medication
11/01/2018
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By Vicki Batts
10 rules to avoid health problems caused by prescription drugs
Millions of people use prescription drugs every day for any number of reasons, and a growing number of people are falling prey to prescription drug addiction. While the first rule of medicine is said to be “Do no harm,” it seems that modern medicine has dropped the ball on that front. As drug addiction expert […]
08/21/2018
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By RJ Jhonson
Risk of Parkinson’s disease increases with statin drug use
What if the drug meant to treat you actually gave you a different, just-as-bad disease? A report published in the medical journal Movement Disorders says this could be the case with statins, linking the use of the drugs to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. Statins are a class of drugs prescribed to prevent heart […]
08/19/2018
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By Michelle Simmons
Taking acetaminophen during pregnancy delays speech development in baby girls
A new study found that taking the painkiller acetaminophen during pregnancy slows down the speech development of baby girls by up to six times. Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol, is the active ingredient in hundreds of over-the-counter and prescription medicines for pain relief and fever. To study the effect of the pain reliever on the offspring of […]
07/15/2018
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By Zoey Sky
Finally getting it: British government launches urgent review as research shows 1 in 11 are prescribed addictive meds
Thanks to the Daily Mail‘s efforts, the U.K. government has launched an urgent review into the growing crisis of prescription drug addiction. According to data, at least one out of 11 patients are prescribed “potentially addictive drugs” like sedatives, tranquilizers, and painkillers. The rates have gone up by a whopping 50 percent since 2000. Patients […]
06/18/2018
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By Tracey Watson
MEDICATION NATION: One-third of Americans take mind-altering chemical drugs that cause depression
There is a fundamental and unavoidable problem with pharmaceutical drugs: Not only do they not treat the underlying cause of most health issues, they inevitably cause multiple side effects, leading to other long-term problems. The United States has experienced an explosion in the number of people diagnosed with depression in the past few decades, and […]
05/22/2018
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By Ethan Huff
The elephant in the room: Why isn’t anyone talking about the link between psychiatric medications and mass shootings?
The “March For Our Lives” gun-grabbers have convinced themselves that the only way to stop mass shootings in the United States is to prohibit law-abiding Americans from owning firearms. But what these brainwashed leftists fail (or willfully refuse) to acknowledge is the fact that almost every major shooting incident that’s occurred in recent years is […]
05/09/2018
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By Tracey Watson
New blood pressure guidelines claim millions of adults are “at risk” — the perfect storm for Big Pharma’s medication profit schemes
Benjamin Franklin famously noted, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This is certainly true when it comes to our well-being, and there are many things each of us can do to improve our health and prevent disease. That does not mean, however, that all types of disease prevention are necessarily equally […]
04/04/2018
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By Vicki Batts
Asthma medications so ineffective that serious attacks require QUADRUPLE dose, according to study
Asthma is a debilitating condition; it affects some 25 million people in the United States alone and estimates suggest that at least 7 million of those people are children. For many asthma sufferers, it is a struggle to keep their condition under control — and the pharmaceutical and medical industries fail to provide them with […]
04/01/2018
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By Tracey Watson
We know antidepressants cause suicidal thoughts in young people; why is it such a stretch to believe they can also cause murderous tendencies?
In the aftermath of every mass shooting in the United States – and such shootings take place with shocking regularity – the discussion always seems to be about the weapon used by the shooter. All anybody seems interested in is getting guns out of the hands of the American public, with the assumption being that […]
03/31/2018
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By Zoey Sky
Dangerous medicine: Common practice of increasing steroid dose for children with asthma not only doesn’t prevent flare-ups, it may retard their growth
Temporarily increasing the dose of inhaled steroids as asthma symptoms worsen won’t effectively prevent serious flare-ups, according to a study. This can even be linked to growth retardation, which doesn’t bode well for a common medical practice concerning younger patients with mild-to-moderate asthma. While common, asthma flare-ups in children are often expensive to treat. To […]
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