Osteoporosis screening – the fast track to dubious drugs
DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels The “Big O” The ‘Osteoporosis Game’ works in five simple steps: 1) Be fearful. 2) Take a test. 3) Get … Read more
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Medication civil disobedience
DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine. – Dr. William … Read more
Cradle-to-grave DNA screening
DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels What are health authorities doing with all that information? “This will only hurt a little,” says the nurse as she … Read more
Healthcare poverty and inequity in the developing world
Neglected people, overlooked diseases DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels Inequity. It’s a damnable word, a cruel word. A word that characterizes the most distasteful, egregious … Read more
The new shingles vaccine: hype or good value for your money?
DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels A ‘game changing’ new vaccine arrived on the Canadian market last month, promising to relieve you of the pain associated … Read more
Blood supply donors and privateers
DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels I get a regular phone call that I won’t answer. I know what the caller wants and I’m not willing … Read more
Saying no to chemo – the medical and media backlash
DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels “I don’t know how to lay an egg, but I know when it’s rotten.” That’s the translation of the title … Read more
Mass murderers and SSRIs
Connecting the dots DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels I write this as the US is wallowing in another round of hand-wringing from another mass shooting. … Read more
The Daisy Project
One woman’s inspiring journey through BC’s mental health system maze DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels When you spend as much time as I do reading … Read more
More cholesterol craziness
DRUG BUST by Alan Cassels Ask if Repatha can get you on the path to way lower LDL. – Advertisement for the new LDL-lowering drug Repatha. … Read more