I investigated for Patti chiari RSI what organized mammography screening can, and can’t do. Spoiler: this is not good news. Watch the program (in Italian) Lessen to oncologist Michael Baum (in English) Read Catherine Riva investigation (in French – paywall) Read Peter C. Gøtzsche book: Mammography Screening: Truth, Lies and Controversy Read more about Breast Cancer screening – it seemed to be such a good idea[…]
A powerful acne medication whose potential side effects include psychosis is known from day one for a very high risk of birth defects. Although it is a very known risk and whatever safety rules are in place, worldwide women discover to be pregnant while taking Isotretinoin. The result? A termination or a child with potentially Read more about Isotretinoin Birth Defects[…]
An Azerbaijani dissident has spent ten months living in the Swiss embassy in Baku. The human rights defender Emin Huseynov has long been persecuted by the authoritarian government of president Ilham Aliyev and since August 2014 has been hosted by the Swiss embassy for humanitarian reasons after he went into hiding, fearing his arrest was imminent. Read more about Human Rights Defender Trapped in Baku[…]
The HPV vaccine is the first in the history to be expected to prevent a cancer. I research about it since 2008 and so far, nobody could convince me that this intervention is effective, safe and appropriate. Il primo vaccino della storia per prevenire un cancro – il tumore al collo dell’utero. Il vaccino contro il Papilloma Virus (HPV), é consigliato alle ragazze dagli 11 anni. Eppure questo tumore si può prevenire con controlli regolari dal ginecologo e nei paesi sviluppati é diventato un cancro raro. Studio la questione dal 2008 e nessuno è riuscito a convincermi che questo vaccino sia efficace, sicuro ed appropriato.
I rischi delle pillole anticoncezionali Le chiamano “pillole leggere”, “moderne”, di “quarta generazione”. Non farebbero ingrassare e curerebbero persino l’acne. Ma è proprio vero? In settembre in Svizzera è morta una ragazza colpita da un’embolia polmonare dopo 10 mesi di assunzione del contraccettivo. In maggio un altro caso aveva scosso l’opinione pubblica, quello di Celine, Read more about Occhio alla pillola / Birth Control Pills Safety[…]