
medical guidelines: can they be trusted?
WHICH IS MORE TRUSTWORTHY… MEDICAL GUIDELINES OR COMMON SENSE? Gerd Altmann – Freiburg/Deutschland – Pixabay “The mistake, of course, is to have thought that peer
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WHICH IS MORE TRUSTWORTHY… MEDICAL GUIDELINES OR COMMON SENSE? Gerd Altmann – Freiburg/Deutschland – Pixabay “The mistake, of course, is to have thought that peer

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE WHERE DOES THE EVIDENCE LEAD?JUST FOLLOW THE MONEY! Just this week, one of the oldest and most prestigious medical journals on the planet

THE TRUTH ABOUT ANTI-DEPRESSANT MEDICATIONSINVISIBLE & ABANDONED PART III SJJP – 建鹏 邵 – 广州/中国 – Pixabay “To call these medications antidepressants may make sense

The War on Cancer: Are We Winning or Losing? “The War on Cancer refers to the effort to find a cure for cancer by increased

INVISIBLE AND ABANDONED STUDIES PART IITHE SORDID STORY OF TAMIFLU “It is not enough that trial results are seen in secret, behind closed doors,

THE GAP BETWEEN MEDICAL RESEARCHAND MEDICAL PRACTICE “The Grand Canyon is a roadside ditch compared to the chasm that exists between medical research and medical

CONFLICT OF INTEREST?NOPE — JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL! “Pharmaceutical companies spent $57.5 billion on pharmaceutical promotion in the United States in 2004… With rare exceptions,

ANOTHER INSTANCE OFDIAGNOSTIC OVERLOAD Hioahelsefag – Oslo/Norway – Pixabay Overdiagnosis is an expected part of any screening program….. Part of a recent statement by the

BRAND NEW MEDICAL GUIDELINES FOR TREATING OBESITY As BMI increases, the risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer all go up. Donna Ryan, MD, co-chair

FIXING A GOLDWINGSOLVING CHRONIC NECK PAIN(While Having Fun and Making Some Friends in the Process) You’re right Russ; after working on the F-16 program for

WHAT ABOUT DIET SODA?CONSUME ONLY IF YOU WANT TO DESTROY YOUR HEALTH! Bruno Glätsch – Bühlertann/Deutschland – Pixabay November is National Diabetes Month—a time to

TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY THE GOD DELUSION-vs-THE SCIENCE DELUSION Gerhard Gellinger – Pixabay Science is being constricted by assumptions that have, over the years, hardened

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA TOUTS ITS SUCCESS AT REDUCING CHILDHOOD OBESITY Wellcome – V0007161 San Diego’s Childhood Obesity Initiative launched after two county supervisors recognized and

MORE“EVIDENCE-BASED” MEDICINE Image by Yumi Kimura “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” George Orwell; 1984 Doublespeak. It’s a

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

CONFESSIONS OF A MEDICAL HERETICTHE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME You’ve “arrived” in the field of alternative healthcare when you have

“INVISIBLE AND ABANDONED” “That there is not more of an uproar about this problem continues to surprise me. Missing or distorted evidence impugns the validity

SCIENCE OR RELIGION? Gerd Altmann – Freiburg/Deutschland – Pixabay One of the last times I spent significant time with my FATHER IN LAW before he

EXCERPTS FROMDEATH BY MEDICINE elsebjgmailcom – Dansk – Pixabay Although this study is nearly a decade and a half old, it will still send shivers

COCA COLA TRIES TO MAKE GOOD StockSnap – Pixabay If you are a regular reader of my column, you realize that SODA POP is bad
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