Medical Industrial Complex

More on statin side effects

By on November 12, 2009 in Heart Disease, Medical Industrial Complex | 17 comments

Dr. John Briffa wrote a post worth reading on his blog today about the significant side effects of statin drugs, and the considerable effort pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment spend trying to convince people that these drugs are safe. Sadly, they've been largely successful. Some time ago a physician in the UK by the name of Dr. John Reckless (you can't make this stuff up) suggested that statins are so safe that they should be put ...
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More silly shenanigans against saturated fat

By on October 15, 2009 in Fertility, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Food & Nutrition, Medical Industrial Complex | 3 comments

I want to get some Juno-inspired T-shirts printed up for researchers that say "What other kind of shenanigans can I get into?" Seriously. I cannot believe the stuff that gets published in medical journals these days. I don't know which is the scarier possibility: that the researchers are really so poorly trained that they consistently violate the most basic principles of medical research (that you probably learned in your 8th grade science class), or that they ...
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Free Talk: The Truth About Cholesterol

By on October 6, 2009 in Events, Classes & Groups, Medical Industrial Complex | 2 comments

ATTN: Bay Area Healthy Skeptic readers! I am once again offering my free public talk in Berkeley, CA which debunks the myth that cholesterol causes heart disease. We'll also explore the true causes of heart disease as well as simple dietary and lifestyle changes you can make to protect yourself and your loved ones. If you have family or friends that live in the area that might benefit from this information, please let them know about the ...
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When drug trials go terribly wrong

By on June 11, 2009 in Depression, Medical Industrial Complex | 0 comments

THS reader Christopher Lane brought this article to my attention, and asked me to forward it on to my readers. Yet another tragic consequence of dangerous and overused psychiatric drugs. Mary Weiss, a mother in Minnesota, was one such person who wrote me last month. I'd been on the radio, talking about issues tied to my book. Ms. Weiss wrote an email afterwards, telling me about her son, Dan Markingson, who'd been diagnosed with schizophrenia, though ...
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Antidepressants not as effective as research suggests

By on April 28, 2009 in Depression, Medical Industrial Complex | 5 comments

A new report due to be published in the May issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry shows that antidepressants aren't all they're cracked up to be. But, faithful readers, you already knew that. Right? The report is part of the National Institute of Mental Health-funded Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) project – the largest study of the treatment of depression conducted in the United States. It showed that findings from clinical studies used ...
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The fatal flaw of prescription drugs

By on March 10, 2009 in Medical Industrial Complex | 11 comments

Drugs comprise the major treatment modality of scientific medicine. A recent article in the New York Times revealed that over half of Americans regularly take prescription drugs for chronic health problems. Sadly, many people don’t realize that the drugs they’re taking could be making their condition worse. Most drugs don’t cure illness. They just suppress symptoms. Unfortunately, drugs also suppress functions. Though drugs provide symptom relief in the short term, over ...
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