There is a long and growing laundry list of reasons why you should never take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug. And now, there’s another MAJOR reason to add the list… A brand-new study [...]
Category: Big Pharma
Taking multiple medications can shave years off your life
According to an eye-opening new study, taking multiple drugs at the same time — a disturbing trend called polypharmacy — can cause physical and cognitive problems. I often report about how taking [...]
The tragic depression trigger hiding in plain sight
Depression rates in the U.S. are skyrocketing. And what makes this situation even more tragic is that some of these cases could be prevented entirely — simply by avoiding big pharma’s “wonder [...]
Lifespans in U.S. on the decline despite increases in healthcare spending
When I was in Southeast Asia in the 1970s, I learned that high-tech medicine isn’t usually the answer to better health for more people. And my time there inspired me to find ways to incorporate [...]
Big pharma’s deadly antidepressant cover-up
The New York Times recently ran a tragic story on the difficulty millions of people are experiencing when it comes to “withdrawing” from antidepressant drugs. And no wonder people want to get off [...]
Newer isn’t always better — especially when it comes to diabetes drugs
I recently came across a great interview in Medscape about the benefits of using the older, generic drug metformin to treat patients with Type II diabetes. Of course, metformin is the only drug I [...]
Big pharma brings you nutrition “news” from the 19th century
Big pharma is at it again. In a recent article for the consumer version of the Merck Manual, a doctor happily reports that vitamin deficiency is rare in the U.S. today. This seems inexplicable [...]
Who does your doctor really work for?
With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — big government’s short-lived, failed experiment — it may have seemed as though your doctor worked for the government or for insurance companies. Hopefully, [...]
Urgent warning: The world’s biggest poison pushers join forces
Start planning your backyard garden now. Because you may have a hard time finding non-genetically modified (GM) foods on grocery store shelves in the future if chemical companies have their way. [...]
The shocking connection between big pharma and Alzheimer’s
As far as I’m concerned, an Alzheimer’s disease cure already exists. And it has a 90 percent success rate. You just won’t learn about it from big pharma because this devastating disease is far [...]
