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Warning to parents: Anesthesia used in surgical procedures for babies and toddlers causes learning disabilities 10/3/2011 - Millions of infants and toddlers age two and under are subjected to surgery every year. Sure, some have been in serious accidents and are suffering other types of emergency situations that require life saving operations. But the vast majority are basically healthy kids put under general anesthesia for...

Had weight loss surgery? Take your vitamins to prevent dangerous nutritional deficiencies 4/19/2007 - A rare but serious complication arising from weight loss surgery can be easily prevented by taking vitamin supplements after the operation, according to a study published in the journal "Neurology." The brain condition, known as a Wernicke encephalopathy, is caused by a deficiency of thiamine (also...

Most drug-coated stent use never approved by the FDA 2/21/2007 - A recent report has shown that the majority of drug-coated stents installed in patients by doctors are being used in “off-label” cases -- that is, cases not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The report was released Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine, and is a collation of several...

Ruptured disk surgery as effective as doing nothing, study finds 11/23/2006 - Patients suffering from ruptured disks in their lower backs tend to recover regardless of whether or not they opt to undergo back surgery, according to a new study appearing in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study -- led by Dr. James Weinstein, a professor...

The dark history of modern medicine: U.S. surgeons routinely operated on babies without anesthesia 8/10/2006 - A warning to readers: this is a gruesome story. Do not read this if you are squeamish. It's a hard-to-believe (but true) account of the horrors of conventional medicine and its barbaric surgical procedures, many of which are still practiced today. We begin by examining the astonishing practice of...

Unnecessary surgery exposed! Why 60% of all surgeries are medically unjustified and how surgeons exploit patients to generate profits 10/7/2005 - Every year millions of Americans go under the knife, but many of them are enduring great pain and shelling out thousands of dollars for surgeries they don't really need. In fact, the only people who seem to really benefit from these unnecessary medical procedures are the medical professionals who stand...

One-fifth of women would consider double mastectomy as breast cancer prevention strategy 8/21/2005 - You're not going to believe this one: A recent poll of 1500 women in Britain and five other countries found that 22 percent of them would consider having both breasts removed if they were at high risk for breast cancer. We're not talking about the removal of breasts that have cancer; we're talking about...

The madness of bariatric surgery and other "modern" surgical procedures 7/26/2005 - It has now been widely reported that bariatric surgery (an aggressive form of weight loss surgery where patients' digestive organs are lobotomized) has an unintended side effect: low blood sugar. According to reports in USA Today, the New York Times, and dozens of other papers, some bariatric surgery...

What conventional medicine won't dare tell you about gall bladder removal surgery 5/22/2005 - A reader asks, "After having gall bladder surgery three weeks ago, I am having a lot of discomfort, bloating, nausea, and in general, not feeling well. My doctor says it will pass, but it seems to be getting worse. I am a 65-year-old woman. Do you have any advice?" The first piece of advice I have...

Ten Lies About Health Your Doctor Taught You 5/5/2005 - Lie #1: Prescription drugs will make you healthier. Truth #1: Prescription drugs only mask symptoms. They do nothing to correct the underlying biochemical causes of disease. Simultaneously, most prescription drugs cause nutritional deficiencies which lead to further progression of chronic disease. See...

Rising popularity of medical tourism reveals deterioration of U.S. healthcare system 4/21/2005 - Defenders of organized medicine are fond of saying that the United States has the best healthcare in the world, but I challenge that. I don't think we have the best healthcare in the world, I think we have the most expensive healthcare in the world. In fact, in terms of results for dollars spent, I...

Patients should demand full lifetime refunds on Vioxx, COX-2 inhibitors and other drugs 1/16/2005 - Let's take a closer look at honesty in medicine. Over the last few months, the FDA and state legal authorities have been going after a company selling various supplements and herbal formulas that promised to enhance breast size. According to the news reports, these products were unproven and entirely...

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