CBS story on pancreatic cancer vaccine provides only one glowing anecdote - no data
Updated: 2010-06-30 21:09:51
Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org CBS story on pancreatic cancer vaccine provides only one glowing anecdote no data By Gary Schwitzer on June 30, 2010 4:09 PM No Comments No TrackBacks CBS' Dr . Jennifer Ashton started with the numbers : Pancreatic cancer kills three-quarters of the people diagnosed with it within a year , and 95 percent within five years . But then she stopped . In discussing a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins that is testing a new immune therapy , she gave absolutely no data on what's been seen so far : nothing on how many people tested , for how long , with what results , with what side effects . Nothing . Just gee whiz . And one positive personal anecdote , for which viewers are given no

Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Selling Sickness conference in Amsterdam in October 7-8 By Gary Schwitzer on June 29, 2010 12:31 PM No Comments No TrackBacks The hosts of this international conference on disease-mongering have asked my help in spreading the word . I'll be attending . Some of you may be interested as well . Details are available . online From the conference site : The conference is designed for everyone with an interest in pharmaceutical information and promotion including : health professionals , policy makers , staff of government health and regulatory departments , inspectors , staff of pharmaceutical , advertising and public relations companies , staff of NGOs and journalists . The host
Among men who underwent radical prostatectomy, biochemical recurrence -- a spike in prostate specific antigen (PSA) over a critical threshold -- was less likely in men on statin therapy, a retrospective study showed.
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In what could lead to a major advance in the therapy of prostate cancer, researchers now know exactly why polyphenols in red wine and green tea inhibit cancer growth. This new discovery, published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org), explains how antioxidants in red wine and green tea produce a combined effect to disrupt an important cell signaling pathway necessary for prostate cancer growth. This finding is important because it may lead to the development of drugs that could stop or slow cancer progression, or improve current therapys........