Archives for November 2009

Common chemical linked to erectile dysfunction

A study in China finds that bisphenol A – better known as BPA – can cause erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems.

Pandemic panic still doesn’t add up

The feds, Big Pharma and doctors who should know better are all lining up to tell you how safe the swine flu shot is.

Pfizer accused in wave of research trickery

Fresh off a historic $2.7 billion in fines and penalties tied to illegal drug marketing, Pfizer is showing no signs of slowing down.

Dirty drugs for the highest prices

Patients who suffer from very rare disorders are usually at the complete mercy of Big Pharma.

Can you hurry up with those organs? We need them.

A California transplant surgeon has been charged with prescribing overdoses of sedatives and morphine to hasten the death of a patient in order to harvest that patient’s organs.

New study misses the point on eating

Here’s one from the Department of Useless Research: People who eat fast, eat more.

Sugar makes kids fat: What else is new?

Here’s another study they shook out of the Obvious Tree: Tots who load up on sugar-sweetened drinks grow up to be fat teens.

Sun scare has left us D-eficient

The Washington Times sure is behind on the times. The paper recently reported that “Sunshine vitamin stirs new debate.”

Colon cancer detection begins at dawn

It looks like colonoscopy patients have an early-bird special of their own: Those who get it done earlier in the morning get better procedures.

Can freeze-dried strawberries lower cholesterol?

Cholesterol levels are overrated to begin with, and I’ll tell you why right after I rip apart this new study I found in Nutrition Journal.