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 [...]
by Terry A. Rondberg, DC The media constantly communicates to its vast audience the recent medical breakthroughs. Traditional medicine dominates our society. The recent medical mishaps such as dangerous prescription painkillers, are associated with the failures of regulators who ignore the apparent loopholes of allopathic medicine. However, alternative health care is gaining attention. It is [...]
Neurofeedback has evolved from a fascination during the ‘60s and ‘70s to the current mainstream methodology for improving certain health conditions and human performance. Neurofeedback, like chiropractic, was considered a radical type of health care approach, but as the years have passed, it has become more mainstream. Now it is accepted as another form of [...]
It’s true. According to a study conducted by researchers from University College London and published in the European Heart Journal, people with more stressful jobs have a higher risk of developing heart disease. For 12 years, researchers monitored a group of British civil servants by gathering data related to their heart rates, blood pressure, and [...]
According to a recent national survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in nine children and teens use herbal supplements or some type of alternative medicine. This is the first time children’s use of such remedies, including meditation and chiropractic care, has been measured. Adult use of alternative care [...]
