Archives for October 2004

I mean things like doctors prying into our lives and making judgments and decisions that affect more than simply our medical picture.

There’s one more widespread myth about blood pressure that most people – and their doctors – don’t seem to know about: Your blood pressure can be TOO LOW

I did not know that there were actual political organizations formed for the express purpose of promoting obesity as an acceptable lifestyle choice

But nowadays, the cadaver and all the anatomical education it represents is slowly disappearing from Medical School curricula.

A few weeks ago, this leviathan of the junk-food industry filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to USA Today.

According to the article, data from 2003 shows that osteoporosis diagnoses have increased SEVENFOLD since 1994.

If you’ve been with me for any amount of time at all, you know I think that “depression” is one the most over-diagnosed diseases in modern America.

Usually, drug-makers pull a pill from the market only after pressure from the FDA – which only tends to happen after a lot of people die or a lot of doctors get their pants sued off.

What prompted this “voluntary” (see-also, lawsuit-dodging) withdrawal of the medication?
An increase in the risk of heart attack and stroke among test subjects after 18 months on the drug.

In the past I’ve told you how this misguided mainstay of the mainstream is useless as a diagnostic tool because PSA readings can vary dramatically from test to test in the same person – it’s a total crapshoot