Here NNT.com’s David H. Newman, M.D has the surprising findings for you. Narrative: Aspirin blocks the action of platelets, reducing clots and ostensibly lowering the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths. This review examined and summarized the magnitude of benefits from daily aspirin when compared to placebo for ‘secondary prevention’, i.e. among patients who have […]
The Paradox of H. Pylori
Is the overuse of antibiotics permanently altering microbial flora of the human body? In a Wired magazine interview, Dr. Martin Blaser, a professor of microbiology, explains how superbugs—those drug-resistant bacteria—may also be contributing to the increasing incidence of obesity, allergies, asthma and gastroesophageal reflux. Surprising research also shows that people who have H. pylori are […]
Mother Knows Best
“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 […]
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