Last week, I reported on the sad headlines from The New York Times about yet another failed cholesterol drug called evacetrapib. In a new study, the drug reduced cholesterol all right. But [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
FDA drops important recall in dangerous endoscope fiasco
I have been warning you about the many dangers associated with “routine” colonoscopy screenings for colon cancer. Colonoscopy is an especially poor choice when you compare it to all the safe, [...]
Cancer screening, “early detection,” and the Emperor’s New Clothes
President Richard Nixon declared the “war on cancer” in 1971. Yet cancer rates have generally gone up ever since. Of course, as in all wars, the declaration of war on cancer just signaled, “let [...]
GI endoscopy infections worse than thought
Colonoscopy is an overly expensive, overused, and dangerous colon cancer screening procedure. It’s an especially poor choice when you compare it to all the safe, inexpensive alternatives. [...]
New cholesterol drug costs 200 times as much as statins — and performs just as poorly
The New York Times runs the slogan, “all the news that’s fit to print” on its masthead. And on April 3, 2016, The Times finally saw fit to print an impartial review of a new, expensive [...]
New study proves curves are healthy
Over the years, in certain “high society” circles in places like Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., I often heard women say, “you can never be too rich or too thin.” I often felt like adding, “or [...]
BUSTED: Two more colon cancer myths
The government-industrial-medical complex tells you to get a risky colonoscopy as your “go-to” screening procedure for colon cancer. This can be terribly bad advice, especially since you have so [...]
Public enemy No. 1 behind common memory problems
Almost everyone misplaces their keys, their wallet, or their phone from time to time. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re on the road to Alzheimer’s disease. After all, Alzheimer’s is not [...]
Medical errors are deadly distress signals from a sinking ship
Yesterday, I reported on the new analysis by Johns Hopkins University researchers that shows medical error is the No. 3 cause of death in the United States. Each year, medical errors cause more [...]
The shocking, new No. 3 cause of death in the U.S.
Heart disease and cancer are the No. 1 and No. 2 causes of death in the U.S. And now, according to a new analysis by Johns Hopkins University researchers, we have a new No. 3 cause of death [...]