Archives for April 2010

Americans more immobile than ever

I don’t know about you, but I’m a little tired of seeing fatties in scooter chairs demanding special rights.

Bizarre experiment chases patients out of the ICU

Talk about kicking patients when they’re down! Johns Hopkins researchers conducted a bizarre series of “exercise” experiments on critically ill patients in the ICU.

Common chemicals linked to early puberty

Little girls are quickly turning into women… and not just because time flies. They’re getting a secret hormone boost that’s leading to early puberty and a lifetime of trouble.

Antibacterial madness could be killing us

We’re so clean we’re filthy. In fact, we’re washing our way towards illness and death.

Soda kills sperm

Love to gulp soda? Then raise your glass high and offer up a fizzy farewell toast to your manhood — because a new study finds that cola drinkers have less sperm.

Commies send us tainted fluoride

Communities from coast to coast have quietly turned to cheap Chinese “fluoride” for their local water districts.

Senior meds linked to pneumonia

When it comes to pneumonia in the elderly, even the mildest form can be a death sentence.

Big Pharma’s happy endings

When researchers compared shortened studies to similar trials that went the distance, they found that the speed course exaggerated drug effectiveness by an average of 30 percent.

Feds issue warning on Zocor

The FDA says a common statin drug that’s been used by millions to lower their cholesterol levels is actually even more dangerous than they thought.

Millions take unapproved meds

Nearly every brand of common nitroglycerin tablets — drugs used by millions for chest pain, angina and to help prevent heart attacks — never went through the FDA approval process.