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.
FDA Adds Diabetes, Memory Loss Warnings To Statins
Health regulators are adding warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, to say they may raise levels of blood sugar and could cause memory loss.
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.
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
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.
We Fought Cancer…And Cancer Won
There is a blueprint for writing about cancer, one that calls for an uplifting account of, say, a woman whose breast tumor was detected early by one of the mammograms she faithfully had and who remains alive and cancer-free decades later, or the story of a man whose cancer was eradicated by one of the new rock-star therapies that precisely target a molecule that spurs the growth of malignant cells.
Pfizer Details Payments to Doctors
By DUFF WILSON Published: March 31, 2010 Pfizer, the world’s largest drug maker, said Wednesday that it paid about $20 million to 4,500 doctors and other medical professionals for consulting and speaking on its behalf in the last six months of 2009, its first public accounting of payments to the people who decide which drugs…
Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy for Selected Countries, 2007
Country Infant mortal- ity1 Life expec- tancy2 Albania 20.0 77.6 Angola 184.4 37.6 Australia 4.6 80.6 Austria 4.5 79.2 Bangladesh 59.1 62.8 Brazil 27.6 72.2 Canada 4.6 80.3 Chile 8.4 77.0 China 22.1 72.9 Costa Rica 9.5 77.2 Cyprus 6.9 78.0 Czech Republic 3.9 76.4 Denmark 4.5 78.0 Ecuador 22.1 76.6 Egypt 30.1 71.6 Finland…
A C Nielsen Survey Backs Homeopathy Benefits
BS Reporter / Kolkata August 27, 2007 Homeopathy as a reliable means of treatment is gaining ground in India since it is safe and builds on the goodness of zero-side-effect. According to a recent AC Nielson survey, while 62 per cent of the current homeopathy users have never tried allopathy, 82 per cent of homeopathy users…
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…
The Depressing News About Antidepressants
Studies suggest that the popular drugs are no more effective than a placebo. In fact, they may be worse. Tom Schierlitz for Newsweek; Illustration by Serfcan Ozcan By Sharon Begley | NEWSWEEK Published Jan 29, 2010 From the magazine issue dated Feb 8, 2010 Although the year is young, it has already brought my first moral…
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.
Antipsychotic Drugs Double Risk Of Death Among Alzheimer’s Patients
New research into commonly prescribed drugs to Alzheimer’s patients concludes that antipsychotic drugs nearly doubles risk of death over 3 years. Guidelines recommend only using them for short periods of time. New research into the effects of antipsychotic drugs commonly prescribed to Alzheimer’s patients concludes that the medication nearly doubles risk of death over three years.…
Health Alert: Homeopathy and Radiation
How to use homeopathy (and more) to deal with effects of increased exposure to nuclear radiation