MDs Willing to Lie to Get Insurance Coverage
In two related articles the theme of doctors lying is the top issue. On the front page of the October 25th 1999…
Methylphenidate (Ritalin) Linked to Chromosomal Changes
The February 28, 2005 Medical News Today reported on a new study that linked methylphenidate, the most widely prescribed of a class…
Mental Exercise Can Keep Brain Young
Several British publications including the BBC-News reported on September 7, 2005 on information presented at the British Association for the Advancement of…
Medication Utilization, Drug Reactions & Death Rates
This statistic is according to a recent article appearing in The Journal of American Medical Association. The author, Bruce Pomeranz, M.D., Ph.D.,…
Medications & Children
According to a Canadian study reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, antibiotics and vaccines…
Medication Side Effects Strike 1 in 4
The above headline comes from one of a series of articles recently published on medical errors and side effects. The first article…
Whole Grain Diet Helps Prevent Stroke
From the September 27, 2000 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association is the report of a study showing how…
Website Pill Pushing Draws Warning of AMA
Under the possible heading of “it would be funny if not true”, is a new report in the July 19, 1999 American…
Walking May Ward Off Alzheimer’s
From the September 22/29, 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) comes a study that shows that walking…
Surgical Tools Left in 1,500 Patients Per Year
A study done by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston was published in the…
