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FDA withdraws approval for breast cancer drug Avastin after declaring it medically useless, but says doctors can still prescribe it 11/27/2011 - Several years after declaring it to be not only medically useless but also dangerous, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially withdrawn approval for the $100,000 breast cancer drug Avastin. In a statement, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said that Avastin has never been proven to...

Physician speaks out: Gardasil vaccine dangerous, completely useless at preventing cervical cancer 10/26/2011 - The massive controversy over Texas Gov. Rick Perry's appalling 2007 executive order mandating that all young girls in his state receive Merck & Co.'s Gardasil vaccine before entering school has brought the issue of the vaccine's safety and effectiveness, or lack thereof, back to the forefront of the...

TEPCO to cover damaged Fukushima reactors with useless polyester tents 5/14/2011 - In a demonstration of the company's shocking ignorance concerning the nature of radioactive particles, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has announced that it is going to place large polyester domes -- yes, you read that right -- around the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...

Seventy-five percent of prostate cancer cases treated with aggressive drugs and surgery -- even when it's useless to do so 4/9/2011 - More than 75 percent of men diagnosed with prostate cancer are treated aggressively, even though most prostate cancers are slow-growing and will never pose a risk to a man's life, according to a study conducted by researchers from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical...

Shameless flu shot pushers use strip clubs to entice people into medically useless vaccinations 10/6/2010 - As predicted, the great flu shot charade is now well upon us in North America, with vaccine pushers urging everyone to hurry up and go get vaccinated. But this year, they've upped the desperation of their tactics. That's because people are waking up and actively refusing a vaccine shot that scientifically...

H1N1 vaccine liquidation sale now on: Hurry while supplies last! 12/18/2009 - All of a sudden, H1N1 vaccines are available all across America. Walgreens and other pharmacies are pushing the vaccines as if there were an "everything must go" liquidation sale under way. Hurry, get your swine flu vaccine today before everybody figures out they're useless! The marketability of...

Home Defibrillators Found Medically Useless in Saving Lives 10/21/2008 - Expensive home defibrillator machines do not improve heart attack patients' chances of survival, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research, presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago and published in the New England...

Prescription Drugs Useless at Reducing Heart Disease Risk for the Obese 10/9/2008 - Taking drugs for cholesterol and blood pressure without actually losing weight does not decrease people's risk of cardiovascular disease, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Researchers examined 6,814 people between the ages of 45 and 84 for subclinical markers...

Important Resources for Those With Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) 9/27/2008 - This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Fountain of Youth Summit, which can be found at (http://fountainofyouthworldsummit.com) . In this excerpt, Tellman Knudson shares resources, exercise and nutrition information for those with ADD. The Fountain of Youth World Summit with Tellman Knudson,...

Despite the Hype, Statin Drugs Found Medically Useless in Preventing Alzheimer's 9/8/2008 - Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs do not provide any protection against Alzheimer's disease, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and published in Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "This study adds to the growing...

Antibiotics Useless for Sinus Infections, but Doctors Keep Prescribing them Anyway 8/22/2008 - Although many health researchers and professionals have recommended that doctors stop prescribing antibiotics for sinus infections, the practice is still widespread. A new study, conducted by Swiss researchers and published in the Lancet, found that a third of all doctor's visits for upper respiratory...

High-Dose Chemotherapy, Stem Cell Transplants Found Useless for Breast Cancer Patients 7/21/2008 - A controversial breast cancer treatment consisting of a combination of high-dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant does not extend the lives of patients, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Texas' M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and presented at the San...

Steroid Nasal Sprays, Antibiotics Found Useless For Sinus Infections 7/9/2008 - Antibiotics and steroid nasal sprays provide little or no benefit for patients with sinus infections, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Southampton, England, and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Between the years of 2001 and 2005,...

Anti-Cancer Drug Avastin Useless Against Breast Cancer, Declares FDA 6/27/2008 - NaturalNews) An FDA advisory panel has said that the drug Avastin should not be used to treat breast cancer, because it fails to provide enough benefit to outweigh the risks. Avastin, known generically as bevacizumab, has been approved for the treatment of colon and lung cancer. It is a major seller...

Flawed St. John's Wort Study on ADHD Failed to Use Active Form of Herbal Extract 6/13/2008 - On the heels of shocking revelations that top psychiatric research Dr. Joseph Biederman secretly took $1.6 million from drug companies while conducting psychotropic drug experiments on children, it has been learned that Dr. Biederman is now one of the key collaborators behind the latest efforts to discredit...

Anti-Psychotic Drugs Found Useless on Patients with Learning Disabilities 6/10/2008 - Anti-psychotic drugs appear to be less effective at improving the behavior of people with learning disabilities than a placebo, according to a new study conducted by researchers from Imperial College London and published in the Lancet. Anti-psychotics are regularly used on people with learning disabilities...

Millions of Dollars Wasted on Useless Cancer Research, Dozens of Studies Invalidated 6/4/2008 - Millions of dollars in research money have been wasted on scientifically useless experiments, according to a report by the BBC. At the heart of the problem is the failure of many scientists to make sure that they are performing laboratory tests on the correct cell lines. For approximately £180 ($370)...

HRT drugs medically useless in older women 4/23/2008 - Hormone replacement therapy provides no overall health benefit to postmenopausal women but may increase the risk of major cardiovascular events, according to the results of a study published in the British Medical Journal. The WISDOM study, initiated in 1999, was discontinued when a study by the...

British Doctors Continue Useless Prescribing of Antibiotics 4/7/2008 - In spite of a government effort to reduce the unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics, general practitioners in the United Kingdom are still giving out the drugs in cases where they are neither necessary nor helpful, according to a study conducted by researchers at the UCL Center for Infectious Disease...

Flu Vaccines Found Useless for Seniors; Benefits Greatly Exaggerated, say Researchers 2/7/2008 - The benefits of influenza vaccines on senior citizens have been "greatly exaggerate[d]," according to a major review of the evidence published in the medical journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. Researchers examined prior studies on the effectiveness of the vaccine, and concluded that it is impossible...

Why Doctors are Idiots: 150 Years of Disatrous Advice on Children's Health (satire) 12/15/2007 - (NaturalNews Satire) With mandatory vaccines suddenly being forced onto parents by doctors and so-called "health authorities" in places like Maryland, New Jersey and Texas, you might think that doctors being full of bunk is a new phenomenon. But no, it's nothing new. Doctors have been full of bunk for...

The Appendix: Maybe Not Useless After All 12/8/2007 - Theorists may have unlocked the purpose for the appendix, the organ in the gut at the juncture of the large and small intestine, long thought useless. The theory calls upon observations and experiments done at Duke University Medical Center. While not definitive, it seems that the purpose for the...

Antibiotics found useless for treating bronchitis 11/17/2006 - According to a new study from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, antibiotics should no longer be standard practice for treating bronchitis. Two physician researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine recently surveyed world literature on bronchitis,...

Angioplasty useless for most heart attack patients, study finds 11/15/2006 - Patients who undergo artery-opening angioplasties only benefit from the procedure if it is performed immediately after a heart attack, according to a new international study by researchers from the New York University School of Medicine. Angioplasties are routinely performed on heart attack patients...

Popular diabetes drug useless, even harmful, for diabetics, study suggests 10/24/2006 - A recent study notes the diabetes drug pioglitazone (Actos) has no clear-cut benefit for patients with type 2 diabetes, and may even be harmful to users. The scientists analyzed data from 22 clinical trials involving 6,200 patients who were prescribed pioglitazone -- a member of the thiazolidinediones...

Anti-psychotic drugs found useless against Alzheimer's 10/12/2006 - A new study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine found the widely prescribed anti-psychotic drugs used to treat Alzheimer's symptoms are no more effective than placebo and can cause serious side effects. Researchers from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine...

Antibacterial pencils: Toxic, useless and hazardous to public health 4/3/2006 - I think this antibacterial products sham has gone way too far. Yesterday I was shopping at Office Depot, and guess what I found? Antibacterial pencils. Yes, it's true. I found some mechanical pencils made by PaperMate that have an antibacterial coating. Isn't this fascinating? We've seen antibacterial...

Medicine's assault on calcium: Quack science fuels calcium bashing frenzy 2/22/2006 - In the world of health news, I'm not sure who's worse: Dishonest researchers or illiterate science reporters. But in this case -- lucky us -- we get both. The issue surrounds the reporting of a recent study on calcium supplements in post-menopausal women conducted by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI),...

Junk science: negative study on calcium and vitamin D supplements was poorly constructed, yet widely reported 4/28/2005 - Based on a new research study published in The Lancet (April, 2005), newspaper headlines around the world are proclaiming that senior citizens should throw away their calcium supplements and turn to prescription drugs as their primary treatment for osteoporosis and bone fractures. Gee, what a convenient...

Can-Spam anti-spam law remains useless after first year on the books 1/3/2005 - Just as I predicted over a year ago, Can-Spam has done absolutely nothing to curtail spam. Today, spam is worse than ever. What's needed is either a technical solution (the Puzzle Solution) or widespread certification of email practices. That's why I created Relemail, an email sender certification service...

Calcium supplements all but useless without adequate vitamin D from sunlight exposure: interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of The UV Advantage 1/1/2005 - The following is part seven of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths,...

Food industry giants had big hand in writing US dietary guidelines; nutrition experts bewildered by useless advice 11/2/2004 - It's all just another chapter in the history of food politics: food industry giants lobby government departments to make sure their health advice is so watered down as to be meaningless. The USDA, for example, doesn't even have the political courage to admit that drinking soft drinks causes diabetes...

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