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Category Archives: Medical Madness
Drugs for bipolars not working
Scientists at Brown University found no difference in hospital readmission rates among patients who received antidepressants and those who did not – until the got to bipolar depression… When bipolar patients were administered the antidepressant venlafaxine, there was an associated … Continue reading
New statin drug risk identified
Just because your doctor is ignorant about the uselessness of dangerous cholesterol meds and their horrific side-effects doesn’t mean you have to be ignorant too. Aside from losing your cognitive function, sex life and experiencing excruciating muscle pain, the latest … Continue reading
Medical lesson from history not learned
In 1899, the American Medical Association (AMA) was a weak organization with little money and no respect from the general public. The AMA’s competition was reducing member physicians’ incomes. Chiropractic had just been introduced and homeopathy and herbalists were thriving … Continue reading
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Tagged ama, ama history, american medical assosiation, big pharma, carnegie, chiropractic, drugs, flu, flu mortality, flu vaccines, homeopath, medical history, medical school, medicine history, naturopath, pharmaceuticals, quacks, rockefeller, spanish flu
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Antibiotics cause kidney failure
Anyone who has known me for two weeks knows that I am against the indiscriminate use of antibiotics. Need another reason? Using oral fluoroquinolone antibiotics, like ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin, double the risk of acute kidney disease requiring hospitalization according … Continue reading
Docs who refuse to acknowledge truth
Study after study show that men with low-risk prostate cancer are being over-treated. There is also a wide disparity in the truth of information that doctors are telling men. Not many doctors actually tell their patients the truth of the … Continue reading
Hospitals profit from their mistakes
In the American Journal of Medical Quality, the researchers found that hospitals profit nearly 9 times more for treating infections that they caused! The hospital-infected patient spends an average of 24 days in the hospital. An ICU patient who develops … Continue reading
Really depressing C-diff news
The sad news is that 30,000 people in the US die from C-difficile infections every year. The really sad news is that new research shows that the antidepressants Prozac and Remeron can actually double the risk of a C-difficle infection. … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotics, antidepressants, bacteria, c diff, c-difficile, probiotics, stomach ache
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Swine flu makes more bird flu madness
Did you get your H1N1 flu vaccine a few years ago? So, you took the stupid medical advice from Big Pharma to have a swine flu shot but now you are more susceptible to a serious infection or even death … Continue reading
Actaminophen hell
All acetaminophen products are now on the FDA quarterly watch list because of serious risks and/or new safety information. Making the watch list means that the FDA will investigate the causal link between harm and acetaminophen. Once the link is … Continue reading
Childhood diseases
Medical studies indicate that contracting childhood diseases has a favorable effect on the child’s immune system. When children overcome illnesses on their own, their immune systems are stimulated and they build resistance to other diseases. The over-use of the chicken … Continue reading
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Tagged antivaccine, chickenpox, childhood disease, immune system, immunization, measles, mumps, shingles, vaccination, vaccines
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PSA test? Never!
The American Urological Association (AUA) has back-pedaled on its position for PSA testing going from ALL to NONE. Until recently, the AUA recommended an annual PSA test for all men over 40, but now they are recommending none at all … Continue reading
Aspirin – the anti-nutrient
Aspirin is an anti-nutrient! Aspirin depletes the body of folate, iron, potassium, sodium, and vitamin C. Millions of people already take daily aspirin due to some doctors’ bad advice and Big Pharma propaganda that says daily aspirin will prevent heart … Continue reading
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Tagged aspirin, aspirin for heart, big pharma, cancer, folate, heart attack risk, iron, nsaids, sodium, vitamin c
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Decongestants and antihistamines
Decongestants and antihistamines work against your natural body processes to dry up cleansing mucus and stop your nose from running. This is the exact opposite of what you need. When your ailing sinuses get too dry, it only irritates the … Continue reading
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Tagged antihistamines, congestion, decongestants, mucus, mucus packs, nasal, nose run, respiratory, sinus
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And now there is the chicken flu!
Medical Madness: So the next “flu pandemic” has been thrown out there like bait for people to panic and demand yet another vaccine. But the new H7N9 bird flu doesn’t leap from human to human. According to the Lancet and … Continue reading
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Tagged antivaccine, chicken flu, chinese chicken flu, flu vaccine, h7n9
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Another vaccine failure
Chickenpox vaccine epic fail: A county in Indiana now has the nation’s largest current chickenpox outbreak. An epidemiologist confirmed that 97% of the children that got-the-pox were vaccinated and 85% of them were fully vaccinated. In an asinine attempt to … Continue reading
How many x rays was that?
Medical radiation is running amok! One CT angiogram of the heart brings 16 mSv. Did you know that this is equivalent to 800 chest x-rays? HUH? How about a typical nuclear scan? Humming in at 41 mSv, it is equivalent … Continue reading
Twittering vaccine awareness
Between 2004 and 2008, nearly half of US children below 2 years old received vaccines late or not at all a new study in JAMA shows. Children under-vaccinated by parental choice had fewer emergency department visits than fully vaccinated children … Continue reading
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Tagged antivaccine, child vaccination, immunization, refusing vaccines, vaccination, vaccine madness
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