More Evidence Against Mass Antibiotic Use in Children
Sinus Infections Not Cured By Antibiotics…
“(CBS) Sinus infection sufferers know the stuffy, congested feeling might not go away without a trip to the doctor’s office. But according to a new study, the antibiotics that doctors often prescribe for sinus infections might be no more effective than a spray or pill on drugstore shelves. The study raises concerns about drug resistance and whether doctors are too eager to dole out antibiotics for the common infection….”
COMMENTS:
Parents have already been warned against them for ear aches:
Sugar can harm like alcohol and tobacco, regulate it: article says
http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-added-sugar-tax-lustig-20120201,0,5626906.story
“In a provacative commentary coming out in Thursday’s edition of the journal Nature, Dr. Robert Lustig and two colleagues from UC San Francisco argue that the added sugars in processed foods and drinks are responsible for so many cases of chronic disease and premature deaths that their use ought to be regulated, just like alcohol and tobacco.
To those who view sugar as more of a treat than a poison – and especially to libertarian-minded people who oppose government regulation in general – Lustig’s proposal is certainly a nonstarter. Public health advocates have spent years trying to enact a soda tax to discourage consumption of added sugar, and none of their efforts is close to succeeding.
Researchers Find Cancer in Ancient Mummy – Make Wrong Assumptions
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_ANCIENT_CANCER?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HEALTH&TEMPLATE=
“CAIRO (AP) — A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment. The genetics-environment question is key to understanding cancer. AUC professor Salima Ikram, a member of the team that studied the mummy in Portugal for two years, said Sunday the mummy was of a man who died in his forties. She said this was the second oldest known case of prostate cancer. “Living conditions in ancient times were very different; there were no pollutants or modified foods, which leads us to believe that the disease is not necessarily only linked to industrial factors,” she said…”
Americans Addicted to Caffeine
(Washington Times)
“The AeroShot contains a puff of lime-flavored caffeine powder; one squeeze, and it dispenses about 40 mg of the drug in your mouth, like an asthma inhaler. A startup product recently released in the Boston area, the AeroShot already has drawn the ire of Sen. Charles E. Schumer. In December, the New York Democrat expressed concern that the inhaler would be used as a “party enhancer” and asked the Food and Drug Administration to review the safety and legality of selling it to children…One nation under a buzz…America, the land of the free. America, home of the amped. From the 24-ounce Cafe Americano to the 64-ounce Mountain Dew Double Gulp, from ubiquitous coffee shops to the widespread use of the prescription drug Ritalin (read: legal speed) as a campus study aid, we are one nation under a buzz, indivisible from our next fix, with 5-Hour Energy shots and caffeine-spiked chewing gum for all.
Mouse Found in McDonald’s Bag of Buns!
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/video-shows-mouse-in-bag-of-big-mac-rolls-011312
After hearing the reports of former employees, you might also want to find out what the cows are fed before they are butchered…
Natural Health Marketer Kevin Trudeau Loses On $38 Million Appeal
“Infomercial king Kevin Trudeau, who got rich promoting what he claims are natural cures for just about every medical condition, has finally met a malady no amount of echinacea is going to put right: The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision that Trudeau must pay a $37.6 million fine for fibbing.
Trudeau, in an interview with ABC News, says he intends to fight on to defend his First Amendment right to speak and write freely, taking his appeal, if necessary, to the Supreme Court. His only “crime,” he says, is telling truths that challenge big pharma and other entrenched interests…”
