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  • Would You Take a Pill That Prevents Cancer? Probably Not.


    http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactorAuthority Authority: 637
    Gina Kolata points out , once again, that diet and exercise have not been shown to affect breast cancer rates. Massive, well-run observational studies and randomized controlled trials turn up nothing. This finding appears to be unacceptable; popular culture rejects it utterly. Women’s magazines continue to preach ...
    2 days ago
  • Would You Take a Pill That Prevents Cancer? Unlikely.


    The XX FactorAuthority Authority: 139
    Gina Kolata points out , once again, that diet and exercise have not been shown to affect breast cancer rates. Massive, well-run observational studies and randomized controlled trials turn up nothing. This finding appears to be unacceptable; popular culture rejects it utterly. Women’s magazines continue to preach ...
    2 days ago
  • NY Times, LA Times: Gene therapy successes


    Knight Science Journalism TrackerAuthority Authority: 565
    Leber’s congenital amaurosis . Say that five times fast. Or try this one: adrenoleukodystrophy . If you’re a movie fan, you might be able the manage the second one: It was the disease in the movie Lorenzo’s Oil . These are among the diseases for which gene therapy has recently shown progress, according to a ...
    1 week ago
  • Almost Everybody Has or Will Have Cancer Cells


    John Goodman's Health Policy BlogAuthority Authority: 564
    This is Gina Kolata, writing in The New York Times . Cancer cells and precancerous cells are so common that nearly everyone by middle age or old age is riddled with them, said Thea Tlsty, a professor of pathology at the University of California, San Francisco. That was discovered in autopsy studies of people who ...
    1 week ago
  • NY Times, others: Dust-up over cancer screening stories


    Knight Science Journalism TrackerAuthority Authority: 565
    “We don’t want people to panic,” Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the cancer society, tells Gina Kolata of The New York Times in a front-page story. “But I’m admitting that American medicine has overpromised when it comes to screening. The advantages to screening have been exaggerated.” ...
    3 weeks ago
  • When a Cool-Down Follows the Workout


    WellAuthority Authority: 716
    As Gina Kolata explores in her Personal Best column, theres not much science to support the post-exercise cool-down.
    4 weeks ago

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