Tag: pharmaceuticals

Don’t get me wrong, there are mixed data out there. For example, we’re told that Statins reduce your risk of stroke and that there’s scientific research behind that assertion, and the barrage of advertisements you watch on TV, hear on the radio, and see in print. But now, another study shows...

Is it worth it? I don’t know. Let’s just run through the logic: 1. IF you take Hormone Replacement Therapy, you boost your chances of getting ovarian and breast cancer. Why would you do that? 2. NOW, we learn that IF you take HRT, the cancer you do get...

How many times have we heard the promises of the miracle pills that will cure our obesity epidemic? How many times have we been disappointed, or learned that this panacea causes more problems than it fixes? How long until we devote our full attention to solving a behavioral problem...

A study just pubbed in the Archives of Internal Medicine deals yet another blow to the blanket use of statins, and the efforts of the pharmaceutical industry to make them a public utility. Hot water, Cold Water, Electricity, Statin Pills. Here is the study, in case you need help...

(Reuters) – People using cholesterol-lowering statins — like Lipitor — have a higher risks of liver dysfunction, kidney failure, muscle weakness and cataracts and such side effects of the drug should be closely tracked, doctors said on Friday. Great. But I want you to take a look at OUR...

There are pills for every condition … even those that arise through poor eating behaviors. This newest new drug is a combination of an antidepressant and yet another drug used to treat alcoholism. Go figure. In any case, they just learned that drug did not perform as well as...

Our culture of health seems to adopt a “give pills first, ask questions later” mentality. In other words, treat with a product (drugs), rather than with a process (behavioral therapy). I know, I know, this is not universally true. However, it is alarmingly common. For example, this article reports...