Claims on Food Packaging Can Mislead
- Sometimes it's hard to tell what foods are good, bad or just OK when it comes to health. One might expect labels of the front of packages to help out — and they should — but sometimes they're more misleading than helpful. Read more
French Prosecutors’ Case May Alter Drug Trial Process
- A Phase I clinical trial in France resulted in one death and hospitalization of five other study participants, three of which have irreversible brain damage. Prosecutors there are beginning a manslaughter investigation which will threaten the stability of any future drug trial. Read more
Prix Fixe Medical Care: The Future Of Hospitals?
- When it comes to buying clothes or a computer, we know exactly what we're going to pay. So why not for medicine? Competition is supposed to bring prices down, but health care is one of the few areas where the service actually increases costs — and no one seems to bother to ask why. That's why we are. Read more
Screening Works for Some Cancers, While Overall Mortality Up
- Screening for cancer may well reduce deaths from the cancer screened for — but still not reduce (or even increase) overall mortality. That's the message in a recent BMJ meta-analysis of the harms and benefits of screening. Read more
Adding ‘Kill Switches’ to Improve GM Safety
- People tend to fear what they don't understand, and cannot control. And that adds to the apprehension people have when evaluating the safety of food produced using genetically modified organisms. But added safety may be found in a new concept: a biologically-engineered "kill switch" for GM microbes. Read more
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