What IF cell phones caused brain cancer?

URL:  http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/in...

What would you do - right now - if you discovered that regular use of a cell phone is DIRECTLY related to brain tumors? Would you stop using your cell phone, use some sort of earphone (which one?), reduce your cell usage, use a speakerphone, do nothing different?



"BlackBerry Bold advises users to, 'keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 inch (25 millimeters) from your body...'" FROM YOUR BODY, not just your head. I'm beginning to wonder if I should even be carrying one of those things around in my pocket.

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Also need to avoid all soft drinks

URL:  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-30/children-may-b...

Yes, there are chemicals in sports drinks, many of which are also found in soda pop - often consumed by the carton by young people. Regular consumptions can lead to all sorts of bad outcomes - including injuries. See http://bit.ly/jRpfZD

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Really? "..reduce preventable infection rates"?

URL:  http://www.npr.org/2011/05/28/136712657/hospitals-face-...

I would never expect to see a headline like this - even in a gazillion years. The article itself would be hilarious if it wasn't so serious - "...patients are irreparably harmed".

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iSuck - Handy, Inexpensive, COOL - iSuck

URL:  http://www.thecompounder.com/component/virtuemart/detai...

It's called the "iSuck". No, it doesn't have anything to do with medicine or health. It merely sticks things together. At least take a look.

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I'm wondering how that RECOVERY thing is working.

URL:  http://www.foxbusiness.com/index.html

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Ddespite the lack of scientific evidence.

URL:  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011...

This is the kind of article I like to read. It's about local honey. It is a rare health professional today who will actually make a comment about something he/she doesn't have scientific proof for. Dr. Joe Mercola often steps out and makes statements that are rational and potentially helpful - even when he could be wrong. He's a doctor with a brain, a grasp on what it means to be healthy, and a backbone.



You never know what you don't know until you know that you don't know anything.

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Red Yeast Rice might be worth it IF...

http://dearpharmacist.com/?p=1647

... you are convinced that low cholesterol is healthy. Since there is scant evidence that high cholesterol causes health problems, using any drug to lower cholesterol is a prescription for disaster - even when the drug is hidden in a natural substance. Red Yeast Rice - when it works - is actually a statin. It's probably weaker than one of the commercial drug products, but it can still have the same effect - artificially lowering cholesterol. That isn't necessarily a good thing.



Personally, I am not interested in using a drug to change my cholesterol levels. I'll live and eat well and let the levels be what they will. \ If you want to play around with your levels, you'd probably be better off using a drug that's standardized instead of a non-prescription product that may or may not contain the drug you want.



Also note that Red Yeast Rice products that don't have any statin components are likely to be the safest.

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Old doctors vs. Young doctors - serious differences.

URL:  http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=653049

This could very well be at the crux of the problems in health care today, "older doctors are more likely to recommend lifestyle changes ... while younger doctors are more likely to prescribe medications."



We seem to have devolved into a system of health that looks at test results and associated drug treatments before considering how the patient feels and lives.



I suggest that "older doctors" learned these things in medical school. Modern medical school graduates seem to have been shorted in the areas of diet and lifestyle - probably in the spirit of expediency. After all, they are required to see many patients each day - and pay off their student loans. They no longer have time to listen to the patient and act clinically.

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Let me get this straight.

URL:  http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-requiring-pages-to-...

If I'm clear on this, Facebook allows any user to post a comment to any page, but drug makers do not wish to let users comment on their pages. In the spirit of dialogue and open communication, Like other brand companies, I'd think a drug maker would welcome comments from people who view their Facebook pages. Why would they even want to have a page if they aren't interested in dialogue?



Perhaps, the drug makers think of Facebook as "just another marketing technique". Therefore, they really aren't interested in our comments. Their focus is on SELLING products, nothing else.



They expect to get their way because of "...massive amounts of funding that Pharma has for communications and marketing..." This simple comment says a lot.

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Rub-in pain relief - by prescription

URL:  http://www.thecompounder.com/alternative-treatments/pai...

Yes, there are pills and injections. Are you aware that there are also powerful pain relievers that you can apply to the area where it actually hurts? They work and the risk of side effects is very low - mainly because doses are lower than oral doses.

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Stevie Nicks severely damaged by prescription drugs

URL:  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011...

They were JUST tranquilizers - generally handed out like candy to make you feel relaxed and happy. How could they do any harm? I don't think my doctor would order anything that would do any real harm. How could the FDA allow dangerous drugs onto the market? I think the drug companies are honorable businesses and they are trying to help all of us.

We've all got to wake and smell the dead roses - BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. On average, people from 19 to 64 take as many as 11 drugs each year. If ONE of them can cause hair to turn gray and skin to molt, imagine what a bunch of them together can do.

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This is good.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXkCCU1hNRI7...

If a parent HAS TO give acetaminophen to their child, it is best that they use the smallest amount available - AND that the risk of overdose is absolutely minimal. For too long, this drug has been available in a strength that allowed dosing by drops or dropppersful. The risk has been high for a person to dose teaspoonfuls by mistake.



The next step is for all the manufacturers to agree on a standardized method of measurement and delivery. I prefer the oral syringes. Doses can be exactly tailored to the need at the time.

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Women in battle?

URL:  http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-ptsd-...

This article reports that women are more traumatized by combat than men - more than twice as many suffer PTSD symptoms. It wasn't too many years ago that women were not permitted in combat zones.

I have a gut feeling that our forefathers had better insight into the differences between genders. Can someone show me the errors in my thinking?

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Should we treat health problems instead of test results?

URL:  http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/cancer/stor...

In an 18-year study of 78,216 women, those randomly assigned to be screened for ovarian cancer died at the same rate as women who weren't - and 3,300 (4.2%) of them had unnecessary surgeries - and 166 of them had surgical complications. This is huge - especially if you're one of them.



Most of us believe in the benefits of testing and screening. Yet, the actual statistics often tell a different story. How many of us agonize after receiving "bad" news after a test? How many of us act in response to the test results? When it comes to ovarian cancer 3,300 women faced the agonizing questions and acted without a legitimate reason.



I suspect that thousands of other women experience the anxiety caused by the belief that mammograms are "life-saving". And, don't forget the men who go under the knife after a PSA reading.



A disaster in health care is the overwhelming body of beliefs that control the system, but are proving to be false.When will we return to the time when doctors treated problems instead of test results?

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Major culprit of acid reflux is eating too much.

URL:  http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/12/3620912/heartburn-a-ri...

I agree. Over eating isn't the only cause, but it can play a major role. Another contributing factor is the LACK of stomach acid. Using a drug to reduce stomach acid is counter productive and dangerous.



Here's a brief article I published about the dangers http://bit.ly/jFnbO7

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Forget the HOLIDAY. Don't take them at all.

URL:  http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/story/2011/...

Bisphosphonates have no legitimate health use. They can clean soap rings from the bathtub, but they are far too dangerous to be taken internally.



A drug holiday is futile because just one of these can do irreparable harm.



Modest weight-bearing exercise, water, and balanced progesterone will improve bone health far better than these drugs.

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These are not accidental shortages.

URL:  http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/medicine/growing-pr...

The suits at the drug companies aren't as ignorant as we'd like to think. Instead, they are crafty and focused on maximizing profits. Yes, they can dazzle us with all the "reasons" their products are in short supply, but I don't believe even a tenth of it.



For the most part, I don't care if drugs are in short supply - too many of us take too many already. I'm concerned with the important injections that are suddenly not available - especially the ones used in anesthesia. Without them, surgeries may be postponed or cancelled - or the anesthesiologists may revert to a shot of whiskey and a bullet to bite on.

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Tell me again how an armed citizenry increases crime.

URL:  http://www.freep.com/article/20110510/NEWS06/105100429/...

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Mixed messages about drug use

URL:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-checkup/post/ad...

Is it any wonder that modern kids are practically numb when it comes to the subject of drug use and abuse? Their doctors prescribe daily doses of SPEED - with the full support of teachers and parents. Then, after 10 or more years of drug use they get slapped around for using marijuana.

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Salt study CONFLICTS with beliefs about BP

URL:  http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/diet-nutritio...

This study suggests that salt intake is not really responsible for high blood pressure and that lowering salt is not really healthy. Most health professionals BELIEVE that salt is "the devil" and that a study like this has to be misguided - and wrong. I predict we'll see many objections to the findings. I hope we don't shoot the messenger (the study, this time).

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