Real Medical News

Today I saw some real news that will never see the light of the media day.  The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney researched the differences between acetaminophen (Tylenol and such) versus placebo for low-back pain.  Turns out there isn't any difference in the results for recovery time, pain, disability, function, sleep changes or anything else.  In other words the drug doesn't really do anything we can't do for ourselves.

Thank you Nicholas Bakalar at the New York Times for this reality check!

Bonus

Last Friday, June 13th (yes, full moon and everything) I was a guest on the radio and Internet show "The Earth Needs Rebels" with Kevin Bull.  This week they're going to play the show again!  If you'd like to listen just click on LISTEN.

Last Chance to Win

Today is your last chance to enter the Free Book Friday contest to win a free (and autographed) copy of my award-winning book, How To UnBreak Your Health.

http://www.freebookfriday.com/2014/05/unbreak-your-health-smith.html

Win A Free Copy of UnBreak Your Health

Thanks to my hard-working publisher we're going to give away FREE copies of my award-winning book How To UnBreak Your Health to 5 folks on Friday May 16th.  All of this is due to the website Free Book Fridays (guess what they do).  If you want to check them out, and hopefully register to win my book, then go to FREE BOOK.

Radio Interview This Week

Everyone interested in hearing me on the radio again can tune in to The Earth Needs Rebels show on Thursday, April 24th, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. (6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. GMT) on Orion Talk Radio, http://oriontalkradio.com fromTonawanda, New York at 1650am and global on the internet with additional feeds like Tunein Radio and Blog Talk Radio. 

New York Times Article

There is a great article in the New York Times today about the costs of medical care in America.  I highly recommend it for anyone concerned about what we pay to doctors.
 Article location: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/health/patients-costs-skyrocket-specialists-incomes-soar.html?hpw&rref=business&_r=0

Slow Progress

The British drug company GlaxoSmithKline has finally decided to stop paying doctors to promote their drugs.  Currently they spend tens of millions of dollars in the practice.  'Course it'll take until 2016 for it to actually stop, but it's a step in the right direction.

They're also changing their compensation system for their sales reps and taking out the number of prescriptions written. 

The company claims none of these changes have anything to do with the investigation in China. 

Whatever the cause, at least they're moving in the right direction.