expose article on dangers and misrepresentations of a number of new drugs - some points made:.
1) - according to an agency for healthcare research and quality report in 2001, more than 770,000 americans die each year from drug complications.. 2) - care patients don't need of failing to give care that is necessary accounts for an estimated 30% of the annual health care budget - more than 2.4 trillion dollars per year.. 3) - avandia, the diabetes drug made by glaxosmithkline was subject to 42 studies and a 2007 report by dr. steven nissen which showed it plainly increased chances of heart attack and death.
the u.s. senate committee on finance says the company knew about the cardiac side effects for several years before this report was published.. 4) - in 2002 jama published results of a huge study, called the antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment to prevent heart attack, or allhat, which showed that inexpensive generic drugs such as diuretics were just as effective as name brand drugs for controlling blood pressure.
The drug commercials are so threatening and the side effects that you might encounter are disturbing
Recently having done the 23 andme DNA which is now only $ 99.00 for everything gives you your possible genetic sensitivites to a list of drugs currently on the market. So you can know ahead of time whether you're one of the ones that will die or have a bad reaction.
It's good to know
dear readers:.
the following story was a product of imagination and the influence of the films "rebecca," "beauty and the beast," "unbreakable," "signs" and "harry potter.
" i hope you enjoy it; it's my favorite.. coco.
Later that day he would discover that the warm summer evening had somehow turned into a chilly january morning as he realized that seven months had mysteriously disappeared.
after several months of leaving the meetings as soon as they ended or only staying for "the first meeting" then leaving the "second part", the elders finally cornered me at last night's meeting.. they said they were concerned about me and that being that i am a young brother in a recently divided congregation they saw so much potential in me to help out the congregation and become a ms.. i told them i was thankful for their thinking of me to help the congregation but that at the moment i could not due to my job.
then the began asking personal questions that got on my nerves.. they asked where i worked and how much i made.
they asked if i was going to college and what i was studying and for how long.
They're always concerned i grew to hate that word
we had one of those exploratory meetings someone said you said blah blah blah well i don't believe you who said I said that?
I knew it was over than because I was finished with organization and the whole deal we went to one more meeting and then we never went back didn't answer the phone or door and moved across the country and burnt that bridge big time
And i'm very happy to be rid of them
baby murderer genene jones was not sacked as a nurse because the hospital was worried about bad pr and being sued.
she murdered between 11-46 kids in her care.
when police investigated post mortem were not carried out, records just disappeared.
I know of a JW who was affected by this situation
jesus set the pattern of humility.
on earth, jehovah god exalted his.
pattern of humility?
You could really see where that was heading.
the imposing lodge on whose polished parquet i now am standing offers me not mere views through floor-to-ceiling plate glass windows but expansive vistas.
formerly, from mullioned panes in my small and tilting cottage, i would gaze with unspoken delight upon the setting sun and my very good fortune.
i was happy to be alive amidst simple things and pleasures.
I shall raise a toast to the poets
here is a little story for you.
i have a cat that has always been a little feral and doesn't get along with the other cats socially.
one of my cats decided he was going to bully this poor guy and worry him sick.
Is your cat a manx ?
this i did not know till recently.
buts a whole new meaning to "let us make man in our image.." no wonder all the kings of israel turned to other gods..
It is my observation that people do not really want to follow archeological evidence wherever it leads whether they are biblically oriented or academics. Humans form an idea and want to stick to it and anyone who upsets the applecart gets criticism. i'm not sure what happened here or what we really are but I'm interested in the search and archeological finds are fascinating and mysteries are plentiful.
i owe this one to palmtree (from an outside conversation):.
i had forgotten it, but way back in the late 1960s, when all the "real annointed" were pretty old, and the whole organization seemed to be run by the "other sheep" - i think somewhere between 1966 and 1968, i first ran into this term:.
"cracker eater" - a dispespectful term for the old, presumably senile, truly pre-1935 era jw annointed.. here is my nearly-forgotten story:.
He snidley said a cracker eater
i thought he was a spiritual leader
but soon the truth would be revealed
and so his fate would then be sealed
he traveled all about the land
proud that all his words were grand
One day the GB will arise
and run off with the money prize
the necks of witnesses will snap
when realizing it all was crap
i always loved getting away on winter break.
we usually went to florida and now i live in florida, so i vacation at home!
where did you go for your winter break?
We took a staycation at a local place that had a special tis the season deal. the place was over the top decorated and we had christmas eve dinner and in the morning their christmas brunch. THey also have a spa and I had a relaxing facial so it was great.
