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AndroGel – Risky Business
Two years ago The New England Journal of Medicine, likely the most prestigious journal in all of medicine, published a study, Testosterone in Older Men or TOM trial, that showed the dangerous effects...
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Your Medication Can Kill You; Call Your Lawyer!
American-style free market healthcare can often leave consumers confused. If you are a typical denizen of the U.S. you have surely been exposed to thousands of television and internet ads by big...
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Warning: Almonds May Be Dangerous To Your Health!
I remember it quite clearly. When it hit me, it was as sharp and as sudden as a bullet from a gun. Just a day before I had noticed that my urine looked a bit amber and now I had this sudden, sharp...
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Healthcare Costs: “Don’t Worry About It”?
It was a routine visit to my barber, Carmine, who in spite of being bright and a good barber still thinks Dr. Levine is an Italian brother of his; likely because my Brooklyn accent confuses him....
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Lions and Tigers and Cardiologists, Oh My!
Ok, I’m talking about Florida and not Kansas and perhaps I could have called this “Alligators, Sharks, and Cardiologists, Oh My,” but I needed to get someone’s attention, especially since I haven’t...
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Statins and Marathons
Statins, the prescription drugs that reduce your levels of potentially harmful particles of cholesterol, most notably the low density lipoprotein, or LDL (with brand names such as Zocor, Pravachol,...
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Anatomy of a Healthcare Scam – UPDATE
(Editor’s note: On April 9th the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release. The following is an excerpt from that release. The article that follows by Dr. Evan Levine was written in early...
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On-line Doctor Reviews: Are They Trustworthy?
I‘m sitting down one night reviewing the credentials of a physician I know to be a duplicitous character who was just arrested for allegedly selling prescription pain medications, opiates, to any drug...
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Drug Dealing for Big Pharma
A dealer in marijuana is arrested for selling a pound of this drug to someone who gladly paid his fee. If that transaction was in New York State, and he was caught and convicted, he could be...
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Big Pharma and Greedy Doctors
How does one explain an internist who wrote over 900 prescriptions for the controversial and very expensive drug Lovaza, a drug approved to lower triglycerides, or a geriatric doctor who is the top...
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Hospitals Scramble to Balance Budgets
With reduced state subsides, many non-profit hospitals are no longer awash in cash and are scrambling to find a way to meet their budget goals. In the past few weeks I have been approached by a number...
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Pushing Drugs: Testosterone and Big Pharma
The questionnaire below is supplied by Abbvie labs, the makers of Androgel. Look it over. According to this quiz, just about every man I know could have “Low T.” They imply that there are millions who...
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Creating Demand: Direct to Consumer Drug Ads
In a recent interview for a European television station, I listened to the staff laugh at how “the fools” in America allow Big Pharma to advertise their billion dollar prescription drugs directly to...
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The Best Healthcare System in the World?
After the death of a friend, Mr. Brown (not his real name) decided to make a trip to his local cardiologist for a stress test. Mr. Brown, a 68-year-old man, belonged to one of those managed Medicare...
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Obamacare: What About Dental Health?
In the words of the American Dental Association: Taking care of your teeth and gums isn’t just about preventing cavities or bad breath. The mouth is a gateway into your body’s overall health. And since...
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Big Pharma: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
A drug has been developed that is a true miracle of modern pharmacology. I say this because it can reduce deaths for patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) as much as a ten-thousand- dollar...
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Heart Disease and NSAIDS: A Recipe for Disaster
Within a few days of taking a prescribed anti-inflammatory (NSAID), a patient with previously stable heart failure was lying in an ICU clinging to life with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) and...
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An Epidemic of Unnecessary Heart Procedures
Are some American hospitals risking the heath and even the lives of their patients in order to garner greater profits? A recent review published in January, 2014, in a journal from the American Heart...
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A Hospital Too Far
Involuntary Manslaughter: Manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life, from the commission of an unlawful act not constituting a felony,...
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Say No To RAPAFLO!
A patient came to me recently with a prescription for Rapaflo, given to him by his urologist. He was told not to fill it until he reviewed the medication and its risks with me, his heart doctor. I told...
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