story of Merck and Gardasil.
March 01, 2007

A critical evaluation of the Pap test and its role in reducing cervica...
March 01, 2007

American cancer society's 2007 take on the Pap test.(Brief article)
March 01, 2007

CDC: HPV prevalent, but not cancer-causing types.(Brief article)
March 01, 2007

Those ubiquitous Gardasil vaccine ads: selling independence, but no ha...
March 01, 2007

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