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The Ten Most Dangerous Drugs in America

Automobile accidents are no longer the most common cause of accidental death in the U.S. That distinction now belongs to legally prescribed drugs, both prescription and over the counter.

A number of drugs on the list of horrors are used for pain control by those of us with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

We’re used to thinking [...]

Rheumatologist: “I pushed alot of … poisons.” Didn’t help patients.

This physician, quoted below from a medical journal, is wow’d by the massive changes that have occurred in the treatment of RA in the past 10-20 years, meaning the increasing use of biologics.  Most fascinating is his statement that standard practice in earlier years was ‘poison.’

Does it make you wonder what the current reliance [...]

Testing for Food Allergies ??? Not So Much.

Because research has shown for decades that Rheumatoid Arthritis is a disorder caused by food sensitivities, (also called ‘allergies’ or ‘intolerances’)  we who deal with RA every day would like to know how to identify those evil-doers as quickly and easily as possible, and yesterday, please.  Finding out for ourselves what is causing our problem [...]

“We Were Blown Away!”–Tea and RA

As the healthy magic of minimally processed green tea has become better known, researchers have begun investigating another tea with even less processing and more anti-inflammatory properties: white tea. They can hardly believe what they are seeing.

Welcome back to the future. Tea is one of the ancient remedies used for millenia in other cultures, [...]