Women’s health articles
The truth about modern health care — References and further reading
1 Carey, J. 2008. Do cholesterol drugs do any good? Business Week. URL: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_04/b4068052092994.htm (accessed 07.21.2008).
2 American College of Physicians. 2008. Primer on absolute vs. relative differences. URL: http://www.acponline.org/clinical_information/journals_publications/ecp/janfeb00/primer.htm (accessed 07.22.2008).
3 Radley, D., et al. 2006. Off-label prescribing among office-based physicians. Arch. Intern. Med. 166 (9), 1021–1026. URL: http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/166/9/1021 (accessed 08.25.2008).
4 Beck, J., & Azari, E. 1998. FDA, Off-label use, and informed consent: Debunking myths and misconceptions. Food Drug Law J., 53 (1), 71–104.
5 Mehlman, M. 2005. Off-label prescribing. URL: http://www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/articles/bioethics/offlabel_11/ (accessed 08.12.2008).
6 See link to VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System) line list reports at “Judicial Watch investigates side-effects of HPV vaccine | Judicial Watch.” URL: http://www.judicialwatch.org/gardasil (accessed 08.07.2008).
Millspaw, T. 2008. Judicial Watch special report: Examining the FDA’s HPV vaccine records. URL (PDF) http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2008/JWReportFDAhpvVaccineRecords.pdf (accessed 07.07.2008).
Smith, P. 2008. Controversial HPV vaccine causing one death per month: FDA report. LifeSiteNews.com. URL: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jul/08070316.html (accessed 08.05.2008).
7 Deyo, R. 2004. Gaps, tensions, and conflicts in the FDA approval process: Implications for clinical practice. J. Am. Board Fam. Pract., 17 (2), 142-149. URL: http://www.jabfm.org/cgi/content/full/17/2/142 (accessed 07.22.2008).
8 National Institutes of Health. 2008. MedlinePlus: Hysterectomy. URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hysterectomy.html (accessed 07.24.2008).
Whiteman, M., et al. 2008. Inpatient hysterectomy surveillance in the United States, 2000–2004. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol., 198 (1), 34.e1–7. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17981254 (accessed 07.24.2008).
9 Hysterectomy Education Resources and Services. 2008. Facts about hysterectomy. URL: http://www.hersfoundation.org/facts.html (accessed 07.22.2008).
10 Tenpenny, S. 2002. Vaccines. The risks and the choices. Sully’s Living Without, Spring, 24–29.
11 Daniels, S., et al. 2008. Clinical Report of the American Academy of Pediatrics: Lipid screening and cardiovascular health in childhood. Pediatrics, 122 (1), 198–208. URL: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;122/1/198 (accessed 07.23.2008).
12 Cannell, J., et al. 2008. Diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D deficiency. Expert Opin. Pharmacother., 9 (1), 1–12. URL (PDF): http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/PDFs/diagnosis-vitdd.pdf (accessed 08.20.2008).
Hu, F., et al. 2003. Fish and long-chain omega-3 fatty acid intake and risk of coronary heart disease and total mortality in diabetic women. Circulation, 107 (14), 1852–1857. URL: http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/107/14/1852 (accessed 08.20.2008).
Hu, F., et al. 2002. Fish and omega-3 fatty acid intake and risk of coronary heart disease in women. JAMA, 287 (14), 1815–1821. URL: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/287/14/1815 (accessed 08.20.2008).
Bendich, A., & Langseth, L. 1995. The health effects of vitamin C supplementation: A review. J. Am. Coll. Nutr, 14 (2), 1240150136. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7790686 (accessed 08.20.2008).
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The truth about modern health care
Original Publication Date: 08/25/2008
Last Modified: 08/17/2009
Principal Author: Marcella Sweet