On this page the following entries were made in the “March, 2009” time-frame.
Archive for “March, 2009”
Jupiter? A Lot of Gas. Much Remains Hidden.
Statins… Why do we even bother with them?
They are wonder drugs! Didn’t you read he Jupiter trial?
Yes, I did. That’s why I ask. I read it. Supposedly a land mark study. I’d say the land mark is a precipice and I want to erect a warning sign.
We know all statins are problematic in the long run because they shut down very important processes in the body, but very few studies run long enough to document any problems. This particular study appears to have been prematurely ended just before the side effects started to overtake the benefit of the drug.
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The Color of Cancer Prevention is Red, Purple and Blue
Nature is an industry that runs on sunlight, air and water, producing a wide range of colorful substances in foods that are available for free and have disease preventing properties.
The chemical industry is an industry that runs on oil, pollutes air and water, producing a wide range of substances that have disease generating properties.
So why do we still use synthetic colorants?
Which colorful food item has been found to be the most potent? Read the article to find out.
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Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law
In 1989, Joseph Wesbecker shot dead eight people and injured 12 others before killing himself at his place of work in Kentucky.
Wesbecker had been taking the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant fluoxetine for four weeks before these homicides, and this led to a legal action against the makers of fluoxetine
We review available clinical trial data on paroxetine and sertraline and pharmacovigilance studies of paroxetine and fluoxetine, and outline a series of medico-legal cases involving antidepressants and violence.
Both clinical trial and pharmacovigilance data point to possible links between these drugs and violent behaviours.
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The Institutionalized Quackery of Antidepressants
2008 was a bad year for the pharmaceutical industry and mainstream medicine. Flagship medicines were exposed as being as effective as sugar pills.
The industry was caught with their pants down, burying negative data to make the drugs appear more effective, even hiding data about very serious side effects.
They sell better if people don’t know they are ineffective and deadly. Where is the moral in this story? Read more to find out.
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A Third of All Children’s Toys Are Toxic
Lead, cadmium, mercury, flame retardants and arsenic.
Violence, abuse and torture.
There are a number of corporations that has made it their mission to market this kind of toxic sludge to our children
Not long ago, their fingers were slapped for selling toxic toys. It didn’t help. They’re at it again.
Which well-known company is the worst offender?
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