By Daniel R. Levinson, Special to CNN
Editor’s note: Daniel Levinson is the inspector general for the OIG in the Department of Health and Human Services.
(CNN) — When a loved one moves into a nursing home, the support of family and friends is particularly important. This is especially true when the nursing […]
By Dr. Mercola
Using a computer program, scientists analyzed 5,600 drug labels and more than 500,000 labeled effects. They found that the average drug comes with a list of 70 potential reactions, according to researchers.
In fact, the more commonly prescribed drugs averaged around 100 side effects each, with some drugs containing as many as 525 […]
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by Will Allen
GrowingPower.org
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Dear Friends,
Growing Power is undertaking the most ambitious challenge in its 18-year history. In a partnership with the City of Milwaukee, we have been tasked to create up to 150 full-time jobs for low-income city residents. The plan is both a […]
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
When an inspector from the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness slapped a quarantine on 76 half gallons of raw milk about to be picked up by members of a local buying club ten days ago, the action seemed to come out of the blue.
But John […]
by Dr. Mercola
Tom Philpott got much more of a reaction to his February 10, 2011, aspartame article than he expected. He reports, “I guess in the back of my mind, I was thinking, people still drink that stuff?”
Well, they do—by the bucketful. Overall, U.S. soda consumption is declining slowly, but Americans still drink more soda […]
by Monica G. Young
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) While sipping drinks from coconut shells, psychiatrists from around the world recently met in Honolulu to discuss more ways to capitalize on human behavior and promote drug dependency. The occasion was the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), held in a Hawaiian convention center lined with mental disorder […]
by Lucia Graves
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — Industry regulators have known for years that Roundup, the world’s best-selling herbicide produced by U.S. company Monsanto, causes birth defects, according to a new report released Tuesday. The report, “Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark?” found regulators knew as long ago as […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
The CDC says 1 in 3 US adults will be diabetic by 2050. But the ADA—the supposed authority on diabetes—is providing seriously misguided information on how to manage and reverse the disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there will be nearly 140 million diabetics […]
by Dr. Mercola
American drug and biotechnology companies are currently in the process of developing 850 new drugs targeted at women. These drugs, which are either in clinical trials or awaiting review by the FDA, include drugs for breast and ovarian cancer, autoimmune diseases, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Among the drugs are […]
Food safety chief defends raw milk raids
by Carolyn Lochhead
San Francisco Chronical
Excerpts:
Obama food safety chief and former Monsanto lawyer Michael R. Taylor today defended the FDA’s sting operations and armed raids against raw milk producers, including Pennsylvania Amish farmer Dan Allgyer, who is facing an injunction for selling milk across state lines. None of […]
