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Just Say No to Antibiotics
From Yahoo News comes a report from the CDC titled: "CDC Warns About Overuse of Antibiotics"
The CDC report was issued "in an effort to reduce the growing numbers of drug-resistant bacteria" and CDC officials are "urging physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics where the drugs are not nec...
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Patients keep MD's in the dark
From FOXNEWS.com comes an article titled: "Patients Do Not Tell Doctors Their Concerns, Fears"
The article is based on a report in this week's issue of the British Medical Journal and explains that when visiting a medical doctor, "many patients do not voice many of the concerns that prompte...
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Get sick - or get a clue
Just yesterday we reported on ADHD in the news and commented on an article titled: "Strep Infection Possibly Linked to Attention-Deficit Disorder"
I commented that, "On one side, one may suggest increased use of antibiotics or maybe even a vaccine to hopefully prevent the strep infections o...
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Children, Shots, and Autism
It's almost as if the whole world has gotten into the discussion of vaccination and the question of it's safety and efficacy. Although articles questioning vaccination did appear in the major press several years ago, they often included opportunistic commentary from pro-vaccine groups looking to...
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Life Enhancement Family Chiropractic
By Dr. George E. Logothetis, D.C.
America Has Finally Discovered The Difference Between Health care And Sick Care.
The past decade has marked an incredible increase in how our country has utilized alternative health care. In 1990 researchers estimated that over 425 million visits were ...
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Doctors of Chiropractic -- Scope Expansion into Drugs
Letter to the Governor
Governor Frank Keating, of the State of Oklahoma
Dear Governor Keating:
This morning I became aware of the proposal to amend the Chiropractic scope of practice to include the use of pharmaceuticals in the State of Oklahoma. This, if passed would be a mistak...
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Give drugs to healthy people and what do you get?
ABCNEWS.com reports that "last year, an estimated 180 million Americans or two thirds of the population, took prescription drugs that may have potential harmful side effects."
The question asked in the report relates to the prescribing of drugs and what precautions, if any, are medical doctors ...
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Does Ritalin Cause Cancer in Children?
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Ritalin along with many other medications can cause cancer in animals. The question asked by parents is "if Ritalin causes cancer in mice, what studies have been done to show it does not cause cancer in children?"
The answer is that no research ...
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More Drugs For Tots - Not!
Many news sources are reporting today that in the US, federal government officials have planned to inform parents and teachers about the risks of using psychiatric drugs such as Ritalin and Prozac on preschoolers. (Notice the trend here?)
Also according to reports, the Food and Drug Administrat...
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Medicine Gives Us A Longer Life?
By Dr. Jeff Ptak
According to US Gov't statistics, if you live to be 40, your chances of living to be 70 or 80 are about identical to a 40 year old who lived 200 years ago. That is right. Said a different way, if you got to see your 40th birthday in 1800, your chances of living to a ripe old ag...
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Psychiatric Drugs And Our Children
The week's March 6th issue of U.S. News & World Report features a report on the use of psychiatric drugs in children. The article is available on this weeks news stands or by visiting http://www.usnews.com (save the pages for offline viewing as they will probably be removed next week.)
Although...
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U.S. GAO seeks more info on drug errors
The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO's mission is to help the Congress oversee federal programs and operations to assure accountability to the American people.
A two-year study by the U.S. GAO has concluded that adverse drug events, complications or even d...
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Move Over Ritalin - Adderall is Twice as Potent
According to recent reports, the controversial drug Ritalin is beginning to be phased out of the marketplace in favor of a powerful blend of amphetamines known as Adderall.
Adderall is reported to be twice as potent as Ritalin (like crack is to cocaine?) and was originally marketed as an obesit...
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Unlicensed Drugs Being Prescribed To Children
The January 8th issue of the British Medical Journal reports that two thirds of children in a recent study, in European hospitals have received unlicensed drugs.
The practice of prescribing drugs that have not been approved for use in children is widespread, European researchers report. The...
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3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps
Nando media and associated press report that Federal investigators have documented almost 3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps in less than two years at veterans hospitals around the United States. More than 700 patients have died in those reported cases.
This report is the result of a new pol...
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