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FDA urges doctors to report misleading drug ads

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Could it be that the tide is turning and that the FDA is beginning to have our interests at heart? I’m not so quick to praise them, but this is a good start. The FDA will begin asking doctors to keep an eye out for misleading drug advertisements as part of the agency’s latest effort [...]

Report: 40% of cancers are preventable

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

According to experts about 40% of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections. That sounds like common sense, except for the vaccines which I disagree about. At any rate, to mark World Cancer day on Thursday, officials at the International Union [...]