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Increased Risk Of Cancer With Blood Pressure Medications
June 14, 2010 – 3:46 pm | 3 Comments
Increased Risk Of Cancer With Blood Pressure Medications

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University Hospitals Case Medical Center cardiologists have uncovered new research showing an increased risk of cancer with a group of blood pressure medications known as angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs).

Poisoning From Opioids, Other Prescription Drugs Sending More People to the Hospital
April 7, 2010 – 10:09 am | No Comment
Poisoning From Opioids, Other Prescription Drugs Sending More People to the Hospital

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April 6, 2010 — More people are landing in the hospital because of poisoning from prescription tranquilizers, sedatives, and opioids, a new study finds. Hospitalizations for such poisonings increased 65% between 1999 and 2006. That’s …

Few U.S. Studies Compare One Drug To Another:
March 15, 2010 – 11:56 am | No Comment
Few U.S. Studies Compare One Drug To Another:

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Comparing medical treatments to find the best and the cheapest may be a pillar of U.S. healthcare reform efforts, but very little such research is being done, according to a report published on Tuesday.
Most of …

McCain Beats a Hasty Retreat Over his Anti-Supplement Bill
March 14, 2010 – 11:26 pm | 2 Comments
McCain Beats a Hasty Retreat Over his Anti-Supplement Bill

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Tiffany Richards
Senator John McCain showed his true colors as a big-government regulator when he recently introduced a bill, S.3002, that would have drastically impaired access to dietary supplements in the U.S. He expected his bill …

Painkillers ‘double risk of deafness’ for men
March 4, 2010 – 11:44 am | One Comment
Painkillers ‘double risk of deafness’ for men

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Men who regularly take over-the-counter painkillers are twice as likely to suffer hearing problems than those who don’t, a study has shown.
Researchers found that younger men are particularly at risk.
Taking paracetamol at least twice a …

7 Secrets of the Emergency Room
February 24, 2010 – 1:18 am | No Comment
7 Secrets of the Emergency Room

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By TARA PARKER-POPE
What’s the worst thing you can say to the nurse in an emergency room?
This and other questions are answered in an informal survey of doctors, nurses and paramedics, who offer their own insights …

Once Again Big Pharma Lies And People Die
February 22, 2010 – 11:51 am | 6 Comments
Once Again Big Pharma Lies And People Die

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Bush lied people died, whoops wrong website. Big Pharma lied people died. There that’s better. In what should be a shocking report but now is all to common, Glasko Smith Kline got caught …

Big Pharma Researcher Admits to Faking Dozens of Research Studies for Pfizer, Merck
February 22, 2010 – 12:57 am | No Comment
Big Pharma Researcher Admits to Faking Dozens of Research Studies for Pfizer, Merck

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(NaturalNews) It’s being called the largest research fraud in medical history. Dr. Scott Reuben, a former member of Pfizer’s speakers’ bureau, has agreed to plead guilty to faking dozens of research studies that were published …

Cholesterol-lowering drugs increase risk of diabetes, study finds
February 19, 2010 – 1:39 am | One Comment
Cholesterol-lowering drugs increase risk of diabetes, study finds

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By Lyndsay Moss
Using drugs to lower cholesterol increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, research in Scotland suggests.
An analysis of 13 studies involving the drugs, known as statins, found that they increased the chances …

Michael Pollan on the Daily Show
February 2, 2010 – 5:59 am | No Comment

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