BMJ & Lancet Wedded to Merck CME Partnership Conflict of interest on Vaccine research?

by Alliance for Human Research Protection

Why did the BMJ fail to disclose its partnership agreement with Merck, major vaccine manufacturer–13 vaccines, including the controversial MMR vaccine ?

Is it just conceivably possible, that the BMJ’s decision to commission and publish Brian Deer’s series of articles attacking Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s personal and scientific integrity–and lend its […]

Which Plastics to Never Use with Food

Image credit Care2
by Melissa Breyer
Care2
Although the apron-wearing, martini-bearing, housewife-in-heels with her rainbow of Tupperware may be a thing of the past, the quest for a well-organized kitchen persists. To see tidy stacks of food-filled plastic containers in the fridge and freezer is comforting in a primal kind of way. But then comes the procession […]

Got the blues? Feeling S.A.D.? Here are some tips

by Dr. Frank Lipman
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) It has been a brutal winter here in the Northeast, and I seem to have seen more patients this year suffering with a touch of the winter blues, also known as SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). Symptoms may include a tendency to oversleep, difficulty waking up in the morning, carbohydrate […]

ONE MORE GIRL – Documentary on Gardasil vaccine deaths

Project by ThinkExist Productions
One More Girl is a documentary filled with stories of anguish and travesty, futures destroyed, and families reduced to financial ruin by medical costs brought on by a supposedly safe vaccine, Gardasil. The vaccine is designed to prevent Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
Pre-production is in process right now and we are raising funds so […]

Take vitamin D during pregnancy for your baby

by Dr. Randall Neustaedter
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) A new study reveals an association between low vitamin D levels and respiratory problems in infants.
A groundbreaking study has now revealed how important vitamin D is for the immune system of the fetus and newborn. In a study published in the January 2011 issue of Pediatrics, the umbilical cord-blood […]

Homeopathy and Pain Management

Health Impact News editor comment:
This article by Ronald D. Whitmont gives a great overview of how homeopathy works, and then talks about its use in pain management.
Read the Full Article Here:  http://homeopathicmd.com/articles_9.html

Why Aren’t G.M.O. Foods Labeled?

Health Impact News Comment:

Mark Bittman of the New York Times has written a good commentary on the labeling of GMO foods. While pointing out that foods in Europe containing more than 0.9 percent G.M.O.’s must be labeled, he concludes:

“A majority of our food (here in the US) already contains G.M.O.’s, and there’s little reason […]

Pain-for-profit industry booming

by Dr. Carolyn Dean
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA) released their comprehensive global report on Pain Management markets in January 2011. The Pain-for-Profit Industry is so darn lucrative that you have to pay $4500 just to read the report but I’ll give you the highlights for free.
The Pain-for-Profit Industry will earn US$60 billion […]

Milkweed sap cures common skin cancers

by S. L. Baker
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) If you talk about herbs, plants and other totally natural substances having the potential to actuallycure cancer, odds are you’ll be greeted with eye-rolling and disbelief — especially from the mainstream medical establishment. But research just published in the Journal of British Dermatology provides compelling evidence that the sap from […]

Many High-Tech Health Interventions Unnecessary and Wasted

by Dr. Mercola
In recent years, over 20 percent of patients who received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD, a device that regulates heartbeats) were not actually goodcandidates for the device.
Researchers looked at more than 111,000 patients who received ICD implants. More than 25,000 did not meet evidence-based criteria for receiving the device — and the risk […]