AARP:4 Surgeries to Avoid
AARP:4 Surgeries to Avoid - Reasons to think twice before going under the knife Even Minor Procedures Come With Major Risks The four operations discussed on the following pages are often overperformed. Some are moneymakers for doctors and hospitals; ...
Gartner’s Maverick Research: East Meets West — The Convergence of Big Data, Quantified Self and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Gartner's Maverick Research: East Meets West — The Convergence of Big Data, Quantified Self and Traditional Chinese Medicine Summary Digital leaders should examine and learn how the latest technologies are transforming a "backward" industry like TCM ...
World Street Journal:A Push to Back Traditional Chinese Medicine With More Data
World Street Journal:A Push to Back Traditional Chinese Medicine With More Data Researchers Marry Modern Analytical Techniques to Centuries-Old Theories on What Makes People Sick Traditional Chinese medicine teaches that some people have hot constitu...
膽固醇藥疑致糖尿病 千人提告
世界日報:膽固醇藥疑致糖尿病 千人提告 膽固醇藥疑致糖尿病-千人提告?instance=us11 Fox News:Pfizer facing surge of lawsuits over Lipitor 全球第一大藥廠輝瑞(Pfizer)即將面臨千人集體訴訟,提告婦女宣稱該藥廠明知生產的降膽固醇藥「立普妥」(Lipitor)可能導致糖尿病卻從未警告大眾。 路透報導,過去五個月內聯邦法院紀錄顯示,美國婦女因服用「立普妥」罹患第二型糖尿病的案件從56件激增至千件,涉及4000名女性。自2012年...
一篇網路上流傳的文章
最近網路上流傳著一篇文章,好幾位病人把它轉寄給我。這片網路文章的標題是「15岁女生震撼演讲惊动了奥巴马:如何把美国的钱赚到中国来!」我不知道這篇演講是不是真出自一位15歲的中國女學生,也不知道美國奧巴馬總統跟它有什麼關係。但是,文章的內容,確實值得大家思考。其中說到「原来我们国家现在并没有真正的中医。他们都是用西医编写的“中医教材”,用西医的方法和思想来学习如何治疗疾病的。」雖不盡然,卻也道出目前中醫嚴重的問題,中國大陸如此,台灣、美國、及其它地方的中醫也一樣。這也是為什麼我一直強調中醫的精髓在...
華爾街日報:美國頂尖醫院開設中醫門診
Wall Street Journal:A Top Hospital Opens Up to Chinese Herbs as Medicines 中文: 英文: 克里斯蒂娜倫卡(Christina Lunka)最近到克里夫蘭醫院(The Cleveland Clinic)新近開張的中醫部去看病,她看起來既緊張又興奮。倫卡今年49歲,居住在俄亥俄州柯特蘭(Kirtland)。她已經因關節疼痛、消化不良等問題看過很多醫生。現在,她希望通過中醫療法來緩解病痛。 “有消炎藥嗎?”倫卡問中醫師加利納魯夫...
華人健康網:9個要點 癌症病患不可不知
華人健康網:9個要點 癌症病患不可不知 為了不讓病患和家屬接受手術或抗癌藥物的治療後,才開始後悔「事情不應該變成這樣」、「我沒聽說會有這樣的事」、「一點效果也沒有」。日本菊池寬賞得主近藤誠醫師整理出九個要點,告訴你醫師建議的癌症治療背後有什麼謊言,千萬不要上他們的當。 (一)身體還好好的,便不可能只剩下三個月或半年的壽命 如果一個人還有精神,可以好好走到醫院看病,卻在初診便被醫師告知只剩三個月或半年可活,代表他在說謊。才第一次見面,就判斷一個人剩多久可以活是不可能的。即使癌細胞已經轉移,只要病患...
紐約時報:大量研究開始懷疑乳房攝影術(Mammography)的意義
The New York Times:Vast Study Casts Doubts on Value of Mammograms One of the largest and most meticulous studies of mammography ever done, involving 90,000 women and lasting a quarter-century, has added powerful new doubts about the value of the scre...
Annals of Internal Medicine: Vitamins Are Useless (日常服用的維他命是沒有用的,只是浪費錢)
Guardian Express: Vitamins Are Useless CNN: Are multivitamins a waste of money? Editorial in medical journal says yes Vitamins are useless, according to three studies released Monday, and published in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine. ...