Tag: Doctors and Drugs

Is off label drug use of Metformin for weight loss in diabetic teens proving beneficial? While a 5-10 lb temporary...

When it comes to the current healthcare bill, everyone is wrong and heading for a world of hurt. And for...

A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine concluded that 29,000 new cancers would result from CT scans performed...

Are annual mammograms still the recommended screening guideline?  Find out why this is up for debate among doctors, the dangers...

Americans fear adjuvanted vaccines and would be reluctant to get an H1N1 vaccine due to talk of adding squalene as...

Experts are concerned about possible links between the Gardasil vaccine and an aggressive form of Lou Gehrig's disease (also known...

Recent evidence indicates that merely providing health information and medical advice doesn’t guarantee that patients will heed it.

A new study shows that the most distressed and tired physicians made the most mistakes (39 percent of doctors in...

With some clever marketing by a big pharmaceutical company, the medical community and the FDA are convinced young boys need...

An FDA advisory panel just recommended approving Gardasil vaccines to prevent genital warts in boys as young as age nine.

According to a study, just published in Cancer Research, long-term use of tamoxifen ups the risk of getting aggressive cancer...

According to a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, tests such as CT scans and nuclear...

Medical peer-reviewed journals are not the be-all and end-all when it comes to identifying which treatments work, and which ones...

Studies show mammograms may actually trigger breast cancer in women with susceptible genes, because the four films shot during a...

A new study has confirmed that statin drugs cause structural damage to muscles with muscle damage continuing to progress even...

Despite the “war on cancer,” new research suggests that cancer is rising: 5% increase for men and 6% increase for...

Antibiotics are hitting the wall as the magic healing modality for gonorrhea, as increasing numbers of cases turn up drug...

A new report out of Stony Brook University in New York has confirmed that the drug Avastin causes potentially lethal...

Since 1996, adult prescriptions for mental illness have risen by 73 percent, and prescriptions for children went up by 50...

If you are feeling fearful or confused about the most recent pandemic with Swine Flu (H1N1), you won’t want to...

A study out of the University of Minnesota Medical School administered the drug Naltrexone to 25 kleptomaniacs between the ages...

Kudos to the medical establishment in honor of the things they are finally getting right. If only they could go...

Until the alternative health community learns to stop focusing exclusively on "big picture" issues such as Codex and Congressional bills...

Scientists in Australia have designed miniature robots capable of navigating human blood vessels.

Three new studies indicate that the problems associated with bisphosponates (Fosamax and Boniva) may be more serious than thought --...