To Screen is Human
Smack in the midst of October-is-breast-cancer-awareness-month, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a provocative article with a low-key title: “Rethinking Screening for Breast...
View ArticleHello Readers!
Well, I went ahead and started this blog without a proper introduction. Why was I in such a hurry? Because I think the media’s getting – and giving – the wrong message on breast cancer screening. When...
View ArticleLegitimate Concerns and Unfortunate Timing on Radiation from C.T. Scanning
This week’s cancer news features a study in the current issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, first reported by Reuters: CHICAGO (Reuters) – Radiation from CT scans done in 2007 will cause 29,000...
View ArticleInformation Overload
Americans are consuming unprecedented amounts of information. Some small fraction of that – what we read, hear and see on TV – relates to health and illness. Today’s sources might include a story on...
View ArticleShutting Off Nurse Jackie
A few months ago I wrote that I’d take another look at Nurse Jackie, a ShowTime series about a drug-addicted ER nurse and mother. The posters, featuring Edie Falco as the program’s heroine, caught my...
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Notes on the 2010 Swedish Mammography Report, and the Press
I’m not sure why editors buried last week’s report on the new Swedish mammography study. The positive findings appeared only on page 24 of Thursday’s (Sept. 30) print edition of the New York Times. My...
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Zombies are For Children, and Hits
A few more thoughts on the CDC’s zombie ploy – Today’s Disruptive Women in Healthcare features a post applauding the agency’s out-of-the-box “thinking” to get the public’s attention turned to emergency...
View ArticleVicious Verbiage Targets Cancer Patients’ Voices, at Cardiobrief
A journalist who covers medical matters of the heart grabbed my attention on the Fourth of July. In The Voice of the Patient: Time To Bring Out the Muzzle?, Larry Husten at Forbes’ Cardiobrief blog,...
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