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Before taking any Rx drug, ask THIS October 16, 2017
Taking prescription drugs is about to become a whole lot more dangerous. To hear Big Pharma talk about it, the new state laws beginning to pop up will help your doctor to better help you. That’s what those who support the unravelling of Rx drug regulations will tell you, too. Sweeping away long-held FDA restrictions […]
Online drug side-effect data enough to spook anyone! October 11, 2017
You know those cheesy old horror flicks that force travelers to spend the night in a spooky castle? As the rain pours down and the lightning flashes through the windows, the resident mad scientist typically assures them: “Relax, you’re perfectly safe here.” That’s exactly what came to mind when I heard the reaction to the […]
Latest study shouldn’t ‘ease your mind’ about these drugs August 24, 2017
By comparison, these cholesterol meds make statins look warm and fuzzy! I’m talking about Repatha and Praluent, the PCSK9 blockers that hit the market just a little over two years ago. These drugs put up a roadblock to a gene that regulates how much of it your liver produces — and, in the process, they […]
Could you be taking an antidepressant and not know it? August 22, 2017
It’s hard to believe, but the numbers are in — and they’re telling a very bleak story. A shocking, just-out CDC study has found that in the 15 years between 1999 and 2014, the numbers of Americans taking antidepressants has zoomed up a whopping 65 percent. That boils down to 1 in 8 people over […]
What are these blood pressure drugs doing to your kidneys? August 7, 2017
At first, it was a medical mystery. Odd lesions formed by the growth of “defective and nonfunctional” veins were found in the kidneys of laboratory mice But that discovery was a lightbulb moment for a group of scientists from the University of Virginia School of Medicine — because the cause of those damaging lesions was […]
These easy-to-find allergy drugs can steal your vision July 27, 2017
Dear Reader, It’s a warning you won’t be seeing on the label — or likely even hearing from your doctor. Using those popular, easy-to-find, OTC allergy nasal sprays could rob you of your vision. These drugs contain a steroid that can cause you to develop what’s called a “posterior subcapsular cataract.” That’s right — cataracts! […]
Don't fall for this new trick to push risky cancer drug July 17, 2017
If there were ever a sucker punch aimed at women with breast cancer — or those told they have a high risk of developing it — this would surely be it. A group of smug researchers from the Queen Mary University of London believe they have the answer as to why women are refusing to […]
OTC devices nearly as good as prescription hearing aids July 12, 2017
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing! A professional in the field of hearing — an audiologist affiliated with Johns Hopkins, no less — has come out and said something the hearing-aid industry will no doubt be seething over. You don’t need to fork over thousands for a device to hear better. Several months ago, […]
These popular drugs can up your risk of dying by 50 percent! July 11, 2017
This is likely the strongest warning ever issued about one of the most popular drugs out there. Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are sounding the alarm louder than ever before about those acid-suppressing meds called proton pump inhibitors. These are the ones with familiar names like Nexium and Prilosec that […]
New ‘refund’ scheme just another ploy to sell costly drugs June 26, 2017
It’s the latest and greatest marketing scheme in Big Pharma land. Drug-industry profiteers have figured out a way to get more doctors to write loads of prescriptions for outrageously priced and risky drugs — and that’s to offer a refund if the products “don’t work.” On its face, that sounds like a big show of […]
Situation Critical: Superbugs are killing Americans seniors... and Big Pharma has no way to stop them... But these four “super plants” can protect you against the deadly threat June 21, 2017
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Tiger Woods arrest emphasizes danger of ‘drugged driving’ June 8, 2017
By now, the whole world has seen Tiger Woods’s mug shot, showing the former golfing champion with a blank, dazed look on his face. And you probably heard that he said he had not been drinking. In fact, the breath test police gave Woods when he arrived at the station registered zero. The golfer said […]