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 […]

Kitty Cats on Coconut Oil -The Experiment Begins

by Bonnie

I love my pets, I want the best health possible for them. I consume and swish coconut oil daily, the kitty cats began a tiny amount once a day and I will be documenting their results, especially with Dante who has tartar build up on his teeth.

# Coconut oil is a safe, natural […]

Prescription Drug Use Increases Among Military with Deadly Results

Health Impact News Editor Comments:

It is good to see a major media source, the New York Times, write such a comprehensive report on the problem of prescription drug use among our troops. This story was a collaboration of three writers, and it is an excellent piece of investigative reporting that has been sorely missed […]

Fewer Doctors Love Their Work

by Dr. Mercola
A recent poll showed that over a third of doctors are unhappy about some aspect of their profession.  They often expressed serious concerns that the current state of health care is impeding their ability to provide quality care.

Even physicians who said they were happy agreed that there were […]

WA State Vaccine Law Threatens Religious & Medical Exemptions & Violates Privacy

by Barbara Loe Fisher

If you are a resident of Washington state, you should know that there is a bill quietly sailing through your state legislature that violates your privacy and threatens your right to make informed, voluntary decisions about vaccination. House Bill 1015 1 and Senate Bill 5005 also discriminates against […]

Many Get Antidepressants for No Psychiatric Reason

by Dr. Mercola

More than a quarter of Americans taking antidepressants have not been diagnosed with a single one of the conditions the drugs are typically used to treat. This means millions could be exposed to the drugs’ side effects without any demonstrated benefit.

Researchers looked at a nationally representative sample of more than 20,000 U.S. […]

More reasons to eat chocolate!

by Johnny Bowden

A new study from Harvard examined the chocolate-eating habits of over 31,000 Swedish women and concluded that women who consumed an average of one to two servings of high-quality chocolate per week were at 32% lower risk of developing heart failure. Those who ate one to three servings […]

Oregon Department of Agriculture demands eradication of escaped GMO bentgrass

By MITCH LIES
Capital Press
SALEM — Oregon Department of Agriculture Director Katy Coba has asked The Scotts Co. and USDA to reveal their plans for eradicating genetically modified bentgrass that escaped several years ago from Idaho trials sites into Eastern Oregon.
Read the Full Article Here: http://www.capitalpress.com/oregon/ml-coba-letter-021111

Coconut Oil Benefits: When Fat Is Good For You

by Dr. Mercola
The Huffington Post
You’ve no doubt noticed that for about the last 60 years, the majority of health care officials and the media have been telling you saturated fats are bad for your health and lead to a host of negative consequences, including high cholesterol, obesity, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
Meanwhile during […]

Valentine’s Day message – Love: The Power to Heal

by Brian Shilhavy
Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:8)
Sin is the number one cause of all sickness and disease in the world today. When God first created the world, it was a perfect world with no faults: no sickness or disease, and […]

Homeopathy for children’s emotional health

by Dr. Carolyn Dean
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Most parents would never think of giving a child Valium or Prozac. We know their physical bodies are too delicate, but their emotional life is also very delicate. Yet they are subject to much of the same stresses as adults and need safe remedies to help support their nervous […]