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Orlistat – Do You Really Use This Dangerous Stuff?
Written by Wellness Club on June 29, 2010 – 1:19 pm -Orlistat – Do You Really Use This Dangerous Stuff? By Nurse Mark It seems that not a week – no, make that not a day – goes by that the FDA isn’t forced to announce yet another warning regarding the risks to life and health of the drugs that it has so cavalierly […]
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Niacin And Niacinamide Confusion!
Written by Wellness Club on June 29, 2010 – 11:03 am -Niacin And Niacinamide Confusion! By Nurse Mark with Dr. Myatt’s replies to reader inquiries. We have written recently about both niacin and niacinamide – two different forms of one vitamin. The similarity in the names seems to be causing some confusion in our readers – as will be seen by these two recent […]
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Aspirin Or Grapeseed For Blood Thinning?
Written by Wellness Club on April 20, 2010 – 5:28 pm -Aspirin Or Grapeseed For Blood Thinning? By Dr. Myatt with Commentary by Nurse Mark Modern medicine is awfully quick to whip out the ol’ prescription pad and alter someone’s ability to clot their blood. Coumadin (AKA warfarin – rat poison – it’s other use) is perhaps the most popular of the prescription anticoagulants […]
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Have we ever heard of the "Asparagus Cure"?
Written by Wellness Club on March 3, 2010 – 4:22 pm -Have we ever heard of the “Asparagus Cure”? By Nurse Mark We receive helpful emails from folks daily, wanting to let us know about some “new development” or some “newly discovered” cure for this or that. Others just want to know what we think of the claims that arrive in their email inboxes. Such was […]
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For GERD: If Not An Acid Blocker Drug Then What?
Written by Wellness Club on February 22, 2010 – 7:29 pm -If You Don’t Want Me To Take An Acid Blocker Drug, Then What Drug Should I Take? By Nurse Mark Big Pharma sure has done a great job of brainwashing America (and much of the rest of the world): The Big Pharma spinmeisters have not only managed to convince people that their symptoms […]
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