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Beat Breast Cancer Naturally

Nearly 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. But thanks to cutting-edge research in the last decade, more women are surviving and—even better—avoiding breast cancer altogether. Protect yourself against this prevalent disease with these easy diet changes. Cook with Indian spices. These aromatic seasonings do more than add flavor and clear your [...]

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FDA Addresses Questions About Gardasil®

Those of you who are regular readers know that I think Gardasil® is the wrong solution for preventing Cervical Cancer. It is my considered opinion that Gardasil® has one purpose — it is a much needed cash cow for Merck, in their time of financial need.  My attempt at “Fair and Balanced” reporting is to [...]

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Twice as many women die from stroke every year than from breast cancer

Overall, stroke is this country’s third-leading killer. About 700,000 Americans will have one this year, according to the American Stroke Association. But 55-percent of all strokes and 60-percent of stroke deaths occur in women. About 100,000 women die annually of stroke, 40,000 more than the number of men who die from it. The fact that [...]

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FDA Unveils List of 20 Drugs In Side-Effect Probes

Goal Is to Provide Signs of Possibility Of Adverse Effects By JARED A. FAVOLE WSJ.com, September 5, 2008 8:07 p.m. WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday unveiled a report listing 20 drugs that the agency is investigating for potential side effects, as part of a new policy to warn patients and health-care [...]

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Gardasil — When Mercketing Pre-empts Medicine

It is not hard to hear about Gardasil… “In television advertisements, a cast of hip people in their 20s — artists, writers and professionals — describe why they got the shots, in the language of liberation, such as, “I chose to get vaccinated because my dreams don’t include cervical cancer.” The advertisements direct viewers to [...]

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