A new Canadian study found women who take one type of blockbuster drug during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy have a nearly 90 percent higher risk of bearing children who develop [...]
Category: Antidepressants
The biggest health dangers in 2016
January is an opportune time to look back on annual statistics regarding dying of unnatural causes in our modern society. As a former Medical Examiner and practicing consulting forensic [...]
Antidepressants cause 15 times more suicides than FDA reports
Denmark-based researcher Dr. Peter C. Gotzsche recently made waves with a hard-hitting editorial published in the prestigious British Medical Journal. In the essay, Dr. Gotzsche criticized [...]
Common drugs form deadly duo
According to a shocking, new study, men and women who take two wildly popular drugs at the same time increase their risk of bleeding inside the skull by a staggering 60 percent. You won’t believe [...]
More research links antidepressant drugs to homicide
It seems almost every month we see another horrific tragedy unfold on the nightly news that involves a troubled young person resorting to mass violence. But in all the aftermath…and all the talk [...]
Antidepressant drug shuts down brain connectivity within three hours
I find it interesting–and actually quite disturbing–that we continue to learn surprising, new things about selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant drugs. [...]
More reasons to avoid antidepressant drugs
In the U.S., doctors give antidepressant drugs to between 7 and 13 percent of pregnant women. But there is a good reason doctors are always cautioned not to prescribe drugs for pregnant women. [...]
Popular antidepressant drugs cause organ damage
If you suffer from depression, the promise of relief in the form of a little pill can seem like a lifeline. But research shows that antidepressant drugs have few–if any–real benefits. [...]
Send lawyers, guns and money
It seems like every other month, we read about another tragedy involving a troubled young person resorting to mass violence. But in all the talk about guns, lawmakers omit one key issue from all [...]
The power of “placebo”
Harvard researchers conducted a study about 10 years ago that may have you questioning St. John’s wort (SJW). This herb is one of the best, proven ways to combat mild to moderate depression. And [...]