Category Archives: Medical Evidence

In the Headlines: Use Less Medicine

By Jessica Wapner
Posted: December 19, 2011

Category: Cancer Screening, Diagnostic testing, Medical Evidence | Tagged breast cancer, mammograms, overdiagnosis, prostate cancer, PSA, screening recommendations, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | Leave a comment

We’ve Been Framed

By Jessica Wapner
Posted: December 8, 2011

Category: Medical Evidence | Tagged absolute risk, framing, Lisa Schwartz, pharmaceutical advertising, Public Citizen's Health Research Group, relative risk, Sidney Wolfe, Steve Woloshin, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice | Leave a comment

What Is a P Value?

By Jessica Wapner
Posted: December 6, 2011

Category: Medical Evidence | Tagged Knight Science Journalism, MIT, P values, statistical significance | 5 Comments