The Three Tests I would Never Do! An interesting editorial in the USA Today newspaper written by an MD outlines the limited use of three tests. He states that cholesterol screening is completewly useless because high cholesterol is a vbery weak indication of heart disease and is not a precurser to heart attacks or strokes. He also opines that PSA (prostate test) is a very weak indicator for prostate cancer and the treatment of high PSA has shown to be more detrimental that good. And finally, colonoscopy's are of little value in detecting colon cancer. It's always interesting to find an MD that speaks out about the Medical Establishment - but don't expect a warm reception at the conferences!!

New Government Findings: A new finding has shown that the MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) shot was responsible for causing Autism in a child. This is a landmark decision and now opens the door for many parents who's children have been hurt by these vaccinations. The pharmaceutical companies and the AMA, adied by the CDC are fighting the decision saying the shots given to the child were safe. (Go figure; they profit the most from the poisons)

New Research shows that lowering your cholesterol increases your risk of Cancer! I have been telling my patients for years about a book called "The Cholesterol Myths" that outlines the fact that lowering your cholesterol does not lower your chances for heart attacks or strokes! But now new research is showing that lowing cholesterol increases your chances of developing cancer. The study was published in the Journal of the Americal College of Cardiology and outlined the harmful side effects of lowering cholesterol. The truth is that the pharmaceutical companies ant to sell you on low LDL cholesterol but the statistics show that 75% of all heart attacks occur with people that have normal LDL cholesterol levels! A good diet and exercise program will keep your cholesterol where it needs to be (even if that is higher that 'normal').

Oxycontin makers are forced to pay up: It seems there is no moral or ethical conduct amoung the pharmaceutical companies. This is the case with the makers of oxycontin, a powerful pain killer, who are being forced to pay millions for 'false advertising'. They promoted their pills by saying it's the only pain killer in it;s class that is non addicitve. Doctors were promoting this to their patients. However, after a few years it was very clear that many people were hopelessly addicted to oxycontin, which was steadily growing in it's market share. The moral of this story; ANYTHING can be addictive. We can become addicted to any drug or anything that changes our physiology. People can become addicted to exercise, sugar, sex, music and even other people. Never believe a doctor when he/she says some drug is non-addictive or non-habit forming.

Vioxx, NSAIDS and all Cox inhibitors are under the gun!  You may have heard that some of the pain pills that doctors were prescribing for arthritis were taken off the market because they found out that the pills increase heart attacks. You may not have heard that the pharmaceutical companies knew for over ten years that their medications caused these cardiovascular side effects! Can you image...they knew that their pills were killing people and they did nothing to prevent it! And we think that they have our best interest at heart? Now the FDA is also under fire because they apparently knew about these side effects as well...which means our own government knew that these pills put people at a 3 times higher risk of heart attacks and they did absolutely nothing. In fact, if people hadn't started suing the pharmaceutical companies peobably nothing would have been done. We should learn two things; first don't trust your doctor or your friends - do the research yourself before taking any medication and secondly, the only way to avoid medication side effects is to not take the poisons in the first place!

The Germ Theory of Disease: Why is it that some people always get sick and others seem to stay healthy? We have been led to believe that germs  are the cause of all infectious diseases and that we are bound to get sick if we get into contact with those germs. Guess what? That theory is being contested! Researchers are now saying that germs are not the cause of infectious disease - the real cuase is a lowered resistance or lowered immune system. This explains why some people get sick often while others are generally healthy. The germs are actually opportunists who look to infect a susceptible host - like someone who doesn't have a strong immune system. Just like a lion will catch and eat the weakest members of a herd of wildebeasts - the germs infect the weakest and most susceptible people! How do you get your immune system strong? Eat well, exercise often, get adjusted, keep your mind positive and live with love in your heart!

Chiropractic and ear infections!  Heres a great story about ear infections and children! Chiropractors have been adjusting kids for well over 100 years without any side effects or reports adverse reactions. In recent studies out of Europe, researchers found that 'manipulation' (which is what chiropractors do - although the researchers did not mention chiropractic) was used to treat otitis media (commonly known as ear infections) with great success! In fact, the researchers found that manipulation decreased the length of the ear infection and had much lower recurrance rates compared to treatment with antibiotics. Check out the news story! http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_story_044175719.html

Chiropractic Care compared to back surgery! From the scientific journal, Spine. 2007 Feb 1;32(3):382-7. Reoperation rates following lumbar spine surgery and the influence of spinal fusion procedures. Heres some shocking news! These researchers found that patients who underwent back surgery had a 20% chance of having another back surgery in the next ten years. They also found that 70% of the patients had recurring spinal problems like arthritis and disc dissection following their surgeries! What's the point? DONT GET SPINAL SURGERY!! Chiropractic helps 90% of the patients that walk in their doors' to avoid surgery and find health naturally. In fact many researchers estimate that upto 90% of all spinal surgeries are UNNECESSARY!!

Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.