| 07/30/2008 - Checking up on annual check-ups: Are they a yearly waste of time? |
| Most people fall into one of two categories when it comes to their annual physical: They either stress out about it, fearing that doctors will deliver bad news, or they're eager to "catch" some phantom malady early and get started on treatments. |
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| 07/28/2008 - Incompetence rewarded in salmonella outbreak |
| The FDA are now proclaiming tomatoes safe to eat again - but not because of anything these government agencies did. The only reason we're getting relief from the outbreak is that the salmonella contamination seems to have more or less run its course. |
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| 07/27/2008 - Antipsychotic drugs make dementia patients worse |
| It's a fairly common practice to use antipsychotic drugs to calm the outbursts, combative behavior, and agitation in dementia patients - a little too common, if you ask me. |
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| 07/25/2008 - Yet another downside to diabetes |
| I'm here to tell you about a new study that's found yet another downside to obesity and diabetes: infertility. |
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| 07/23/2008 - Gardasil linked to epilepsy |
| The anti-vaccination movement - as you know, one of my pet causes - has finally turned its sights on Gardasil, the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine manufactured by the pharmaceutical giant Merck. And it's about time. |
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| 07/21/2008 - 17 infants get lethal heparin overdose |
| Infants at a Corpus Christi, TX, hospital were mistakenly overdosed with the blood thinner heparin - one of whom has died. |
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| 07/20/2008 - Gastric bypass surgery: Dying to prevent cancer? |
| According to a new study done by researchers at McGill University in Canada, gastric bypass surgery can reduce the risk of cancer by as much as 85 percent. Which is great… as long as the surgery doesn't kill you. |
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| 07/18/2008 - Big Pharma protects its profits by attacking your rights |
| Whether you take a weight loss supplement or not, I would think that you support people's right to take them. Unless, of course, you're a pharmaceutical company with a weight-loss drug that stands to lose money from the competition. |
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| 07/16/2008 - Oregon health plan covers assisted suicide but not life-extending care |
| Apparently, a cancer patient was told by her insurance company - Oregon Health Plan - that her policy would not cover the cancer treatment prescribed by her oncologist. It would, however, cover doctor-assisted suicide. |
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| 07/14/2008 - FDA defends toxic baby bottles |
| Now BPA is back in the news because of a tussle between government experts and lawmakers over its safety. |
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| 07/13/2008 - Are you getting enough salt in your diet? |
| New research suggests not eating enough salt could be WORSE for your heart than consuming too much of it. |
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| 07/11/2008 - CDC plays down salmonella scare |
| As I write this, a large number of national chain restaurants and grocery stores have indefinitely pulled three types of raw tomatoes from menus and shelves while the FDA is on the hunt for the source of the contamination. |
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| 07/09/2008 - A closer look at the link between cell phones and brain tumors |
| On a recent episode of CNN"s Larry King Live, three neurosurgeons publicly stated that they never hold their cell phones to their ears. |
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| 07/07/2008 - Cholesterol wackos target kids |
| Believe it or not, drug companies and some mainstream docs are cooking up a scheme that could put millions of kids on dangerous cholesterol drugs. |
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| 07/07/2008 - Undercover patients keep an eye on docs |
| There's a storm brewing in the medical community, and it should give you a rare glimpse into the often-closed world of the business of medicine. |
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| 07/06/2008 - FEMA trailers blamed for chronic illness |
| The Sierra Club tested FEMA trailers and found that 83 percent had levels of formaldehyde that were above the recommended EPA limit. |
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| 07/03/2008 - Cheese spreads rare form of TB |
| You can't argue with the fact that there are some extremely unhygienic third-world habits that illegal immigrants bring with them when they cross the border. I wouldn't have much of a problem with it if their practices didn't affect other people. |
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| 07/02/2008 - FDA finally acknowledges toxicity of mercury fillings |
| It's the beginning of the end for mercury fillings. After a decade-long battle, Consumers for Dental Choice announced that they'd settled a lawsuit that will compel the FDA to comply with a new law and classify mercury amalgam. |
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