Women who have used Fosamax are nearly twice as likely to develop atrial fibrillation (quivering of your heart’s upper chambers), which is the most common kind of chronically irregular heartbeat.
Fosamax is the most widely used drug treatment for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis. The FDA approved the first generic version (called alendronate) in February.
The drug was [...]
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Fosomax has been shown to cause strokes
Posted in geriatrics, heart disease, osteoporosis, tagged atrial fibrillation, FDA, fosomax, heart failure, osteoporosis, strokes on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Prescription drugs are 16,400 percent more dangerous than terrorism
Posted in cancer, diabetes, geriatrics, heart disease, tagged cancer, cause of death, diabetes, drugs, heart disease, perscription drugs, terrorism on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following is written by Dr. Mercola
Every year, more than 2 million Americans suffer from serious adverse drug reactions. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), these reactions cause about 100,000 deaths per year, making prescription drugs the fourth-leading cause of death in the country.
Compare this to the death toll from illegal drugs [...]
Aging is a Choice
Posted in American Lifestyle, Foutain of Youth, geriatrics, tagged aging, anti aging, longevity on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rage Against the Dying of the Light:
The sooner in life you begin “staying young” the more effective the effort is. After the age of 40 your lifestyle choices add up quickly. The longer you wait to begin an anti-aging lifestyle the more difficult (but not impossible!) it becomes to acheive the desired improvements. It’s easier to keep [...]
Chicken Pox Vaccine causes a dangerous rise in number of Shingles cases
Posted in geriatrics, pediatrics, vaccines, tagged chicken pox, goldman, shingles, vaccine, varacella, zoster on February 6, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Research published in the International Journal of Toxicology (IJT) by Gary S. Goldman, Ph.D., reveals high rates of shingles (herpes zoster) in Americans since the government’s 1995 recommendation that all children receive chicken pox vaccine.
Goldman’s research supports that shingles, which results in three times as many deaths and five times the number of hospitalizations as [...]
