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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.
Total result: 451 articles |
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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
Five-year HealthFacts index offer.
March 01, 2007
Statin-treatment guidelines revisited.(Interview)
February 01, 2007
Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec, etc. long-term use linked to hip fractures...
February 01, 2007
From the director ... President's health insurance plan.
February 01, 2007
Five-year HealthFacts index offer.
February 01, 2007
Bone loss drug ad combines fear and half truth.(Actonel)
January 01, 2007
Hernia surgery compared to "wait and see".
January 01, 2007
Back surgery compared to non-surgical treatment.
January 01, 2007
Heart disease risk factors not good at predicting who will have a hear...
January 01, 2007
Breast cancer risk factors--a rethink.
January 01, 2007
One in 2000 older women benefit from mammography screening.
December 01, 2006
Calcium supplementation for children has little effect on bone density...
December 01, 2006
Medicare questions answered.(www.medicarerights.org)(Brief article)
December 01, 2006
Seizures after taking Viagra or Levitra--are they rare occurrences?
December 01, 2006
Form the director.... Assessing physician performance.
December 01, 2006
New study finds no benefit to angioplasty days or weeks after a heart ...
December 01, 2006
New cervical cancer vaccine should not be mandatory.
November 01, 2006
Report your statin effects www.statineffects.com.(Brief article)
November 01, 2006
Alzheimer's drug has minimal benefit.(Brief article)
November 01, 2006
Analysis of malpractice claims for missed diagnosis.(Brief article)
November 01, 2006
Long-term, low-dose aspirin therapy.(Brief article)
November 01, 2006
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