Sharp decline in 2003 when older women stopped drugs, research shows

Wow, what a headline for MSNBC

“SAN ANTONIO - In a startling turnaround, breast cancer rates in the United States dropped dramatically in 2003, and experts said they believe it is because many women stopped taking hormone pills.

The 7.2 percent decline came a year after a big federal study linked hormone replacement therapy used at menopause to a higher risk of breast cancer, heart disease and other problems. Within months, millions of women stopped taking estrogen and progestin pills.”

“Incidence of breast cancer had been increasing in the 20 or so years prior to July 2002, and this increase was over and above the known role of screening mammography. HRT had been proposed as a possible factor, although the magnitude of any HRT effect was not known.” 

Dr. Altman– Sometimes I am still surprised when the truth leaks out. Just think if all medical treatments were put under the scrutiny these HRT hormone pills were given, considering medications are between the #1 and #3 cause of death in this country, depending on whose numbers you use.

On the Heels of Breast Cancer

People have been hyping an observational study that says that women who ate more red meat had more breast cancer. Here is the part they missed and didn’t factor in. It’s not the meat.

It’s the hormones that are injected in the cows to make them big and fat. They give the cows estrogen hormones just like they gave women for hot flashes. You eat the cow, you get the hormones. Easy fix-Eat beef without hormones.

Antacids

 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Long-term use of popular anti-heartburn drugs that block stomach acid production increases the risk of hip fractures in adults over 50, perhaps because the drugs inhibit calcium absorption, researchers said —Talk to Dr. Altman if you take these.

Doctors: Skip antibiotics for child ear infections

‘Watchful waiting’ OK for common illness to avoid drug resistance

“My experience is that parents are often the driving motive behind not giving antibiotics. Parents are very, very concerned about the use of antibiotics,” said Dr. Richard Rosenfeld, director of pediatric otolaryngology at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn and a consultant who helped write national guidelines on antibiotic use for ear infections.

Dr. Altman– 70% of ear infection will go away on their own. The 3 things I have seen work well.

1. chiropractic adjustments (opens the canals)

2. natural ear drops

3. ear candling

Antibiotic have been linked to childhood asthma and intestinal trouble, primarily yeast overgrowth. If you do need antibiotics for whatever reason, make sure you take good bacteria (probiotics) when you are done. Yogurt isn’t really strong enough.

Dr. Altman—Presume drugs are dangerous until proven safe. The FDA

presumes drugs are safe until they kill a bunch of people.