You could say big pharma “owns” the “cardiology market.” In fact, the statin drug Lipitor is the most commercially successful drug in history. Between 1996 and 2011, it had sales exceeding $120 [...]
Category: Irresponsible Medicine
Five major diseases linked to low vitamin D
It seems I just can’t say enough about the great and powerful vitamin D. A constant torrent of new research shows vitamin D is essential for health and helps prevent many diseases. But most [...]
Serial killers in white coats cause real horrors
Over the weekend, you may have seen zombies, goblins, and ghosts trolling your street. And we all went through the return to shorter, darker days as Daylight Savings Time ended. Indeed, these are [...]
ALERT: Beware FDA’s new folate labeling rules
Back in June, warned you about the new FDA nutrition and supplement labeling rules—and how they could wreak havoc on your health. And there’s one change in particular that you should be [...]
FDA finally warns about Low-T treatments
I often warn you about the dangers of low-testosterone–or Low-T–drugs. And in September, I updated you about the FDA’s nearly unanimous vote to require warning labels on all [...]
Pain reliever “hospitals use most” actually prolongs pain
For years, Johnson & Johnson’s marketing department promoted Tylenol as being “tough on pain.” And they proudly proclaimed it’s the pain reliever “hospitals use most.” But a large, new study [...]
No magic pills for diet…or exercise
Dr. Oz’s irresponsible promotion of questionable weight loss supplements puts him in the same league as big pharma–at least in one respect. They both condition many people to think they can [...]
More, poor advice from the merry old land of Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz recently came under fire for using his TV show–and his medical reputation as a cardiothoracic surgeon–to promote questionable weight loss supplements. Of course, asking [...]
Are we in store for more CDC safety breaches?
You may have heard the news last month about a series of disturbing safety lapses at several of the country’s most highly secure research labs. These top-notch labs dangerously mishandled any [...]
Sometimes government heel-dragging is a good thing
In one of my first Daily Dispatches back in the summer of 2012, I questioned the science behind the government’s “low-salt-diet-prevents-heart-disease” mantra. And since then, more and more [...]