02/28/2005 - Doctors Required to Report Deadly Mistakes
As you surely know, I’ve written numerous times before about iatrogenic (doctor-related) causes of death. To recap, doctors and mainstream medical treatments cause more deaths in the United States than all other causes except cancer and heart disease
02/25/2005 - Risky Statin Drugs- Reshelved by the FDA
They shot it down because the proposed labels for the drug didn’t adequately articulate who should and shouldn’t take it – not because they know the drugs are too dangerous to patients’ hearts and livers to be popping like breath mints.
02/22/2005 - Malpractice Suits ‘Black-list’ Patients
I know I’ve been talking about malpractice-related topics a bunch lately, but what can I say: That’s what’s brewing in the world of medicine right now.
02/21/2005 - Communicating Your Natural Treatments with Your Traditional Physician
An astounding 70 percent of people who use complementary or alternative medicine don’t let their doctor in on their “little secret.”
02/18/2005 - The Benefits of Magnesium Intake
Now, I’ve always been a big fan of magnesium for overall health – it’s a great boon to bones and bodily tissues of all types, plus it helps release stored energy from your muscles.
02/15/2005 - Effects of Hydrogen Proxide Therapy
For decades, I’ve been a staunch advocate of intravenous hydrogen peroxide (H202) therapy for the treatment of all kinds of illnesses, from the most banal to the most severe.
02/14/2005 - Effects of Hydrogen Proxide Therapy
In the first installment of this essay, I told you the salient facts of the civil suit pending against South Carolina alternative physician (but also a classically-trained M.D.
02/11/2005 - The Consequences of Malpractice
You’ve heard of “3 strikes” laws, right? In case you haven’t, the term refers to legislation which forces life incarceration on criminals once they’re been convicted of their third felony.
02/08/2005 - Increasing Healthcare Costs
Behind only the Iraq war and the economy, Americans are primarily concerned about the affordability of health care – but relatively unconcerned with regulating one of the primary drivers of the upwardly spiraling costs of modern medical treatment.
02/07/2005 - Kinder, Gentler Chemical Warfare
Now that we’re in a time of war (whether it’s right to be so or not), much has been made of our enemies’ weapons, especially those of a type that can be deployed indiscriminately against our troops.
02/04/2005 - Are the drugs you’re taking safe?
Over 80% of American consumers are at least somewhat confident that the drugs they’re taking are safe – and that the FDA is doing its job in fine fashion.
02/01/2005 - Testing the FDA’s Confidence Part II
More than one out of three of the Food and Drug Administration’s research scientists have less than 50% confidence about the safety and effectiveness of the drugs they approve.
