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When the FDA recently approved the Lumipulse blood test to help with diagnose of Alzheimer’s Disease, there was the usual roundup of hyperbole which can…
Two independent US Senators, Bernie Sanders and Angus King, have introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act that would ban prescription drug ads on…
Two independent US Senators, Bernie Sanders and Angus King, have introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act that would ban prescription drug ads on…
How new screening tests get free and glowing publicity
How new screening tests get free and glowing publicity
How many people stop using GLP-1 drugs and why is not an unreported phenomenon, but I think it is under-reported in mainstream news media coverage…
When a paper in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine was published in April, headlines were consistent:
The U.S. health secretary said people should have access to experimental therapies including unregulated stem cells. But some methods have resulted in blindness, tumors and…
