An alarming new study has uncovered an important reason to avoid antibiotics.
Researchers found that using antibiotics increases the risk of colon polyps, a precursor to colon cancer.
Colon cancer is also known as colorectal or bowel cancer. It kills more than 50,000 Americans a year. It is the second-leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States, behind lung cancer.… Read More
Think you need to go to your local drugstore to get prescription medication? A new study finds that all you need to do is turn on your faucet.
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency tested water from 25 drinking water treatment plants across the U.S.
They found 47 different pharmaceuticals in the supposedly clean water being sent to homes.… Read More
In the 1960s, the sugar industry perpetrated a huge fraud on the public.
People were starting to blame sugar for the sudden rise in heart disease in America. So sugar makers hatched a plot to keep their profits rolling in. They called it Project 226.1
Under the scheme, they bribed Harvard professors to publish fake research. Their “studies” showed heart disease was not caused by sugar, but by fat.… Read More
Your back suddenly locks up… You have a wisdom tooth pulled… You have a bout with shingles… You have a kidney stone…
Your doctor is likely to prescribe an opioid painkiller when you’re hit with severe pain caused by one these common medical conditions—or dozens of others.
By now, just about everybody knows these drugs, which include Vicodin and OxyContin, are at the root of America’s deadly addiction epidemic.… Read More
We like to think that we can trust our doctor—especially when it comes prescribing drugs. But a disturbing new study confirms a grim suspicion we—and many others—have held for years…and it should have every patient concerned.
The vast majority of doctors are on Big Pharma’s payroll.
Researchers at Drexel University randomly surveyed more than 3,500 adults who had visited a doctor within the last year.… Read More
More than 40 million American men suffer from hair loss. That means there’s a huge market for baldness drugs.
The most common are Propecia (finasteride), Proscar (also finasteride), and Avodart (dutasteride). Men spend $225 million each year on these medications.1
Most men take these drugs, grow some hair, and do fine.
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