Largest Health Insurance Company in the US Warns about GMO Dangers

By: Salem Weekly Editors
willamettelive.com

It has come to our attention that Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed healthcare organization in the United States, has advised its members against GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in food.

In its Northwest Fall 2012 newsletter, Kaiser suggested membership limit exposure to genetically modified organisms.

“GMOs have been added to our food supply since […]

Empirical Data Link Autism Symptoms to Aluminum and Acetaminophen Exposure in Vaccines

Empirical Data Confirm Autism Symptoms Related to Aluminum and Acetaminophen Exposure
Entropy 2012, 14, 2227-2253; doi:10.3390/e14112227

Stephanie Seneff 1, *, Robert M. Davidson 2 and Jingjing Liu

1 Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; E-Mail: jingl@csail.mit.edu (J.L.)

2 Internal Medicine Group Practice, PhyNet, Inc., Longview, TX 75604, USA;
E-Mail: patrons99@yahoo.com (R.M.D.)

* Author to whom correspondence should […]

Prescription Drug Addiction Among People in their 50s More than Doubled from 2002 to 2010

By Dr. Mercola

The picture of a drug addict in your head is probably not one of a grey-haired grandmother or grandfather, a middle-aged professional or a soon-to-be retiree.

But the face of drug addiction in the United States is changing, and a significant number of older adults, particularly those in the baby boomer generation, are […]

Chicago Psychiatrist Faces Federal Fraud Suit for too many Prescriptions to the Elderly

by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber
ProPublica

Excerpts:

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois filed a federal fraud lawsuit [1] today against a Chicago psychiatrist profiled by ProPublica [2] and the Chicago Tribune in 2009 for his voluminous prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to nursing home patients.

In a news release [3], the government says that […]

Cholesterol Lowering Statins Found To Damage Peripheral Nerves

by Sayer Ji
GreenMedInfo.com

Have the nerve-damaging properties of statin drugs now been confirmed? There are over 300 adverse health effects associated with the use of this chemical class of cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins, with myotoxicity (muscle-damaging) and neurotoxicity (nerve-damaging) top on the list. When will the FDA step in and warn the public, as proof […]

Black and White Toasted Coconut Fudge Recipe With Coconut Oil

by Sarah Shilhavy
Free Coconut Recipes 
You need to make this.
For one thing, it’s pretty. And tasty. They’re delightfully creamy little squares of black and white chocolaty candy topped with toasty golden coconut. It’s all about contrast. Black and white, dark and light, vanilla and chocolate, chewy and crunchy. How can you resist that?
And while you’re at it, […]

UBC Researchers Advocate HPV Vaccine Scrutiny

By Dr. Mercola

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) provides evidence that Gardasil, a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, may cause a type of inflammation in the brain involving brain vessels (cerebral vasculitis) that can lead to death.

As of mid-2012, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has received 119 […]

Does AARP really speak for the elderly or the AMA for doctors?

by Alliance for Natural Health

Does AARP really speak for the elderly? Or the AMA for doctors?

In Washington, AARP (the American Association of Retired Persons) is said to represent the interests of retirees in arguments about medicine. Their endorsement of President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was mentioned reverently during the October 3rd […]

First Autism Congressional Hearing in 10 Years Scheduled

AUTISM  HEARING  IN  CONGRESS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29th AT 2:00 PM
RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING – RM 2154
PARENTS AND ADVOCATES: 

PLEASE ATTEND, GET YOUR CONGRESSMAN TO ATTEND AND SPREAD THE WORD.  COME TO WASHINGTON.  BRING YOUR CHILDREN.

On Thursday, November 29th at 2:00 pm, The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing regarding the federal […]

Vaccinated Population Contracting and Spreading Disease They were Vaccinated For

By Dr. Mercola

Recently published research in the New England Journal of Medicine1 investigated the reasons behind, and potential solutions, for mumps outbreaks reported to the CDC during the past several years. According to the authors, widespread use of the MMR vaccine had reduced the annual incidence of mumps in the US by more than 99 percent […]