Dr. Mehmet Oz recently came under fire for using his TV show–and his medical reputation as a cardiothoracic surgeon–to promote questionable weight loss supplements. Of course, asking [...]
Category: Bad Science
Too many labs, not enough safety
Yesterday, I explained why the series of disturbing safety breaches at top-notch U.S. research labs shouldn’t surprise anyone. Since 2004, the number of labs authorized to handle the world’s [...]
The latest news: “Low-T” therapy equals high risk for heart attack and stroke
I’ve written before about the dangers of “Low-T” treatments. Now, other publications are really starting to get the word out to the men who need to know. The newest message? Testosterone therapy [...]
Is this simple jellyfish a real anti-aging miracle?
I often warn you to be wary of products promising anti-aging miracles. These sorts of “magic bullets” just don’t exist. But I may have to amend my view in one regard. About a year ago, I came [...]
Stuck with another ineffective vaccine
The government-industrial-medical complex and lame stream media have an easy excuse when their ineffective bureaucratic vaccination programs don’t work as promised–just blame the people who [...]
Beware of common peptic ulcer “cure”
Peptic ulcers have frustrated mainstream doctors for decades. Their favorite 20th century approaches to medical problems–drugs and surgery–could not treat them. Much less cure them. [...]
These “miracle” drugs may cause cataracts
Big pharma likes nothing better to find a new use for an old, failed drug. This practice is called “off label” drug use. It saves drug companies lots of time and money. In fact, two weeks ago, I [...]
10 real risk factors for heart disease
For decades, the government has been promoting politically correct, pet theories about the causes of heart disease. They tried to blame cholesterol, eggs, meat, saturated fats, salt, alcohol…you [...]
More reasons to skip the statins altogether
Late last year, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) came up with a complex mathematical formula for determining a patient’s risk of suffering a heart [...]
Dangers of “Low-T” Treatments
I often write about big pharma’s penchant for inventing new diseases. “Low-T”–or low testosterone–is the latest imaginary disorder. And, of course, big pharma wants men to take a new, [...]