Tuesday, August 09, 2011

So true. Ask your doctor id DRUG is right for you


What are the chances that AUTISM can be prevented or cured?

Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride stated, "By the time I graduated from medical school I had never seen an autistic individual," she says. "… To be honest, the first autistic child that I encountered was my own… Five years ago we were diagnosing one child in 150, which is almost a 40-fold increase in incidence. Now in Britain and some countries, we are diagnosing one child in 66."


Monday, August 08, 2011

It's bad when psychiatrists prescribe so many antidepressants.

It's a lot worse when other doctors order those kinds of mind-altering drugs for other, unrelated conditions that are NOT supported by any clinical evidence.


Friday, August 05, 2011

I don't want to see this happen

In fact, I support any/every effort to reduce the insane over-use of statin drugs. Efforts to maintain or increase the use of these drugs ought to be stopped, now.


Thursday, August 04, 2011

What to DO with 36 million pounds of BAD turkey?

This is just another example of the kinds of disasters that become common when we industrialize food production and distribution. We have not seen the last food recall. In fact, I suspect we'll see the numbers escalate.



The good news is that reports of sickness from as few as 78 people triggered our system of protection into gear.


Consumption of sugar may promote heart disease

This is specifically about High Fructose Corns Syrup (HFCS), but I'd wager that in this set of circumstances, sugar is sugar.


Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Yet another reason to stay away from hospitals

I worked in hospitals - almost in another life. I can tell you that we seemed to always have trouble with newly hired staff. They would begin work and then call in sick a week or so later. I concluded that they became infected with whatever bacterial colonies lived in "our" hospital. After a short exposure, they got sick and developed sufficient antibodies to allow them to return to work. It would probably happen again if they switched to another hospital. Those places are dirty and dangerous.



Now I read that they have something against natural breast feeding. The report says, "less than four percent of U.S. hospitals provide the full support that new mothers need to be able to successfully breastfeed."