A new study has determined that millions of people currently taking widely prescribed but controversial cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to prevent heart disease may not need them. Statins, which are sold under brand names like Lipitor, Crestor, and Zocor, are the […]
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The following information is from Public Citizen. WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a new analysis featured today in JAMA Internal Medicine, privatized Medicare Advantage plans have raised Medicare’s costs by $612 billion since 2007, including $82 billion last year alone. The authors — physicians
A series of articles published in JAMA Internal Medicine have taken on the question of whether cancer screening actually saves lives. A systematic review and meta-analysis involving more than 2 million patients showed that with the possible exception of colorectal cancer screening with sigmoidoscopy,
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The following is an excerpt from MedPage Today. Three-quarters of the highest-revenue patient advocacy organizations (PAOs) in the U.S. have board members or senior leadership with ties to the pharmaceutical or medical device industry, a cross-sectional study showed. Of the
