Comedians and musicians get it …

It’s always encouraging when well-known people understand the real healthcare issues in our society. They understand the push to sell pharmaceutical drugs, at the expense of our health. Comedian Chris Rock has figured out that drugs don’t cure “You think they going to...

Me-Too-Drugs

Back in the day scientists would work hard to discover the next breakthrough drug that can cure the incurable, and heal the untreatable. When penicillin was discovered, it was able to cure infections that people previously died from. Now Me-Too-Drugs are the trend....

Squawk, Squawk, Settle Down

A Sunday afternoon I was walking my dog on the beach. Nearby there were probably over a thousand pigeons hanging around the sand. I let him off the leash for a moment and in a flash he bolted, chasing the pigeons like a mad dog. At first I was nervous as there were...

Taking A Stand

The norm in our society is to go to the doctor and get a prescription for medication, listen to your doctor, and then take your medications as prescribed. Yet people are depending upon prescription medications that often only keep them sick over the long-term. Big...

10 Most Insane Medical Practices in the World

I just read an interesting article on cracked.com about the 10 most insane medical practices in the world. This article is mocking the doctors and practices of the past. Some of the treatments that were considered standard medical practice, are now looked back upon as...

Vaccines

In pharmacy school, I learned that vaccines were an amazing invention that is credited with stopping serious diseases like polio by being able to trigger an immune response without causing the disease. When we get exposed to a disease causing bacteria or virus, it...