Reaction to the recent study suggesting breast cancer screening leads to significant over-diagnosis and unnecessary treatment has been, as you might expect, quite mixed. Some of the most cri... Read more
I know, I know – we’re all too busy, no time to read etc – but here are a few articles from recent times that are worth the effort, if you haven’t spotted them alread... Read more
This investigation from The Atlantic, raising many questions about the merits of influenza vaccination and the pandemic response generally, is worth reading for a few reasons. Firstly, the a... Read more
It’s been interesting to watch how the various media outlets have been reporting on a campaign by a group of GPs against super clinics, including a protest staged in western Sydney this week... Read more
In case you missed it, there’s been a minor food spat going on at Crikey. When the nutritionist, Dr Rosemary Stanton, called for foods to be taxed according to their carbon footprint,... Read more
The New York Times, as previously mentioned, is reporting a shift in screening policy at the the American Cancer Society, which is now saying that the benefits of early detection of many ca... Read more
That’s the title of an opinion piece that an American professor of medicine, Nortin Hadler, has written for ABC News in the US. Hadler argues that “health journalism is more bele... Read more
If you lived in the US, you’d know. The Wall Street Journal reports that Merck has just released its list of payments to doctors for giving talks at promotional events. The list also i... Read more
Yesterday there was some debate in the House of Reps on the Government’s plans to establish the Australian National Preventive Health Agency, and we will be hearing more anon. You can... Read more
As mentioned previously, some staff at Katoomba Hospital in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney have set up an anonymous blog to draw public attention to concerns that they’re not allowe... Read more
