Saturday, December 18, 2010

Douglas MD daily dose highlights

What I talked about in the Daily Dose this week...

Hospital med worsens psychosis
Some of the worst "care" you'll ever see takes place in hospitals every day, where mainstream medicine kills more people than it ever saves. Researchers have found that a drug commonly given off-label to intensive care patients who suffer from delirium actually makes the condition worse, and might even kill them to boot.
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'Twinkie Diet' will kill you
Want to be healthy by mainstream standards? Just reach for a box of Twinkies.
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Researchers warn against red yeast rice
Offer a safe and inexpensive alternative to a risky and expensive drug, and watch how fast they beat down your door. Just look at the latest study on red yeast rice.
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Gardasil down, but not out
Teenage girls and their parents aren't as dumb as Big Pharma thinks -- because a new study finds they're saying "NO!" to the dangerous public health experiment known as Gardasil.
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The potato diet publicity stunt
A publicity-hungry potato industry bigwig is out to prove that spuds are health food -- and to make his point, that's all he's eating for two starchy months. But this is a lose-lose proposition.
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Garlic for your blood pressure?
Garlic might not keep any vampires away from your blood, but it could help shut your doctor up about your blood pressure.
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Common drugs increase risk of stroke and death
Reasons #47 and #48 to avoid antidepressants: They increase your risk of stroke and death.
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Booze helps women live better
My two favorite W's have always been women and wine -- and they go together like, well, women and wine. It's a perfect pairing... and two new studies found that women who drink don't just live longer -- they're also much healthier when they do reach old age.
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