From the Archives of Internal Medicine January 11th 1999, comes the headline, “Despite high-tech medicine, diseases from medical treatment still significant cause of Intensive Care Unit admissions.” Doctor caused diseases are referred to “iatrogenic” diseases, and according to the article are a major cause of ICU admissions. Surprisingly, the problem has not changed since 1980.
read moreThis headline comes from a July 29, 2005 Associated Press story reporting from London that the United Nations’ International Agency for Research on Cancer has added hormone pills to the list of substances that can cause cancer. The article noted that hormonal menopause therapy was being reclassified from “possibly carcinogenic” to “carcinogenic” because of the
read moreA new large prospective study in North America published in the June 18, 2005 British Medical Journal revealed that there was no difference in mortality rates between planned home births and hospital births for low risk women. The study found that “planned home births for low risk women in the United States are associated with
read moreThe above headline is from Feb. 6 2002 online Web MD. Web MD was reporting on a February 5, 2002 study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. In this study researchers compared the outcomes of 862 planned home births attended by midwives with those of planned hospital births attended by either midwives (571) or
read moreThe above headline comes from the December 2002 MSNBC – Web MD health website. The story suggests that holiday weight gain has less to do with overeating and more to do with lack of exercise and habits over the entire year. The story starts off by saying “Weight gain is often blamed on the season,
read moreA January 10, 2007 Business Wire release from the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress has introduced an online “Health Seekers Calendar” designed to give those who use it, easy to follow health steps in 2007. The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing public awareness of the benefits of chiropractic. Dr. Gerard
read moreAccording to a February 11, 2004 Associated Press story, health care spending in the United States grew to an estimated $1.7 trillion in 2003. This represents more than $5,800 for every American. The federal centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services stated that this expenditure represents more than 15% of the gross domestic product of the
read moreStudies are now showing that laughter may be one of the healthiest things you can do. Several recent studies show that laugher is actually very healthy and promotes healing from within. One study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Feb 14, 2001 came from research at Unitika Central Hospital in Japan.
read moreThe above opinion is from the centres for Disease Control in Atlanta as reported in the American Medical News September 13th 1999 issue. According to the article, “about 100 million courses of antibiotics are provided by office-based doctors each year, and up to half are unnecessary.” The article specifically investigates one type of antibiotic resistant
read moreFrom a study done in Europe comes evidence that children’s immune systems work better when they are exposed to germs, dust and dirt at an early age. The studies were published in the September 19, 2002 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, (NEJM), and in the August 28, 2002 issue of the Journal
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