An estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease. Up to 60 percent of these people are unaware of their condition. One in eight women will develop a thyroid disorder during her lifetime. Levothyroxine, a synthetic form of thyroid hormone, is the 4th highest selling drug in the U.S. 13 of the top 50 selling drugs are either directly or indirectly related to hypothyroidism. The number of people suffering ...
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In a recent post, The Myth of Evidence Based Medicine, I explained that conventional medicine is based not on evidence, but on profit.
So how's this working out for us?
The U.S. spends far more than any other country in the world on healthcare - a whopping $2 trillion per year. [1. Park, A. America's Health Check Up. 11/20/2008. Time Magazine Online.]
Considering this enormous expenditure, we should have the best medicine ...
Over the next eight weeks I'm going to be studying like a madman for the California State Board Acupuncture licensing exam. I won't have time to write any special reports or long, "researchy" articles. But I hope to be able to share some of my thoughts here and there. Like this.
I was talking with a colleague the other day (let's call her M). M related a story one of her patients told ...
Statins are the most popular drugs in history. Drug companies made $26 billion selling statins alone in 2008. 25 million Americans take them, and the number is growing each year.
One reason why statins are the best-selling drug category by far is that 92% of people taking them are healthy. The FDA has approved the prescription of statins to people at low risk for heart disease and stroke, who don't even have high cholesterol. ...
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