menthol cigarettes promote respiratory health
MENTHOL CIGARETTES CURE YOUR COUGHAND OTHER BS THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY HAS SOLD US OVER THE DECADES The Tobacco Industry is evil. They hooked millions of soldiers by giving out free or nearly free cigarettes during WWII. They ran all sorts of ads telling the public how smoking was good for them, and that more doctors […]
what do doctors really think about the safety of cholesterol meds?
ARE STATINS SAFE OR NOT SAFE?LET’S ASK HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL LITERATURE GFK DSGN – Gotham – Pixabay I watched my father die a miserable death, wheelchair – bound in a nursing home at age 92, with a ‘healthy’ cholesterol level after many years on statins. He would have been […]
link found between heartburn drugs and heart disease
HEARTBURN DRUGS CAUSE HEART DISEASE OpenClipart Vectors – Pixabay Of concern, this adverse mechanism is also likely to extend to the general population using PPIs….. There’s going to be more information coming out that will, in my opinion, raise concerns about the long-term effects of proton pump inhibitors and risk of heart damage. Cardiothoracic Surgeon, […]
anti-inflammatory pain meds increase cancer by nearly 300%
PAIN MEDS CAUSE CANCERNATURAL ALTERNATIVES TO PAIN MEDICATIONS A group of scientists led by Dr. Eunyoung Cho of Harvard Medical School, recently looked at the relationship between NSAIDS (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs such as IBUPROFEN, Aleve, Naproxen, Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, and dozens of others) and Kidney Cancer — one of the top-ten leading forms of cancer […]
msg obese rats
MSG, ASPARTAME, AND OBESITY(Or Why in the Name of Corn on the Cob is there MSG in Vaccines?) Lichtpuenktchen – Pixabay Treatment of neonatal mice with large, repeated doses of monosodium glutamate (MSG) produces a syndrome of obesity and endocrinological dysfunction generally attributed to a hypothalamic lesion. We have used single injections of MSG, administered […]
contact your legislators about obama’s blueways
IS BLUEWAYS BENEFICIAL IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM?IF YOU THINK NOT, CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS TODAY! Photo by Kbh3rd If you have not heard of the Executive Order that Obama signed along with several hundred others (this one on January 9th of this year) called The White River National Blueways, you need to educate yourself. […]
do not take antibiotics if you are on statins
STATINS AND ANTIBIOTICSA POTENTIALLY DEADLY MIXTURE Thomas Wolter – Berlin/Deutschland – Pixabay In a Canadian study that was published just days ago in the Annals of Internal Medicine (Statin Toxicity From Macrolide Antibiotic Coprescription: A Population-Based Cohort Study), nearly 150,000 older individuals were observed for interactions between their ANTIBIOTICS and STATIN DRUGS. As you can […]
the bellybutton project
THE BELLY BUTTON BIODIVERSITY PROJECT Several years ago, a group of research scientists, led by Dr. Rob Dunn of NC State University, began something his team called “The Bellybutton Project“. “With the Belly Button Biodiversity Project, we transformed the meaning of navel gazing. We recruited over 500 of you to swirl a Q-tip in your […]
statins attack muscles, ligaments, fascia, and tendons
“To our knowledge, this is the first study… to show that statin use is associated with an increased likelihood of diagnoses of musculoskeletal conditions, arthropathies [arthritis], and injuries” Dr. Ishak Mansi from this month’s issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. It’s not news that STATIN DRUGS cause muscle pain. In fact muscle pain is their number […]
why do i have chronic sinus problems?
“Compared to placebo, amoxicillin doesn’t seem to provide any benefits.” From St Louis’s Washington University School of Medicine, as published in the February 2012 issue of JAMA. “Treatment guidelines generally support that a 10–14-day antibiotic regimen should be administered to uncomplicated acute bacterial sinusitis patients. However, the level of evidence for such a recommendation […]
a levaquin (antibiotic) testimonial:
CERTAIN ANTIBIOTICS DESTROY TENDONS AND OTHER CONNECTIVE TISSUES HAVE YOU BEEN FLOXED? Jukka Niittymaa – Hki area/Finland – Pixabay Levaquin (Levofloxacin) is a broad spectrum antibiotic of the fluoroquinolone drug class……. In 2004, the FDA requested new warning labels to be added to all of the Fluoroquinolones, including levofloxacin, regarding irreversible peripheral neuropathy, spontaneous tendon […]
superbugs
SUPERBUGS NIAID A popular online encyclopedia defines the term “Superbug” as….. “……… a form of drug resistance whereby some (or, less commonly, all) sub-populations of a microorganism, usually a bacterial species, are able to survive after exposure to one or more antibiotics; pathogens resistant to multiple antibiotics are considered multidrug resistant (MDR) or, more colloquially, […]
big pharma focuses on drugs for neurological disorders and cancer
DRUG COMPANIES FOCUS ON NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND CANCER Ewa Urban – Lublin/Polska – from Pixabay There have been a slew of recent scientific articles talking about antibiotics. Not only has over-prescription and overuse of antibiotics played a big part in ruining our nation’s health (HERE), the drug companies are manufacturing more of them than ever […]
drugs and erectile dysfunction
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS & ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (ED) It is an interesting dichotomy. Despite the fact that I am seeing increasing numbers of patients who take no prescription or over-the-counter drugs at all, I am also seeing more people who are taking the proverbial “boatload” of medicine. Not too long ago, I wrote about the drug explosion […]
piriformis syndrome and botox injections
BOTOX INJECTIONS FOR PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME fotoblend – Willfried Wende – Pegnitz/Deutschland – Pixaby Botox is the trade name for a version of the Neuro-toxin Botulism. Interestingly enough, the Botulinum Toxin is arguably the single most toxic substance known to man. It causes paralysis by blocking the neurotransmitter acytelcholine, and takes only slightly more than one […]
diseases?
“DISEASES” USED TO MARKET DRUGS TO BABIES Photo by Brazzouk “When it comes to marketing, the medical community has caught on quickly. One of the ways that marketing has exponentially increased market shares in numerous areas of medicine is by convincing people they have “Diseases“. If they can convince you that you have a disease […]
hpv: to vaccinate or not to vaccinate?
STUPID PARENTS DON’T HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO VACCINATE THEIR DAUGHTERS AGAINST HPV Andrew Magill When it comes to vaccinations, parents are getting increasingly stupid. At least this is the thinly veiled message being promoted by that “Happy Threesome” of the medical community, BIG PHARMA, and our GOVERNMENT. In an article published in Monday’s issue of […]
autism rates are now one in fifty
AUTISM RATES ARE NOW 1 IN 50 Photo by Linsenhejhej I have written extensively on AUTISM. In fact, just a few weeks ago I published a massive post on AUTISM AND GUT HEALTH. When I started practice in 1991, the rates being touted for Autism were in the 1 in 1,000 range. Back in 2007, […]
how your doctors choose your medications
HOW DOES YOUR DOCTOR CHOOSE WHICH MEDICATION(S) TO PRESCRIBE?THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU Harris Polls have been around since the early 1960’s. Although not quite as famous as the Gallup Polls, Harris Interactive (a publicly traded corporation) is nonetheless well-known in the world of online polling. Unlike Gallup, they are strictly a market-based research entity, […]
old folks and overuse of antibiotics
ANTIBIOTIC OVERUSE IN THE GERIATRIC POPULATION No segment of the American population is more over-medicated than our senior citizens. In a study from the latest issue of Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine (Prolonged Antibiotic Treatment in Long-Term Care: Role of the Prescriber), we get an idea of how serious this problem of […]