Archives for October 2011

Men, I’ve said all along that you need your testosterone for a heckuva lot more than just sexual well-being, and the latest news out of Europe backs me up: Seniors with the highest levels of this stuff are practically heart attack- and stroke-proof.

Hear that sound? That’s the death knell for the PSA test — and it’s about time too. This test has caused too many men to suffer too many emasculating and life-ruining side effects, with little to no benefits whatsoever.

Ireland’s famous fresh dairy products are about to go sour: After years of allowing unregulated raw milk sales, the government is getting ready to cut it all off practically overnight.

If you’re battling multiple sclerosis, you know the drill: When the mainstream isn’t flat-out ignoring your condition, they’re offering dangerous half-treatments that barely work.

Can we PLEASE put the daily aspirin nonsense out of its misery once and for all? There’s literally a truckload of research on what that one-a-day painkiller will do to people, especially seniors — and none of it’s good.

Dementia patients are being used as pawns in a highly profitable game of musical beds — helping nursing homes to triple their revenues in a scam that you’re just not going to believe.

It’s become a legal and politically correct form of discrimination: Unvaccinated kids are being booted from schools, summer camps, and even doctor’s offices.

HPV viruses transmitted during oral sex are now supposedly the “leading cause” of all head and neck cancers, responsible for 73 percent of them — including the throat and tongue cancers that have always been blamed (wrongly) on smoking.

I’m the last person on the planet to defend the mass over-treatment of patients, especially seniors in their final years. But mark my words on this: The latest pushback on “unnecessary” surgeries won’t be used to improve lives — it’ll be used by insurers to save cash, even if it means KILLING old folks in the process.

It’s not your doctor’s fault he keeps ordering up tests you don’t need — it’s YOURS! Docs admit in a new survey that patients are getting over-treated and over-tested — and while the practice has helped those same docs earn big bucks over the years, that’s not why they do it.