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medical myths feature articles



New Evidence: Exercise Helps Heart Disease, Increases Survival Better than Angioplasty
Published July 11 2009
Concepts: disease, heart disease, angioplasty, heart failure, medical myths

The Myths of Modern Pharmaceutical Medicine Parallel Greek Mythology
Published April 2 2009
Concepts: mythology, medicine, blood, disease, vaccines

Celebrities are Smarter than "Skeptical Scientists" When it Comes to Health Literacy
Published December 28 2008
Concepts: health, food, chemicals, celebrities, chemotherapy

Modern Medicine Hilariously Claims Credit for Reduction in Heart Disease Deaths
Published December 16 2008
Concepts: medicine, death rate, heart disease, modern medicine, stroke

Big Pharma is a Bigger Hoax than Bigfoot (satire)
Published August 17 2008
Concepts: bigfoot, Big Pharma, medical myths, disease, DNA

Mainstream Media Promotes Medical Myths by 'Dispelling' Them
Published July 13 2008
Concepts: mainstream media, medical myths, natural health


Broken Bones Blamed on Osteoporosis When Vitamin D Deficiency Is the Culprit
Published April 25 2008
Concepts: Vitamin D, osteoporosis, vitamin D deficiency, broken bones, health

Survey: 98% Say Parents Should Have Right to Refuse Vaccination of Children
Published April 8 2008
Concepts: vaccines, health, immune system, vaccination, health freedom

Mainstream Media Attacks Water; Recommends People Drink Soda Instead!
Published April 3 2008
Concepts: water, health, dehydration, mainstream media, soda

Mammograms Don't Help, They Harm Women
Published April 1 2008
Concepts: cancer, mammograms, mammography, breast cancer, medical myths

Annual Physical at the Doctor's Office May be a Waste of Time and Money, Research Suggests
Published January 2 2008
Concepts: medical myths, medicine, health, physical exam, United States

Vaccines Exposed: A Hidden Crime Against Our Children
Published December 18 2007
Concepts: vaccines, disease, health, vaccination, infants

Why Doctors are Idiots: 150 Years of Disatrous Advice on Children's Health (satire)
Published December 15 2007
Concepts: doctors, health, medicine, children's health, America

Forced Vaccinations = Crimes Against Children
Published December 14 2007
Concepts: health, vaccination, vaccines, Maryland, vaccinations

Vaccination Programs Under Scrutiny (Part 2)
Published December 14 2007
Concepts: disease, vaccination, immune system, blood, health

Absurd vaccine marketing calls for cervical cancer vaccinations for young boys!
Published August 29 2007
Concepts: cancer, vaccinations, disease, cervical cancer, vaccines

Gunpoint medicine: Teenager arrested, jailed for refusing TB treatment at hospital
Published August 28 2007
Concepts: health, gunpoint medicine, drugs, hospital, disease

Antioxidants, bad science and failure of the press to tell the truth
Published August 14 2007
Concepts: mainstream media, vitamins, antioxidant, disease, antioxidants

Unraveling the lies about the antioxidant study on vitamins E and C
Published August 13 2007
Concepts: vitamins, nutrition, drugs, antioxidant, health

84% of sunscreen products are harmful to health, says alarming EWG study
Published July 9 2007
Concepts: sunscreen, cancer, health, chemicals, medical myths

The sunscreen myth: How sunscreen products actually promote cancer
Published June 15 2007
Concepts: sunscreen, cancer, Vitamin D, cancer industry, chemicals

American College of Physicians warns women in their 40s about dangers of mammograms
Published May 14 2007
Concepts: cancer, mammography, breast cancer, college, physicians

Tanning found to protect against melanoma by releasing tumor suppressor protein
Published May 1 2007
Concepts: melanoma, tanning, cancer, skin cancer, medical myths

Health guru launches online Disease Mongering Engine that instantly generates hilarious fictitious disease names
Published March 6 2007
Concepts: disease, fictitious disease, fictitious diseases, health, disease mongering

The quackery of modern medicine (opinion)
Published March 3 2007
Concepts: medicine, health, quackery, sick care, America

Consumers fall for Havidol pharmaceutical parody that promotes a fictitious anxiety disorder
Published March 1 2007
Concepts: fictitious disease, anxiety, drug advertising, drug marketing, medical myths

The big vitamin scare: American Medical Association claims vitamins may kill you (opinion)
Published February 28 2007
Concepts: vitamins, nutrition, nutritional supplements, conventional medicine, health

Scientists discover the brain has ability to repair itself
Published February 21 2007
Concepts: the brain, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's, neurodegenerative disease, medical myths

Mammograms offer no health benefits whatsoever, doctors conclude
Published February 14 2007
Concepts: mammograms, doctors, breast cancer, health, health benefits

Researchers discover moderate sunlight exposure helps prevent skin cancer
Published February 1 2007
Concepts: skin cancer, sunlight exposure, cancer prevention, cancer risk, medical myths

Angioplasty useless for most heart attack patients, study finds
Published November 15 2006
Concepts: heart attack, angioplasty, heart attack risk, medical myths, unnecessary surgery

Antioxidants do not interfere with cancer radiation treatments, research finds
Published November 14 2006
Concepts: cancer, antioxidants, cancer treatments, cancer patients, antioxidant

Medical myths explained: Why health researchers mistakenly think one disease causes another
Published October 11 2006
Concepts: disease, nutrition, health, diabetes, heart disease

Consumer alert: "Pink" products are marketing gimmicks that do nothing to prevent or cure breast cancer, health author says
Published October 6 2006
Concepts: cancer, breast cancer, health, marketing gimmicks, cancer industry

The "Race for the Cure" scam exposed: The cancer industry's guilt-powered shakedown of a gullible public
Published October 5 2006
Concepts: cancer, breast cancer, race for the cure, disease, cancer industry

Caesarean births more than double the risk of infant death vs. normal delivery
Published September 7 2006
Concepts: infant deaths, prenatal care, giving birth, medical myths, cause of death

Sunscreen found to generate harmful compounds that promote skin cancer
Published August 30 2006
Concepts: sunscreen, skin cancer, medical myths, health, aging

Asthma is not a disease, but just a name given to various symptoms, says The Lancet
Published August 28 2006
Concepts: asthma, disease, medical myths, conventional medicine, The Lancet

Epigenetics discoveries challenge outdated medical beliefs about DNA, inheritance and gene expression
Published August 21 2006
Concepts: DNA, soft inheritance, methylation, epigenetics, beliefs

Body Mass Index found useless because it does not consider body composition
Published August 18 2006
Concepts: body mass index, BMI, disease, medical myths, heart disease

Beyond AIDS drugs: Nutrition needed for AIDS patients
Published August 18 2006
Concepts: nutrition, AIDS, HIV, food, medical myths

Drug-resistant bacteria increasingly common in US hospitals
Published August 17 2006
Concepts: drug-resistant bacteria, infections, drug-resistant, hospital, skin infections

WHO warning on sun exposure misplaces blame for skin cancer, explains consumer health advocate
Published July 27 2006
Concepts: skin cancer, health, sun exposure, consumer health, Vitamin D

Big Pharma is developing drugs for the most distressing disease of all: Life
Published June 22 2006
Concepts: disease, drugs, health, chemicals, drug companies

Sunshine heals cancer, and the FDA is powerless to stop it, regulate it or ban it
Published April 25 2006
Concepts: cancer, medicine, the FDA, Vitamin D, health

Welcome to the town of Allopath
Published June 19 2005
Concepts: traffic, disease, traffic accidents, Teflon, allopathic medicine

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma prevented by natural sunlight, but doctors still don't teach it
Published June 15 2005
Concepts: disease, Vitamin D, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, cancer, doctors

The beginning of the end of chemical-based medicine
Published May 19 2005
Concepts: Vioxx, medicine, chemical-based medicine, prescription drugs, dangerous drugs

Sensible sunlight exposure prevents skin cancer; findings baffle old school doctors
Published May 18 2005
Concepts: cancer, Vitamin D, skin cancer, sunlight exposure, osteoporosis

Taking a daily multivitamin is not sufficient for good nutrition
Published April 28 2005
Concepts: nutrition, vitamins, food, minerals, nutritional supplements

Organized medicine remains ignorant of causes, treatments for prostate cancer
Published April 23 2005
Concepts: osteoporosis, cancer, Prostate, health, Vitamin D

Acomplia drug hype reveals mythology of prescription drugs, shortcut philosophy of American culture
Published January 4 2005
Concepts: mythology, health, Acomplia, prescription drugs, American culture

As scientific evidence mounts on health benefits of sun exposure and vitamin D, doctors are rethinking advice of sunlight avoidance
Published January 1 2005
Concepts: Vitamin D, sunscreen, dermatology, sun exposure, health

Why more people are ditching their MDs and switching to naturopathic physicians
Published December 29 2004
Concepts: health, naturopathic physician, physicians, naturopathy, disease

Disease names like diabetes and osteoporosis are misleading and misinform patients about disease prevention
Published December 10 2004
Concepts: disease, medicine, osteoporosis, high cholesterol, cancer

Q&A: How do I reduce high cholesterol with the least amount of time, money and effort? (part 2)
Published October 13 2004
Concepts: health, high cholesterol, garlic, cinnamon, LDL cholesterol

How to reduce high cholesterol by eating like your ancestors and avoiding hydrogenated oils (part 1)
Published October 13 2004
Concepts: high cholesterol, food, hydrogenated oils, foods, cardiovascular health

Q & A: Are there any situations in which pharmaceuticals and medications are okay to use?
Published October 12 2004
Concepts: pharmaceuticals, pain medication, prescription drugs, patient responsibility, doctors

Asthma is a false disease caused by chronic dehydration and body's drought management efforts, says doctor
Published October 11 2004
Concepts: asthma, water, chronic dehydration, drought, drought management

Chronic disease caused by lack of water, says doctor, but Big Pharma treats symptoms and kills 250,000 Americans each year
Published October 11 2004
Concepts: dehydration, water, disease, chronic dehydration, pharmaceutical industry

Joint pain, back pain, arthritis cause by chronic dehydration, says doctor
Published October 11 2004
Concepts: back pain, chronic dehydration, arthritis, water, medical myths

Thirst perception not an accurate indicator of the need to consume water, says prominent doctor
Published October 11 2004
Concepts: water, thirst, dehydration, chronic dehydration, chronic disease

Fluoride conference reveals fraudulent science behind mass fluoridation; fluoride policy is a public fraud
Published August 8 2004
Concepts: fluoride, water, fluoridation, mass fluoridation, dentists

Breast cancer blamed on vitamin D receptor gene; but it's actually caused by a simple nutritional deficiency
Published August 8 2004
Concepts: Vitamin D, breast cancer, disease prevention, nutritional deficiencies, genetic predisposition

UC Berkeley Wellness Letter authors remain nutritionally illiterate about chlorella, spirulina, and blue-green algae
Published August 7 2004
Concepts: wellness letter, health, chlorella, spirulina, wellness

Obesity Researchers Lose Sight of the Big Picture While Peering Into Their Microscopes; Modern Science Loses Perspective
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: health, modern science, obesity, metabolism, western medicine

Cancer Industry Spreads Fear and Disinformation To Scare People Away From Learning About Alternative Treatments for Cancer on the Internet
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: cancer, medicine, cancer industry, western medicine, chemotherapy

American Heart Association's Advice on Vitamin E and Antioxidants is Terrible Advice, Highly Distorted, and Prone to Actually Cause Heart Disease
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: vitamin E, food, the AHA, nutrition, health

New science proves that cancer is reversible, but organized medicine insists that cancer cannot be cured
Published August 3 2004
Concepts: cancer, medicine, National Cancer Institute, cure for cancer, cancer prevention

Acupuncture proven effective at treating post-operative nausea; but modern medicine marginalizes true potential of acupuncture
Published August 3 2004
Concepts: acupuncture, medicine, modern medicine, western medicine, doctors

Growing band of obesity deniers claim that being obese isn't bad for your health
Published July 25 2004
Concepts: obesity deniers, obesity, health, health responsibility, health outcome

Aspirin therapy proves useless in half of stroke patients
Published July 22 2004
Concepts: aspirin, stroke, medical myths, food, over-the-counter drugs

Medical community concedes that multivitamins are important for health, but only after decades of denying benefit from vitamins
Published July 21 2004
Concepts: vitamins, multivitamins, health, nutritional supplements, vitamin supplements

Cough syrup proves to be medically worthless; giving your kids cough syrup is a complete waste of money
Published July 6 2004
Concepts: cough syrup, over-the-counter medications, medical myths, over-the-counter drugs

New revelations about health benefits of sunlight frustrate organized medicine
Published July 6 2004
Concepts: old school doctors, sunshine, organized medicine, medical myths, modern medicine

Medical fraud alert: cholesterol lowering statin drugs save zero lives, says comprehensive research published in JAMA
Published July 6 2004
Concepts: statin drugs, statins, high cholesterol, medical myths, medical fraud

Sunscreen use actually causes cancer, it doesn't prevent it, says exhaustive scientific research
Published July 5 2004
Concepts: sunscreen, sun lotion, sunshine, suntan, natural sunlight

Warning people to avoid sunshine causes more harm than good; lack of sunshine responsible for many diseases, says research
Published July 5 2004
Concepts: sunshine, Vitamin D, natural sunlight, western medicine, cancer

Mass media hypes up statins, calling them wonder drugs while ignoring their dangerous side effects
Published July 1 2004
Concepts: statins, mass media, drugs, prescription drugs, mainstream media

Mammograms produce extremely unreliable test results
Published November 23 2003
Concepts: cancer, mammograms, early detection, medical myths, cancer prevention

Scientists continues to blame genes for cancer
Published November 18 2003
Concepts: cancer, genes, causes of cancer, cancer genes, genes for cancer

Independent medical journal hopes to shake up highly corrupt medical journal industry
Published November 18 2003
Concepts: medical racket, medical myths, bad medicine, bad science, medical journals


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