An article in the New York Times today (2.15.13) reported, “Traces of a common psychiatric medication that winds up in rivers and streams may affect fish behavior and feeding patterns.” The Swedish researchers exposed perch to different concentrations of an anti-anxiety medication—Oxazepam. Oxazepam is a benzodiazepine drug similar to the U.S. drug Xanax. The scientists
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunization schedule was updated in January, 2013 to recommend that a dose of Tdap vaccine be administered to all pregnant women during each pregnancy whether or not they have received the vaccine previously. This is a new recommendation. What is the reason for this change? The CDC
As reported in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (1.10.13) a study by the Institute of Medicine found that our health care woes are much worse than we thought. In fact, over the last 30 years, as compared to other Western countries, we ranked last in nearly every health indicator. You read
If you are elderly, how can you increase your risk of dying? The answer is simple: Take a statin drug. Statin drugs are the most profitable drugs for the Big Pharma Cartel. Lipitor, Baycol, Zocor, and Crestor are examples of statin medications. These drugs are prescribed by doctors to lower cholesterol levels. Do statin drugs
Can eating fish poison your brain? An article describing two new reports published ahead of a United Nations conference on mercury pollution found that mercury in fish is having an adverse effect on brain function. “There does appear to be evidence now, fairly persuasive evidence, that adverse effects occur from {eating} normal amounts of seafood,”
I was in CVS the other day and saw the poster stating, “Flu vaccines offered here.” I thought to myself, who would go to CVS and get a flu shot? When I asked the pharmacist if a lot of their clients receive the flu shot she replied, “It is a busy part of our practice.”
The first article was posted as a blog at the American Nurse Today website. You can access the article here: https://www.americannursetoday.com/. The rebuttal to this article is printed below. Bioidentical Hormones And Compounding Drug Deaths Written by WULF H UTIAN MB BCh, PhD, DSc(Med), FRCOG, FACOG, FICS 10/19/2012 The current tragic situation regarding contaminated compounded steroid
On November 6, 2012, California voters will be voting on Proposition 37. Proposition 37, if passed, would require food labeling for genetically modified foods. A ‘yes’ vote would favor the new food labeling laws. The European Union as well as Japan and Australia require genetically modified organisms (GMO) foods to be labeled. What is wrong
Dr. Brownstein, along with his colleague Erika Schwartz, M.D., has an article published today (10.16.12) on USATODAY.com. The article provides the doctors’ point of view on the compounding pharmacy tragedy that has occurred due to the contaminated steroid injections.You can view the article here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/10/16/meningitis-compound-pharmacies-medication/1636975/
My last blog post dealt with the nonsense of mandating flu vaccinations for medical personnel. I showed you that the flu vaccine is not effective at preventing the flu nor does it minimize complications from the flu. The Cochrane group is an independent medical research group designed to help physicians put evidence into practice. The