The Canaries Dropped from the Skies
For two years, the transport of mined lead into a seaside Australian community was an unrecognized source of contamination. Then thousands of birds began to drop dead out of the sky.
09 Dec
2008
09 Dec
2008
What Happened to the Promise to Save This Nation Billions in Healthcare Costs?
One of the biggest clinical trials ever organized by our federal government indicated that generic medication for high blood pressure in use since the 1950s worked better than the newer drugs costing more than twenty times more.
09 Dec
2008
Drop in Abdominal Obesity Cuts Risk of Macular Degeneration
According to newly published research from the University of Melbourne in Australia, patients who lower their waist-to-hip ratio (particularly if those patients are obese) can decrease their odds of developing age-related macular degeneration.
02 Dec
2008
NEWS FLASH — Is Prop 65 being used to shake down supplement companies in CA?
At the web site of CA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), Prop 65 is described as the approval by CA voters in 1986 of an initiative to address their growing concerns about exposure to toxic chemicals.
02 Dec
2008
A Flagrant Example of Pushing the Sponsor’s Product
Drugmakers Pay an NPR Talk Show Host/Physician $1.3 Million for Lectures
02 Dec
2008
The Power of the Placebo — Is Healing All in Our Mind?
A recent survey of doctors from the U.S. finds that nearly two out of three believe it is permissible to use placebos, and one out of two U.S. doctors prescribe placebos to their patients.
02 Dec
2008
Has Technology Failed Us? Doctors Match Machines in Spotting Heart Disease
There are many aspects of what is sometimes called the “gold standard” of medicine that have been scrutinized by science and found to be lacking.
02 Dec
2008
What Your Waist Size Means to Your Health
Connecting the Dots between a Bulging Waistline and the Risk of Premature Death
25 Nov
2008
What Were the Results of Giving Vitamin C and Vitamin E to Prevent Heart Disease and Cancer?
Over the past few years, there have been a series of research reports critical of vitamins.
25 Nov
2008
PRACTICING MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE
Group of unions accuses CVS Caremark Corp of violating patient privacy and pushing doctors to prescribe costly drug