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Statin Drugs: The Evil Of A 20 Billion Dollar Industry
Written by Wellness Club on May 25, 2015 – 7:28 pm -By Nurse Mark Follow The Money If you ever want to know how or why something bad happens, just follow the money. Anything that is worth 20 billion dollars a year is sure to have players involved that are careful in safeguarding their interests. Silly, inconsequential things like “the public good” have no […]
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Vitamin Supplement "Facts" That The Media Got Wrong
Written by Wellness Club on May 6, 2015 – 7:46 pm -By Dr. Dana Myatt There’s a reason that the “mainstream media” has earned a more accurate name “the lamestream media.” Actual journalism is a lost art – most “reporters” now craft their stories to satisfy an agenda – either theirs or their employers. Here are a few examples: 1.) What the Headline said: "Vitamin […]
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True ICD-10 Codes
Written by Wellness Club on May 6, 2015 – 4:30 pm -By Dr. Dana Myatt Conventional doctors must follow really strict rules to bill insurance. A massive book called the ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) is now on volume 10 – hence it’s new name, the ICD-10. The ICD book has a number for everything imaginable because without an ICD […]
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My $123 Hip Replacement
Written by Wellness Club on May 5, 2015 – 6:29 pm -By Dr. Dana Myatt I’m a better doctor now — and much more sympathetic — since I started having hip pain in March of 2014. It started subtly at first, a little stitch in my right hip that I noticed after my morning walk. "Probably just more walking than I’m used to," I’d tell […]
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Dr. Myatt Talks About Hormones
Written by Wellness Club on April 24, 2015 – 12:36 pm -By Nurse Mark Hormones: Essential, important, complicated, confusing. Everybody’s got them, but not necessarily in the right amounts – our hormone levels are a very delicate balance. They tend to decline and become unbalanced as we age, though it doesn’t have to be so. It seems everyone wants to know more about hormones: how […]
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