| 01/29/2007 - Asleep at the Scalpel |
| If you blow a .10 on a breathalyzer, the law says you are too impaired to drive a car. But apparently, our country's medical establishment thinks it's still okay for you to perform surgery. |
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| 01/29/2007 - Compare the contrast |
| Recently I wrote to you about mammograms, and their high rate of inconclusive results. Now a new study shows that those worrisome call-backs can be reduced significantly if current mammogram films are compared with prior results. |
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| 01/26/2007 - Use It Or Lose It |
| One of my favorite cartoonists is Wiley Miller, who draws the strip "Non Sequitur." The comic has a recurring character called Obviousman, who wears a superhero uniform with the word DUH emblazoned across his chest where Superman's S would be. |
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| 01/26/2007 - Another Benefit of Green Tea |
| Here's another reason to drink green tea: researchers say that it can help improve your cholesterol levels. |
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| 01/25/2007 - Too Little, Too Late |
| A few months ago I told you about a report showing that adverse drug reactions sent over 700,000 people to the emergency room each year. As I pointed out at the time, that's more than the entire population of Boston. |
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| 01/25/2007 - Vitamin D and MS |
| New research has strengthened the link between the sunshine vitamin and multiple sclerosis prevention. |
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| 01/19/2007 - 40 is the new 30 |
| The debate has been raging for years: should women start regular mammograms at 40 or at 50? Most insurers set the bar for coverage at 50, while many health authorities insisted that more lives would be saved by starting a decade earlier. |
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| 01/18/2007 - Lax On, Lax Off |
| After the drug debacles we've witnessed in recent years, you'd think the FDA would be cracking down on things. |
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| 01/18/2007 - On the rebound |
| Chronic tension headache and migraine sufferers alike sufferers know the paradox of the rebound headache - you take an analgesic to relieve your pain, only to get an even worse brain-crusher when the pills wear off. |
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| 01/16/2007 - Connecting the Dots |
| Harry Truman famously said there are lies, damn lies, and statistics. He was talking about politics, but the same could be said about medical research. |
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| 01/16/2007 - It's all in the quads |
| If you're New Year's exercise resolution is starting to slip, here's a new incentive: it could help protect you from developing osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. |
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| 01/12/2007 - The One that Got Away |
| Many people lauded Pfizer's recent decision to halt all clinical trials of its hotly anticipated cholesterol drug torcetrapib as a victory for the drug development process. I'm not so sure. |
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| 01/12/2007 - CFS Goes Legit |
| Good news for chronic fatigue sufferers: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally acknowledged CFS as a legitimate disease. |
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| 01/11/2007 - From a Black Box into a Black Hole |
| When is nine greater than 36? Hey, I'm no mathematician, but I'm pretty sure the answer is "never." But you'd never know it from reading the news coverage of a recent study on the link between antidepressant use and suicide. |
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| 01/11/2007 - Smoke gets in your knees |
| Smoke gets in your knees A new study shows that smoking can contribute to the loss of cartilage, increasing the risk of developing osteoarthritis of the knee. |
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| 01/09/2007 - Hair today, cancer tomorrow? |
| If you or a man you love takes Propecia, take note: experts say the hair loss drug can artificially lower results of the PSA test, potentially masking early warning signs of prostate cancer. |
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| 01/09/2007 - Risk-Reward |
| Imagine this: you take your car in for service, and the mechanic tells you it needs work that will cost upwards of five thousand dollars. Plus, your car will be out of service for weeks, and the work may cause other problems. |
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| 01/05/2007 - Talkin' 'Bout a Resolution |
| It's that time again - time for resolutions and proclamations about how we're going to change our lives for the better in the new year. |
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| 01/05/2007 - There's the rub |
| If you're avoiding exercise because of painful osteoarthritis of the knee, consider trying massage. |
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| 01/04/2007 - Chicken Transmission |
| Sometimes it's sort of satisfying to say "I told you so." But in this case I really wish we had all been wrong. |
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| 01/04/2007 - Are you a slouch? |
| Sit up straight! How many times did your mother say that to you when you were young? Well, researchers are now saying she was wrong: slouching may actually be better for your back. |
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| 01/02/2007 - Hazy Shade of Winter Flu |
| As kids, we were taught that going outside in the winter without a hat and gloves was an open invitation to colds and flu. |
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| 01/02/2007 - Stretches, not surgery |
| If you or someone you know suffers with plantar fasciitis, you know how painful it can be. Fortunately, there's a new noninvasive method for treating it. |
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