If there’s one time you want your doctor’s full attention, it’s during surgery.
Most patients don’t realize that to maximize their income, surgeons often perform two surgeries at once. Most hospitals and Medicare allow the practice. It’s known as “double booking.”
Now a new study shows that double-booked surgeries put patients at risk.
… Read MoreA common hypertension medicine dramatically increases your risk of getting skin cancer, a new study finds.1
Danish researchers looked at 80,000 cases of skin cancer. Then they analyzed medications the patients were taking. They found that one drug made people seven times more likely to get skin cancer.
It was the blood pressure medication hydrochlorothiazide (HCT).
… Read MoreA new study has discovered an easy trick that can help you get a good night’s sleep—without drugs or the troubling side effects they cause.
Up to half of Americans suffer from some form of insomnia. And millions of them turn to sleeping pills. But studies have shown these drugs can cause dangerous sleepwalking, morning-after confusion, daytime drowsiness, and even suicide.… Read More
Would you buy a car if the dealer told you it started only 10% of the time?
Of course not. But that is exactly what Big Pharma is selling with this season’s flu shot.
For years, the flu vaccine has had a high failure rate.
… Read MoreACL knee surgery is supposed to be one of the triumphs of modern medicine.
A torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most common knee injuries among athletes. Every year, about 150,000 Americans suffer it.1
Years ago, people who ruptured their ACL would have to go through life with a “bum” knee. There was not much that could be done.… Read More
Only the FDA would ban a toxic substance from soap…but continue to allow it in toothpaste.
That’s what it did with triclosan. It’s a chemical linked to cancer, thyroid problems, and hormone disruption in children.
The FDA explains its bizarre position by claiming triclosan prevents gum disease. But if something is too toxic to put on your skin, should you be putting it in your mouth?… Read More