Our Research & Training
We conduct research on the safety and effectiveness of medical products such as Alzheimer’s drugs, cancer drugs, and medical implants and devices used for a wide range of health problems, such as heart disease and joint replacement. In addition to the free information on this website and on www.stopcancerfund.org, we also publish articles in major medical journals and health policy journals.
These are the summaries of studies we’ve done, and here are the articles we’ve published in medical journals and health policy journals in the last few years.
Are you a reporter or medical writer interested in our free Health Research Training Workshop? Learn more here.
Will Covid-19 vaccines save lives? Current trials aren’t designed to tell us
October 21, 2020, BMJ. Current Covid-19 vaccine trials don’t give the public enough information on whether the vaccine is safe or will work for everyone.
Read More »Using informatics to guide public health policy during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA
There are many conflicting views about how to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control in the U.S. Our study in the Journal of Public Health, published in July 2020, explains how experts can use existing datasets and analytical tools to evaluate the risks of different policies, and determine the resources and policies needed to save lives during this pandemic and any future pandemics
Read More »Hype in Health Reporting: “Checkbook Science” Buys Distortion of Medical News
The greatest danger to public health might be “checkbook science”: research intended not to expand knowledge or to benefit humanity but to sell products.
Read More »NCHR Report: The Health Risks of MRIs with Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents
Gadolinium-based contrast agents can improve the diagnostic accuracy of MRIs, however gadolinium can stay in the body for months or years. There are many unanswered questions about who develops health problems related to gadolinium, how to determine if symptoms are due to gadolinium, and how to prevent or treat gadolinium-related conditions.
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