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Dietary salt is killing Americans and people all over the world at a disgusting rate. The body can get all the sodium that it needs from foods, but the salt (sodium chloride – NaCl) that’s added to processed foods and restaurant meals is the key factor in high blood pressure (hypertension), the silent killer that […]

Metoclopramide is a damaging drug that many doctors use to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a chronic form of heartburn. Some doctors also prescribe Reglan for nausea and vomiting. Reglan was developed by Wyeth, the successor in interest to A. H. Robbins which first obtained FDA approval for the drug. Schwarz Pharma purchased from Wyeth the […]

Diabetes is an injurious disease that requires constant vigilance from its sufferers. In people with Type 1 diabetes, the body produces no insulin, a hormone which allows the body to utilize a simple sugar called glucose for energy and many other vital functions. Until the early part of the 20th century, Type I diabetes was […]

It is now legal to sue drug manufacturers for personal injuries or wrongful death caused by a dangerous drug or the failure of a pharmaceutical manufacturer to give a proper warning about the use of a product. That is what the Supreme Court decided in a 6-3 vote in a rare pro-consumer decision by upholding […]

A new president should bring hope for a better economic future, but the Dow Jones average has been dropping steadily since the day after Barack Obama‘s election in November. On November 5, a day when the excitement of a new administration coming to Washington should have given the market a big boost, the average fell […]