Natural Health

This article about Bextra and the way Pfizer wormed out of prosecution is enough to make any patient wonder… Is the doctor giving me this prescription because it’s the right one, or because he’s being paid well to to so? The conclusion here is that paying huge fines is simply a cost of doing business [...]

Can you believe it? This dangerous individual was awarded the title of “Australian of the Year” – and he’s promoting the use of mind-altering drugs on children who don’t even have problems! Patrick McGorry’s idea is to identify kids who might develop problems and start drugging them before the problems develop. He’s gotten a lot [...]

When will reports like this end? It just makes me sick to think that babies and their families are suffering because of prescription drugs that their mothers took in good faith – and without being warned that there were dangers to the baby. Television ads for anti-depressants carry the disclaimer that in some people, anti-depressants [...]

Drinking water is one of the single-most important things you can do for your health. And yet, I know people who say “Water is for washing your feet. I don’t drink water.” And then they wonder why they’re tired, their muscles are weak, their skin is flaky, and they suffer from headaches – along with [...]

Diabetics taking the drug Avandia to control their blood sugar need to beware – the drug has once again been linked to an increased risk of heart attack. Worse, GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Avandia, knew about the heart attack risks years ago but did not inform the proper authorities. At this point they’re still denying [...]

What a day… this morning I reported on a recall of veterinary drugs that had not been reported to veterinarians. Today it’s a recall on Tylenol and many other Tylenol products… and they say they’ve known of the problem since 2008! Please, if you take any over the counter drugs made by Johnson & Johnson, [...]

This tale is so sad… Brittany Murphy was a talented person with much to give to the world, and she’s dead – most likely from the drugs that doctors willingly prescribed for her. But she’s not the only one. I believe it happens every day with people who aren’t celebrities. When an “ordinary person” dies, [...]

The FDA has now issued a warning and a list: 72 over the counter weight loss drugs have now been identified as containing undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients – often in dosages that are considered unsafe. Four of these drugs have not been approved for sale in the U.S. – one because it is suspected of causing [...]

Just read the news this morning about a young woman who was experiencing anxiety. Her doctor prescribed Klonopin and then gave her free samples of Cymbalta. 5 days later she was dead. She started feeling bad the first day, but kept taking the pills; within 4 days she began talking about suicide, and the next [...]

Every time I read the doctor’s column in our local newspaper I marvel at the fact that doctors don’t seem to realize that all bodies are not alike! A medication that may be fine for one person can be deadly for another, and yet they tell patients “It can’t be your medication” when they complain [...]