Of the more than 750 chemicals used in fracking, more than 100 can affect our hormones. These chemicals are called endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and research published in 2011 shows that these chemicals can get into the water near fracking sites, where they could potentially cause infertility, diabetes, and cancer.
Smoking comes with serious health risks, such as lung cancer and COPD, the 50th anniversary report warns about less widely known risks.
the FDA has already made a decision that could potentially harm thousands of patients. The agency just approved a new diabetes medication that doesn’t noticeably improve health but may in fact cause cancer.
For our in-depth article on lung cancer screening, click here. By Tiffanie L. Hammond, Amrita Ford, MA, and Anna E. Mazzucco, Ph.D. January 2014 Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women in the U.S., but it is the #1 cancer killer. In 2013, approximately 228,000 men and […]
Modern Healthcare, January 22, 2014. “With new drugs, there is often an exaggeration of the benefits and underreporting of the risks,” said Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families, who has testified at several hearings on drug safety. “There’s so much emphasis on drugs being the latest, the most innovative and novel—but unfortunately this usually means it’s just new, not necessarily better.”