Archives for September 2004

Dishonesty – the best policy nowadays?

I’m just trying to point out that dishonesty is far from rare to begin with – a certain amount of it exists in any culture, and has since the dawn of mankind

Hooray – fewer mammograms!

According to a recent New York Times online piece, the likely reasons more than 800 mammography clinics have closed up shop range from low reimbursement rates from Medicare and insurance companies and the skyrocketing cost of malpractice coverage.

Ail to the chief

According to the AP and other sources, Clinton wants to resume an active lifestyle as soon as possible – including jogging, which he’s been doing more and more in recent years.

Changing the "spare tire" syndrome

And now, there’s even more evidence backing up the real, undeniable link between breadstuffs and belt-size – a cause-and-effect correlation I’ve been crowing about at the top of my lungs since before the age of disco.

Atkins attacked – again!

This time, they’re bankrolling a Florida man’s lawsuit against the Atkins diet for supposedly causing his heart disease after only two months on the plan.

Drug giant kisses assets

Predictably, Glaxo claims the timing behind the announcement has nothing to do with the Big Apple’s lawsuit, but rather in response to the AMA’s new resolution calling for a government-sponsored online resource posting ALL drug trials from all sources

Under rug swept

The FDA is also protecting the drug biz from having to report the results of thousands of their medical studies!

Scared into submission

Instead of Gestapo tactics like detaining border-crossing seniors at gunpoint, they’ve shifted gears into good old fashioned scare tactics – using the terrorist threat as leverage.

The Douglass Report September 2004

In a desperate attempt to solve the fat problem, doctors have now turned to the Court of Last Resort-the surgeons, who proceeded to follow their old mantra, “when in doubt, cut it out” with the now well-known gastric bypass procedure