A new study shows that drug companies paid U.S. doctors $2.4 billion in cash and gifts in 2015.
These bribes help persuade doctors to prescribe pricey brand name medications…and keep Big Pharma’s $60 billion annual revenue stream flowing.
The drug companies don’t even make an attempt to hide it, says Dr. R. Adams Dudley, a pulmonologist and professor with the University of California, San Francisco.… Read More
Roger Ailes’ official cause of death was listed as “complication of a subdural hematoma.” This is bleeding inside the skull that compresses brain tissue.1
But it was something else that ultimately took the life of the former Fox News chief. It’s often not recognized as a major killer…even though it is extremely common.
Every 11 seconds, a senior is treated for it in an emergency room.… Read More
What do you do if your bestselling, billion-dollar herbicide is found to cause cancer… Stop selling it?
No way.
Instead, you hire an army of lobbyists to push your agenda. Then you instruct them to flood the internet with fake stories that attempt to cast doubt on the cancer findings regarding your deadly product.
But now this appalling scheme by chemical giant Monsanto has been exposed.… Read More
When your doctor delivers the terrible news that you have cancer, the last thing you want to worry about is whether his treatment recommendation is motivated by profit.
But a new study shows that men with prostate cancer have good reason to worry.
The standard treatments are surgery, radiation, and watchful waiting, also called active surveillance. Watchful waiting means having regular checkups to make sure the tumor isn’t spreading.… Read More
An alarming new study has uncovered an important reason to avoid antibiotics.
Researchers found that using antibiotics increases the risk of colon polyps, a precursor to colon cancer.
Colon cancer is also known as colorectal or bowel cancer. It kills more than 50,000 Americans a year. It is the second-leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States, behind lung cancer.… Read More
The incidence of thyroid cancer is skyrocketing in the U.S. It’s growing faster than any other cancer.
Thyroid cancer rates have more than doubled in the U.S. since the mid-90s. Between 1995 and 2014, the number of cases went from six per 100,000 people to 14.2, according to the National Institutes of Health. More than 55,000 Americans a year are diagnosed with it.… Read More