Drug Giant Merck Settles Tax Evasion Case for $2.3 Billion
Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Health Reports | No Comments »American pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $2.3 billion to the Internal Revenue Service, settling a three-year tax evasion dispute for the tax years 1993-2001. IRS records say Merck & Co. held offshore accounts in Bermuda for several ...
State’s Clean Air Act Saves Lives
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Health Reports | No Comments »Four years after the New York state's Clean Indoor Air Act was put into effect comes information that New Yorkers are having fewer heart attacks. The Act took effect in July 2003. A study recently published in the American Journal of ...
German Migraine Sufferers Refuse Drugs, Ask for Acupuncture Instead
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Acupuncture, Health Reports | No Comments »The authors of a large German research study comparing the effectiveness of Acupuncture to the drug metoprolol in treating migraine headaches found that German patients suffering from the dreadful pain and misery of migraine "expressed a strong preference for treatment ...
Legal Liability, Not Improved Healthcare, May Be Spur to Develop ‘Personalized Medicine’
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Health Reports | No Comments »Legal liability is the driver that could dramatically hasten the development of “personalized medicine”, according to a newly published article by genetics and law experts. Broadly, personalized medicine is defined as using information about a person’s genetic makeup to tailor strategies ...
What is the Underlying Reason for Hay Fever this Season?
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Health Reports | No Comments »Summer is here, and along with it in many parts of the country come sneezes, itchy eyes and more. It’s called hay fever, a hyper-reaction of our immune systems to air-borne pollen from blooming plants and trees. If you have hay ...
Vertebral Adjustment Lowers Blood Pressure!
Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in Chiropractic, Health Reports | No Comments »The apparent dangers of high blood pressure and the frequent recommendation of prescription drugs to reduce the problem create a seemingly constant flood of both media warnings and advertising. Now, the results of a recent study could shed an entirely ...
FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drugs; Risks Include “Sleepdriving” and Dangerous Allergic Reactions
Sunday, May 25th, 2008 Posted in Health Reports | No Comments »The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned drug makers and consumers that all sleeping pills, including the best-selling AmbienTM and LunestaTM, may sometimes cause a strange but dangerous side effect – sleepdriving. Sleepdriving is like sleepwalking but is defined as ...
FBI Files Reveal Chronic Back Pain Led Justice William H. Rehnquist to Drug Addiction
Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Health Reports | No Comments »FBI files released though the Freedom of Information Act reveal that late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was addicted to the sleep-inducing drug PlacidylTM for more than a decade. The FBI documents were prepared in 1986 during a routine background investigation ...
Cancer Risk from Eczema Creams Forces FDA to Issue “Black Box” Label Warnings
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in Health Reports | No Comments »The Food & Drug Administration has issued a Public Health Advisory for users of Elidel® while urging the medication manufacturers to add a “black box” warning to their eczema creams. The FDA’s warning states, “It may take human studies of ...
Connecticut Legislation Would Require Drug Companies to Disclose Gifts, Incentives it Gives Health Care Providers
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Health Reports | No Comments »Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has announced a proposal requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose to the state what gifts and other financial incentives it provides to healthcare providers in order to market its drugs. Under Blumenthal’s proposed legislation, pharmaceutical companies would ...
Seaweed Mushroom Soup
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Recipes, soups | No Comments »½ lb dark large sea weed leaves, soak overnight, always use filtered water 6 large black dried mushrooms (shitake, maitake) soaked overnight 1 tsp sea salt 2 tbsp safflower oil 1/2 onion 1 tsp fresh grated ginger 2 Tbsp wheat-free tamari pinch of black pepper 1 Tbsp olive oil Bring ...
Immunity Soup
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Recipes, soups | No Comments »This is a wonderful soup for anyone who is immune compromised or battling cancer, but it is also a terrific preventive for anyone. 1 lb leafy green tops of daikon radish 1 lb large daikon radish 1 lb of carrots with their leafy ...
Chiropractor Provides Injured Athlete with Life-Changing Recovery!
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Chiropractic, Health Reports | No Comments »With more and more teens participating in sports these days, the chances for an accident or injury to the neck, spinal column, and back are higher than ever. In few other sports than pole vaulting, is the possibility for a ...
Adolescent Suicide Rate, Not Due to Black Box Warnings
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Health Reports | No Comments »Prompted by psychiatrists with their own vested interests in pharmaceutical sales, the media has spun the blame for the rise in the suicide rate for children on the “black box” warning labels placed on antidepressants. This comes from a study ...
Hiccup Solution Comes from a Chiropractor
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in Chiropractic, Health Reports | No Comments »You may have read about this girl or even seen her on your TV screen. Her name is Jennifer Mee. She lives in St. Petersburg, FL. She had a case of hiccups that continued for 37 days running. Lots and ...