There is a new controversy on whether or not to vaccinate young girls for cervical cancer — Is the drug effective and is it actually safe?
“Harper: Controversial Drug Will Do Little To Reduce Cervical Cancer Rates”
Dr. Diane Harper, lead researcher in the development of two human papilloma virus vaccines, Gardasil and Cervarix, said the controversial [...]
Authorities in the German states of Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia have ordered retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola after they found traces of cocaine in the fizzy drink. The consumer ministries in the two states confirmed on Friday they had ordered retailers to pull the drink off their shelves after a food safety institute [...]
A new study reveals that as many as 1/2 of all medical doctors give their patients a placebo without the knowledge or consent.
About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments — usually drugs or vitamins that won’t really help their condition. And many of these doctors are [...]
Results from three studies of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin are not enough to prove or rule out a possible link to a higher risk of cancer, so the drug should be used with great caution until more is known, editors of a leading medical journal urged Tuesday.
The New England Journal of Medicine published results of [...]
