Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Prevent Bed-wetting in Kids

It turns out constipation is the real reason your child wets the bed, in the majority of cases. 


More information here: It's No Accident,Breakthrough Solutions to Your Child's Wetting, Constipation and Other Potty Problems, by Steve Hodges with Suzanne Schlosberg.


Friday, April 1, 2011

Prostate Screening

Prostate screening "has no benefit...."

"...........The report concludes: 'After 20 years of follow-up, the rate of death from prostate cancer did not differ significantly between men in the screening group and those in the control group.'-Read More

Friday, March 25, 2011

Proof That We're Getting Screwed....

I had to take a little time to delve into the back pages of the major news organizations, but I finally found irrefutable proof that the profit motive is alive and well in determining many doctor's drug treatment recommendations and/or guidelines. This means that you, the health care consumer, had better take prescribed drug treatment programs with a grain of salt, at the very least.

"Meta-analysis combines the results of small studies and is often used to help interpret research and form treatment guidelines, but bias can creep in, a major US medical journal said Tuesday.
Information on funding and conflicts of interest by study authors who may have financial ties to drug companies are rarely disclosed in meta-analyses, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association........" continue reading

Household Hazards

Household chemicals linked to menopause....

"Gender-bending chemicals found in non-stick pans and food packaging are linked to early menopause, scientists say."

"A major study has shown that women with the highest levels of the substances in their bodies go through ‘the change’ sooner than women with low levels........"Read More

Lipitor Double-Speak

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Dump Your Pharmacist

The pharmaceutical drug cartel is mega-rich from masking the chronic health problems of the ordinary citizen.

Try these 10 alternatives to pain pills for true relief:

"If you have chronic pain and are looking for alternatives to medication and surgery, you have a lot of options. Alternative pain treatments that doctors once scoffed at are now standard at many pain centers...."read more

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Eating Right

During the past several years, conventional dietary wisdom — skimp on fat, count calories — has started to crumble, thanks largely to a one-man wrecking crew named Gary Taubes. In his latest book,Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It (Borzoi Books), Taubes argues that calories and fat aren’t to blame for the world’s increasing girth and high incidence of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.....read more