As we come to the close of 2011 and the first year of Health Impact News, we look back on the top stories of 2011 decided by you, the readers, based on number of views for each story. We published over 1300 stories this year, and here are the top 10 most viewed:
1. 80 Uses […]
by Dr. Mercola
The medical profession has a long history of opposing alternative healing professions.
While always claiming public safety as its reason for the attacks, the true reasons often involve protecting their monopoly of the healthcare market.
Medicine’s opposition to chiropractic was its strongest under the leadership of Morris Fishbein, Secretary of the American Medical […]
By Lee Bechtel
National Health Federation
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has continued to turn a deaf ear to consumers and their health in pushing forward its agenda to remove thousands of safe supplements from the American marketplace.
The FDA is Deaf and Dumb
Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D., the director of the Division of Dietary […]
by Michael Belkin
The Refusers
Here we have a study pointing out the unintended consequences of vaccination. ‘Antigenic drift occurs when pressure from the body’s immune system causes a virus used in a vaccine to mutate into a slightly different form that can potentially be more infectious.’ In other words, the vaccine creates a […]
by Dr. Mercola
In 1905, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the legal authority of state governments to pass laws requiring citizens residing in the state to use smallpox vaccine (or other vaccines) if the state considers mass use of the vaccine necessary to protect the “public health”.
As of 2011, all 50 states […]
by Sayer Ji
greenmedinfo.com
[Important Note: There is an action item discussed at the end of this article, but to send a message immediately to the US government that you stand against the future widespread use of 2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, a major ingredient in Agent Orange, and the 2,4 D resistant crops […]
Dr. James J. Mahoney talks about the advantage of using coconut oil for healthy skin in the winter.
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by Dr. Mercola
Many still believe that saturated fats like coconut oil are “fattening” and bad for your heart — a pervasive myth that began in 1953 following the publication of a seriously flawed study by Dr. Ancel Keys.
But the truth is, coconut oil is actually one of the healthiest oils you […]
RT.com
The United States has a passion for pills, being the world’s biggest users of psychotropic drugs, consuming 60 per cent of them. And pharmaceutical firms are keen to keep cashing in on the multibillion-dollar market, even if it costs people’s health.
America is regarded as a country with a prodigious appetite for […]
Health Impact News Editor Comment: This short 9 minute video (below) by Dr. Joe Mercola on saturated fats is worth watching. The 50-70% recommendation may or may not be optimal for all people. Just for context, if you are wondering how the U.S. government came to give bad dietary advice on fats for so […]
by Dr. Mercola
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a yearly flu vaccine as “the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses.”
This advice applies to everyone 6 months of age and older, and the CDC stresses that you “should get a flu vaccine as soon as [they] are […]
by Jeanne Lenzer
New America Foundation
Jeanne Lenzer is a former Knight Science Journalism Fellow and a frequent contributor to BMJ, and has published works in The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, Discover, The New Republic, and other outlets.
When doctors recommend tests, drugs or surgeries to prevent bad outcomes (think cholesterol-lowering agents to prevent strokes […]
By DANNY HAKIM
New York Times
Excerpts:
Something was happening to Katie Strignano. After she was moved into a state-run group home, the 26-year-old woman, who is severely mentally retarded, started gaining weight, drooling, breaking out in pimples and pulling out her hair, leaving a bald spot the size of a softball on her head.
Her […]
from Horseforum.com
Has anyone used coconut oil in their horses mane and tail?
from user DejaVu:
I use it and completely recommend it. My geldings tail is soft, shiny, and strong. Because it’s so moisturized, there’s no breakage of the hair, so his tail has gotten longer and thicker, since the hairs are having […]
By Dr. Mercola
CBS News, one of the most-watched news programs in the world, recently ran a report questioning whether animal fat is as bad as ‘conventional wisdom’ would have you believe.
The answer?
It most certainly is not.
The vilification of fats go back to the early 1950’s, when Dr. Ancel Keys published an influential paper comparing […]
By Tom Kisken
standard.net
The woman leaning against a pillar didn’t know more Americans — twice as many — take antidepressants than go to movie theaters weekly. She hadn’t heard that a federal study found the meds are used by 23 percent of middle-aged women — almost one in four.
But she knows […]
By Amy Norton
reuters.com
(Reuters Health) – Neither antidepressants nor “talk therapy” were able to outperform inactive placebo pills in a new clinical trial on depression treatment — though there were hints that the effects varied based on people’s sex and race, researchers report.
The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, add to evidence that […]
By Audrey Sivasothy
Black Girl with Long Hair
Coconut oil has many benefits for black and textured hair types. Over the years, considerable coconut oil research has been conducted to better understand the oil and its benefits in hair care. Recent research points to coconut oil’s benefits as both a sealant and hair […]
by Barbara Loe Fisher
National Vaccine Information Center
During this season of remembrance and thanksgiving, I am grateful for the blessings that I have had in my life, including the hard times, when I learned that faith and hope can overcome fear and doubt. Adversity can make us stronger but it is also […]
by Brian Shilhavy
Health Impact News Editor
Lost in the current debate regarding U.S. foreign policy in this current election cycle, is the question of how our military involvement in the Middle East has affected the local populations, particularly their native agriculture. Unfortunately, this is a story that is largely ignored by the mainstream media.
Iraq
In Iraq, […]
