This is an informative article on the downsides of ingesting milk, from calories, to lactose intolerance to deadly alleries, to heartburn, to wasting of resources and tax money. I urge you to read it in its entirety, and will just
We have discussed celebrex in the blog a bit here. comparing it to glucosamine Use Acupuncture and Supplements instead of anti-inflammatories! chondroitin and placebo. It had no advantage over glucosamine. Anecdotally, I have seen patients have gastrointestinal problems from it,
I was happy to come across this comprehensive article about Acid Reflux (GERD) and the drugs prescribed to treat it, known as Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI’s.) Yet another Blockbuster Drug Category found to have many nasty side effects. The
So even dangerous drugs that lead to addiction, ruined lives or deaths by overdose are protected by big business. I guess it’s not surprising, you just follow the money. These drugs are really strong, hard to get off of, and
Of course it’s great for Bill Gates to be putting a spot light on malaria, but whether he can apply the same skill set used to build Microsoft to stamp out malaria, remains to be seen. For anyone interested in
Any readers of the blog are familiar with the risks of radiation, a recent study on children and the panel of specialists who have cautioned against CT scans for rhinosinusitis and for early breast and prostate cancers. The risk is
I’m personally happy about this, since I never could figure out a good way to take the Calcium. The chewables left a sugary taste and the regular pills were hard to digest. So the bottom line of the article is
In the “First Do No Harm” category, we have more ill effects of burning fossil fuels. I think I may need to add a category called “People Being Afraid of the Wrong Things.” With all the concern about terrorism, swine
I heard this report on NPR and found the story. We’ve discussed the perils of radiation here, and here among other posts. CT’s were also mentioned by the Panel on Preventative Medicine featured in the Newsletter here. Obviously, sometimes CT’s
We’ve discussed the Less Is More trend in traditional medicine over the last year. I have a sort of synopsis in this newsletter, with links though I’ve written numerous posts on the topic. June 2, 2012 Let’s (Not) Get Physicals
