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Jeanne Lenzer’s Biography

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I am an independent medical investigative journalist and former Knight Science Journalism fellow. My book, The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It, takes readers through the FDA approval process, medical research illusions and was reviewed by Jerome Groopman and others.

I have been a regular contributor to the international medical journal, The BMJ, and my articles, reviews, and commentary have appeared in The New York …

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The Profit Motive Behind New Alzheimer’s Treatments

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When Barbara Feuerstein, seventy-two, saw a Facebook ad offering a free blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, she jumped at the opportunity. The ad, placed by a research center, offered the test, recently cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as part of a drug study to prevent the disease. “I figured it must be safe if it was FDA approved,” said Feuerstein.
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The Campaign To Turn Healthy People Into Alzheimer’s Patients

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By Jeanne Lenzer Verified
| The Lever Verified
When Barbara Feuerstein, 72, saw a Facebook ad offering a free blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, she jumped at the opportunity. The ad, placed by a research center, offered the test, recently cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, as part of a drug study to prevent the disease. “I figured it must be safe if it was FDA approved,” said Feuerstein.
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Should You Take The Alzheimer’s Blood Test?

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