online news video

It is good that instructors and practitioners keep abreast of news stories on cancer-related matters. In this recent ABC report, breaking news is provided about MD Anderson research findings on the therapeutic effects of Metformin (glucophage) in treating various cancers. Such stories can be forwarded to inform relevant target populations of developments. But they are also at times quite incomplete in important details or seriously flawed, and therefore can be used as objects for critique.



One of the best sources of news stories in the sense of giving more than a sound-bite approach is the PBS NewsHour (see playlist search of stories involving cancer). In the above clip, Ray Suarez recently talked to Dr. Andrew Chan about research findings suggesting that a daily dose of aspirin can be an effective prophylactic against various cancers.