3 simple steps for making sure your supplements are top-notch In February, I sent out a Daily Dispatch about the latest supplement scandal that erupted in New York. The state attorney general [...]
Category: Irresponsible Medicine
Mainstream press finally catches wind of Tylenol’s dangers
I recently saw a headline in Medscape Medical News that read: “Acetaminophen risks may have been underestimated.” My colleague and friend Dr. George Lundberg founded Medscape Medical News almost [...]
FDA turns blind eye to deadly superbugs in endoscopes
Last week, I told you about how patients at UCLA Medical Center acquired superbug infections, and even died, because of exposure to contaminated endoscopes. (Endoscopes are instruments used to [...]
How to improve the doctor-patient relationship
Researchers now understand a patient needs two things for any kind of health treatment to be successful. And these two requirements have very little to do with the treatment itself. First, the [...]
More bad news about ED drugs
Big pharma relentlessly pushes bad drugs for the quasi-medical condition of erectile dysfunction (ED). But these drugs clearly increase the risk of heart disease and prostate cancer. Plus, a new [...]
Boost your metabolism with this natural extract
New research shows one ancient herb used in Chinese medicine can help you boost your brainpower and your metabolism. How’s that for a fresh start for your mind and body in 2015? I’ll tell you [...]
Six simple steps to avoiding the flu
In yesterday’s Daily Dispatch, I told you about the one and only successful outcome of the government’s annual flu vaccine campaign: Today, more people than ever get the vaccine. Of course, the [...]
Flu vaccine fails again…
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) basically admitted this year’s flu vaccine really won’t work. In fact, the vaccine only covers about half of the flu viruses out [...]
Cardiologist visits and tests make no difference in managing heart disease
You might assume that men and women who live in urban areas have easier access to “high-quality” medical care. And that more health care means better health. If that’s all true, then urban [...]
One of government’s biggest betrayals against American public health
Thirty years ago, I witnessed one of modern history’s biggest betrayals of the American people’s health. The academic-government-industrial-medical complex abandoned victims of the nation’s No. 1 [...]