ARE THE DATA FROM ASTRAZENICA, CRESTOR JUPITER TRIAL ON STATINS LOOKING FISHY? Wow. I really think if most of the American public knew the real story of what goes behind some of these trials we’d all be sickened. In it’s essence, the Jupiter trial looked at the prevention of heart disease in patients who had […]
BRAVE NEW WORLD? Hollywood and literature has been hyping the idea of a medicated, controlled society for as long as we can remember. But it seems to hard to believe that society would give up it’s freedom of choice to surrender to this type of control. Right? There has been steady promotion of a “polypill” […]
There has certainly been no shortage of discussion on who should pay for healthcare in this country. But never once has anyone seemed to question whether or not who pays is the problem. This is the exact topic that the entire Obamacare administration will be known for, for good or for ill. To date, however, […]
There is a time and a place for everything in medicine. Even, I would (very) begrudgingly admit, statins. But too often we are using meds without a full understand of the dark side of medicine. And that dark side can be as devastating to your health as any diseases we’re trying to conquer with drugs. […]
You have heard of the placebo response and have a general idea of how it works. The reality is that few of us know just how powerful it is. This wouldn’t be a problem except that most drugs, when studied in clinical trials, are compared to placebo. This means that patient beliefs during treatment may […]
