Midwives Say Birthing Centers Could Cut C-Section Rates and Save Billions

 

by Bonnie Rochman
Time Health & Family

If more pregnant women delivered their babies at midwife-led birth centers, the nation’s C-section rate would go down and cost savings would go up, reversing the current twin trend of rising health care expenditures and numbers of cesarean deliveries.

That’s the conclusion reached in a study conducted by the American Association of […]

EPA Scientists Oppose Water Fluoridation

Fish Skeleton, by Erica Hargreave (Filter applied) 

by Heidi Stevenson
Gaia-Health.com 

“I’ve never seen scientific evidence discounted and refused to be looked at the way they’re doing with fluoride.” We’re facing a bottom-line reality. There can be no question that the US government’s policy is that water will be fluoridated no matter how much harm is done to […]

Organics is About More Than Just Nutrients

Health Impact News Editor Comments: This wonderful graphic provided by the Organic Trade Association shows just what is driving the organic movement in the U.S. – consumer demand! As such, it has a tremendous impact on our economy.

Given the fact that today less than 1% of our population is now producing food for the […]

Why Is Birth Defect-Linked Vitamin A Used In Prenatals?

by Sayer Ji, Founder
GreenMedInfo.com

Unknown to the public at large, many vitamins today are produced through total chemical synthesis – a process whereby a complex organic molecule is synthesized from simpler, petrochemical-derived precursors, usually without the aid of a biological process.

What this means is that many vitamins are essentially being produced from oil. Despite sharing certain chemical […]

Alternatives to Cancer, Inc.

by Alliance for Natural Health

A conference coming up in April reminds us that there is a lot going on in integrative cancer treatments.

Conventional treatments (“cut, burn, and poison,” essentially) work for a few types of cancers, but completely fail for many. Consider these five-year cancer survival rates:

Esophageal: 3% for esophageal cancers that metastasize, which is […]

Blueberries and Strawberries Reduce Heart Attack Risk

 

By Dr. Mercola

When it comes to fruit, berries are among the healthiest variety to choose, as they are densely packed with a variety of potent phytochemicals and fiber while at the same time being relatively low in sugar.

Blueberries and strawberries, in particular, have recently been highlighted by Harvard researchers as ‘superfoods’ for heart health.
Reduce […]

First Genetically Engineered Flu Vaccine Now on the Market

by Dr. Mercola

Despite evidence to the contrary, the conventional view is that getting inoculated is the best way to protect yourself against the flu, and to make more flu vaccines available faster, the FDA recently approved a number of novel flu vaccines.

The first, Flublok, is produced by programming insect cells to produce hemagglutinin, a […]

Tetanus Vaccine Causes a New Disease Known as Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Skull in Pupil, by Doug Wheller, Filter applied.
by Heidi Stevenson
Gaia-Health.com

The vaccine junta is not only unconcerned with vaccine-induced diseases, it’s massively gearing up this vaccine arms race against the human race. It’s known that tetanus vaccine causes a new disease, antiphospholipid syndrome. New adjuvants are composed of phospholipids, a potential disaster.

The tetanus vaccine causes a […]

Flu Shot Not Tested on Pregnant Women – Newborn Babies Monitored for Birth Defects by Drug Company

by Great Mothers (and others) Questioning Vaccines Facebook Page

On January 16, 2012 I learned that GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturer of a
flu vaccine, has a pregnancy registery line. That day I called their
pregnancy registry line to ask some questions. Though my blood was
boiling the longer the conversation went on… though I wanted to
scream, “How can you do this […]

Demand Growing for Non-GMO Corn Seed Among Farmers

 

by The Organic & Non-GMO Report

Excerpts:

Farmers questioning the value of GMO traits in corn.

Interest and demand for non-GMO corn seed among US farmers is growing, according to seed suppliers who say that higher yields and returns, less cost, dissatisfaction with genetically modified traits, and better animal health are driving the demand.

Tim Schneider, a sales representative for Tom […]