A new study calls for lower targets for blood pressure. Is more people taking more pills really a good idea? [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AmllLedRFE[/youtube] Dr JoeMedical Doctor, author, speaker, media presenter and health industry consultant, Dr Joe...
The quit smoking drug Bupropion (Zyban) has been linked to high blood pressure and “adverse” cardiovascular events. And Vareniciline( Champix), also used in smoking cessation, has again been found to be the drug most commonly associated with suicide and homicidal...
When you pick up a bottle of over-the-counter medication to treat symptoms of an illness in your child, you do so with the belief that anything you can purchase from a pharmacy shelf is probably safe for use. While over-the-counter medications may be marketed to kids,...
We have come to rely on pills to fix all our ills. Yet 75% of the illness burden in western countries is lifestyle related. Realistically the solutions will come from lifestyle changes not pills. We cannot medicate our way to wellness. Whilst this infographic uses...
When the American Academy of Pediatrics changed the guidelines for ADHD to expand the age of diagnosis to include children from age 4-18 (from 6-12), that the number of cases would rise was, by definition, inevitable. The recent survey by the CDC, published in the...