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The notion of zapping the brain with a couple jolts of electricity in order to shock it out of depression seems about as informed as applying leeches to the body in an effort to rid the blood of unwanted impurities. When all else fails, though, and the days are growing darker by the minute, I [...]

It’s bad enough that nursing homes stink like rotting flesh and a fair portion of the residents are simply waiting for the invisible hand of darkness to snatch them from their misery, but now comes word that while you were feeling good about dumping off your loved one there, relieved that it was no longer [...]

Pop culture requires keeping up with the latest gossip. Britney Spears has done her part to provide plenty of juicy tabloid moments that will go down in 21st Century history as iconic gestures of a frail mind whose wiring lacks that structure of an advanced education. Duran Duran, with the help of former Britney [...]

When death is just around the cemetery door it doesn’t really matter how much money you might have, or how big your house is, or whether you know important people. All that matters is your health. Those who wind up in a hospice are discovering that their desperate need to stay alive is fertile ground [...]

Picking up a hitchhiker these days is pretty risky. No matter how good YOUR intentions might be, the one your picking up tips the odds out of your favor. Evil still lurks in the world. News that a 93-year-old man was busted for trafficking in cocaine, though, totally surprised us, until we thought about how [...]

If you’re over 75, then the clot-preventing drug warfarin works better at preventing strokes than aspirin for those who suffer from atrial fibrillation. The bad news: I suspect warfarin costs a hell of a lot more than aspirin. Drug companies are only going to get richer in the coming years with so many Baby Boomers [...]

Publix, a supermarket chain, wants your business. The trick: how to get it. Free drugs just might work. Publix is giving away the following prescription antibiotics to win you over: amoxicillin, cephalexin, penicillin VK, erythromycin, ampicillin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, and ciprofoxacin. Time to gather all your friends and carpool over to Publix. Wal-Mart and Kmart have similar [...]

Dying is usually not a choice; how to survive just might be, as long as you can afford an attorney to file a lawsuit so you can gain access to innovative medical treatments. Here’s a fact: “97% of the sickest patients are ineligible for or don’t have access to the clinical trials that are testing [...]

Ever try to spell a word backwards? For some, no problem; for others, go make yourself a hot tea while they struggle to reverse the letters.
Taking prescription medication can be just as difficult for some. As the pills start adding up, it gets hard to remember which ones you’ve taken unless you have some [...]

Pop quiz! Today’s test involves a little compare and contrast of two New York Times’ articles. See if you can spot the pattern. Hint: drug companies have no problem pushing their drugs on the young and old, all in the name of profits. The real bullshit is the fact that doctors can be bought.
Where’s [...]

Growing older means never having to go a day without prescription drugs. Just to spice things up a little, we recommend popping your daily dosage while listening to Placebo’s “Meds.” It rocks! Plus it has all kinds of hallucinogenic objects lip-syncing the words.

If you’re a postmenopausal woman looking to avoid pesky bone fractures, then pharmaceutical help is intervenously on its way. Fosomax pill poppers, apparently, fail to keep up their drug regimen. An annual dose of zoledronic acid over three years dropped spine fractures by 70%; the risk of hip fractures dropped 41%.
So stop looking at [...]

Supertramp released an album in 1974 called Crime of the Century. It was a huge success, including the song Dreamer. The lyrics went something like:
Take a dream on a Sunday
Take a life, take a holiday
Take a lie, take a dreamer
dream, dream, dream, dream, dream along…
Well, a couple of doctors must have this song on [...]

Martha Stewart is sometimes described as a “pain in the ass.” She likes to get into the details of her work with an eye toward placing them within a grander vision. Usually being a pain in the ass means you have a point of view and aren’t ashamed to express it for some greater good.
A [...]

While you were busy sleeping after popping a Lunesta or Ambien, Wade Everette Williams-Hartman invented a senior-friendly blister card package for dispensing drugs. It just shows that this world is filled with creative people who see an opportunity where the rest of us see a drain on our finances.
Patent number 7063211:
The present invention is a [...]

The FDA is about to warn sleeping pill poppers that their favorite helpers may be causing them to drive while asleep or go on baking marathons…with no recollection of what happened! That’s right folks, Lunesta and Ambien may have some strange side effects that could put your life at risk. Maybe now would be a [...]

If corporations could corner the supply of oxygen in the world, then I have not doubt they would so they could charge you monopoly prices for such a basic commodity. Why not. They’ve already done it for water. So it’s no surprise that the pharmaceutical companies have jacked up the price of insulin for [...]

Meet your future companion, the pill pet. This furry friend is designed to dispense your daily medications with a purrrfect mix of play and emotion. MIT’s AgeLab is working this idea in order to make the task, and sometimes complicated process, of taking pills easier for senior citizens.
Just asking: Is it a he or [...]

Britain, lately, seems to be hellbent on controlling the cost of health care. They have even gone so far as to propose euthanizing severely disabled babies or “hopeless” seniors. Money, reason and profit do not make good health care buddies, that’s for sure.
The Government’s health watchdog faces court action over its decision to deny tens [...]

If you’re still on the fence about the incompetece of the current administration, take note of where they have been extremely competent…to your detriment: the cost of prescription drugs has risen by 6 percent or more this year alone, or double the inflation rate. Take some time to absorb that fact, because the future only [...]