Statins Cause Diabetes, Memory Loss
Widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, to say they can raise levels of blood sugar (diabetes) and could cause memory loss.
Sleeping Pills May Be As Dangerous As Smoking Cigarettes, Says Lead Author Of New Report
Hundreds of thousands of people who take sleeping pills just twice a month are nearly four times more likely to die prematurely, according to new research.
Sleeping Pills Increase Risk Of Death, Study Suggests
Sleeping pills prescribed for insomnia are associated with more than a fourfold risk of death, according to the study published in the BMJ Open journal.
Commonly Used Antidepressants May Raise Heart Disease Risk
Dr Hamer said: “Our findings suggest that there is an association between the use of tricyclic antidepressants and an increased risk of CVD that is not explained by existing mental illness. This suggests that there may be some characteristic of tricyclics that is raising the risk.
Coroner Calls For Urgent Anti-Depressant Inquiry After Doctor Blames Drug For Mother’s Suicide
‘She was a stable, happy, calm person but in three weeks the decline was rapid to a woman who was trembling, had panic attacks and wouldn’t make eye contact.
‘She was like a zombie.
Antibiotics Increase Risk Of IBS And Crohn’s Disease In Children In Later Life
Research has shown children given penicillin and similar medicines are more at risk from irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn’s disease
Children given antibiotics are twice as likely to develop digestive problems, research shows
Scientists Fear Antibiotics are Perpetuating Diseases Impossible to Treat
Bugs and bacteria rapidly adapt to survive, only taking months to for the genetic mutations to occur. Antibiotics, although successful in wiping out most of the bacterial invaders, don’t kill absolutely all of them
Miscarriage Risk Doubles With Use Of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Risk of miscarriage more than doubled in women who took non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, during the first 20 weeks of gestation, according to researchers who scrutinized health records from nearly 50,000
FDA Limits Acetaminophen In Prescription Combination Products; Requires Liver Toxicity Warnings
Because of continued reports of liver injury, FDA proposes that boxed warnings, the agency’s strongest warning for prescription drugs, be added to all acetaminophen prescription products.
Don’t Confuse Real Healing With Suppression Of The Disease
Anyone who has taken a painkiller certainly knows that there is a big difference between temporary relief and real healing. Even though a person who takes a painkiller may not consciously feel pain, it is widely understood that this relief does not necessarily mean that a “cure” or a “healing” has occurred. And yet, it…
How Scientific is Modern Medicine Really?
Doctors today commonly assert that they practice “scientific medicine,” and patients think that the medical treatments they receive are “scientifically proven.” However, this ideal is a dream, not reality, and a clever and profitable marketing ruse, not fact. The British Medical Journal’s “Clinical Evidence” analyzed common medical treatments to evaluate which are supported by sufficient…
The Questionable Efficacy Of Flu Vaccines… And The Pandemic That Wasn’t
Evidence to date suggests that the “H1N1 flu is not a major threat,” and there is little evidence that flu vaccines are effective in preventing the flu, so says Tom Jefferson, MD, arguably the world’s leading expert on influenza vaccines. Dr. Jefferson has authored 10 reviews of research on the influenza vaccine for the Cochrane…
Fluoride: Poison for the Whole Family (M. Mueller)
By: Manfred Mueller, MA, DHM, RSHom(NA), CCH Copyright © 1995. All rights reserved. Revised 2000 and 2005 Municipalities add fluoride to public water systems in the United States at the rate of 1 to 3 ppm (parts per million) – purportedly as a means to prevent tooth decay. This has produced serious environmental diseases including…
Epidemic Of Fever Phobia: The Facts On Why Fever Is Your Friend
a number of physicians, including pediatricians, are now suggesting that moderate fevers be allowed to run their course, for they may shorten the illness, potentiate the action of antibiotics and reduce the chances of spreading the infection to others
Aspirin Misuse May Have Made 1918 Flu Pandemic Worse
autopsy reports from 1918 are consistent with what we know today about the dangers of aspirin toxicity, as well as the expected viral causes of death.