03/28/2003 - Statin Drugs Impair Brain Function
Researchrevealed that a commonly prescribed “statin” drug for lowering cholesterol might actually impair patients’ brain function — even so far as to affect their ability to perform everyday tasks, like drive a car.
03/28/2003 - “Band-aiding” Depression Symptoms
This “band-aiding” of depression symptoms could be doctors brainwashed by drug company propaganda into believing antidepressants are the best course of action.
03/25/2003 - Doctors Leave Medical Equipment in Patients
If so, you might be carrying around a hemostat or two — in your belly! That’s right: According to a recent New England Journal of Medicine report, 1500 patients a year in the U.S
03/25/2003 - FDA Drug Advertising Review
The truth is that the typical FDA review of a drug advertisement is conducted AFTER the ad has already been released into widespread circulation! Do they know if the drugs being advertised are safe before we see the ads
03/21/2003 - “Sign Your Site” Campaign
To combat these and other preventable errors, the AAOS in 1998 launched the “Sign Your Site” campaign a movement that encourages surgeons to clearly mark their initials on the correct site as part of their pre-operative routine
03/21/2003 - The Homocysteine/Heart Disease Connection
By now, you’ve probably heard about homocysteine. I’ve been writing about it for nigh on 20 years, and unless you’re new to alternative medicine, you’ve probably heard a bit about how it relates to heart disease
Just when I thought I’d seen every kind of “diet” under the sun, they surprise me again. This one’s called the “Cookie Diet.” It’s an 800 calorie-a-day plan that features only one meal a day — dinner (red meatless, of course)
03/18/2003 - Death Caused by a Doctor
According to Webster’s, it means: Induced in a patient by a physician’s activity, manner, or therapy. In other words: Caused by a doctor. Now doctors can cause all kinds of things. Cures. Wellness. Hope. But what about death?
03/14/2003 - Older Men May Actually have FEWER Impotence Problems than their Younger Counterparts
A recent Reuter’s article trumpets the claims of British psychologist Lorraine Boule, among them the notion that older men actually have FEWER impotence problems than their younger counterparts
03/11/2003 - Be Safe from Biological Attack
It’s called “Project Bioshield,” and it’s supposedly a comprehensive new plan to save you from biological attack. The President is asking for nearly $6 billion over the next 10 years. And for what?
03/11/2003 - An extreme obsession with “healthy” eating habits
It’s called orthorexia nervosa: An extreme obsession with “healthy” eating habits. That’s right-the irrational devotion to any of the various fringe diet groups within the “health food” lobby: militant vegetarianism, veganism, fruitarianism, etc
03/07/2003 - Fee for Reviewing and Evaluating Marketable Drugs
Much of the controversy stems from a 1993 law-the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA)-that allows the FDA to charge pharmaceuticals manufacturers a substantial fee for reviewing and evaluating marketable drugs.
03/07/2003 - Wine Drinkers Lead Healthier Lives
A recent report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition points strongly to the conclusion that wine drinkers lead healthier lives than beer or liquor drinkers, or those with no clear preference.
03/04/2003 - The FDA May be Promoting Insider Trading
It would be just another sleazy episode in “Lives of the Rich and Famous” except for one thing: The good old FDA is partly to blame. Its warped rules about information disclosure actually promote insider trading.
03/04/2003 - Problems with Childhood Obesity Increase
Well, they’re part of the reason why Americans are fatter now than ever before in history-because kids who develop bad eating habits become overweight (or even diabetic) adults who sometimes CAN’T BREAK those habits.
