For more than a decade, big pharma has relentlessly marketed prescription testosterone drugs for the quasi-fictitious condition of low testosterone — or “Low-T.” As I often report, Low-T drugs [...]
Category: Irresponsible Medicine
New study reveals millions of medical procedures offer no benefit
Millions of medical tests and treatments offer no benefit to the patient, according to a new review in JAMA Internal Medicine. But in the era of much-heralded, so-called “evidence-based [...]
Which vaccines do you really need?
I’ve talk about the pressure we’re all under to get an annual flu vaccine. But you and I both know your healthcare providers aren’t likely to be content with just one vaccination. They want [...]
Flu vaccine never properly tested in U.S. children
It’s that time of year again when children are getting ready to go back to school. Of course, schools are breeding grounds for viral infections. So I’m sure we’ll soon hear from the talking heads [...]
Europeans question HPV vaccine
I often warn about the serious problems associated with Gardasil and the other human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines forced onto young girls and boys in this country. But health officials in the [...]
Who owns science?
Today, I’d like to turn a bit philosophical and address the question: Who owns science? In an ideal world, the public owns it. And in the U.S., where the taxpayers pay for almost all of the [...]
A test you should be getting instead of a colonoscopy
In the special “Ask the Insider” edition of Insiders’ Cures in May, I answered many good questions from readers, including one regarding how to ask your doctor about alternatives to colonoscopy. [...]
More garbage in, more garbage out
In January 2009, President-elect Barack Obama said his administration would push the healthcare industry to implement universal use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for all Americans within [...]
Gene therapy is still a bust for most diseases
The big science human genome project, which began in the 1990s, promised to offer personalized medicine. They said decoding the human gene would translate into new, personalized gene therapies. [...]
More research links antidepressant drugs to homicide
It seems almost every month we see another horrific tragedy unfold on the nightly news that involves a troubled young person resorting to mass violence. But in all the aftermath…and all the talk [...]