Archives for April 2003

But some recent research on the subject proves what I've been saying all along — that aspirin may not be such a good thing when it comes to protecting your ticker.

In much of the popular culture — including the media and mainstream doctors' offices — ordinary, garden-variety aspirin has been elevated to the status of "miracle drug" for the prevention of heart attacks.

It's kind of like that with a little situation in New York: It's a courtroom brawl between state-hired lawyers looking to cash in (sound familiar?) and pharmaceutical manufacturers who've allowed doctors and pharmacists to profit…

Liquor laced with aphrodisiacs! That's right, starting this spring in the U.K. (but almost certainly soon to follow here in the states), some makers of alcoholic beverages will be spiking their concoctions with herbal libido-boosters …

This isn't just about the occasional nurse who forgets to give a patient his evening laxative – it's about an astounding number of medication errors (over 37,000 in the year 2000 alone), many of which led to serious injury and sometimes death.

The SARS story is moving so rapidly that it is hard to keep up with it. By the time you read this, the information will probably be way out of date, but it's crucial to stay as on top of it as we can.

I've often wondered — and more than once in print — how the human race ever managed to survive and thrive if what the mainstream says about sunlight is really true.

Really, does anyone care why yawning is contagious? It just IS, end of story! But nooo — we've got to waste valuable tax dollars (most likely) to figure it out, don't we?

I'm about to break the universal unspoken code of the manly man, here…I'm going to attempt to shed some light on why the husbands, brothers, sons, and uncles of this great nation … are naturally attracted by tools of all types…

Despite this, the fact remains that iatrogenic (doctor-caused) reasons account for more deaths in this country than all other causes — except heart disease and cancer….Should people try to diagnose and treat themselves for illnesses?