The above headline came from April 3rd, 2000 ABCnews.com site. This article points out a large problem caused by the rate at which Americans use prescribed drugs. In the article it states that last year alone an estimated one and a half million Americans were admitted to hospitals suffering from adverse side effects of medications.
read moreThis shocking revelation comes by way of Reuters Health News Feb. 14, 2000 issue. The article reports on a recent study published in the February issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology and done at the University of California in LA. In this study researchers looked at nearly 500 women who had hysterectomies for reasons other than
read moreWebMD reported on July 20, 2006 that 25% of US Hospitals now offer what they called, “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies.” This information comes from a new survey of nearly 1400 US hospitals showing this trend. Researchers Sita Ananth of Health Forum, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, and William Martin, PsyD, of the
read moreFrom 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
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