What You Need to Know About the New High Blood Pressure Guidelines
(HEADLINE HEALTH) As we reported yesterday, the American Heart Assoc. has just redefined high blood pressure. The stakes just went up on having your blood pressure taken, as you are now significantly...
View ArticleWhy Are Doctors Still Prescribing Deadly Codeine to Children?
Pediatricians ignore FDA ‘Black Box’ warning, give opioid to kids … (Robert Glatter, MD, FORBES) Despite a warning by the FDA regarding the significant safety risks of opioids, a new study published...
View ArticlePlague Patients Flee Hospital; They’re Afraid of Needles
(Alex Eriksen, Yahoo) Plague patients are fleeing hospitals in Madagascar because they’re afraid of getting shots. Plague patients are fleeing hospitals in Madagascar because they’re afraid of getting...
View ArticleDid this bizarre medical device contribute to JFK’s death?
Without it, Oswald’s shot to the head might have missed … (Santee LaMotte, CNN) Every November, America remembers the end of Camelot: a shining time of promise brought to an abrupt and bloody end by...
View ArticleHospital Bills Woman, 82, for Pregnancy Test
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: Why Health Care Costs So Much … SPECIAL IN-DEPTH COVERAGE | (HEADLINE HEALTH) The US health care system wastes an estimated $765 billion annually – such as requiring an...
View ArticleRand Paul Blasts Big Pharma for High Prices: “It is not capitalism”
Senator: Big Pharma hurts American consumers (Rare) Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) went after big pharmaceutical companies last week, arguing that they hurt American consumers and are not practicing true...
View ArticleHow much is your doctor getting paid by drug companies?
Drugmaker paid doctors with problem records to promote its pill (Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN Investigates) One physician had his prescription pad taken away after he repeatedly failed tests...
View ArticleVaccine Maker Admits: ‘Our Vaccine Makes People Sick’
Sale of mosquito-borne disease vaccine suddenly halted; ‘Hundreds of thousands of young lives at risk’ (AFP) The sale and distribution of Sanofi’s dengue vaccine has been suspended, Philippine...
View ArticleWhen Trump Says Big Pharma ‘Gets Away with Murder,’ He Means THIS
SPECIAL IN DEPTH REPORT TO SAVE YOU MONEY – Rip off alert: consumers are over charged for their rx 400 million times a year … When Buying Prescription Drugs, Some Pay More With Insurance Than...
View ArticleWhy do doctors keep prescribing the ‘suicide pill’?
These FDA-approved drugs double the number of suicides … Rx put you at risk for terrifying side effects (Christian Weller, International Business Times) The fine print at the bottom of prescription...
View ArticleViagra About To Face Stiff Competition
Viagra is about to become generic, cheaper, and more available … (BRUCE Y. LEE, FORBES) Viagra hit the market in 1998 and made it big, as in over $1.5 billion in revenues in 2016. Viagra has made it...
View ArticleTrump v. Rx Lobby – Is Congress Already Bought and Paid For?
Big Pharma spent $57 mil. lobbying Congress in 2016, and that’s just the start of its influence buying | IN DEPTH COVERAGE (Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News) Facing bipartisan hostility over high drug...
View ArticleCities, States Fight Opioids; Feds Approve Producing 151 Tons More
Pressure builds on the DEA to stem the supply of prescription drugs, but at what cost? (Lev Facher, STAT) WASHINGTON – In a bland Northern Virginia office building nestled between a Costco and a...
View ArticleProctologist Allegedly Put It Where The Sun Don’t Shine … Again and Again and...
“It is appalling that a doctor would engage in such an unsanitary and dangerous practice.” Breach of trust in the doctor/patient relationship … New Jersey proctologist Sanjiv K. Patankar is facing...
View ArticleShocking Reason Surgery Costs 72% Less in Mexico
They went in for a stomach reduction. They lost a lot more. (Headline Health) Sure, it’s tempting to try to save up to $24,000 by traveling to another country for surgery. But the reason for the hefty...
View ArticleKA-CHING! Big Pharma Wants $425K PER EYE For Rx To Prevent Blindness
NOT a misprint: Big Pharma rings the cash register again with a new drug that will cost nearly a million dollars per patient (HEADLINE HEALTH) Come up with $425,000 per eye to pay for the latest...
View ArticleHorrific Medication Error Blinds Cataract Patient
Heartless manufacturer blames the victim … Don’t let this common mistake happen to you – two ways to prevent it (HEADLINE HEALTH) This nightmare scenario has been known for 30 years, but it keeps...
View ArticleDid Thomas Jefferson Discover a Cure for Rx-Resistant Superbugs?
(HEADLINE HEALTH) He wrote the Declaration of Independence, served as our first secretary of state, and our second president. His likeness is etched into Mount Rushmore. It looks like Thomas Jefferson...
View ArticleHealth Care Waste P!sses Away Millions
| How to avoid tests, treatments you don’t need (Marshall Allen, ProPublica) It’s one of the intractable financial boondoggles of the U.S. health care system: Lots and lots of patients get lots and...
View ArticleBig Rx: No Refund for Vax That Made Kids Sick
Sanofi to Philippines: No refund for bad vaccine 830,000 Philippine children received vaccines that the manufacturer now concedes may have made them sicker. Image: FMSC, CC BY 2.0 (AFP) French...
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