January 13, 2025: Our public comment on the USPSTF draft recommendation for cervical cancer screening emphasized the need for balanced screening strategies. We highlighted the importance of integrating cytology as a triage step after HPV-positive results, addressing follow-up care, and ensuring equitable access to minimize overtreatment and psychological distress.
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Ways to Help Prevent Breast Cancer
Here’s good news about how to help prevent breast cancer with 7 effective strategies. These include managing your weight, avoiding hormone therapy for menopause, avoid hormone-disrupting chemicals in plastic, reducing your stress, a healthy diet, breast feed, avoid smoking and drink less alcohol.
Read More »He Regulated Medical Devices. His Wife Represented Their Makers.
The New York Times, August 20, 2024: Ever wonder why there are so many ineffective and unsafe implants and diagnostic tests and other medical devices harming patients? This NYT investigation explains how FDA official Jeff Shuren was involved in decisions that benefited his wife — who worked for Theranos and other major device companies. Why did FDA allow that to happen year after year?
Read More »What are the risks and benefits of cannabis (smoking and non-smoking versions)?
Cannabis use has become more common in the last few years. There are many different reasons people use cannabis, and edible marijuana. Despite being used by many people for medical purposes, only one cannabis product, Epidiolex, is FDA approved. This article explains the risks and benefits of smoking and non-smoking cannabis.
Read More »Jeff Shuren stabilized the FDA’s medical devices center, winning over industry but not all patients
STAT News, August 6, 2024: STAT News article on Jeff Shuren leaving the FDA quotes praise from industry and concerns from physicians, researchers, patients, and public health experts who criticize how many devices are not proven to work.
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