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Prescription drugs, vaccines and their risks and benefits.

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60 Things that Can Go Terribly Wrong with Hepatitis B Vaccination

Green Med Info has gathered 44 articles listing 60 diseases and adverse outcomes reported in connection with hepatitis B vaccination, among them multiple sclerosis, arthritis and Bell's palsy. Mercola argues the birth dose is hard to justify, since an infected mother is an infant's main risk.

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Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets, 225 count bottles: Recall - Uncharacteristic Odor

McNeil Consumer Healthcare recalled lot ABA619 of Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets in 225-count bottles, 60,912 bottles in all, after reports of a musty, moldy odor traced to trace amounts of 2,4,6-tribromoanisole, tied to temporary, non-serious stomach symptoms.

Jun 29, 2011

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The "Cancer-Causing Convenience" All Women Should Avoid

Women generally prefer the scent of men whose major histocompatibility complex genes differ from their own, but a study found that preference reversed among women on oral contraceptives, who favored MHC-similar men. Researchers say the pill could therefore influence partner choice.

Jun 29, 2011

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Butalbital, Caffeine Tablets, Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets Recalled

Qualitest and the FDA are alerting pharmacists and patients that specific lots of butalbital, acetaminophen and caffeine tablets and of hydrocodone and acetaminophen tablets may hold the wrong tablets, so patients could take butalbital instead of hydrocodone and face withdrawal.

Jun 27, 2011

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Using Birth Control Pills Alters Women's Mate Preferences

Research suggests women generally prefer the odor of men with dissimilar MHC genes, but women taking oral contraceptive pills preferred men with similar MHC genes, which the study says could influence partner choice.

Jun 25, 2011

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New Study Shows Using Statins Actually Worsens Your Heart Function

A Clinical Cardiology study evaluated heart muscle function in 28 patients and found significantly better function in the control group than in those taking statins. Mercola ties the effect to statins lowering CoQ10 by blocking the pathway that produces it.

Jun 22, 2011

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"Pfizer's Neurontin Killed Our Husbands, We Believe"

Debbie Alsberge and Robin Briggs say their physician husbands died from Neurontin risks that went undisclosed. Alsberge describes her husband, prescribed the drug off-label for back pain, growing agitated, unable to concentrate or sleep, and developing tremors.

Jun 22, 2011

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E. coli bacteria more likely to develop resistance after exposure to low levels of antibiotics (PR)

E. coli exposed to low levels of three common antibiotics, among them amoxicillin and tetracycline, were more likely to develop resistance than bacteria exposed to concentrations high enough to kill them or stop their growth, researchers report in Microbial Drug Resistance.

Jun 18, 2011

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The Great Cancer Hoax: The Brilliant Cure the FDA Tried Their Best to Shut Down...

Mercola promotes a free preview of Burzynski, a documentary about Stanislaw Burzynski's long legal fight with the FDA over antineoplastons, the gene-targeted cancer therapy he developed in the 1970s and has used at his Houston clinic for 35 years.

Jun 11, 2011

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Average Drug Label Lists Over Whopping 70 Side Effects

A computer analysis of 5,600 drug labels found the average drug lists about 70 possible reactions, with commonly prescribed drugs near 100 and one carrying 525. Mercola disputes the researchers' view that a long list says nothing about whether a drug is safe.

Jun 9, 2011

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If You're Doing This - It Can Trigger Anxiety, Depression, Dizziness and...

Mercola reports that drug and biotech companies have more than 850 medicines for conditions that disproportionately affect women in trials or awaiting FDA review, and argues the push reflects a lucrative market: prescription data show U.S. women use nearly 65 percent more drugs than men.

Jun 7, 2011

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Radiotherapy for breast cancer boosts cardiovascular death risk

Following 4,456 women who survived breast cancer at least five years, French researchers recorded 421 cardiovascular deaths and found radiotherapy patients 76 percent more likely to die of cardiac disease, 56 percent for left-sided treatment. All were irradiated before 1984.

Jun 4, 2011

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This Medical Mistake Could Give Your Child Cancer

Doctors at Downstate Medical Center found premature babies given full-body X-rays when only chest films were ordered, one baby about ten times, at radiation levels set too high. The hospital never reported the problems to state health officials as required.

Jun 4, 2011

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Birth Control Pills Containing Drospirenone: Possible Increased Risk of Blood Clots

The FDA says two new studies found birth control pills containing drospirenone carried up to two to three times the venous thromboembolism risk of levonorgestrel pills, while other studies found no increase. It is still evaluating and advises women not to stop without asking a doctor.

May 31, 2011

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These Undeniable Facts are Ignored by Mainstream Doctors

Barbara Loe Fisher marks Memorial Day by remembering children who died after mandated vaccinations, citing infant deaths reported after pertussis shots in 1933 and 1946, the $2 billion paid under the 1986 vaccine injury law, and the high US infant mortality rate.

May 30, 2011

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In Memoriam: Infant Deaths and Vaccination

Barbara Loe Fisher uses Memorial Day to remember children who died after state-mandated vaccines. She traces reports of deaths following smallpox, rabies and pertussis vaccines from 1933 onward, and notes the 1986 vaccine injury act has paid over $2 billion in compensation.

May 28, 2011

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Take acetaminophen to prevent prostate cancer? Not so fast!

An American Cancer Society study tied taking more than 30 acetaminophen pills a month for five years or more to a 38 percent lower risk of prostate cancer, though it was observational. A separate study of 64,839 adults suggests heavy use may double blood-cancer risk.

May 25, 2011

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Take acetaminophen to prevent prostate cancer? Not so fast!

An American Cancer Society study links taking more than 30 acetaminophen pills a month for five years or more to 38 percent lower prostate cancer risk, 51 percent for aggressive disease. The piece pairs it with work in 64,839 adults suggesting heavy use may double the risk of some blood cancers.

May 25, 2011

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