As you probably know, heart disease is the No. 1 killer in this country. And according to the World Health Organization, smoking, lack of exercise, an unhealthy diet, and other lifestyle factors [...]
Category: Big Pharma
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, [...]
NIH Mandarins keep life-saving cancer screening a secret
We know how to cut death rates for the nation’s No. 1 cancer killer by a whopping 20 percent. In fact, if all at-risk patients got this simple procedure, we’d save thousands of lives. I believe [...]
Industry insider speaks out against another government-favored vaccine
Earlier this year, I warned you about the problems associated with Gardasil, the popular human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. Believe it or not, Merck is now “doubling down” on their bets with an [...]
Where does all the breast cancer money go?
Yesterday, I told you about some of the scientific shortcomings of giving annual mammograms to all women over 40 in the population. But the breast cancer industry can be very convincing about the [...]
Gluten-free isn’t a free pass
A lot of people nowadays swear by their “gluten-free” diets. They say it helped them lose weight and lower their blood pressure. And those results are great. But they probably didn’t get those [...]
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. [...]
Profits–not cures–for Alzheimer’s disease
Over 20 years ago, I attended a big government event in Washington, D.C. where science bureaucrats announced the “Decade of the Brain.” At the event, they claimed we would conquer brain and [...]
New hope for Parkinson’s disease victims
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States. And Michael J. Fox certainly helped raise awareness with his early onset of the disease. But [...]