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NATURAL MEDICINE IS DANGEROUSHUH? Image by “Mike” on Wikimedia “Alternative medicine is unregulated and unsafe.” From Lisa Szabo’s July 2, 2013 story in USA Today
THE BIG INFLUENCE OF BIG PHARMA ON MODERN CORPORATE MEDICINE “I hate to ruin the fun, but practicing physicians are influenced far more by guidelines,
THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER MAMMOGRAM?THINK TWICE! After dealing yesterday with the twin nightmares of OVER-DIGANOSIS & OVER-TREATMENT, I figured I needed to give you a real-life
ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS: RELICS FROM A BYGONE ERA “When I, as a doctor, say I do not advocate for the annual physical, I feel like
THE PROBLEM OF ANTIBIOTICRESISTANCE AND SUPERBUGSNO WORRIES: THE GOVERNMENT IS COMING TO THE RESCUE!(Implementation of Executive Order 13676) “Antibiotic resistance that turns ordinary disease-causing bacteria
THE FDA FAILS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE… AGAIN Ji-Elle “That misconduct happens isn’t shocking. What is: When the FDA finds scientific fraud or misconduct, the
PREDIABETES / METABOLIC SYNDROMEAND OUR GOVERNMENT WestportWiki “In one of the most medically advanced countries in the world, more that 86 million Americans live with
Press Releases as Evidence-Based Medicine? An Exercise in Exaggeration “Press Releases are frequently about as “Evidence-Based” as Mad Magazine.” -Dr. Russell Schierling “Exaggeration in news
NEW STUDY COMPARES WHAT PATIENTS THINK THE RISKSOF MEDICAL TREATMENT ARE, COMPARED TO REALITY “Most participants in our sample who underwent routine cancer screening reported
MEDIA AS BIG PHARMA’S SHILL I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If I were only interested in making money, I would manufacture
A REVIEW OF DR. JC SMITH’STHE MEDICAL WAR AGAINST CHIROPRACTORS:THE UNTOLD STORY FROM PERSECUTION TO VINDICATION “Chiropractic has endured, grown, and thrived in the United
OBESITY AND WEIGHT LOSSONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUSMEDICAL JOURNALS ON THE PLANET WEIGHS IN “Irrespective of starting weight, caloric restriction triggers several biological
DIETARY CHOLESTEROLDESTROYER OF HEALTH AND CLOGGER OF ARTERIES? “A government advisory panel has decided Americans shouldn’t worry about too much cholesterol in their diets. The
A NEW GENERATION OF MEDICALTREATMENTS FOR OBESITY “It sounds cool, and, as recently pointed out by the FDA, patients will undertake all sorts of risks
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE: IS IT REALLY AS “EVIDENCE-BASED” AS YOU’VE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE? “[Drug] trials can be rigged in a dozen ways, and
WHAT DO PATIENTS LIKE LEASTABOUT THEIR DOCTOR VISITS? Wellcome Trust # V0011616 In a recent national survey, Consumer Reports asked 1,000 randomly chosen Americans what
DRUG REACTIONS AND UNDER-REPORTING “Off-label prescribing is widespread in Canada and the United States. For 160 drugs commonly prescribed to U.S. adults and children, 21
IS CHIROPRACTIC CARE COST-EFFECTIVE? Charles Thompson – Deansboro/United States – Pixabay A few months ago, a medical journal (JMPT) published a study done by a
DO INDUSTRY PAYOFFS AFFECT THE INTEGRITY OF EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE? “Physicians and researchers must exercise judgment in complex situations that are fraught with uncertainty. Colleagues, patients,
IS QUACKERY TAKING OVER MEDICINE? PawełS Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) warned us in 1984’s Ghostbusters, that we were, “headed for a disaster of biblical
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