Category Archives: Health

Politico: Jackson troubles shine light on a fact of Washington life: Sleeping pills

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Luke Ford

From Politico: Ronny Jackson, the White House physician who is battling to save his nomination to be the secretary of veterans affairs, regularly handed out the sleep drug Ambien and the alertness drug Provigil to West Wing officials traveling on … Continue reading →

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Staying Free Of Crippling Pain Requires The Maintenance Of My Spiritual/Physical/Psychological Condition

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Luke Ford

I wrote about this six months ago.

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The ADD Con

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Luke Ford

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Even more ridiculous is how they allow players to work around these problems when their personal doctor attests that they have ADD or a testosterone deficiency, so need prescription drugs to remedy it. A-Rod was … Continue reading →

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VOX: Why American doctors keep doing expensive procedures that don’t work – The proportion of medical procedures unsupported by evidence may be nearly half

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Luke Ford

Your health is too important to be left to your doctors. For example, almost all chiropractors and physical therapists treating on a lien basis are useless, according to the 2016 book CROOKED: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting On … Continue reading →

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Race and Medical Care

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Luke Ford

A nurse in a cardiology unit writes for Amren.com: A large percentage of the patients I deal with are white. They are generally “health conscious;” they know they should be concerned about such things as eating healthfully and getting enough … Continue reading →

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