A new study reveals that as many as 1/2 of all medical doctors give their patients a placebo without the knowledge or consent.
About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments — usually drugs or vitamins that won’t really help their condition. And many of these doctors are [...]
The 2006 mumps outbreak in the US has affected also those who got the second booster shot, introduced in 1990. This came as a surprise for many experts, as it was widely believed that the second shot would boost immunity to a high level and for a longer period of time.
The virus is spread by [...]
Patients Too Fat for X-rays , Ultrasounds, CT Scans, and MRI’s?
Did New Orleans Medical Doctor’s Intentionally Kill Hospital Patients?
A British Newspaper Says Yes!
The newspaper account details an anonymous female physician who admits that many patient murders were committed during the flood chaos.
Doctors working in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans killed critically ill patients rather than leaving them to die in agony as they evacuated hospitals, The Mail [...]
What is Mesothelioma?
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) results from neoplastic transformation of mesothelial cells (i.e. cancer). Past asbestos exposure represents the major risk factor for MPM, as the link between asbestos fibres and MPM has been largely proved by epidemiological and experimental studies.
Diagnosis of Mesothelioma
The diagnosis of epithelial type mesothelioma can be established in most [...]
Hepatitis B Vaccination Increases Multiple Sclerosis Risk
Laurie Barclay, MD
Sept. 13, 2004
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination increases the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to the results of a nested, case-control study published in the Sept. 14 issue of Neurology.
“Our analyses include 163 cases of MS and 1,604 controls,” lead author [...]
Parkinson’s Drug Pergolide (Permax), Linked to Heart Valve Damage
(Reuters Health) – Heart valve disease appears to be relatively common in Parkinson’s disease patients treated with pergolide (Permax), according to results of a new study. Evidence suggests that the degree of damage correlates with lifetime dose of the drug, but the effects may be reversible.
Pergolide [...]
Diabetes Linked to Higher Alzheimer’s Risk
People with diabetes could have a higher risk of brain-wasting Alzheimer’s disease , a U.S. study said on Monday.
Among those in the study with diabetes, the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease was 65 percent greater than those without diabetes.
Of 824 elderly Catholic nuns, priests, and brothers participating in [...]
Bed Bugs : Parasite Spreading
Bedbugs or Hemiptera Cimicidae are making a come back. Bed bugs are sometimes called “red coats,” “chinches,” or “mahogany flats.” They feed on human blood by piercing the skin with a long beak and sucking blood into their stomachs. They feed mostly at night, but will feed during [...]
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University of Wisconsin Medical School Closes Neurology Clinic
Patients at risk and medical privacy exposed in scandal.
Madison – The University of Wisconsin Medical School has closed a neurology laboratory after investigators said critically ill patients were put at risk because of sloppy handling of patient records, inadequate employee training and poor supervision.
Paul DeLuca Jr., the school’s [...]
