Prescription Drug and FDA
The Cocaine of the Playground
It's bad enough when Big Pharma tries pushing dangerous and unnecessary drugs on adults.
It's far, far worse when they do it to our children.
Many of us in medicine have long believed Ritalin to be dangerous and addictive, and the latest research published in the online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that it may have the same effect on kids as cocaine on a drug addict.
Placebos: How Docs Are Using Fake Medicine to Shut You Up
Every day I hear another story that shows that the medical establishment on the whole is in a downward spiral it couldn't pull out of even if it wanted to. I'm not convinced it wants to.
"Me-Too!" Drugs - Marketing Disease and Pushing Drugs, Part 2
Part 2 of this series exposes the phenomonon of "me-too drugs". These drugs that are not likely to be any better than anything already existing on the market. These are typically lifestyle drugs that can be marketed to massive amounts of people, like the best-selling drug in the world -- Lipitor.
Merck Funding Groups Behind EPA's Petition to Regulate Silver
Our good friend Tony Isaacs, author, investigative journalist and well-known natural health advocate has discovered what may well be the smoking gun in the campaign by radical environmental groups to have the EPA start regulating products containing silver nano-particles – including dietary colloidal silver products – as "pesticides."
See his brilliant article below to learn how the big drug companies have for years been funding some of the very same environmental groups now responsible for the petition to have silver nano-particles regulated by the EPA...
Big Pharma’s Statin Monster Looking to Grow
Our old friends at Big Pharma are at it again – trying to get more people to take a drug they don’t need, for something it wasn’t even made for.
Millions of Americans are already taking statins to help manage their cholesterol. The drugs are already unnecessary for most people, because cholesterol can be controlled through your diet. It’s that simple, and I can show you how.
How Expensive Are the Peanut Butter Recalls?
Bill Marler, the lawyer whose specialty is helping clients obtain compensation for food poisonings, knows as much about food safety - or the lack thereof - as anyone I know. He estimates the total cost of the peanut butter recalls as close to $1 billion.
Coenzyme Q10 Improves Arterial Function in Statin-Treated Diabetics
Statins are the most commonly used cholesterol-reducing drugs. There is evidence that taking them reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, though it certainly isn’t assured that this is because they reduce cholesterol levels.
Can Arthritis Drugs Help Diabetes?
It may sound strange, but it’s true.
Do Statin Drugs Really "Eat" Your Muscles?
Question: When I complained to my cardiologist about losing muscle in my legs, he took me off a statin I was taking for cholesterol and upped my sotalol. Was the statin I was taking causing loss of muscle in my legs? Is there anything I can take to restore muscle control, in my legs especially?
FDA Approval of the Stevia Product Truvia Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be
By now, you've probably seen the ads for Truvia. And if you've been reading the eTips for awhile, you might remember that we started talking about it a year ago, when some of the biggest giants in the food industry -- namely Cargill and CocaCola -- decided to respond to the increasing public demand for safe, natural sweeteners with none other than stevia, the herb Dr. Wright and his colleagues have been recommending for years. But this is no time to celebrate...
