Statins and Marathons
Statins, the prescription drugs that reduce your levels of potentially harmful particles of cholesterol, most notably the low density lipoprotein, or LDL (with brand names such as Zocor, Pravachol,...
View ArticleAnatomy of a Healthcare Scam – UPDATE
(Editor’s note: On April 9th the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release. The following is an excerpt from that release. The article that follows by Dr. Evan Levine was written in early...
View ArticleBig Pharma: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
A drug has been developed that is a true miracle of modern pharmacology. I say this because it can reduce deaths for patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) as much as a ten-thousand- dollar...
View ArticleWhat Televangelists & Alternative Medicine Proponents Have in Common
To the skeptical, Andrew Weil, Mehmet Oz, Joe Mercola, and Deepak Chopra, have an unsavory commonality with people like Jimmy Swaggart, Benny Hinn, and “The Reverend” Jim Bakker. They all offer tales...
View ArticleThe Age of Transhumanist Politics Has Begun
An Interview with Political Analyst Roland Benedikter Part I The founding of the Transhumanist Party of the United States, the intensifying of the U.S. BRAIN-Initiative and the start of Google’s...
View ArticleThe Age of Transhumanist Politics – Part II
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part interview. Part I can be found here. An Interview with Political Analyst Roland Benedikter Summary of Part I Technology is emerging as a social...
View ArticleThe Age of Transhumanist Politics – Part III
Editor’s note: This is the third and final part of a three-part interview. Part I can be found here; Part II, here. An Interview with Political Analyst Roland Benedikter Summary of Parts I &...
View ArticleCheating the Gold Standard in Drug Trials
Randomized control trials (RCT) are complex and very expensive studies required by regulatory agencies, in this case the FDA, before a prescription drug is allowed to be touted for its benefits and...
View ArticleThe Pope’s War on Climate Change
For many years the debate over climate change has raged unabated. Now that the reality of human-influenced contributions to global warming has been overwhelmingly accepted by the scientific community,...
View ArticleA Transhumanist Wants to be US President?
Roland Benedikter is Affiliate Scholar of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Research Professor for Multidisciplinary Political Analysis at the Willy Brand Center of the University of...
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