Harvard researchers are saying that patients who take so-called “proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are at higher risk for pneumonia than those who do not.”
The drugs — including Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid — are often recommended for intensive-care patients to prevent stress ulcers, and in recent years they have been given to many other hospital patients. [...]
Archive for the ‘Orthadox Medicine’ Category
January - 15 - 2010
December - 2 - 2009
The situation with inadequate and sometimes illiterate use of tranquilizers, especially doctors, internist, is very topical. The uncontrolled use of BZD in particular the cheapest domestic product fenazepama leads to recall that this praparat is one of the most powerful on the anxiolytic effects (in strength not inferior to some neuroleptics), and the results are [...]
March - 2 - 2009
Dr. Mercola
Each year enormous effort goes into producing that year’s vaccine and delivering it to appropriate sections of the population.
And yet, year after year there are studies showing that flu vaccines DO NOT provide any benefit.
Flu Prevention Strategy Repeatedly Called Into Question
Two years ago, a study in the British Medical Journal concluded that the effectiveness [...]
February - 16 - 2009
Constipation, indigestion, heartburn, irregularity, bloating, gas, intestinal and gastric discomfort are maladies prevalent in our present society. These are usually the symptoms of a fundamental digestive enzyme deficiency that’s easily and often overlooked. Our culture has become far too dependent on antacid medications and other pharmaceuticals to treat these symptoms. Drugs have their place in [...]
November - 20 - 2008
by: David GutierrezWednesday, November 19, 2008
(NaturalNews) Investing in preventive health care is far more cost-effective than treating people after they get sick, according to a report from the nonprofit advocacy group Trust for America’s Health.
“We’ve got to change the mindset from treating sick people to preventing illnesses in the first place,” said U.S. Sen. [...]
