Topic: Nordic Cochrane Centre
Acupuncture stimulates the release of natural pain killers, says a new study, providing a possible physiological mechanism for how the treatment works.. In mice with normal levels of adenosine, acupuncture reduced discomfort by two-thirds, with levels of adenosine 24 times greater than ...
One in three breast cancers diagnosed in public mammography screenings is an overdiagnosed cancer that will never produce symptoms or lead to death, according to a meta-analysis by Danish researchers published July 9 in BMJ.. Karsten Juhl Jorgensen, M.D., of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
