Fifteen years ago, Nancy Cappello’s annual screening mammogram was found to be normal, just as had been reported for the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Risk’
False Positives and False Negatives
There are two statistical measures to consider when the success of a screening programme is measured: sensitivity and specificity. In any […]
Don’t Lose the 3
Six years ago, the CEO of French manufacturer Poly Implant Prosthese, Jean-Claude Mas, was convicted and sent to jail for using non-medical […]
We Learn From Our Mistakes
Eight years ago, two health journalists – Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus – wrote their first blog about the retraction of journal […]
Predicting the Return of Breast Cancer
Clinicians do not currently have a reliable way to predict which patients treated for hormone receptor-positive (HR+) breast cancer run […]
Vitamin D Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
Technically speaking, vitamin D is not actually a vitamin – it is a steroidal hormone – that controls the levels of calcium […]
End the Confusion
There is no doubting the power of social media to influence the way people think about a particular topic. And, […]
Night Shifts Can Be Risky
The International Commission on Occupational Health held its triennial congress in Dublin, Ireland two weeks ago, where the opening keynote speaker was […]
A Review of Breast Imaging
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Breast Screening Programme in the UK and, to mark the occasion, the Royal […]
Obesity and Breast Cancer Risk
Obesity – a condition in which a person has an unhealthy amount of body fat – is often measured using […]