I wanted to thank you for your article on ‘Alternative Medicine.’ I have been using essential oils now for over 9 months to treat everything with tremendous success, and it has been such a blessing in our lives! My son who was having to use inhalers everyday, now doesn’t use them at [...]

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Wall Street Journal

Living With a Lifesaving Drug’s Side Effects
A recent Wall Street Journal article touts the benefits of a new drug called Gleevec, which is effective against certain cancers, but carries with it significant side effects. The Journal mentions one person, Alice Sulkowski, taking the drug and states that she has had difficulty dealing with

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For years women in the US were given drugs for menopausal symptoms (and other things) that were unproven to be safe, says the Wall Street Journal. Most commonly used were Premarin, which is derived from

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Fox News

In a well-designed research study done in hospitals in the Netherlands, scientists found that the addition of a second targeted anti-cancer drug increased the colon cancer and made patients more miserable. Both drugs attacked the cancer in

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Wall Street Journal
December 31, 2008
FDA Considers Updating Plavix Label

Three new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet demonstrate several dilemmas in Plavix medication use:
1. What is the percentage of people taking Plavix (a medication that reduces the ability of platelets to aggregate, initiating the clotting process) who are still at risk [...]

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In a recent Wall Street Journal article entitled, “In Drug Case, Justices Weigh Right to Sue,” is a description of a case called “Wyeth vs. Levine.”  Ms. Levine went to a physician with a migraine headache and received an incorrectly administered injection medication to treat her accompanying nausea. Within a few days she had gangrene [...]

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I recently returned from an ACAM (American College for Advancement in Medicine) meeting that was held in Las Vegas. This group of medical professionals meets twice a year as a group and shares the latest information in healthy alternatives to drugs and surgery. I’d like to share some of the highlights with you:

Highlights of [...]

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Forbes shared this information:  Pharmaceutical Company Pfizer is trying to clear another medication to treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. This is the third time this drug has been submitted—the first two times it was rejected because 1) there is an increased risk

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A recent report in the Wall Street Journal stated that Steven Nissen, a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, is urging the FDA to raise its standards for approving drugs prescribed for diabetes. Dr. Nissen wants to ensure that the prescription drugs that treat one disease effectively do not

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