Are COX-2 drugs safe for you? An interview with a Mayo Clinic specialist
Bextra is the latest in a string of arthritis pain relievers either withdrawn from the market or relabeled with stricter health warnings. What are your options for pain relief? A Mayo Clinic specialist responds.
First it was Vioxx %u2014 pulled from the market in [...]
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Can H. Pylori and Parkinson’s Be Linked?
One of the many astute readers of my Web site called my attention to an interesting, yet little-known study in which getting rid of the bacteria associated with H. pylori improves the physical abilities of patients stricken with Parkinson’s disease.
Based on a finding that many Parkinson’s patients had been [...]
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Americans Taking More Sleeping Pills Than Ever
Despite more signs patients may be turning away from the poor excuse that passes for conventional health care in America and gravitating toward natural, safer treatments, when push comes to shove, many of them still rely far too often on one-pill-cures. Case in point: Some 42 million prescriptions for [...]
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If you read my blog regularly, I post frequent warnings about some the health-harming side effects connected to “one-stop-cures” like gastric bypass, weight-loss medications and even over-the-counter pain relievers. A recent study has finally acknowledged some dangerous side effects I posted six years ago on my Web site: The use of anticholinergic drugs may mimic [...]
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”Good Times” Are Ahead For The Mega-Drug Companies But Not For Your Health…
This interesting New York Times piece — a review of recent positive business stories about the mega-drug companies — has led some analysts to speculate the worst is over and industry profits may be on the rise again, as if they ever were [...]
