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MEDICAL IMAGING AND CANCER – ARE PATIENTS BEING PUT IN HARM’S WAY? A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine raises concern that Americans are being exposed to potentially harmful amounts of ionizing radiation from medical imaging, especially CAT Scans and myocardial perfusion imaging. The latter is a study of heart function done ...
Weekly Health BulletinsTHIS DRUG HELPS YOU STOP SMOKING BUT ALSO CAUSES CAR CRASHES AND SUICIDE Smoking is the bane of our society. After the WW II American doctors and scientists got their hands on excellent research done in Germany in the earlier part of the 20th century. This carefully done science showed smoking was harmful to human ...
Weekly Health BulletinsPLEASE NOTE: STRESS KILLS. WHY DON’T WE HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS? A growing body of scientific evidence shows a clear relationship between stress and chronic illness. Disease states affected by psychosocial stress include heart disease, diabetes, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Psychological factors that affect chronic disease states include depression, anxiety, ...
Weekly Health BulletinsTIPS ON TRIGLYCERIDES FACTS DOCTORS OVERLOOK Triglycerides are the storage form of most types of fats in the body. When you eat more calories than you burn, the excess is stored as triglycerides. High triglycerides are associated with increased risk of heart disease and diabetes. Practically speaking, triglycerides go up when you consume too many ...
Weekly Health BulletinsUNSAFE AT ANY COST? MORE DISTURBING NEWS ABOUT DIABETES DRUGS Many people with advanced diabetes end up on insulin. Lantus insulin has become one of the most popular forms of insulin due to its ease of use. Once daily dosing in the evening along with careful attention to diet is often all some folks need ...
Weekly Health BulletinsFIX HEARTBURN WITHOUT DRUGS When you go to your doctor complaining of heartburn, you’re likely to get put on an acid blocking drug like Prilosec or Nexium. These so-called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) do a great job of suppressing stomach acid and more often than not, relieve heartburn. Unfortunately, they also cause a lot of ...
Weekly Health BulletinsDRUGS FOR YOUR BONES. Follow the rules or pay the price Drugs like Fosamax and Atonal are multi-billion dollar drugs used to treat osteoporosis. These are two commonly prescribed members of a class of drugs known as oral bisphosphonates. Bone is constantly being built and broken down. Bisphosphonates harden bone by slowing down the normal ...
Weekly Health BulletinsANOTHER CASE OF FLAWED THINKING DON’T LET YOUR DOCTOR DO THIS TO YOU . . . Pepcid for people on low dose aspirin Low dose aspirin (81 – 325 mg a day) use has skyrocketed in the last 10 years. This is because it helps prevent heart attacks and strokes by thinning the blood, mainly ...
Weekly Health BulletinsFIGHT INFECTIONS WITH MANUKA HONEY AND VITAMIN D I like to stay on top of the latest studies, especially those that support the use of safe, non-drug healing options. You’d be surprised at how much noteworthy research never makes it into the mainstream media. Here are two recent studies that shed additional light on the ...
Weekly Health BulletinsMORE DRUGS IN THE NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TAMOXIFEN AND SSRI ANTI-DEPRESSANTS DON’T MIX Tamoxifen is a drug that has been used for nearly thirty years to treat what is referred to as receptor positive breast cancer. Receptor positive cancer simply means that the cancer cells have receptors to which estrogen can bind. 75% ...
Weekly Health BulletinsPesticide Use For Mosquitoes in Neighborhoods Is Not Safe Why Do We Allow It To Continue? “There will still be many late lessons and ignored early warnings.” – Tim O’Riordan, Associate Director, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, University of East Anglia, England 1 Anvil is a commonly used pesticide. This ...
Weekly Health BulletinsTHE TYLENOL SPECTRE Why Do They Still Allow This Drug To Be Sold Over The Counter? Many of you may know that Tylenol (acetaminophen) is the leading cause of drug induced acute liver failure. Over 50% of all cases admitted to the hospital are caused by this seemingly innocent, easily available, widely used non-prescription pain ...
Weekly Health BulletinsSoak Your Grains and Nuts Get The Most Out Of Your Morning Bowl Of Oatmeal. That morning bowl of oatmeal is touted as one the healthiest breakfasts around. With loads more natural nutrition than the extruded grain dead food product dry cereal that gets fobbed off on a credulous public as some sort of health ...
Weekly Health BulletinsTHE RED MEAT SCARE Disease Causing Killer or Health Food in Disguise? A balanced approach to a controversial food Perhaps you’ve been at dinner parties or outdoor barbeques where guests shake their heads in disapproval of the meaty fare being served up. You hear things like “heart attack on a plate” or “I know this ...
Weekly Health BulletinsACID BLOCKING “purple pill” type MEDICATIONS OVERUSED PATIENTS PAY THE PRICE WITH THEIR LIVES Let me state this plainly. Acid blocking “proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid and Aciphex are bad news. They were originally approved only for limited time use (6 weeks) for stomach ulcers and long term use for a ...
Weekly Health BulletinsCOULD THERE BE A POLYPILL IN YOUR FUTURE? LET’S HOPE NOT! Imagine a pill made from many pills that could reduce heart disease by up to 80%: A blood pressure lowering diuretic – hydrocholorthiazide (12.5 mg) A cholesterol lowering “statin” – pravachol (20 mg) A drug that lowers blood pressure, slows the heart beat and ...
Weekly Health BulletinsA CASE OF FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS Coenzyme Q10 and the Failure of Rational Thought Why Do So Many Doctors Still Resist Giving Coenzyme Q10 to Patients on Cholesterol Lowering "Statin" Drugs? I continue to see new patients in my practice who are on "statin" drugs like Lipitor or Crestor who have not been placed on Coenzyme ...
Weekly Health BulletinsHOW GREAT IS THE GREAT SWINE FLU PANDEMIC OF 2009? AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT . . . Dear Subscriber, Welcome to American Country Doctor! Today I want to discuss swine flu and what all the great noise made by the mass media and public health authorities really means. I’ll also give you ...
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