Here we have the root of bad medicine; and humans today—with their willingness to abandon vaccines, chlorinated water, and conventional medi— cine in favor of ancient cures—are entering into a personal dark age.

Author: Christopher Wanjek

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 0471463159

Category: Science

Page: 288

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"Christopher Wanjek uses a take-no-prisoners approach in debunkingthe outrageous nonsense being heaped on a gullible public in thename of science and medicine. Wanjek writes with clarity, humor,and humanity, and simultaneously informs and entertains." -Dr. Michael Shermer, Publisher, Skeptic magazine; monthlycolumnist, Scientific American; author of Why People Believe WeirdThings Prehistoric humans believed cedar ashes and incantations could curea head injury. Ancient Egyptians believed the heart was the centerof thought, the liver produced blood, and the brain cooled thebody. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was a big fan ofbloodletting. Today, we are still plagued by countless medicalmyths and misconceptions. Bad Medicine sets the record straight bydebunking widely held yet incorrect notions of how the body works,from cold cures to vaccination fears. Clear, accessible, and highly entertaining, Bad Medicine dispelssuch medical convictions as: * You only use 10% of your brain: CAT, PET, and MRI scans all provethat there are no inactive regions of the brain . . . not evenduring sleep. * Sitting too close to the TV causes nearsightedness: Your motherwas wrong. Most likely, an already nearsighted child sits close tosee better. * Eating junk food will make your face break out: Acne is caused bydead skin cells, hormones, and bacteria, not from a pizza witheverything on it. * If you don't dress warmly, you'll catch a cold: Cold viruses arethe true and only cause of colds. Protect yourself and the ones you love from bad medicine-the brainyou save may be your own.

She said she remembered Marjorie Powderface wanting her to have rat root to protect herself from the bad medicine and asking to have the courtroom locked until the proceedings began each day. House was out on bail during the trial and ...

Author: John Reilly

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

ISBN: 9781926855110

Category: Biography & Autobiography

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Early in his career, Judge John Reilly did everything by the book. His jurisdiction included a First Nations community plagued by suicide, addiction, poverty, violence and corruption. He steadily handed out prison sentences with little regard for long-term consequences and even less knowledge as to why crime was so rampant on the reserve in the first place. In an unprecedented move that pitted him against his superiors, the legal system he was part of, and one of Canada’s best-known Indian chiefs, the Reverend Dr. Chief John Snow, Judge Reilly ordered an investigation into the tragic and corrupt conditions on the reserve. A flurry of media attention ensued. Some labelled him a racist; others thought he should be removed from his post, claiming he had lost his objectivity. But many on the Stoney Reserve hailed him a hero as he attempted to uncover the dark challenges and difficult history many First Nations communities face. At a time when government is proposing new “tough on crime” legislation, Judge Reilly provides an enlightening and timely perspective. He shows us why harsher punishments for offenders don’t necessarily make our societies safer, why the white justice system is failing First Nations communities, why jail time is not the cure-all answer some think it to be, and how corruption continues to plague tribal leadership.

There is no reason in terms of medical certainty of why the addict needs his medicine. He is taking it for purposes that have nothing to do with the legitimate medical purpose. So that if he gets what we call addicted or dependent on ...

Author: Charlotte Bismuth

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9781982116446

Category: True Crime

Page: 368

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“Charlotte Bismuth gives us a bold and cinematic true crime story about her work at the intersection of medicine and greed. Bad Medicine is a gripping memoir that toggles deftly between the personal and prosecutorial.” —Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick “Bismuth has written a brilliant account of prosecuting a doctor who became a drug dealer in a white coat. She is haunted by the voices of the dead and listening closely to the voices of the living.” —Nan Goldin, artist, activist, and founder of P.A.I.N. “Bad Medicine is a taut exploration of America’s deadly battle with opioid addiction—an unnerving and inspirational firecracker of a book.” —Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park For fans of Dopesick and Bad Blood, the shocking story of New York’s most infamous pill-pushing doctor, written by the prosecutor who brought him down. In 2010, a brave whistleblower alerted the police to Dr. Stan Li’s corrupt pain management clinic in Queens, New York. Li spent years supplying more than seventy patients a day with oxycodone and Xanax, trading prescriptions for cash. Emergency room doctors, psychiatrists, and desperate family members warned him that his patients were at risk of death but he would not stop. In Bad Medicine, former prosecutor Charlotte Bismuth meticulously recounts the jaw dropping details of this criminal case that would span four years, culminating in a landmark trial. As a new assistant district attorney and single mother, Bismuth worked tirelessly with her team to bring Dr. Li to justice. Bad Medicine is a chilling story of corruption and greed and an important look at the role individual doctors play in America’s opioid epidemic.

57 An experienced American scientist working at Dhaka's International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research may have offered at least a partial explanation: "Before, we had bad drugs, badly used. Now, it's somewhat better drugs, ...

Author: Milton Silverman

Publisher: Stanford University Press

ISBN: 9780804766678

Category: Social Science

Page: 380

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The pharmaceutical industry has long and vehemently insisted that it has the willingness, the dedication, and the ability to police itself to insure that the public will not be unnecessarily harmed or defrauded. As the record shows with painful clarity, however, virtually no industry or professional group has ever adequately policed itself, and the pharmaceutical industry is no exception. Where the most flagrant abuses have been exposed and corrected, major credit must probably be divided among the media that publicized the situation, consumer groups that applied pressure, government officials who took actions that were often unpopular, and individual members of the pharmaceutical industry who had the courage to face up to their social responsibilities. In this book, the authors turn their attention to what happened in Third World countries when, because of worldwide pressures, the multinational drug companies largely corrected their notorious abuses. On the basis of painstaking research, much of it conducted in a great many Third World countries, the authors conclude that a plethora of small local firms have filled the dishonest sales channels vacated by the multinationals. The authors show in great detail how local drug firms in the Third World have taken advantage of loose regulatory practices and unscrupulous behavior on the part of regional and national health care professionals to promote the sale of dangerous or worthless drugs as remedies for diseases for which they were never intended. Warnings of bad side effects are omitted from promotional literature, drugs are sold that have not had proper trials, and drug firms have often bribed government officials, doctors, and hospital administrators in order to gain favorable treatment in the importation and sale of their products. Among the many topics treated in this book are the controversy over inexpensive generic drugs (including disclosures of fraud and bribery in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration), the actions of consumer groups, and the key role of government in preventing abuses by drug firms. The authors describe a remarkable attempt in Bangladesh, one of the poorest of all the developing countries, to develop a high-quality local drug industry. They also present as case histories reports on three extremely important drug products or groups—the dipyrones (for control of pain and fever), high-dosage estrogen-progesterone hormone products (for use in pregnancy tests), and clioquinol or Enterovioform (for treatment of diarrhea)—all of which were or still are centers of worldwide, heated controversy.

Further bibliography, references, and links to other websites can be found at www.badmedicine.co.uk. INTRODUCTION The late Roy Porter is undoubtedly the most influential medical historian of the last few decades.

Author: David Wootton

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780199212798

Category: History

Page: 321

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In this controversial new account of the history of medicine, David Wootton argues that, from the fifth century BC until the 1930s, doctors actually did more harm than good, and asks just how much harm they still do today.

I, that is, I really feel bad but well, I have this pain in my head and sometimes ...” Paulsen waved his hand in the air, as if at a troublesome fly,.“I know exactly what you need, give her some Demerol nurse,” he said.

Author: Keith G. Laufenberg

Publisher: Lulu.com

ISBN: 9780991420254

Category: Fiction

Page: 198

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Bad Medicine is another collection of short stories by writer Keith G. Laufenberg that brings the reality of life in America-that of a nation where virtually everything, including health care, is available for profit only and must be bought & paid for-before delivery. Every working and non-working American-disabled, either by sickness or poverty-has lived through this and, to this very day, in 2014, continue to live through it. These stories graphically illustrate why it is the Capitalist System itself that harbors institutions that lie, rob, cheat and steal and all in the name of the very God that they all worship-profit! It shows why they-the the doctors, lawyers, politicians and insurance companies-have a strangle hold on America which can only end in the country experiencing a depression a bankruptcy-or both-or a revolution. These stories will keep you reading long into the day or night as you root for the underdog, even though you know he may not ""win,"" this time around.

Drug prices in Canada are controlled and consequently: “Prices of all drugs, and of patented drugs alone, have continued to remain ... 209)” The re- port also expresses concern about the adverse potential of the BAD MEDICINE: CHAPTER 3 87.

Author: Jim Grieshaber-Otto

Publisher: Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives

ISBN: 9780886274023

Category: Canada

Page: 194

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Introduction -- Key trade treaty rules and health safeguards -- Examing recent reports on health care reform -- Hazardous mixture : trade treaties and helath care reform proposals -- Towards healthy health care reform.

This is Brody.” As the boys are exchanging pleasantries and chowing down on cookies, the wheels are turning in my brain, thinking about what my brother just said. A person could be killed by taking the wrong combination of drugs.

Author: Caroline Fardig

Publisher: Caroline Fardig

ISBN: 9781310784613

Category: Fiction

Page: 287

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*A Suspense Magazine Best Book of 2015* What do a smokin’ hot detective, an evil chiropractor, and a couple of blind dates from hell have in common? Lizzie has to wrangle them all in the third book of the LIZZIE HART MYSTERIES series!

“Actually, I'dlike to take alookat those patients'charts on which Trevor supposedly prescribed the wrong medicines. Do you knowwhere Dr. Shaw's chartwould be now?” “Uh, no. Ask the ward clerk at the seventhfloor nurses' station.

Author: Carolyn Keene

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9781481424844

Category: Juvenile Fiction

Page: 160

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Ned’s friend Trevor is a promising young doctor, but his patients keep disappearing. As Nancy unravels the mystery, the bodysnatcher stalks her. Could this be Nancy’s final operation?

There is nothing in any of these medicines . " But the Jesus Road is kindness . It says to love your brothers , which we Indians have always known was good . The white God is the Great Spirit . He loves us all .

Author: Wilbur Sturtevant Nye

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

ISBN: 0806129654

Category: Social Science

Page: 326

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One of the great tribes of the Southwest Plains, the Kiowas were militantly defiant toward white intruders in their territory and killed more during seventy-five years of raiding than any other tribe. Now settled in southwestern Oklahoma, they are today one of the most progressive Indian groups in the area. In Bad Medicine and Good, Wilbur Sturtevant Nye collects forty-four stories covering Kiowa history from the 1700s through the 1940s, all gleaned from interviews with Kiowas (who actually took part in the events or recalled them from the accounts of their elders), and from the notes of Captain Hugh L Scott at Fort Sill. They cover such topics as the organization and conduct of a raiding party, the brave deeds of war chiefs, the treatment of white captives, the Grandmother gods, the Kiowa sun dance, and the problems of adjusting to white society.