dr. kevin schierling exposes flu vaccinations for the sham they are in a national publication
MY BROTHER — DR. KEVIN SCHIERLING — REVEALS THE STARTLING TRUTH ABOUT THE ANNUAL FLU VACCINATIONS There is an interesting dichotomy in medicine. On one hand, the powers that be continually talk about EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE and the need to base all clinical decisions and practice on the “best evidence” as determined by scientific research. On […]
corruption in healthcare: why evidence-based medicine is ruining american health
CORRUPTION IN HEALTHCARE: SHOULD WE BE SURPRISED? When I started my practice two and a half decades ago, one of the big knocks against my profession — at least by the medical community — was the lack of solid peer-reviewed research. Docs and BIG PHARMA could sit back and gloat because when it came to […]
emergency room physician tackles evidence-based medicine
EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN TAKES ON EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE Dr. Richard Bukata is a sharp guy. Although he could have retired years ago, he continues to work as the Medical Director for the Center for Medical Education, as well as Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at USC’s Medical Center in Los Angeles. He’s also the co-director of […]
evidence-based lies
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE: LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND STATISTICS “Numbers of covered lives is not how we should be defining healthcare in America.” Dr. Fobostwick Xavier Fuzzmugg III’s article on evidence-based medicine Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Although this quote has been attributed to any number of people, it was Mark Twain who made it famous. And […]
patient advocacy groups: big pharma has their grubby little fingers in every aspect of medicine
BIG PHARMA CORRUPTS EVERYTHING AROUND THEM, INCLUDING PATIENT ADVOCACY GROUPS According to Wikipedia, Patient Advocacy is defined as, “an area of specialization in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and their carers. The patient advocate may be an individual or an organization, often, though not always, concerned with one specific group of disorders. […]
energy medicine, and the dangers of teething tablets -vs- the dangers of vaccines
ENERGY MEDICINE; THE “DANGERS” OF HOMEOPATHY & TEETHING TABLETS As you can see from the pic on my clinic’s FACEBOOK PAGE, my kids are all officially adults. But back when they were young and teething, other than the standard chew toys that go in the freezer, our family’s go-to relief product was Hyland’s Teething Tablets […]
a physician is upset with my treatment of the medical profession
OPEN LETTER TO A MEDICAL DOCTOR Having been in practice for over two and a half decades, I not only have MY SHARE OF FANS, I have some detractors as well (HERE). I suppose it’s like that with MOST PEOPLE. Although the same thing is at least somewhat true concerning my relationship with the mainstream […]
all too often the practice of medicine is one big “shakedown cruise”
SHAKEDOWN CRUISES AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE: MORE ALIKE THAN YOU MAY HAVE IMAGINED Hit it!It was thirty days around the hornThe captain says it’s a thirty-five moreThe moon looks mean and the crew ain’t staying“There’s gonna be some blood” is what they’re all saying It was a shakedown cruise (Shakedown, shakedown cruise)And I was […]
brand new study shows that mandatory flu vaccines are not “evidence-based”
THE FACADE PUT UP BY THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY CONCERNING MANDATORY FLU VACCINES IS CRUMBLING PEER-REVIEW PROVES FLU VACCINE IS A HUGE SCAM Over the past few days, three papers have come out proving what I have been saying all along — that mandatory flu vaccines for healthcare workers are not in any way, shape, or […]
more proof that doctors hate their jobs: and it’s not their fault
YOUR DOCTOR PROBABLY HATES HIS / HER JOB: FEEL FREE TO BLAME THE GOVERNMENT Because I have family members and friends who are MD’s, I have some idea of the bureaucratic BS they are forced to go through all day long with each and every patient. Why does it matter to you? Mainly because not […]
need one more reason not to trust big pharma? here it is!
TRUST BIG PHAMA? SURELY YOU JEST According to Webster’s 1928 edition, ‘Filthy’ is defined as, “Dirty; foul; unclean; nasty.Polluted; defiled by sinful practices; morally impure. Obtained by base and dishonest means; as filthy lucre.” While certainly a start, this definition barely begins to scratch the surface when it comes to the filth being revealed in […]
real doctor faked out by fake news in medicine
IS FAKE NEWS TAKING OVER MEDICINE? I just happened to catch KEVIN M.D.’s post by guest blogger Dr. Matthew Anderson a couple days ago called If You Think Fake News is Bad for Politics, You Should Try Being a Physician. Some of the things the good doctor specifically mentioned as being a big deal […]
healthcare system or disease management system?
HEALTHCARE OR DISEASE MANAGEMENT? FAILING TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE DOOMS US TO BANKRUPTCY Paul Krugman’s Curriculum Vitae reads like a veritable Who’s Who of academics. He holds degrees or professorships at Princeton, Yale, MIT, the City University of New York, and the London School of Economics. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in […]
evidence-based medicine, off-label drug prescriptions, and fish oil
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE & OFF-LABEL FISH OIL PRESCRIPTIONS “All off-label drug uses are not created equal. A study published in November 2015 in JAMA Internal Medicine compared prescription drugs used for off-label indications with and without strong scientific evidence to back the alternative use. When that evidence is lacking, there’s a 54 percent increase in adverse […]
professional burnout
PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT? — I got it bad, you don’t know how bad I got it. You got it easy, you don’t know when you got it good. It’s getting harder, just keeping life and soul together. I’m sick of fighting, even though I know I should.—- The cold is biting, through each and every nerve […]
more fun and games with invisible and abandoned studies
BURYING THE RESEARCH W/ INVISIBLE AND ABANDONED STUDIES: THE NUMBER ONE WAY BIG PHARMA IS BAMBOOZLING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC “This is undoubtedly the single biggest ethical problem facing medicine today. We cannot make decisions in the absence of all the information.” Dr. Ben Goldacre talking about Invisible & Abandoned studies in the Ted Talk below […]
researchers grade the fda & the discipline of of delayed gratification
MORE PROOF THAT THE FDA DOES NOT MUCH CARE ABOUT AMERICAN CITIZENS One of the numerous (free) health-related information services I subscribe to is Gary Schwitzer’s weekly Health News Review. Besides being in health journalism for decades, Schwitzer has held several professorships at major universities. He and his team of fifty employees use numerous evidence-based […]
how much is ‘preventative care’ being affected by lobbying dollars?
PREVENTATIVE CAREBENEFICIAL, FAILURE, OR BOTH? Facts dot com (ObamaCare Preventative Care) lets us know that. “ObamaCare includes preventive care at no out-of-pocket cost on most health plans. ObamaCare’s free preventive services help to put the focus on wellness, early detection, and prevention, instead of treatments and cures. Waiting to treat illness until a person is […]
why you simply can’t trust the government to look out for your health and best interests
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL PUBLISHES NEW STUDY TITLED “REVOLVING DOOR BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY” For decades it’s been common knowledge that the FDA, BIG PHARMA, and BIG GOVERNMENT have a revolving door between them. In the almost 50 years I’ve been alive, the FDA has gone through 16 different commissioners — a new one almost every […]
survey reveals that majority of physicians hate their job
SO; YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR?READ THIS FIRST “Half of physicians are disengaged, burned out, and demoralized and plan to either retire, cut back on work hours, or seek non-clinical roles, according to a new nationwide survey commissioned by The Physicians Foundation”.From the 9/25/2016 issue of MedPage Today (Half of Physicians Demoralized, Dissatisfied Survey: […]