Topic: Peter Gotzsche
LONDON (Reuters) - Recommendations for expensive treatments made for a genetic disorder called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency should be withdrawn because the drugs have no benefit, scientists said on Wednesday.The disorder causes chronic lung disease and researchers who reviewed data from two trials ...
1 in 3 breast cancer patients in national screening programs is unnecessarily treatedOne in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in ...
The U.K. breast cancer screening information leaflet, " Peter C. Gotzsche, M.D., director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues examined the content of the leaflet, and found that its authoritative tone and bold statements about the advantages ...
4/16/2008 Print E-mail Trying to alleviate your asthma by eliminating household dust? "We can conclude with confidence that there is no need to buy expensive vacuum cleaners or mattress covers or to use chemical methods against house dust mites, because ...
Money talks, and the drug industry's dollar talks loud and clear through the pages of leading medical journals. That's the conclusion of Peter Gøtzsche and his team at the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, who compared reviews of drug ...
