War Vets Turn to Organic Farming for Mental Health Instead of Drugs

by Health Impact News
On May 10, 2011 a federal judge ruled that the Veterans Administration’s mental health care system was “incompetent” and ordered a complete overhaul. It was revealed that 18 veterans a day were committing suicide. The number of soldiers and veterans committing suicide now far exceeds the number of deaths due to […]

Psychiatric doctors abusing their patients with Seroquel

By Jim Edwards
Bnet

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The ISMP found that 47 percent of all adverse events linked to Seroquel since 2004 occurred when the drug was being used for unapproved or “off-label” purposes, such as depression.

The report is yet another in a series of publications from a variety of sources that suggest some psychiatric doctors […]

The Source of True Healing

A story from the acts of the first disciples of Jesus in the first century clearly illustrates where true healing comes from, and how persecution from the "health authorities" invariably arises whenever people are healed outside of the prescribed medical paradigm of the day. Throughout history men have sought to control healing, and keep the healing arts out of the hands of the masses. The authority to heal in Jesus' name has always been a threat to profit-based healthcare, because it delegates healing to the common masses instead of profit-driven licensed medical authorities.

How They Do It: Amazing Organisms

Creation Evolution Headlines

The plants and animals around us seem so ordinary, but they all are so extraordinary, the extraordinary becomes ordinary simply because of their numbers.  But if you expanded the sample space to include the entire solar system, what we have in earth’s biosphere should astonish everyone.  Here are some notable fellow creatures.

Monarch […]

A Nation Planted By Founding Fathers’ Green Thumbs

Health Impact News Editor Comment: As we celebrate the beginning of summer and the Memorial Day weekend, it is good to reflect back on how important gardening and small-scale family farming was to our founding fathers. When Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States, almost 90% of the population was involved in agriculture. […]

Change in season: Why salt doesn’t deserve its bad rap

by Kristin Wartman
Grist

For something that’s so often mixed with anti-caking agents, salt takes a lot of lumps in the American imagination. Like fat, people tend to think of it as an unnecessary additive — something to be avoided by seeking out processed foods that are “free” of it. But also like fat, salt […]

Suicide OK as side effect to stop-smoking drug according to FDA

by JoNel Aleccia
msnbc.com
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Hundreds of reports of suicides, psychotic reactions and other serious problems tied to the popular stop-smoking drug Chantix were left out of a crucial government safety review because Pfizer Inc., the drug’s manufacturer, submitted years of data through “improper channels.” Some 150 suicides — more than doubling those previously […]

Epilepsy cured when parents stop all meds and use high fat diet only

Health Impact News Editor Comments:
Watch this video to find out how one family found a cure for the epilepsy that plagued their child by stopping medications and following the high-fat ketogenic diet. The diet together with the medications did not work – it only worked when they stopped the medications. Their original doctor had […]

Attorney and Parent of Students at Chapel Hill School District Responds to Vaccine Contest

Alan Phillips, J.D.
Attorney and parent Alan Phillips responded to the North Carolina Chapel Hills school district that sponsored a contest to give away a laptop and Ipod to students who agreed to be vaccinated. Attorney Phillips has his own children in the school district. He sent a letter to the superintendent of the schools:
Dear […]

Drugging juveniles: Doctors hired to evaluate kids in state custody have taken huge payments from drug companies

by Michael LaForgia
Palm Beach Post News
In Florida’s juvenile jails, psychiatrists entrusted with diagnosing and prescribing drugs for wayward children have taken huge speaker fees from drug makers – companies that profit handsomely when doctors put kids on antipsychotic pills. The psychiatrists were hired by a state juvenile justice system that has […]