New England Journal of Medicine

Cancer Related to Risk of Heart Attack and Suicide

Dr. Douglas Fields | Posted 04.16.2012

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A new study in the April 5, 2012 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine shows that a surprising number of cancer patients die not of cancer, but of a heart attack or suicide triggered by the diagnosis.

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New England Journal Of Medicine Turns 200

AP | By MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 01.05.2012

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-- Unhappy with today's health care? Think of what it was like to be sick 200 years ago. No stethoscopes, antibiotics, X-rays or vaccines. Bloodlett...

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Former Duke Researcher Retracts Lung Cancer Paper

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Duke University cancer researcher who resigned in November amid questions about his work has retracted a study in the New England Journal of Medicin...

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New Haiti Cholera Warning, Vaccine Questions, and "Squatters" Vulnerable

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Residents of some camps are being given enough aid to keep them alive, but with no permanent sanitation and infrastructure, while everyone is vulnerable to cholera. Cholera will be the great equalizer in the "good camp" "bad camp" debate.

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Medical Society of New York Fights Palliative Care Information Act Despite Mounting Evidence

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new bill instructs physicians to discuss a prognosis with seriously ill patients and ask if they would like information on hospice, palliative care and appropriate end-of-life options.

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NYT Exploits Own Iraq Death Toll Denial to Trash Venezuela

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The NYT has exacerbated the harm of its denial about the Iraqi death toll by using its own failure to accurately report the death toll in Iraq as a benchmark for comparison to other human tragedies.

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New York's Palliative Care Information Act: A Sea Change in End-of-Life Care

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.17.2011

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Word came Sunday night from Compassion & Choices New York that Governor Paterson had signed our bill, the Palliative Care Information Act, (PCIA) ...

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Calories and Health Care Reform?

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Counting calories as part of health care reform--who knew? But apparently it's there on page 455. There will now be a national effort at posting calorie counts in chain restaurants.

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Unlike Steroids, HGH Can Harm Without Helping

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many athletes are so determined to treat their bodies with substances that promise them competitive advantage, that they are easily duped by empty nostrums and medical charlatans.

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China's Diabetes Problem: 1 In 10 Face Disease

AP | MARGIE MASON | Posted 05.25.2011

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After working overtime to catch up to life in the West, China now faces a whole new problem: the world's biggest diabetes epidemic. One in 10 Chinese...

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The Gardasil Vaccine -- Introduction to a Series

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

As the nation's attention is riveted on the discourse about health care reform, another debate is taking place around the Gardasil vaccine.

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Children Are Living Messages We Send to a Future We Will Not See!

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.17.2011

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Our kids are fat and at risk of dying young now. We must change the way we think about nourishing our kids.

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Why Common Foods May Hurt Your Health

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

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There's a disease that American doctors are absolutely terrible at diagnosing. It's estimated that three million Americans have celiac disease, and only a small percentage of them know it.

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If You Like Medical Bills, You'll Love These

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Medical insurance paperwork is universally recognized and universally loathed. It could serve as a potent symbol of everything wrong with America's dysfunctional, for-profit health insurance system.

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Medical Scans Lead To High Doses Of Radiation For Some Patients, Study Finds

nytimes.com | ALEX BERENSON | Posted 11.17.2011

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At least four million Americans under age 65 are exposed to high doses of radiation each year from medical imaging tests, according to a new study in ...

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For the Health of the Nation: Ensure a Public Option

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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The last time the World Health Organization stacked up countries' health systems, the United States came in 37th, behind Chile, Morocco, Cyprus and even drug war-torn Colombia.

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New England Journal of Medicine Reports Mental Health Epidemic Among Republican Governors

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to the study, the symptoms of the epidemic include "bizarre, uncontrollable behaviors" and "grandiose self-ideations," including an impulse to compare oneself to Biblical figures.

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Just How Corrupted Has American Medicine Become?

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Drug-company corruption of American medicine is of course not news. What is news is that such corruption has become so egregious, so transparent, and so embarrassing.

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Cigarette Company Funded Lung Cancer Study

New York Times | Gardiner Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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In October 2006, Dr. Claudia Henschke of Weill Cornell Medical College jolted the cancer world with a study saying that 80 percent of lung cancer deat...

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FDA: Effectiveness Of Popular Antidepressants Exaggerated

Wall Street Journal | DAVID ARMSTRONG and KEITH J. WINSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The effectiveness of a dozen popular antidepressants has been exaggerated by selective publication of favorable results, according to a review of unpu...

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