If you’re over the age of 65, the drug most likely to send you to the emergency room is the blood thinner Coumadin (warfarin). According to research done by the Centers for Disease Control and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Coumadin is responsible for 33 percent of emergency [...]
With the change of season and dry indoor air, flu season begins. Here are some tips to help you stay healthy through the holidays.
Flu Fighters: How to be an inhospitable host.
The Flu and Pneumonia
Does the Flu Shot Work?
Drugs that can Harm the Immune System and the Lungs
Enjoy the holidays in good health!
Goofy looking guy steps out of an elevator with flames coming off his jacket and says:
“I ate breakfast and got heartburn. Third day this week. So I took my heartburn pill and some antacids. We’re having Mexican tonight, so, another pill then. Unless we eat later then pill later. If I get a snack now, [...]
After I posted the article Save Your Liver – Just Say No to this Drug, which is about the dangers of the drug Tylenol (acetaminophen), I received a number of comments and emails asking for advice about natural alternatives for treating pain.
Short-term or Acute Pain
There’s a big difference between short-term or acute pain, and long-term [...]
The FDA announced a label revision for the 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (ARI) prostate and hair loss drugs, including finasteride (Proscar) and dusteride (Propecia). The revision follows the results of two large studies that looked at using these drugs for preventing prostate cancer. Both studies found that while the ARIs lowered the risk of low grade [...]
Does niacin help slow the progression of heart disease and reduce the risk of dying from it? Yes, if you give it to the right group of people and take it in the right form and dose.
Last week it was announced that a large and expensive study (AIM-HIGH), funded by U.S. taxpayers and Abbot Laboratories, [...]
The heartburn drugs known as proton pump inhibitors or PPIs have already been proven to increase the risk of osteoporosis, vitamin B12 deficiencies, and pneumonia. Some of the best-known PPIs include Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid. Vitamin B12 deficiencies, especially in the elderly, can cause anemia, fatigue, depression dementia and irreversible nerve damage.
Now an FDA advisory [...]
People diagnosed with Parkinson’s may really be suffering from the side effects of prescription drugs or Drug-induced Parkinsonism (DIP).
Every year about 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The consequences of the diagnosis are not just the progression of a terrible disease, possibly leading to placement in a nursing home, but also the side [...]
Winter is the prime time of year for sinus infections, thanks to dry indoor air.
Sinusitis, or sinus infection, affects as many as 37 million Americans with symptoms such as stuffy and runny nose, sinus pain and fullness around the eyes and cheekbone, postnasal drip, sore throat, headache, trouble breathing, snoring, fatigue, puffy eyes, bad breath [...]
How to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally
Medications for high blood pressure can deplete the body of minerals important to heart function, ultimately causing more problems than they solve! Mild to moderate high blood pressure can often be successfully treated with non-drug methods.
If you’re taking medicine for high blood pressure, your doctor should be monitoring you regularly [...]
