Gaia Health—the source for info on your health and that of the world.

A Different Take on Health

At Gaia Health, we see health and the world a little differently. They are intertwined, one with the other. We cannot be healthy if the world isn't, and with so many of us in existence, the world cannot be healthy if we aren't. Thus, our name is taken from the image of the earth as a living organism: Gaia.

Here is where you'll find true and honest information about health. At all times, we strive to do honor to Gaia and our place with her. Articles about health have a focus on achieving and maintaining it, rather than on extreme measures that work discordantly with the earth—or don't work at all. To that end, coverage includes issues of the environment and climate change, and as they're relevant, the associated politics.

Recent Articles:

Routine Early Clamping of the Umbilical Cord Harms Newborns—In hospitals, one of the first procedures when a new child enters the world is to clamp the umbilical cord. It is, in fact, simply a routine procedure done without thinking. Apparently, no thought has ever been given to whether it's beneficial. Sadly, several studies have shown that it harms newborns.
Eat Eggs From Sick Mistreated Hens, Expect to Get Sick—Factory-produced eggs are sick eggs. The recent US outbreak of salmonella, with a belated recall of more than half a billion eggs, should surprise no one. Salmonella-laced eggs are commonplace in supermarkets. It isn't that there's a new outbreak, but that the number of salmonella cases has increased.
Eli Lilly Drug Failure Highlights Fatal Flaw in Modern Medicine—Eli Lilly has stopped the trial of a drug intended for Alzheimer's patients because it made their condition worse, not to mention causing skin cancer. How did Lilly push such a drug through both first and second stage trials? Obviously, something significant is being missed by modern medicine's approach.
Heart Attack Is a Disease of Agribusiness, Not Longevity—Claims that primitive societies' lack of heart attacks can be explained by shorter lifespans are based on nothing but wishful thinking. It seems logical, but there's nothing behind the words.
FDA Bans Stem Cell Therapy That Saved UK Boy's Life & Man's Leg—In the US, the FDA bans a treatment that saved a little boy's life and a man's leg in the UK. The FDA is protecting Big Pharma from the competition of autologous stem cell therapy, no matter what the cost to individual lives.
Would You Like a Statin With That Burger?—It's Friday the 13th—must be Fast Food Statins Day! This story is presented under the 'You Can't Make This Stuff Up' category.
Asthma UK Pushes Dangerous Drug Sold by 'Corporate Partner'—Asthma UK complains that Nice has not approved the drug Xolair, generically called omalizumab, for use in children under age twelve. It is exceptionally expensive, noted for its dangers, and carries an FDA label warning that it has not been shown to be safe or effective in children under age twelve. Just who is Asthma UK really trying to help?
This is What Chemotherapy Does—The result of Christopher Hitchens' chemotherapy is a stark reminder of the risk in blindly submitting to modern medicine's treatments.
Alzheimer's Can Now Be Diagnosed 10 Years Before Symptoms. Who Benefits?—A new test that promises to identify people developing Alzheimer's disease ten years or more before the first symptoms will soon be available to the public, according to a study published by JAMA. An editorial that accompanies the article presents it as unconditionally positive. Sadly, close examination shows that is not the case.
Recall of Supplement Containing Seville Orange Shows Absurdity of FDA's Claims—The FDA has made Solo Slim sound like a sinister product, using the very real dangers of sibutramine, the drug, to force its withdrawal from the market. The fact, though, is that the natural ingredient is not the same thing as the drug. Genuine concern for the public's health has nothing to do with banning a product for including Seville oranges.
Heart Attacks Increase With Use of Calcium Supplements—In a finding that should come as no surprise, the British Medical Journal reports that taking calcium supplements results in heart attacks. A supplement that doctors routinely tell women to take to prevent osteoporosis is implicated in heart disease. What's a woman to do?
The UK Refuses to Drop Homeopathy—In a decision that reaffirms the individual's right to choose, the United Kingdom's Department of Health has slapped down the Science and Technology Committee's demand to abandon homeopathy. Rather than report on it honestly, news media are simply allowing anti-homeopathy forces free rein to give their opinions.
Medical Journal Wants to Limit Right of Women to Home Births—Mainstream medicine continues to press for total control over your body with The Lancet's editorial stating that women of high-risk pregnancies do not have the right to choose home birth. They are using a deeply flawed study to support their interest in forcing their medicine, along with their fees, on us.
Blackouts Don't Stop Drug Trial—Or Let Subject Out of It—Ana Cantú's description of her participation in a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) drug trial is a riveting read. By the end, you know that the entire system that allows Big Pharma to conduct its own trials is corrupt at the core, and that, by extension, the FDA's willingness to approve drugs based on such trials must also be utterly corrupt.
Attacks on Raw Foods Accelerate to Police State Levels—With specious claims and a police state mentality, the attacks on raw foods multiply. Well coordinated raids on farms and shops that produce and distribute them are being done to intimidate the producers. They are being informed that it doesn't matter if they're innocent or right, they'll be driven out of business by harrassment, costs to defend themselves, and even prison.
Quackbusters Are Busted!—Amidst the morass of fallacious attacks by mainstream medicine on honest alternative approaches to health, now and then there's a glitter of good news. It's a breath of fresh air to announce that the self-styled Quackbusters, headed by a self-styled psychiatrist who failed his exam and was never accepted into the profession, has fallen to one of its targeted victims.
Dengue Fever, BP's Gulf Gusher, the CIA, and Army Germ Warfare—The CIA & Army conducted germ warfare experiments in in central Florida in the 1950s. they were conducted in low-income areas. They released mosquitoes carrying dengue fever. People died, and people are infected and reinfected to this day. Science fiction? No—it's fact. Fengue fever can't be distinguished from symptoms of BP's Gulf Gusher.
Vaccine Patch Pitched as Safe: Don't Believe It!—Vaccine patches, the next great vaccination delivery technology, is already being pushed as safe. A journal with the oxymoron name, Nature Medicine, has published a study that claims delivering vaccinations through skin patches with tiny plastic needles is both effective and safe. The safety claim is both premature and demonstrably untrue.
UK Testing GM Potatoes That Offer No Benefit to Farmers or Eaters—Fanning the flames of fear with the specter of the Irish Potato Famine, the UK is testing genetically modified (GM) potatoes. They have been engineered to resist a fungal blight, which may seem worthy—until you learn that the UK already has blight-resistant potatoes developed through cross-breeding.
FDA Panel Votes to Keep Dangerous Drug on the Market—Evidence be damned! Diabetes drug Avandia offers no benefit over a rival drug, but causes significantly more deaths. In a panel vote that sees no reason to remove the drug from the market, the FDA reveals its true allegiance: Big Pharma.
Fraud Found in GSK's Avandia Trial Reveals FDA's Lack of Oversight—If even a poorly designed trial can't demonstrate that your drug is safe, then hiding data is the next-best trick for getting approval. When the FDA doesn't check the data in trials, such methods work. Both of those tricks worked for GSK's Avandia study in 2007. Fortunately, a researcher decided to look more closely in advance of the drug's review next week.
Docs Want Censorship of Study Showing Cancer Risk from Heart Drug—When questioned about the recent study documenting increased rates of cancer in people taking the popular blood pressure ARB (angiotensin-receptor blockiers), many leading doctors responded with expletives. They're particularly horrified that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has the gall to review ARBs for the increased risk.
FDA Tries to Silence Info Documenting Avandia Deaths—The FDA appears to have tried to prevent publication of information documenting a significant increase in deaths and cardiovascular disease from Avandia over its competitor. FDA employee, Dr. Graham, claims that an underhanded trick was used in an attempt to keep his paper, which documents significantly increased Avandia risks, from being published.
Major Cancer Charity to Admit It Was Wrong About Suntanning!—Hold onto your hat! Cancer Research UK is about to change its advice on suntanning! After more than 20 years of warning people to avoid the sun's rays as deadly and to coat themselves in toxic sunscreens, the premier cancer charity will soon start advising people that they should catch some rays.
The Attack on Home Births and Midwives Is Gearing Up—A recent medical journal study claims that, while women do better when they deliver babies at home, mortality in newborns is three times greater. However, the conclusion completely misrepresents the data. The study actually found that the infant death rate for home births was the same when a qualified midwife was present.
Doctor Faked Research on Drug That Killed Thousands: Gets Only Six Months—Scott Reuben, the doctor who faked research on Celebrex and Vioxx, which killed tens of thousands of people, has been sentenced to a mere six months in prison. The judge was easy on him because his attorney claimed that he'd suffered from an 'undiagnosed bipolar disorder'. The real criminal, though, is modern medicine.
GMO Salmon Near FDA Approval—Public's Input Not Wanted—As the FDA nears approval for the first genetically engineered salmon, the public's views on the issue are not wanted. These genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be the first animals approved for food, but the FDA is treating them like veterinary drugs, so the approval process is not open to the public and none of the documentation is available for inspection.
Major JAMA Study Shows Statins Do Not Prevent Heart Disease—Statins, the drug that Big Pharma has convinced leading doctors to push on nearly everyone, have finally been subjected to the study that should have been done before being approved for sale. JAMA reports that a large metastudy has shown that statins do not reduce death rates in people without established heart disease.
Leading Doctor Drugs Babies in the Womb to Prevent Lesbianism and Her Concept of 'Abnormal' Genitalia—Dr. Maria New is a highly honored endocrinologist, within her field considered one of the very best. She routinely treats fetuses in the womb with a potent drug, known to carry severe risks, for the purpose of preventing a condition that she considers abnormal, though it doesn't cause any defect in function or discomfort.
Big Fat Lies: How The Cholesterol Myth Was Started (Video)—If you could pack human history into only one year, we've only been farming and eating grains since about yesterday, which is when we became shorter and fatter. We only started producing processed vegetable oils about 10 minutes ago, which is when heart disease became our number one killer. [2:35]
High Lead Levels Found in 85% of "Healthy" Foods Marketed to Children—Food products marketed to children have been found to have illegal levels of lead. A full 85% were found to have lead that exceeds federal limits for drinking water. The California-based Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) had 150 food products tested by an Environmental Protection Agency-certified lab.
Antidepressants Cause Major Increase in Miscarriages—Medical powers-that-be are pressing to identify women "at risk" of depression during pregnancy - likely to push them into taking anti-depressants. Now, a study has shown that SSRI and SNRI antidepressants can increase miscarriages by 68 percent. These drugs have also been associated with birth defects. Now, that is truly depressing.
U.S. Doesn't Control BP's Gulf Gusher Cleanup: Here's Why.—Surely you must wonder why the US is so hamstrung in dealing with BP's Gulf Gusher, a slow-motion wreck of the Gulf of Mexico coast. The US government is helpless to even keep tabs on what's happening. The reason is in a political system that has handed over control to an economic system. We must rely on news media outside the country to bring us the truth.
In Food Label Wars, Both Sides Hide the Facts—In the EU, a battle has been waged between the forces of evil, Agribusiness, against the forces of evil, government agencies. Both sides want to control what goes on food labels. Agribusiness won, and it's being called a defeat for consumers. The truth, though, is that consumers lose no matter which side wins. Neither wants to tell the public what's really in the foods bought in stores.
Most Doctors Still Think It's Okay to Take Gifts From Big Pharma—A study soon to be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Archives of Surgery (JAMA) documents that most physicians still take gifts from pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. Medical researchers at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine surveyed a wide range of physicians practicing in medical centers associated with the school.
Doc Mutilates Little Girls' Genitals: Major Journal Publishes It As Research!—Dr. Poppas of Cornell believes he has the right to decide that girls as young as 4 months have a clitoris that's too big and needs to be trimmed to a more normal size—and then he cuts off the excess. In third world nations, we call that genital mutilation. In the US, the doctor gets to publish it in a major medical journal.
Effexor Causes Massive Jawbone Loss in Periodontal Disease—In pure science, an experiment is neither successful nor a failure. Even if the results are the opposite of what the researchers expected or hope for, information is gained. Sadly, in the era of Big Pharma, scientists are expected to produce predetermined results. Occasionally, though, they tell the truth anyway.
High Blood Pressure Meds Result in Lung Cancer—Lung cancer rates increase in the millions of people taking commonly prescribed drugs for high blood pressure. In a study reported yesterday, ARBs were shown to lead to 1.11% more pulmonary cancer. These drugs are prescribed to millions as a primary method of attempting to lower blood pressure, so these drugs could be causing thousands of cases of lung cancer.
Hyped Melanoma Drug Trial Proves Only That Big Pharma Will Do Anything to Sell Its Poisons—In yet another display of Big Pharma's mastery at creating hype for its drugs, a new trial is thrilling oncologists and Big Media. Fully funded by the companies hoping to profit, Bristol-Myers Squibb and its new acquisition, Medarex, the study purports to show that ipilimumab effectively treats the aggressive skin cancer, melanoma.
Breast Cancer Vaccine Makes Mother's Milk a Disease—Scientists have prevented breast cancer in mice by vaccinating them. There's a bit of a problem, though. It creates antibodies against a vital ingredient in mother's milk. That, of course, doesn't bother the researchers. They're going ahead full steam with plans to test it in women.
The FDA Says You Have No Right to Freedom of Food—The FDA has stated that you have no inherent right to health. You thought you had the right to choose what you eat? The FDA says you don't. They claim that there is no fundamental right to choose your food or freedom to contract for it. Responding to a lawsuit, the FDA clearly states that you do not have the right to freedom of choice in your diet.
Quest for Health in Drugs Finds 'Unintended' Side Effects That Kill—Let's say that strong recommendations are being given by the medical system to drug most people on reaching a certain age. Then, let's say your company produces software to analyze the risk of developing medical conditions. You want to make money from your product, so you do a study showing it can predict who is most likely to suffer from the drug's side effects.
Study Finds Vaccine Triggers Infant Seizures, But Concludes It's Okay—The discordance of pro-vaccine research has reached a new pinnacle of hypocrisy in a study that says seizures are triggered in babies by the pertussis vaccine, but it's no reason to "withhold" it from them. Flaws make the results highly questionable. But that's minor next to the implication that these babies benefit from a seizure-causing vaccine.
Fathers Suffer Postnatal Depression? Or Another Target for Drugs?—In the mass move to medicalize every facet of life, a medical school has gone in search of evidence that new fathers suffer from depression. Can anyone be surprised that they found it? Or that the recommended course of action is to drive these men into treatment?
Study Shows Cancer Linked to Mobile Phones, But Authors Spin the Results—Recent media reports falsely claim that the Interphone study shows no increase in cancer from mobile phone use. They're merely reporting what the authors of the study claimed, without much critical thinking about the results. Had they looked into it, they might have realized that the conclusion is a slippery misrepresentation of the actual results.
Stress! How to Treat It. Why It Matters Even If You're Coping.—Did you know that stress makes you fat? It leads to a host of disorders, including heart attacks, and even cancer. Stress is insidious—and it's sucking the life out of us. You may think that you thrive on stress, but it's a mistaken notion. It will catch up with you. There's a physical cost, and avoiding it requires making some changes. They don't, though, have to be onerous.
Stress! How to Treat It. (Part 2)—Stress is rampant in today's world. Its effects are devastated immune and hormone systems, which lead to a host of health issues—not to mention the mental problems it causes. Here we discuss steps you can take to prevent adrenal burnout, and if you've reached the stage of damage, what natural things you can do to return to health.
Doc Who Harms No One Is Punished, But Doc Who Killed Can Practice.—In typical hubristic fashion, the UK's GMC has stripped Dr. Sarah Myhill of many of the functions required to care for her patients, while allowing doctors who have killed patients with sloppiness, lies, and egregious errors to continue in practice. She harmed no one, and no such accusation was made. Not a single patient has complained.
Max Kane Risks Prison for Refusing to Tell Who Sells and Who Buys Raw Milk—Max Kane has been charged with nothing. There is no case being prosecuted against him or anyone else for anything, not even for selling or buying raw milk. Yet, he has been ordered by Wisconsin to inform on his friends. They want him to name people who sell or buy raw milk. He has refused, and for that, he's been under threat of prison.
FDA Persecutes Raw Milk Dairies: Raids Amish Farm—The FDA is using strong arm tactics on family farms that do their best to produce genuinely healthy milk for customers who care about their own family's health. They have raided an Amish dairy farm with the accusation, "We have credible evidence that you are involved in interstate commerce." There's no accusation that the raw milk they produce is unsafe.
Homeopathic Treatment Helps Heal Haitians' Emotional Traumas (video)—Billions have been given to charities for Haitian earthquake victims with so little benefit. Without fanfare, homeopaths have been spending their own money to go there and help. The Amma Resonance Hearing Foundation is doing wonders treating emotional trauma on a shoestring budget using homeopathic preparations. (video)
Botox Not Only Paralyzes Muscles, It Paralyzes Emotions—A study shows that emotions are dulled when the muscles used to express them are prevented from functioning. As a result, botox not only paralyzes muscles, it also paralyzes emotions. Media reports that it harms relationships miss the real issue. Botox prevents emotions from coming into existence.
FDA to Control Salt Intake, Not Aspartame or High Fructose Corn Syrup—The FDA plans to control intake of salt, a natural and necessary food. Meanwhile, known killers like aspartame and HFCS are left free to continue their destruction of health. The usual incestuous techniques have led to the latest ploy to hand over our food supply to Agribusiness, and the marketing campaign is in full swing.
Vaccine Near, So Fear Mongering Starts Over Another Mild Disease—Have you ever heard of respiratory syncytial virus? In all likelihood, you haven't, though you'e probably had it. You or your parents most likely called it a cold. There's an RSV vaccine on the horizon, so the fear mongering is starting. Of course, to back up the fear, a study, funded by vaccine promoters, was done to show that the disease is scary.
India Stops Gardasil Trial: Ethics and Logic of Trial Questioned—After four girls died during a trial of Merck's Gardasil vaccine, their Council of Medical Research ordered that it be stopped in the two states where it was conducted. Brinda Karat, a member of their parliament, has questioned both the ethics of the trial and the logic of how it was conducted. Here is the story from DNA India.
Killer Cancer Drugs Given to Healthy Women for 'Prevention'— Bisphosphonates were given on a massive scale to prevent osteoporosis in women. It was a failed experiment, resulting in jaw necrosis and...The same sort of experiment is again being done on women, but this time using tamoxifen and raloxifene. The results are likely to be far worse.
DOJ Punishes Big Pharma for Bribing Foreign Doctors, Ignores Corruption Here—Pharmaceutical exec Robert John Dougall has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for paying £4.5M to Greek doctors. As Director of Marketing at DePuy, now part of megacorp Johnson & Johnson, he bribed Greek surgeons to buy their products. It's a start, but why is the Department of Justice focusing on foreign doctors?
In-depth Interview With Dr. Andrew Wakefield (video)—Dr. Wakefield discusses his findings on autism, bowel disease, and vaccines with Dr. Mercola. He tells his story for the first time, stating 'I've never met so many experts as I have in autism, experts about a disease about which we know nothing. We know nothing, and yet we're surrounded by experts. And that's a paradox that needs to be resolved.'
FDA Says Walnuts Are Drugs and Doritos Are Heart Healthy—In its latest salvo against our health and freedom, FDA issued a warning to Diamond Foods stating that their claims for the health promoting qualities of walnuts have moved them from a food to a drug. At the same time, it allows Frito-Lay to advertise its health-destroying chips (crisps in the UK) as 'heart healthy'.
Drug Resistance—The Twilight of Antibiotics?—Drug resistance is becoming pandemic. Gonorrhea is rapidly approaching the point of being untreatable. Tuberculosis has been there for years. New types are emerging constantly. Are we entering the twilight of the antibiotic age? Is Big Pharma's bag of tricks nearly empty?
Two Tales of Lives Saved By Homeopathy (video)—This is World Homeopathy Awareness Week. In its honor, here are two brief videos of lives restored through the use of homeopathy. First, though, let me tell you my own story. I'm alive because of homeopathy after nearing death from an iatrogenic illness...
Former Eli Lilly Exec Blows Whistle on Big Pharma (And He's Anti-Vaccine) (video)—Dr. John Rengen Virapen is a former general manager for Eli Lilly in Sweden. He has 35 years of experience in pharmaceutical sales and management. Now, he's blowing the whistle on Big Pharma--and he doesn't mince words. Virapen is an entertaining and compelling speaker. Here are four videos of him speaking.
USDA Trashes Organic: Pasture Not Required for Cows' Last 4 Months—The rules for the USDA Organic label for beef are already watered down. Now, though, they're allowing feedlot conditions for their last four months—about one-fifth of their lives. You can help reverse this by contacting the president and USDA. I'll tell you how, including links.
Acidosis: The Modern Pandemic and Its Surprising Cure—Acidosis is a pandemic disease, one that was created by civilization, first through farming and growing grains, taking them from being rare foods in people's diets, and then becoming the basis of modern diets through Agribusiness. It is nearly always preventable and curable through the simple expedient of returning to a good and natural diet.
Acidosis: The Cure—Your body operates at its best when the food you eat keeps it slightly alkaline...Most fruits and vegetables are alkaline-producing, though...Acidosis is nearly always preventable and curable through the simple expedient of returning to a good and natural diet...Grains are nearly all severely acid-producing.
Merck and GSK Fan Fear of Cancer & Warts in Men to Sell HPV Vaccines—Apparently not satisfied with pumping their deadly HPV vaccines into girls, Merck and GSK have turned their sights onto men. While running pseudo-science trials, they're drumming up fears of a range of cancers and warts. It appears that their goal is to convince doctors that everyone should get a jab of Gardasil or Cervarix.
Evidence of MRSA in Nation's Food Supply—You know that drug-resistant disease is getting out of hand when mainstream media features it on a report and clearly blames factory farming's over the top use of antibiotics. Katie Couric reports on what's happening in America's factory farms and how it's creating an epidemic of drug-resistant bacteria. [Video 7:37]
Eggs: Nutrition Comparison Between Factory Farmed and Free Range—Yesterday was Easter, with its egg symbolism of purity, health, and fertility. Sadly, that's been lost in the last few decades. Produced by contented hens, eggs are healthy and pose no risks. It's past time to tell the truth. Today, we discuss raw eggs and compare battery eggs with the real thing: eggs from pasturized chickens.
More Than a Symbol of Fertility, Eggs Help the Developing Fetus—The egg has been a much-maligned food in recent years, criticized as dangerous when eaten raw and unhealthy when cooked. Nothing could be further from the truth. Eggs are packed with nutrients. Pregnant women, women who might become pregnant, men who might become fathers, and nursing women can eat them regularly--if they're free range.
Scientist Works on GM Viruses for Vaccines, Gets Sick, Sues, Wins $1.37 Million—Becky McClain is a scientist who worked for Pfizer to engineer viruses for vaccines. She was accidentally infected by a GM form of a virus similar to HIV. She is completely paralyzed intermittently, so she spoke out about concerns for lack of safety at work. She was fired. She sued and won $1.37 million for wrongful termination.
Raw Milk Source Shut Down, But There's Been No Bad Milk—In what looks more and more like a concerted FDA plan to shut off raw milk supplies, a Michigan raw milk dairy is being forced to shut down. Their supplier is based a short distance away, but it's across a state boundary. That state, Indiana, allows the sale of raw milk, but the FDA's pressure has caused it to stop shipping to Michigan.
Raw Milk Disease Outbreak In Perspective: Tempest in an FDA Teapot—Perhaps you've heard of the claimed raw milk campylobacteria disease outbreak in Michigan recently. It's been hyped to the world by the FDA. However, if you look carefully at the wording, you'll see only that it's 'linked' to raw milk. It's nothing but a tempest in the FDA's teapot.
Court Rules Patents on Genes Are Illegal: Products of Nature, Not Invention—Reversing a frightening trend granting patents on living creatures and their genes, a US Federal Judge issued a ruling that may overturn patents on life forms. Myriad Genetics' claim that isolating DNA transforms and makes it patentable was turned down with the statement that it's only been a "lawyer's trick" that's allowed it to happen before.
Improving Food Quality of One Meal Improves Student Scores 3-8 Percent—What children eat directly affects how they do in school. A two-year study of chef Jamie Oliver's program to bring quality food to the school lunch program produced significant benefits to students, including significant improvements in their test results.
WHO 'Gambled Away' Public Confidence With Swine Flu Fear Mongering—The Vice Chair of the Council of Europe's Health Committee is preparing a report stating the WHO 'gambled away' public confidence in its swine flu fear mongering. The Guardian reports that he complains that 'the discrepancy between the estimate of the numbers of people who would die from flu and the reality was dramatic'.
Insomniacs: Beware Newly Approved Recycled Drug With Suicide Risk—After refusing to approve it twice, the FDA has just allowed Silenor, an old antidepressant drug, to be recycled as a treatment for insomnia. The first rejection was for depressing heart rate; the second was for lack of efficacy. Doxepin hydrochloride carries an FDA warning of increased suicide risk when marketed as an antidepressant.
High Fructose Corn Syrup Associated With Liver Disease—Liver scarring is associated with consumption of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), according to a study at Duke University. The condition, dubbed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is present in about 30% of all American adults. Until recently, it was considered rare.
Your Body Is A Self-Healing Wonder: X-ray/MRI Study Misses the Point—Although not the conclusion that researchers came to, the most exciting finding of a recent study was just how brilliantly the human body heals itself. The study has shown that a very large percentage of pelvic fractures are not seen on x-rays. Using an MRI, they found 35 fractures that had been missed in x-ray exams of 92 patients.
Skip Pasteurized. Drink Milk From Pasturized Cows.—The only healthy milk comes from contented cows living natural cow lives in pastures. If you want milk that's full of pus resulting from the mastitis of sick cows, then drink pasteurized milk. Healthy raw milk comes from healthy cows. Sick pasteurized milk comes from sick cows living in sick environments.
Calling Mom Too Stressful? Ad Suggests Taking Seroquel.—Seroquel, a drug with 10,339 lawsuits against it and under serious questioning from many sources, is being advertised with the implication that it's the thing to take if you're stressed out about calling your mother. Oh yes--the more stressful calling her is, the more you should take.
When Killer Trans Fats Are Ignored, Study Results Are Meaningless—Yet another study purporting to show that saturated fats are bad and polyunsaturated fats are good completely misses the mark. In effect, the study most likely demonstrated only that eating fats partially altered by hydrogenation--polyunsaturated oils--is less harmful than eating fully hydrogenated fats.
Psychiatric Manual Diagnosis To Justify Drugging Small Children—The day is rapidly approaching when your child could be diagnosed with a mental illness for having an active imagination or bugging someone else enough to complain. The proposed DSM-5 includes the new diagnosis of Psychosis Risk Syndrome. Diagnosis could mean being pressured to give your child a heavy-duty mind-destroying drug.
HPV Testing Does Not Help Identify Cancer Risk—In what should be a blow for Gardasil and Cervarix, a study has found that screening for human papilloma virus (HPV) does not predict which women are at risk for cervical cancer. The entire concept behind the falsely named cancer jab is that HPV causes cervical cancer, though that has never been shown. Now, there's evidence that the assumed connection simply does not exist.
Doctors' Performance Standards Lowered for Giving More Flu Jabs—In the UK, Scottish doctors have been the most effective in pushing their patients into having swine flu vaccines. The swine flu pandemic was a bust and its vaccine has been shown to be ineffective in the elderly. In the face of that, Scotland will reward doctors with high vaccine uptake by letting them skate on standards measuring the quality of their practices.
Vitamin D Cuts Flu By Nearly Half: Double Blind Randomized Trial—A study has documented a 42 percent reduction of influenza in children taking the sunshine supplement, Vitamin D. Nicknamed because we can synthesize it from sun exposure on our skin, Vitamin D has been anecdotally linked to flu prevention on many occasions. This study provides strong evidence of the validity of the observations.
Modern Medicine Very Profitable: Virgin Buys In—Richard Branson has the Midas Touch. He has now pointed his golden finger at the UK's healthcare system by buying a major holding in a primary healthcare company. Virtually everything he touches turns into profits at the expense of customers, and he's seen a huge opportunity in modern medicine.
Leading Autism-Vaccine Coverup Researcher Absconds with $2 Million—In the face of the Vaccine Court's recent ruling that there is no connection between autism and vaccines, it now comes out that much of the research cited was done by a researcher who has now vanished with $2 million that was supposed to have been spent on the research. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells the tale.
Humane Claims of Plan for Huge UK Dairy Factory Farm Don't Add Up—A proposal for England's first American-style factory farmed milk paints a pretty picture of contented cows living in spacious quarters and treated humanely. However, the claims literally don't add up. Nocton Dairies' plans provide minimal space for the cows, crowding them obscenely and feeding an unnatural diet that will make them ill.
Scientists' Letter Claiming FDA Corruption Is Authentic—In January last year, a letter was sent to the highest levels of United States government by FDA scientists and doctors accusing top FDA officials & attorneys of violating laws, suppressing & altering scientific findings & conclusions, abuse of power & authority, and retaliation against those who've spoken out. The FDA has finally acknowledged that the letter is authentic.
Standard Stroke and Heart Attack Treatment Causes Strokes—"A new study has found that giving a blood thinning agent to treat heart attack and stroke patients taking warfarin causes bleeding strokes. For some reason, doctors are expressing surprise that people taking one blood-thinning agent are at increased risk of a bleeding stroke when another is added.
Prevent Heart Disease With Nattokinase or Miso Soup—That delicious bowl of Japanese miso soup might be the key to a healthy heart and circulatory system. Don't be pressured into taking an aspirin a day to prevent heart disease—it doesn't work. However, a derivative from miso soup, nattokinase, will do your heart a world of good, and will do it without risk.
Study's Life Extension Claim for The Pill Adds Up to Only 4-1/2 Hours—The new study that's currently being hyped in the new media as showing that birth control pills improve life expectancy is one of the most twisted pieces of obfuscation I've ever seen. It is the epitome of junk science and the use of statistics to obfuscate, and it's an example of why you should ask who paid for it.
Big Pharma Blocks Studies of Long Term ADHD Drug Effects While FDA and EMEA Dither—The FDA and EMEA dither while Big Pharma blocks studies into long term effects of ADHD drugs--unless, of course, they're produced by their own pet (and very highly paid) researchers, such as Joseph Biederman, Timothy Wilens and Thomas Spencer. Hanging in the balance are the health and futures of millions of children.
FDA Issues Secret Warning to Shire for Fraudulently Marketing Drug—Shire Pharmaceutical gave patients of their kidney-failure drug, Fosrenol, a brochure. It gave false information, did not provide information about risks, made unsubstantiated claims, overstated the efficacy, and said it could be used for things that had never been approved. The FDA's response was to send Shire a warning letter in secret.
Take a Nap: Prevent Heart Disease and Do Better on School Tests—The quickest and easiest way to improve heart health and get smarter doesn't cost a penny. Just take naps. Recent studies document that sleeping during the day improves learning retention as much as 10% and reduces men's mortality from heart disease by as much as 37%.
Antipsychotic Drugs: Never Justified in Children for Any Reason—Antipsychotic drugs cause brain damage. When used over several years, it's almost a sure thing. There is no justification for ever giving these disabling chemicals to any child under any circumstances. Yet, that's exactly what happens every day, and it's done to children for diagnoses of ADHD, mental retardation, and simple misbehavior.
Failed Alzheimer's Drug Reveals Pharmaceutical Shell Game—Medivation, a well-financed startup pharmaceutical firm, has failed its first stage III trial for Dimebon, a drug being pitched for Alzheimer's patients. The stock immediately dropped by two-thirds. Before that, the stock had been capitalized to the tune of 1.3 billion (with a b) dollars. Make no mistake about it, this is a money game.
Who Does a Food Safety Bill Really Serve?—When was the last time you heard of someone getting sick from food that hadn't been mass produced? Or eating food fresh from an organic garden? Or from a local organic farm? All the stories about unsafe food are the result of factory farming and mass production. But, current plans would push small producers of real food out of business—even criminalize them.
Europe Approves Antibiotic Resistant Genetically Modified Potato—BASF has managed to gain European Union (EU) approval for its potato, Amflora, genetically engineered for antibiotic resistance. It's not intended for human use. However, the skins are expected to be used in animal feed—and the meats will not have to be labeled as genetically modified or fed GM organisms.
Girl Blinded by Gardasil Vaccination—A 16 year old girl was blinded by a Gardasil vaccination. The doctors who wrote the article state that she was healthy prior to the vaccination. They found no explanation other than the Gardasil vaccination, and acknowledged that at least one other vaccine was known to cause the same problem.
Mass Vaccinations in Haiti—The squalid conditions of refugee camps combined with the oncoming rains threaten Haiti's earthquake victims with diseases common to poor sanitation, lack of safe drinking water, and contaminated food. Cholera, typhus, and dysentery are the best known. So, they're trotting out mass vaccinations for measles, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough.
Kangaroos Dying of Fluoride Poisoning, But Are Levels Safe For Humans?—Kangaroos are starving and dying from tooth and skeletal deformities caused by fluoride poisoning. In a claim that appears to have been pulled from thin and polluted air, Australia's EPA says that the emissions are safe for humans, though apparently some animals are more sensitive to fluoride.
Two Mumps Vaccines Don't Work, So Public Officials Push a Third Jab—The outbreak of mumps has been seen mostly in people who've been vaccinated--not just the majority of cases, but the vast majority. The CDC is reporting that 93% who've come down with mumps have had one dose and 85% have had two doses of the MMR vaccine.
Study Shows Homeopathic Remedies Kill Cancer Cells Without Harming Healthy Cells—A recent study has documented that homeopathic remedies applied to breast cancer cells caused significant cell death, while resulting in no discernible no harm to normal breast cells. The finding cannot be explained by a placebo effect...
Drug Doesn't Work, You've Failed & Need A Gene Fix: Modern Medicine's View—In a strange twist of logic, scientists have determined Tamoxifen doesn't always work because the patient is at fault. So, the solution is to 'fix' the miscreant gene. In this strange new world of medicine, toxic drugs are normal, someone whose body responds different is abnormal, and the 'abnormal' gene must be fixed.
The Case For Homeopathic Medicine: The Historical and Scientific Evidence—Skeptics of homeopathy go to incredible extents to exaggerate & misconstrue homeopathic medicine. It's more than a tad ironic that these 'skeptics' holding themselves as 'defenders of medical science' exhibit an embarrassingly poor scientific attitude about what homeopathy is and what the scientific evidence says.
Engineering Animals to Feel No Pain So We Feel No Guilt—No one wants to consider that the food on the dinner plate lived a life of suffering. In most cases, though, that's exactly what happens. So, now a proposal is in place to genetically engineer feed animals so they don't feel pain. But who actually benefits? And who is the focus of such a concept?
FDA Raids Amish Farm for Raw Milk—The FDA will spare no one in their zealous protection of your safety. Apparently, those seemingly harmless Amish people are really dangerous. They must be. What other reason could there be for raiding an Amish farm for the--Gulp! Horrible crime of raw milk! Run for the hills!
Test Them & Drug Them: New Plan to Halt Spread of AIDS—The war against AIDS may start causing a lot of collateral damage in the military lingo sense—dead people. A trial is about to start in South Africa to see if HIV/AIDS rates can be cut back by testing everyone and handing out drugs. The idea isn't to save the lives, but to stop the spread of disease.
Brian Deer, the Man Whose Claims Led to Dr. Wakefield's Censure, in All His Hubris (video)—Brian Deer, the journalist whose claims about Dr. Wakefield led to his censure by the GMC. He's hubristic, nasty, and twists the truth. You'll see him diagnose a child's diarrhea as not bowel disease, later claim he hadn't done so. The child's colon had been removed by doctors, though the bag was obvious in the photo.
The First Line of Defense Against ADHD: Eliminate Grains and Dairy—Modern medicine's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd approach to ADHD has been to push drugs on children. Wouldn't you rather struggle with a GFCF diet before letting modern medicine have its way with your children by drugging them with chemicals that cannot make them better, will likely blunt their lives and health, and carry grave risks?
Flu Vaccine Has No Effect in People Over Age 65—A Cochrane Collaboration study has documented that there is no evidence that influenza vaccines have any protective effect in people over age 65. The meta analysis concluded that there is no good evidence is of poor quality and does not document flu vaccine safety, efficacy, or effectiveness in the elderly.
ADHD Kids 10.5 Times More Likely to Fail When Drugged—An Australian study of children with ADHD found that those given stimulants, the standard medical treatment, were 10½ times more likely to have been identified as performing below age level in school...significantly higher diastolic (resting) blood pressure readings.
Former Exec Blows Whistle on Monsanto: Fake Data—A former managing director of Monsanto has blown the whistle on his former employer, claiming that faked scientific data was presented to India's government agencies. Tiruvadi Jagadisan stated that the agencies giving Monsanto approval for its herbicides depended on the phony data in the 1980s.
Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, But Don't Save Lives: The Pseudoscience—Ultimately, when taking a drug that's supposed to save your life, what you care about is whether your life is extended. Perhaps you care about the manner of death...if a drug decreases the likelihood of dying of a heart attack, but increases the likelihood of dying of cancer, you might not be so inclined to take it.
Statins Increase Risk of Diabetes—A Glasgow metastudy has documented that statins increase the risk of diabetes by 9 percent. Then, in a conclusion based on magical thinking, the authors state that that "it isn't a worrying increase" and recommend that no changes be made in statin prescriptions.
CDC's Gerberding Admits Vaccines can Trigger Autism—On Film!—In an interview with CNN's Sanjay Gupta, CDC Chief Julie Gerberding admitted that vaccines cause autism. The conclusion from her statements is unavoidable: In some children, vaccinations can trigger autism. Sanjay Gupta, of course, allows it to slide. The video, though, dissects the interview and makes clear that there's no other conclusion to draw.
Orwellian Pills Spy on Your Compliance With Doctor's Orders—It sounds Orwellian--like science fiction. But the reality of every aspect of your biological processes being monitored by Big Pharma and your doctor is upon us. Novartis has just purchased the technology to encapsulate a chip inside a pill that allows doctors--and government and Big Pharma and the compliance police--to monitor how well you're following orders...
Government Tracks Your DNA Without Your Consent—Several states in the U.S. are storing your baby's DNA sequence. It's generally being done without your knowledge. All United States newborns' DNA is now routinely screened for genetic disorders. Parental approval is not required—nor are parents informed. Our children are being born into a Brave New World.
Aspirin Is Ineffective & Dangerous, But Cardiologists Bemoan Patients' Refusal to Use It—With typical hubris, cardiologists are expressing frustration at their inability to get patients to take aspirin as a preventive for heart disease. It is well-documented that only men (not women) who've had heart attacks benefit from taking aspirin, and it causes gastrointestinal bleeding. Could it be that patients know something their doctors don't?
Diet Drug Causes Heart Attacks: Europe Bans & U.S. Issues Warning—A drug used for obesity, though it has always been known to have limited benefit and carries the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, is finally being banned in Europe, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is merely putting a warning on it, a move known to have little effect on usage. Sibutramine is sold by Abbott pharmaceuticals as...
Coal Ash Industry Virtually Ghost Writes EPA Reports—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been having a hard time deciding whether coal sludge is toxic, in spite of it being loaded with mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium, and radioactive materials. Joshua Frank of Truthout explains how the coal industry has been able to control and manipulate information inside the agency.
Representative John Murtha Dies of Medical Error—Representative John Murtha, the first Vietnam veteran elected to the United States Congress, died yesterday from a medical error. He entered the hospital for routine gall bladder surgery—but his intestine was nicked. He died of it.
One Man, One Cow, One Planet—'When corporations dictate what farmers must grow, they're controlling what all of us eat. The outcome of the battle for agricultural control of India may dictate the future of the earth.' Peter Coyote narrates this fascinating documentary of organic farming in India, contrasting it with Monsanto's earth-destroying genetically-modified seeds.
Drug Banned in China Used to Fatten Animals in U.S.—A drug that China considers too dangerous for any use is routinely applied to pigs, cattle, and turkeys in their last days of life to bulk them up and increase profits for Agribusiness. It causes misery in the poor creatures - and is in the meat of slaughtered animals, though its use on humans is illegal in the U.S.
Life Threatening Allergies 8 Times More Common in 13 Years—The Observer reports receiving National Health Service (NHS) statistics documenting an eight-fold increase in severe and fatal adult-onset allergies over just the last 13 years. Reactions are to common and normally harmless substances and foods, including eggs, nuts, fish, dairy products, fruit and vegetables, latex, and insect stings.
Is Crusade Against Wakefield An Attempt to Prevent Publication of Study Proving Vaccination-Autism Link?—Andrew Wakefield, Scientific Censorship, and Fourteen Monkeys: A statement from Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey. "Dr. Andrew Wakefield is being discredited to prevent an historic study from being published that looks at vaccinated versus unvaccinated primates and compares health outcomes..."
Antibiotics Cause Birth Defects: Study Authors Spin It As Reassuring—An Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine study reports an association with antibiotics and severe birth defects, including anencephaly, a defect in which most of the brain is missing. Study authors spin the result as 'reassuring'.
Barbara Loe Fisher Speaks Of Dr. Wakefield's Bravery: Doctor Panel Hangs Its Own (Video)—Barbara Loe Fisher speaks of Dr. Wakefield's bravery and honesty in the face of the recent She discusses how he refused to accept her suggestion, back in 1997, that he not speak at the first international public conference on vaccination because of the risks to his career.
Agribusiness Giant ADM's CEO Tells the Truth! (Satire/Video)—As a co-chair of the annual meeting, part of my focus will be on agriculture's role in today's economic savagery and the broader long term issues of robbing whole groups for the greed of the food industry. At ADM, we are not farmers or retail food manufacturers, rather we covet the harvest from the globe...
Safer to Give Birth in Bosnia Than California—If you're a pregnant woman in California, you'd be better off moving to Bosnia. The mortality rate from pregnancy of California women has tripled in recent years and is now higher than in Bosnia, a war-ravaged nation creeping back into the industrial world. Attempts to explain California's Department of Public Health report as simply a matter of better reporting...
Take a Grain of Salt With That Salt Reduction Advice—It's taken as a matter of fact, something so obvious that everyone knows it. Good health and avoiding heart attacks requires low salt intake - and, of course, nearly everyone eats too much. There's just one problem. It's not true. Studies have not shown that lower salt intake reduces death. Most studies show the opposite.
Dr. Wakefield Harrassment Continues: UK Charges "Professional Misconduct"—The cost of doing honest research that runs against the medical-pharmaceutical complex is your career. Dr. Andrew Wakefield's harrassment for researching and publishing his findings on a potential connection between autism and the MMR vaccination continues with the UK's General Medical Council (GMC) claiming...
Lowering Glucose Levels With Diabetes Drugs Increases Death Rate—A new study documents that lowering glucose (blood sugar) with drugs results in increased deaths. The more glucose is reduced, the greater the death rate. Modern medicine's typical response to disease, pharmaceuticals, is yet again shown to be a deadly farce.
Review Shows Flaws and Misinterpretations in Randomized Medical Trials—A review of published medical trials has concluded that results are often misinterpreted and statistical techniques often obscure the truth of results. That's what Gaia Health has been saying - and documenting - all along. As Mark Twain quoted Disraeli, 'There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.'
Vaccine Adjuvants: The Stealth Health Threat—Chronic disease rates are rising. Asthma has become pandemic in children. New neurological disorders are being described. They all have one thing in common. They're the result of immune system overactivity and dysfunction. Substances that should be seen as normal in the body are perceived as threats and attacked.
Norovirus Vaccine Ingredients and Risks—New Method of Vaccine Delivery—The upcoming norovirus vaccine uses genetic modification of tobacco plants to create the antigen. It includes GlaxoSmithKline's adjuvant, MPL^™ Toll-4 Agonist (MPL), and it's delivered by a brand new method - inhaling a dry powder. A full list of ingredients is not yet available - but the known ingredients expose people to risks as severe as AIDS.
The Next Big Vaccination Scam: Norovirus—Just as the truth starts to sneak out to the general public about the swine flu fraud, the powers-that-be are organizing the next great fake pandemic: norovirus, complete with a brand new vaccine. You've likely never heard of it, but you've probably had it several times. It's a mild stomach virus. No big deal - until now.
Mobile Phones Damage DNA: What should we do about it?—The convenience and fun of mobile phones and other electrical products have us hooked. Who wants to accept the idea that they're dangerous? ...We can't see anything being emitted from them...Imagine, though, sitting in your doctor's office and hearing that you've got brain cancer. The convenience suddenly wouldn't be so appealing. (includes video)
Government Tells Farmers to Use Poisonous Coal Waste on Food Crops—The misnamed Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) is telling farmers to fertilize with coal waste. It's full of mercury, lead, fluoride, arsenic, and other poisons. The current administration is carrying forward a policy first begun in 2001.
Europe to Investigate Fake Swine Flu Pandemic—More than 20 billion dollars was spent by nations to battle the swine flu, which has proven to be only a mild disease. The investigation request filed by Dr. Wolfgang Wodard can be seen here.
Manchurian Candidates: Supreme Court allows China and others unlimited spending in US elections—In today's Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Court ruled that corporations should be treated the same as 'natural persons', i.e. humans. Well, in that case, expect the Supreme Court to next rule that Wal-Mart can run for President.
CNN-Gupta Does Publicity Sleaze Surgery After Haiti Quake—In the face of massive disaster—millions of people homeless—hungry—thirsty—and tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands dead and dying, CNN has flown their medical reporter, Sanjay Gupta, complete with entourage, to remove a chunk of concrete from the brain of one.little.girl.
Dirty Tricks by Powerful Industries Suppress the Truth About EMR Health Risks—Telecommunications—The risks of mobile phone safety first came to the public's attention in 1993...the tumor was in the shape of the mobile phone's antenna. Dr. George Carlo first blew the whistle on risks inherent in mobile phones. Threats were made on his career. Then, his house was burned down intentionally.
Dirty Tricks by Powerful Industries Suppress the Truth About EMR Health Risks—Electricity Production—The telecommunications and electricity production industries use Big Tobacco's techniques to suppress information about health damage from EMR. Suppression. False claims. Stonewalling. Attacking the whistleblowers. There seem to be no limits to the games played to protect profits.
Dr. George Carlo Discusses Mobile Phone EMR Dangers—George Carlo refused to kowtow to the mobile phone industry—and he's paid a big price. But he still talks about the dangers of mobile phone radiation. He describes the Disney Company's marketing mobile phones to kids as 'grotesque'. (video)
Wireless Phone Emissions Double Heartrate In Sensitive People—Wireless phones double the heartrate in sensitive people...the subjects were blinded—that is, they were unaware of when phones were turned on or off. The heartbeat rate of one of the 25 people in the study doubled when near a wireless phone that was switched on. The rate dropped back to normal when the phone was turned off.
Christelle, A Life Devastated By Modern Medicine's Treatments—An energetic and competitive girl in her early teens, Christelle Marini fell while playing tennis. That put her in the clutches of modern medicine. Now, an impish smiling 13-year-old girl has been transformed into a young women in a wheelchair, living in constant pain without hope for anything approaching a normal life.
Children Being Poisoned By Cadmium in Chinese-made Toys—With utter disregard for the health of children, Chinese manufacturers substituted cadmium, a far more dangerous heavy metal, for lead in children's toys. An investigation by Associated Press (AP) has shown that charm bracelet trinkets and other cute and shimmering jewelry toys for little girls are being sold in major retail outlets across the United States.
Swine Flu Fraud—Official Questioning Now Starts—Now that Big Pharma has made its profits and locked nations into long term contracts for vaccines, the truth is starting to come out. Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, the president of the Council of Europe's Health Commission, was interviewed by L'Humanité about the links between Big Pharma, the World Health Organization (WHO), and governments.
How to Identify and Avoid Trans Fats in Foods (Part 3 of a series on trans fats)—How can you avoid trans fats? In modern life, it can be a bit difficult to avoid trans fats. You have two choices. One is to eat only fresh and organic foods prepared from scratch. Your other option is to learn how to read labels - and then do so before buying any food.
Risks of Hydrogenated Fats (Part 2 of a series on trans fats)—Hydrogenated fats result in a deranged metabolism, which affects every aspect of health. The risks to health are immense. Indeed, one must wonder if most people nowadays have any idea of how it feels to be healthy.
Why Hydrogenated Fat Is So Bad (Part 1 of a series on trans fats)— Hydrogenation keeps vegetable oil from rapidly going rancid, making it profitable to store and sell. There is, of course, a price paid for this agribusiness profit - your health. The first article clearly explains what hydrogenation is and why it's so bad for you.
More Die From Sepsis Than From Strokes or Heart Attacks—A report shows that death resulting from sepsis infections is more likely than death by either strokes or heart attacks. About one-third of all severe sepsis cases result from hospital-acquired infections. Hospitals and antibiotics are supposed to save lives. So, why are so many people dying of severe infections?
Potential Obesity Treatment Will Cause Permanent Exhaustion and Constant Pain—A potential treatment for obesity is being touted as an effortless cure, one that allows people to continue eating and remaining indolent. One detail, though, is largely ignored. The weight loss would come at the expense of exhaustion and pain—and the effect would likely be permanent.
By Law, Chemical Ingredients Don't Have To Be Listed If It Hurts Profits—Chemical manufacturers' trade secrets take precedence over safety in the United States. That's not mere speculation. It's the law. The 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) supposedly requires chemical companies to inform the government of any new chemicals they're planning to market. There is, of course, a loophole...
MRSA Superbug Nearly Nonexistent in Norway—Here's Why—MRSA is a scourge in virtually all modern hospitals in every industrialized country, with the exception of Norway. How are they doing it? In the most simple of ways. In Norway, the problem was faced head-on. The cause - overprescription of antibiotics - was acknowledged. So they stopped overprescribing.
WHO Chief Fans Swine Flu Fear—But Hasn't Had Vaccination—With typical hubris, Margaret Chan, the Director General of WHO (World Health Organization) is fanning the flames of fear over swine flu—but hasn't bothered to get vaccinated herself. Now that the pandemic-that-wasn't, as minor as it's been, has largely passed, she says that we must 'guard against complacency'.
Dr. Eisenstein on How Modern Medicine Has It Backwards—In this brief video, Dr. Eisenstein—the doctor who didn't vaccinate children at his clinic, resulting in a near-complete lack of asthma—speaks on how modern medicine has it backwards. He wants pharmaceuticals to be the alternatives.
New Medical Procedure: Destroying Nerves to Lower Blood Pressure (Part 2, The Hype)—When a new drug or procedure is developed, the single most important factor is selling it to the public. When profits are the primary focus of healthcare, it can't be any other way. So, when a startup company has tons of money and is closely allied with a medical company that's highly successful, then the hype for its product starts early—before it's even out of testing.
New Medical Procedure: Destroying Nerves to Lower Blood Pressure (Part 1, The Trial)—A new surgical procedure claims to be a simple and easy cure for high blood pressure. It's so wonderful that it's being hyped as a replacement for drugs. Already, it's touted as revolutionary. Dr. Paul Sobotka, Chief Medical Officer of Ardian, the company that developed the procedure, stated, '...' (Just don't forget that he's paid to say things like that.)
Go to Next Index Page.