Jeanne Lenzer: When a Medical “Cure” Makes Things Much, Much Worse
In 1960s Japan, a bizarre outbreak of hairy green tongues failed to set off alarms around the world. Read as Jeanne Lenzer describes a mysterious outbreak in 1960's Japan and…
In 1960s Japan, a bizarre outbreak of hairy green tongues failed to set off alarms around the world. Read as Jeanne Lenzer describes a mysterious outbreak in 1960's Japan and…
Robert Whitaker discusses the lack of evidence for long-term beneficial effects of psychotropic drugs.
Read about how screening in the "nation’s oldest patients is highly unlikely to detect lethal disease, hugely expensive and more likely to harm than help since any follow-up testing and…
HealthNewsReview.org's 2017 Journalism Report Card focuses on the performance of the news organizations that were reviewed in 2017.
Doctors risk overdiagnosing the most common and fastest-growing liver condition, exposing patients to harmful tests, according to a new study.
Andrew Carr describes how decompression surgery, a keyhole procedure designed to remove small areas of bone and tissue around the joint, proved no better at relieving pain than a placebo…
Paul Glasziou shares insights from his stellar career as both a family doctor in Brisbane and a global evidence guru at Oxford and Bond Universities.
Alan Cassels discusses the medical and media backlash of saying no to chemotherapy.
The Patient Revolution is, at its heart, a movement based on stories. In a series of brief and personal essays, Why We Revolt describes what is wrong with industrial healthcare,…
In his new book, Allen Frances suggests that it is America, not Trump, that is psychologically distressed, and how to become rational again.