By Terry A. Rondberg In recent years, researchers have piled up the proof that many of the prescription and OTC pills sold to “treat” colds and flu in kids are ineffective. Even worse, they all have potentially negative side effects. One study, conducted by researchers at Penn State, found that placebos were just as effective [...]
By Terry A. Rondberg A new study published by JAMA shows that among patients age 65 years and older, rosiglitazone (a medication for treating Type 2 diabetes) is associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure, and all-cause mortality (death) when compared with pioglitazone (another medication for diabetes). In their conclusion, the authors wrote: [...]
By Terry A. Rondberg Like many wellness practitioners, I don’t believe in the traditional “germ theory.” Of course I know germs exist, but I don’t think they “cause” illness. The true cause is the inability of the human body to deal with germs and counter their effects. After all, if germs were the actual root [...]
While pharmaceutical companies have boasted for decades that their pills and potions are “approved by the FDA,” does that really mean anything? Apparently, very little, if the story of how one drug — Multaq (dronedarone) — “earned” its approval is any indication. Drug maker Sanofi-Aventis touts Multaq on its website as “a prescription medicine used [...]
In some traditional cultures, the elderly are revered. In others, they’re taken out to the woods and left to die. Generally, in America, they’re over medicated, often with harmful or useless drugs. A recent study of the records of 470,000 patients over 65 who were admitted to an emergency department (ED) between 2000 and 2006 [...]
