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A comedic view of conventional medicine in America. True of false?
Be forewarned, the language is a bit raw.

The “miracle” of modern medicine has led to bizarre side effects such as a treatment for restless legs, that has caused compulsive gambling. A medicine for Parkinson’s has a similar problem for some. Sleep drugs that cause people to stumble out of their home and drive. Fertility drugs that lead to multiple [...]

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If for some reason you need to take pharmaceutical drugs, protect yourself and loved ones by reading the package inserts. According to this research adverse drug events happen to the the tune of $3.5 billion dollars, and those are the reported incidents.
The new Food and Drug Administration drug package insert: implications for patient safety [...]

Tags: drug dangers, drug safety, drug side effects, patient safety

Sour Economy Sweetens Americans on Herbal Meds
The choice between $75 prescription sleeping pills or a $5 herbal alternative is a no-brainer for Cathy and Bernard Birleffi, whose insurance costs have skyrocketed along with the nation’s financial woes.
The Calistoga, Calif., couple seem to reflect a trend. With many Americans putting off routine doctor visits [...]

Almost one-quarter of biologic therapies approved in the United States and Europe since 1995 have been the subject of at least one safety-related regulatory action in the decade since they were approved.
Eleven percent, including Remicade (infliximab), used to treat Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis, and Avastin (bevacizumab), used to treat cancer, have been issued a [...]

Tags: are biological drugs safe, drug dangers, drug safety, drug side effects, medication risks

This interesting, insightful article came my way. Have a read…
Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes former [...]

Tags: American psyche, election psychology, family values, Obama, Palin, presidental election, shadow, small town values

In an attempt to fight off childhood obesity and help children with too little HDL the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that some children, as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs. The recommendations are based on evidence that heart disease begins early in life. The cholesterol medications are “generally recognized as [...]

Tags: family

In Canada there is an attempt to stop access to natural health supplements. Regardless of where one lives, it’s all one world. We all should have the choice, the freedom to decide and to have access to the health care that we choose.
In 2003 Health Canada agents knowingly and willfully took action [...]

Tags: bill c-51, C-51, Canada, natural health supplements, pharmaceuticals

The article below is from the American Heart Association. While there is a place for modern medicine, it seems practically every day there is a warning or a recall over drug safety or a therapeutic approach gone sour.
It seems evident that there should be options for those who want to explore and use [...]

Many American’s use prescription medications. A 2004 government report stated that almost half of the American population takes at least one prescription medication. Many others take more than one. Anti-depressant medication, hormonal medication, antibiotics and others are turning up, in an unlikely place, in our drinking water. The municipal tap water [...]

Tags: drinking water, pharmaceuticals, water treatment