ben stein’s “expelled: no intelligence allowed”
EXPELLEDNO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED Yes, I realize that this movie came out four years ago this month. But if you still have not seen it, you need to. As someone who has been through eight years of higher education, I can vouch for the premise of Stein’s documentary. There is extreme bias in the intellectual community […]
so….. you’re thinking about having back surgery?
THINK TWICE ABOUT SPINAL SURGERY! Spinal Surgery is a leading surgical procedure in America, with the total number in the U.S. approaching half a million per year. About 150,000 of those surgeries are spinal fusions. Unfortunately, at least 50 percent of all spinal surgery patients will ultimately fail to to achieve their desired outcome. In […]
medical doctors overuse mri’s — part ii
OVERUSING ADVANCED IMAGING TO MAKE MORE MONEY?NAH, SURELY NOT? Julian Jürgens, Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg The purpose of YESTERDAY’S BLOG was not to say that every MRI produces negative or false positive results. Nor was it to say that MRI’s are never warranted. The truth of the matter is that sometimes MRI’s are necessary to diagnose various […]
medcial doctors overuse mri’s — part i
TOO MANY MRI’S & CT SCANS? THE EVIDENCE SAYS “WAY TOO MANY”(Especially if the Doctor owns the Imaging Facility!) Photo by Tomáš Vendiš What does the average patient think they know about MRI’s & CT Scans? They know what they have heard parroted by the medical community. When X-rays don’t show the reason for your […]
the winsor autopsies
A MEDICAL DOCTOR’S AUTOPSIES PROVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPINAL FUNCTION & ORGAN PROBLEMS If you have been in a chiropractor’s office, you have undoubtedly seen a nerve chart. These are nothing new, and simply show the relationship between specific vertebral levels, the nerves associated with […]
parental rights & children’s health
Should Parents be the Ones in Charge of their Children’s Health & Healthcare Decisions? Listen up folks, and listen up good. You don’t know how good you have it here in Missouri! We live in the easiest state in the country to homeschool our children in. However, there are many homeschool brothers and sisters who […]
politicians are concerned about your children’s health —- (suuuurrrre they are)
PIZZA AS A VEGETABLE? Pic by Beau Wade Have you ever wondered why so many kids today are not only fat, but just plain unhealthy? I am pushing 45, but when I was in school, “fat” was uncommon. Today it’s the norm. Could school lunches be playing a role in this? If you understand the […]
what about spinal surgery?
MONEY AND SPINAL SURGERYWHAT HAPPENED TO CARING FOR THE GERIATRIC PATIENT? Capri23auto (Ralph) – Deutschland – Pixabay In the April 2010 issue of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), several doctors from Portland Oregon’s Health and Science University published a study called Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges Associated with Surgery for Lumbar Spinal […]
glaxo smith kline beats out pfizer for dubious distinction.
SURE YOU CAN TRUST DRUG COMPANIES….TO LIE, CHEAT, AND STEAL! Revisorweb A pharmaceutical giant has broken yet another record for legal settlements (fines) stemming from claims of illegally marketing drugs and defrauding federal healthcare programs. Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) said this week that it would pay $3 billion (that is billion with a “B” — […]
do 36,000 people really die every year because of the flu? nope — and it’s not even close!
HOW MANY ANNUAL DEATHS FROM THE FLU? Anthony (InspiredImages) – UK – Pixabay “36,000 people, more or less, die every year from influenza. That is the number of deaths according to the CDC web site; the New England Journal of Medicine review uses the higher number of 56,000. Which number is correct? Isn’t that why […]
routine prostate bloodwork saves lives —- or does it?
SAVING LIVES OR TAKING LIVES? OpenClipart After years of doing so, no medical group currently recommends routine PSA blood tests to check men for prostate cancer. Why not? Because a government panel is now saying they do more harm than good. The recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, being made public recently, will […]
yippy-eye-aye…. ghost writers in the skyyyy!
TRUST USTO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE I was reminded of something I had put together for my office a couple of years ago, when I saw the amount of money that Pfizer (the large Pharmaceutical Company) brought in last year —- just short of 70 billion dollars. […]
death by medicine
DEATH BY MEDICINE A bit less than a decade ago, Gary Null got a group of credentialed medical doctors and Ph.D researchers together and did a “Meta-Analysis” of the scientific data concerning drug errors, side effects, surgical errors, and iatrogenesis (injury or death caused directly by your medical treatment). They did not do any new […]
bone building drugs cause fractures!
LISTEN UP FOLKS!BONE BUILDING DRUGS CAUSE FRACTURES Micha L. Rieser Why do doctors do bone density tests? There’s really only one reason —- to sell more prescriptions for bone-building drugs (Boniva, Evista, Fosomax, Reclast, Actonel, etc). We have been warning people about the results of taking these drugs for years, and as the studies continue […]