Published August 10, 2009

Statins damage your muscles — even if they don’t hurt

Doctors have always known that statin drugs damage muscles, often permanently. But the drug company PR departments have always insisted that this complication is rare. Now, a new study shows that the damage that these drugs cause happens much more often than anyone previously imagined. And it gets worse.

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Published August 7, 2009

Natural extract stops dry eyes and dry mouth

Did you know that as many as four million Americans suffer from dry eyes and dry mouth? Did you also know this common disorder affects mostly people over the age of 50? And it has a very scary sounding name — Sjogren’s Syndrome. But there’s no reason to be afraid of this, as there’s a very simple treatment for it — and you may have it sitting in your kitchen.

Most doctors consider Sjogren’s Syndrome an autoimmune disease. It is often a secondary problem to other inflammatory processes. In Sjogren’s specifically, inflammatory cells accumulate in tear and saliva glands. The resulting inflammation can destroy your normal cells. In my view, your own cells aren’t really under attack. The immune cells sense something else there and your normal cells are innocent bystanders in the war. Wouldn’t it be great to find something to tone down the inflammation?

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Published August 5, 2009

Did Big Pharma Just Try to Create a Mutant Flu Pandemic?

With all the media focus on a possible government takeover of health care, there’s something that scares me even more. There is open talk of forced vaccinations for the swine flu.

Don’t think it’s possible? Think again. I just saw a news report that the military has offered to assist in the event of a swine flu outbreak. Why the military? And why over what has been a relatively benign disease so far?

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