MODERN MEDICINE

We Need New Antibiotics

There haven’t been any significant new antibiotics in 30 years. One reason is that fluoroquinolones (Cipro, Floxin) have been linked to serious nerve and mitochondrial damage. Another, and possibly more fundamental reason is that there in no money in it.

Medical Mythology in the 21st Century

Medicine got off to a bad start. The body is so astounding complex, no one could begin to comprehend how things worked, why one got sick, and why one recovered. This was fertile ground for a mythology. However, more and more has become known (though far more remains to be discovered), but somehow, many myths remain mainstream.

Statins: The Zombie Drug That Will Not Die

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The resiliency of this drug is remarkable. Study after study has found statins useless if not detrimental for almost every cohort. Yet the drug lumbers on, relentlessly pushed by the drug industry, and duly prescribed by a change-resistant medical profession.