Estender a vida versus manter a qualidade de vida? (Cancro)

https://www.foxnews.com/health/preventing-tumor-spread-may-not-improve-quality-of-life

Citando:
"“In cancer patients there are two important things when evaluating a therapy: whether it extends survival and whether it improves quality of life (even if it doesn’t extend survival),” Xie explained.

Although many studies have measured progression-free survival, most have not reported on health-related quality of life. Xie and his colleagues were able to find 38 studies, including a total of 13,979 cancer patients with 12 different cancer types, that did look at both endpoints.

Data pooled from all 38 studies showed no significant association between progression-free survival and quality of life.

The researchers had difficulty comparing data from the studies because quality of life was not always measured in the same way. Xie hopes that in the future, researchers will standardize the way they measure quality of life."

Medicação de prevenção SIDA?

https://www.publico.pt/2018/04/23/sociedade/noticia/um-comprimido-por-dia-para-combater-os-fantasmas-do-vih-1811060

Citando:
"O medicamento que contém tenofovir e emtricitabina, o Truvada, já existe no mercado português e faz parte do pacote de medicação de quem já é seropositivo. São estas duas substâncias activas que são também aconselhadas para a PrEP."

Doença do fígado gordo revertida por medicamento?

Ohttp://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/836926/reverse-fatty-liver-disease-obesity-diet-fat-drug

Citação:
"NON-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition usually seen in people who are obese or overweight, however now experts think there could be a cure."
(...)
"Fatty liver, which is linked to obesity can lead to cirrhosis - where the liver shrinks and can lead to liver failure.

Now experts believe they have found a drug which can reverse liver inflammation and injury.

Scientists reported that a drug called URMC-099 reversed liver inflammation, injury and scarring in animals fed a high-fat diet."

Deficit de atenção: uma fraude (dos psicólogos e da indústria)?

http://curiousmindmagazine.com/harvard-psychologist-says-adhd-largely-fraud/

Medicamento para incontinência urinária associado a maior risco de demência

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4351754/Bladder-drug-taken-thousands-linked-dementia.html

Citando:
"Thousands of people who take a common bladder drug are at risk of developing dementia, experts warned last night.

Use of oxybutynin, recommended by the NHS as a primary medication for urinary incontinence, has risen by 31 per cent in five years.

The pills help stop the muscle spasms that cause overactive bladder syndrome, a problem experienced by six million in Britain."
(...)
"People who take the pills for more than three years were 54 per cent more likely to develop dementia within a decade, research suggests."

A tensão normal e a medicação

A tensão normal e a medicação:
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/677185-treat-normal-blood-pressure-to-save-lives.html
PS: Não consigo ler uma notícia destas sem pensar em "reutilização" e o que pode estar por detrás de uma recomendação destas (em detrimento de recomendações possivelmente alternativas e não baseadas em medicação).