Last Friday I told you about the FDA’s “watch list.” It can be a sham. And it usually amounts to nothing more than a slap on the wrist for the drug company. This appears true with Celexa, a [...]
Category: Government Spin Doctors
Put down that celery stick and relax
You probably made a New Year’s resolution to shed some extra pounds in 2013. Well, put down those carrot and celery sticks. Here comes a new study from the CDC National Center for Health [...]
Your Crazy Uncle in the Waiting Room
Until relatively recently, we had simple fee-for-service medicine, like most everything else. The advantage to this simple, time-tested system is that you paid your doctor. And you were his [...]
More Jobs equal Better Health
Everyone’s worried about jobs and the economy. But jobs won’t just help solve the country’s financial crisis…they’ll also help improve the overall health of our nation.That’s right. The answer to [...]
Another Outdated Verse in the Gospel of Government Guidelines
For 40 years now, we’ve been told that we need to restrict salt. Another verse in the gospel of government guidelines is the importance of lowering saturated fat consumption. But just like the [...]
Spy Games
Move over CIA. It looks like the FDA has taken up the spy game. According to a front page story in The New York Times on July 15, the FDA is carrying out a wide-ranging surveillance operation. [...]
Whole Foods Misses the Forest for the Seas
I have to admit, I don’t miss the hustle and bustle of Washington D.C. I love it where I grew up and now spend most of my time these days—Gloucester and Rockport, MA. Not only is the ocean view [...]
To serve and protect
I’m afraid the old motto “to serve and protect” is no longer about public safety or consumer protection. Instead, it’s about the government serving themselves and protecting their [...]
A plague upon us
Something in the news caught my eye today that we really need to weigh in on. According to an article from Reuters Health, it seems we have nothing to fear…except ourselves, our government, and [...]
The End of the World as We Know It?
There is a lot of concern today about the imminent collapse of our health care system, “as we know it.” Primarily because we’re being inundated with too much costly, dangerous, and inappropriate [...]