Scientists are racing to develop new screening tests for cancer, but there’s a risk that these tests will be approved for widespread use without knowing whether they save enough lives to justify any harm that may result from their broad adoption.
David Ropeik
David Ropeik, a former longtime reporter for WCVB (Channel 5), is a consultant on risk perception, an author, and a former teacher and lecturer at Harvard.
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Physician group’s radiation warning way overblown
n short, careful thorough research has taught us that ionizing radiation is indeed a carcinogen, but a very weak one, even at massively high doses.
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Citizens United: Election fairness or flaw?
Money shouldn’t buy a bigger megaphone A constitutional amendment would reset campaign finance after Citizens United By David Ropeik THE HEALTH OF the United States of America relies on a […]
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Scare stories about health issues leave us worse for the wear
Several days after the first mad cow was found in America, when the fresh news was gone and the follow-up stories started, the Wall Street Journal carried an article headlined […]