by Brenda Watson | Dec 3, 2012 | General
I have to laugh sometimes at mainstream medicine, pharmaceuticals particularly. Pharmaceutical companies spend millions of dollars marketing drugs in order to make billions of dollars in profits, all at the expense of the health, and pocketbooks, of people who are...
by Brenda Watson | Aug 24, 2011 | General
It is reported that the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, which manufactures the cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin (Lipitor), will attempt to gain FDA approval to sell the drug over the counter. The patent on Lipitor expires in November, which means that generic...
by lsmith | Jun 1, 2011 | General
On May 27, 2011 a New York Times article reports that Sherwood Gorbach, a 71 year doctor, has been instrumental in the development of a new antibiotic, Dificid, also known as fidaxomicin, for treating C. difficle (C. diff) diarrhea. Dr. Gorbach spent most of his...
by Brenda Watson | Feb 3, 2011 | General
February 1st marked the start of American Heart Month, an annual awareness effort from the American Heart Association to bring attention to cardiovascular disease being our nation’s No. 1 killer. And while it’s important to bring this issue to light, I...
by Brenda Watson | Apr 5, 2010 | General
I came across an interesting article recently in the Journal of Gastroenterology. The title caught my eye – “Gut Microbes: From Bugs to Drugs”. I have to share with you a few comments from this article. Now, this is a mainstream gastroenterology journal. The...
