The Drug Story
The real truth about medical drugs, control of the media and how much of what we've been taught to believe about health is untrue.
The Effectiveness Of Colonoscopies On Cancer And IBD
Colonoscopies may neither safe nor effective...yet there is an alternative.
Three Studies on the Health Benefits of Living Near Greenery
With rapid industrialization and urbanization, fewer and fewer of us live in areas of serene greenery. Yet, there has always been something very relaxing and attractive about parks and forests. And three recent studies have found that living near such areas has beneficial effects on our health and the health of our children.
Top Ten Ways the American Health Care System Fails
The US does not have a health care system; we have a disease-management system dependent on expensive drugs and invasive surgeries. It's a system with a mission to maximize profits, as opposed to helping people maintain or regain their health. The Affordable Health Care Act is likely to make matters worse rather than better, as the Act does not include any illness prevention strategies. Nor does it contain any measures to rein in out-of-control health care costs related to overcharges. Instead it expands an already flawed model of "care" that is one of the leading causes of both death and bankruptcy for Americans.
Vitamin Bashers Are Wrong, Says Top Doc
Although the best way to get the vitamins and minerals your body needs is through a healthy diet, the typical diet lacks essential nutrients, according to Dr. Brownstein. "I check my patients for nutritional imbalances, and the vast majority of patients, both sick and well, have nutritional deficiencies." ..."Not all multivitamins are created equal," he says. "There are many inferior vitamins...
What Every Woman Should Know About The Pill
The pill's job is to promote continuous high levels of estrogen in a woman's body. It is not difficult to see that this is dangerous...
When it comes to health knowledge, doctors are surprisingly ignorant
America is a nation of widespread health and nutritional illiteracy. And I'm not just talking about the knowledge gaps of health consumers, either. It's the doctors and health "experts" who have astonishing gaps in knowledge that should be considered basic health information in any first-world nation...Here are some shocking examples of the huge gaps in knowledge among doctors, parents and others...