The U.S. Postal Service and cancer screening -- stamps of approval?

Article Abstract:

Two doctors believe the US Postal Service should cancel its plan to publish a commemorative stamp on prostate cancer awareness. This stamp, to be issued in June, 1999, follows closely on the heels of the breast cancer awareness stamp issued in July, 1998. All commemorative stamps are suggested by the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) . Both of these stamps were opposed by the US Postal Service because laws prohibit the agency from issuing fund-raising stamps. There is no evidence that increased screening for prostate cancer will lead to lower mortality rates. CSAC should consult with the medical profession before recommending health-related stamps.

Health aspects, Breast cancer, Commemorative postage stamps

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Misunderstandings about the effects of race and sex on physicians' referrals for cardiac catheterization

Article Abstract:

Researchers suggest ways to report the results of medical research in the popular press. The results of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine was incorrectly reported by several news media. The study showed that black women with chest pain were not referred for cardiac catheterization as often as black men, white men, or white women. However, the news media incorrectly said that all black patients were referred for catheterization less often. Part of the problem was use of the odds ratio rather than the risk ratio.

Care and treatment, Analysis, Demographic aspects, Health, Medical referral, Health and race, Ethnic groups, Chest pain, Cardiac catheterization, Heart catheterization

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Screening men for prostate and colorectal cancer in the United States: does practice reflect the evidence?

Article Abstract:

Screening men for prostate cancer is more common than screening them for colorectal cancer even though the benefits of colorectal cancer screening have been proven whereas the benefits of prostate cancer screening have not. This was the conclusion of researchers who analyzed data on 49,315 men surveyed as part of the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. This shows that health screening does not always comply with the evidence for or against screening.

Labor Distribution by Employer, Diagnosis, Statistics, Colorectal cancer

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