“Fracking and Our Food Supply” was a Feb/March feature in Mother Earth News. I have read Mother for years and have benefited greatly, as I believe will you. In an article by Shelly Stonebrook, you read that Fracking fluid contains 632 chemicals, 25% of which are linked to cancer or mutations and 75% affect sensory […]
Harvard Biostatistician Attacks New Statin Drug Guidelines
After the shocking change in guidelines for statin use issued by the American Heart Association last week, experts like Dr. Paul Ridker and Dr. Nancy Cook are taking issue with the change. Dr. Steven Nissen from the Cleveland Clinic echoes their concerns. Melissa Healy from the L.A. Times explains these experts’ doubts about the guidelines here. […]
A Doubling of Statin Drug Takers?
A big new statin drug study from American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology is causing controversy for many good reasons. The study indicates that the number of Americans taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs could rise to 72 million from 36 million. Purely from the mathematics of NNT (number needed to treat), I am no […]
Superbugs Winning the Battle Against Antibiotics
At The Wall Street Journal, Betsy McKay outlines that antibiotics are losing the battle against superbugs. Overuse of antibiotics is a major cause of the problem according to a CDC report. Public-health experts are increasingly sounding the alarm about the number of microbes, from normally harmless intestinal bacteria to tuberculosis, that are winning a Darwinian […]
Wired for Health: Your iPhone Could One Day Prevent a Heart Attack
Dr. Eric Topol is on a mission to get healthcare out of the mess its in by prescribing apps, not medication. Dr. Topol is looking to eliminate fees for tests and technicians using smartphones and newer technology. He is currently leading the “Wired for Health” study in which a total of 100 individuals in the Monitoring […]
No Treatment, No Cure
Death within four months. The travesty of a hospital stay is outlined in this Boston Globe feature article by Kay Lazar. In it, Lazar reports: As many as eight patients at a New Hampshire hospital may have been exposed to a rare, fatal brain disease from surgery equipment that previously was used on a patient […]
An Extraordinary and Surprising Experience with a Patient
You can dramatically reduce your hospital bills. Here Cato Institute adjunct scholar Jeffrey Singer explains: The insurance policy, the clerk said, would pay up to $2,500 for the surgeon—more than enough—and up to $2,500 for the hospital’s charges for the operating room, nursing, recovery room, etc. The estimated hospital charge was $23,000. She asked him to […]
Merck Animal Health Announces Plans to Suspend Sales of Zilmax Feed Additive
Among the leaders in pressuring Merck has been Temple Grandin, a world-renowned expert on how cattle react to their environment. Grandin has redesigned slaughterhouses to make them more humane. Here Dan Charles, writing at npr.com, tells readers… Two weeks ago, at a meeting held by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, he presented data showing that […]
How to Become One of the 100 Richest People in the World
How to become one of the 100 richest people in the world working out of a nondescript office park in a small New Hampshire town. The fascinating true-life tale is woven here. There’s a reason why Richard B. Cohen escapes attention. The chairman of C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. works out of a nondescript office park once […]
150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: #4
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., has created one of the most vital books on the health of your family you will ever find. The lavishly illustrated, 358-page weighty tome gives you more vital information on foods that can keep your family healthy than any other publication I have ever come across. And I am always on […]
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