CORTISONE-BASED DRUGS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR CHEST INFECTIONS

Tens of thousands of Australians are being inappropriately prescribed inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), putting their health at risk and costing the federal government millions of dollars a year. Doctors are commonly co-prescribing the drugs alongside antibiotics to patients with respiratory tract infections but no obstructive airway disease, according to a report released today by the Australian […]

ANTIBIOTICS LINKED TO WEIGHT GAIN

Changes in the gut microbiome from low-dose antibiotics caused mice to gain weight. Similar alterations in humans taking antibiotics, especially children, might be adding to the obesity epidemic Amy Maxmen Nature Magazine 27.8.12   Bacteria living naturally within the gut provide a gateway to flab, according to a few reports this week. These bacteria may […]

NATURAL THERAPIES HOLD THE ANSWERS TO HEALTH PROBLEMS

UNFIT TO PRACTICE The Forces Against Health in Australia ‘Nutritional medicine could save hundreds of millions of lives, but vested interests actively pursue the opposite’ Dr. Ian Brighthope, M.D. Orthomolecular Medicine, 25.6.12 According to Dr Ian Brighthope: “There is not a single medical school in Australia teaching adequate nutritional science to future doctors to ensure […]

NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS MAY PREVENT DISEASE

EATING A BALANCED DIET WILL NOT PREVENT NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES AND DISEASE – NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS PRESCRIBED SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR BIOLOGICALLY UNIQUE BODY PROBABLY WILL The Forces Against Health inAustralia Nutritional medicine could save hundreds of millions of lives, but vested interests actively pursue the opposite. Commentary by Ian Brighthope, M.D.                                                        Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, June 25, […]

HOW NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS ARE PROVING THE VALUE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

13.6.12 John Weeks Huffington post   “In the mid-1980s, leaders of the reemerging naturopathic medical profession faced a tough challenge. They had to make the case for a scientific basis for their field prior to any history of federal support for naturopathic research. The naturopathic physician authors of such pioneering volumes as the Textbook of […]

There is Always a Reason for Pain!

Good Riddance to Propoxyphene In the wake of the market withdrawal of propoxyphene in November 2010, prescribers this year had to decide which analgesics were the best alternatives to the “Worst Drug in History”  ‘Physicians Say Good Riddance to ‘Worst Drug in History’   According to Allison Gandey (Medscape News 2.2.11):  “An estimated 10 million […]