Spain has halted a program to have every teenage girl inoculated with Gardasil, after reports of illness. The news report does seem linked to a particular batch of only 75,000 doses. For more on my thoughts about Gardasil Original Sources: Spain withdraws cervical cancer shot Spain Withdraws Gardasil After Illnesses Spain Halts Gardasil Program
Splenda worse than I thought
In my new patient class, (which is free and open to the public), I have stated that Splenda (trade name for sucralose) while still worse for you than sugar, wasn’t as bad as Nutrasweet (aspartame). New information shows that Splenda is worse than I thought. According to a recent study on rats, those that were […]
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Putting People To Work
There was an interesting article on Slate the other day about two depression era programs whose goal was to rebuild infrastructure and put people to work. The Public Works Administration (PWA) paid private companies to do projects, while the Civil Works Administration (CWA) hired people directly and put them to work. The CWA was a […]
Will Work For Food!
Holiday Food Drive December 1st to 6th Help us help others! Monday December 1st to Friday December 5th, new patients get a consultation, exam, and x-rays for a bag of groceries. That’s $245 worth of services! Established Patients: Saturday December 6th. Get an visit that day only for one bag of groceries. RSVP (440) 943-6411 […]
My Neighbor Is Getting Evicted Today Updated
I got up this morning with a truck in our shared driveway with the bailiff from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s department telling Jordan that they were evicting our neighbor. Our neighbor is a tenant and payed her rent to a landlord who stopped paying his mortgage. She, a single parent, and her two daughters were not […]
Proposal for the Banking Crisis
I’ve been reading, and thinking about the recent banking crisis and I don’t think that corporate socialism is the answer. I’ve come up with some thoughts that I think would stem the crisis and not cost the taxpayers, clinic or in the case of the current proposal future taxpayers (i.e. our children and grandchildren). […]
FDA declares silver dental filling harmful
The FDA, under pressure from a lawsuit, has declared that “silver” mercury amalgam dental fillings are harmful. This is a huge development, and those of us that have been vocal about the dangers are pleased that finally the tide is turning. From the Newsweek article: The FDA had been dragging its feet for so long […]