
Brace yourself—more fear mongering is on the horizon
It’s that time of year again. The time when we are bombarded by signs EVERYWHERE saying, “Get your flu shot!” And this year’s push has an additional twist because now we are hearing about COVID and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) too! So get ready to start hearing scary numbers about hospitalizations, cases and the risk of death. But before you get caught up in worry and fear, here are some things to think about. ...

Dirty little secrets I bet you don’t know
Today’s blog is going to take a different twist. Because I’m not going to talk about a health issue and how to naturally feel better. But I am going to impart crucial information that you might not know, but must know, because it can affect your decisions, your health and quite possibly your life. I’ll start with… The dirty little secrets of pharmaceutical companies Pharmaceutical companies would love nothing more than to have everyone...

The scam called “BCAM”
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and everywhere you go, you see pink paper ribbons plastered on the walls signed by someone who likely donated for breast cancer research. Too bad they threw their money away. I say that because BILLIONS of research dollars have been raised over the last several decades to “find the cure,” yet cancer is still our number 2 killer. So what have all these billions of dollars bought...

Stop the cycle of manipulation now!
I rarely watch TV, but after getting a taste of a morning news program while I was waiting to have blood drawn recently, I decided to conduct a little experiment and watch an hour of mainstream news. All I can say is it was sickening, and I couldn’t even make it a full hour. And I’m not even talking about the sensationalism and fear mongering oozing from the actors, er, I mean newscasters. That’s...

You are being carefully manipulated—here’s how
I rarely watch TV and if I do, it’s typically a Green Bay Packers football game or a movie DVD. But recently, I decided to conduct a little experiment and watch a mainstream morning news program, concentrating on the commercials. All I can say is that I was downright nauseated at the level of manipulation that was taking place before my eyes. In the short span of 45 minutes that I watched this program, I saw 10 drug commercials. Ten! That an average of one every 4.5 minutes. Although it disgusted me, I was...

Another deadly drug warning! When will it end?
Here we go again. Yet ANOTHER prescription drug has been recalled because it contains “unacceptably high” levels of a human carcinogen, N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). (I wonder what an “acceptably high” level of a carcinogen would be, but I digress…) This time it’s Metformin, the very popular Type 2 diabetes drug. This situation may sound familiar to you, and you would be right. Just earlier this year the blockbuster acid reflux drug Zantac was recalled for...