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Do Statins Really Work? Who Benefits? Who Has the Power to Cover Up the Side Effects?

September 10, 2019 |

Corporate-influenced medicine favors the one-size-fits-all paradigm of care, a paradigm that disregards individual human differences, circumstances, and needs. Why? I believe the answer is simple; because the one-size-fits-all is the cheapest most profitable paradigm to get the largest number of customers. “A . . . Continue reading →

Two medical treatment disputes: hormones for healthy women; statins for healthy men & women

May 19, 2016 |

I. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) For decades the norm in clinical practice was to prescribe hormone replacement therapy, a combination of estrogen plus progestin to menopausal women – despite the lack of scientific evidence of its safety and benefits. Science journalist, Barbara Seaman, founder of . . . Continue reading →