Medical Treatments with Cancer Risks
Procrit, Aranesp, and Epogen-All Risk and No Benefit of Erythopoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs) for Patients with Anemia due to Chemotherapy?
Anemia drugs are widely used by patients undergoing chemotherapy and patients with chronic kidney disease, but there is growing evidence that the misuse of these drugs is harming many patients. The latest FDA "communication" again raises concerns about the safety of these drugs for any use, including patients with anemia due to chemotherapy. Studies show that cancer patients who receive ESAs have worse outcomes than patients who do not, because of higher mortality rates as well as faster cancer progression. | more
Doctors were Paid to Praise Hormone Replacement Therapy
How a drug company convinced the medical community that hormone replacement therapy works and is safe: Wyeth paid highly respected physicians to allow their names to be listed as authors of research studies, reviews, commentaries, and letters to the editor, although they had not actually conducted or analyzed the research nor written the articles. | more
Danger at the Dentist’s (and Orthodontist’s) Office: Children Exposed to Radiation
Has your child been to the orthodontist this year? Was he or she exposed to dangerous levels of radiation? More and more dentists and orthodontists are using an imaging device that delivers significantly higher doses of radiation than regular X-rays. While the machine's promoters claim that this technology is a safe way to obtain highly detailed images of a patient's mouth and skull, other health experts are concerned about the cumulative effects of radiation from these scans, and think they shouldn't be used routinely. | more
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Radiation and Cancer, But Were Afraid to Ask
Do you know how much radiation you are exposed to? Learn more about the risk of developing cancer from various sources of radiation. | more
Lung Cancer and Hormone Therapy: Bad News for Former and Current Smokers
Hormone therapy is frequently taken by women suffering from symptoms of menopause, but new research shows that hormone therapy can increase a woman’s chance of dying from lung cancer, especially if she is a current or former smoker. | more
Heart CT Scans: New Heart Disease Test May Cause Cancer
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among adults in the U.S., so some doctors have recently started using Computed Tomography (CT scanning, or "CAT scan") to detect blockages in the heart's arteries that can cause heart attacks. Researchers warn that if this test is widely used, we could see many new cases of cancer from increased exposure to radiation. | more
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer
Hormone “Replacement” Therapy may help reduce the symptoms of menopause, but research has found that it increases the risk of breast cancer and other serious health problems. | more
Does Abortion Cause Breast Cancer?
Separate Fact from Fiction. | more
