By Dr. Mercola
It’s been called the “largest wave of recorded suicides in human historyi.”
Indian farmers have been robbed of their livelihoods, causing them to take their own lives in despair.
Over the past 16 years, it is estimated that more than a quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide.
Who is responsible for this […]
Watch video of World Autism Day Press Conference
Speakers include:
Mary Holland, EBCALA Managing Director
Mark Blaxill, SafeMinds Board Member
Katie Wright, National Autism Association Board Member
Barry Segal, Focus Autism Founder
Louise Habakus, Center for Personal Rights Founder
Rebecca Estepp, EBCALA Communications Director
Khalid Rehman, M.D.
Statements were followed by answers to questions posed by reporters.
Video streaming by […]
by Brian Shilhavy
Many Americans suffer from symptoms such as cold hands and feet, low body temperature, sensitivity to cold, a feeling of always being chilled, headaches, insomnia, dry skin, puffy eyes, hair loss, brittle nails, joint aches, constipation, mental dullness, fatigue, frequent infections, hoarse voice, ringing in the ears, dizziness, loss of libido, and […]
by Vera Sharav
Alliance for Human Research Protection
A committee of the National Academy of Sciences heard testimony about the tenfold increase during the last decade, in the number of scientific journal articles that had to be retracted.
But that number may obscure the far greater number of unsupportable published reports in so-called peer reviewed academic journals that […]
by Dr. Mercola
Dr. Andrew Saul has over 35 years of experience in natural health education, and holds a number of certificates for teaching clinical nutrition.
He’s a recipient of the Citizens for Health Outstanding Health Freedom Activist Award, and was named as one of the seven natural health pioneers by Psychology Today.
Dr. Saul is […]
Health Impact News Comments: While the FDA recently issued a warning about mercury being an ingredient in certain cosmetics, it continues to approve mercury in the form of thimersosal as a preservative in vaccines. The Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs had filed a petition to the FDA asking for mercury to be banned in 2007, and when […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Becky Estepp, the parent of a child with autism and the communications director for Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law & Advocacy, was on Fox News talking about the new CDC numbers on Autism released last week. Generally when the mainstream media covers this story, they edit out anything that has […]
by Brian Shilhavy
Digestive Health and Weight Gain
When we are eating healthy whole foods with the absence of highly refined carbohydrates, weight gain should not be a problem. However, many people who have switched over to healthy diets, and have even limited their carbohydrate intake, still have problems losing weight. One reason is because many […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: The FDA was required to respond to the “Just Label It” petition within 180 days. The petition garnered a record 1 million signatures during the 180 days, the most ever for any petition presented to the FDA. So how did they respond? They basically ignored it, and said that […]
By Dr. Mercola
Emerging markets — primarily in developing countries in Southeast and Central Asia, and Africa — have been on vaccine makers’ radar for quite some time.One reason that vaccine makers are interested in exploring markets in these parts of the world is that that’s where most of the world’s deaths from major infectious […]
By: Linda So
ABC2News.com
If you like to eat sugary foods, it could be more than a sweet tooth. Those cravings could be a sugar addiction.
Jason Bosley-Smith, a nutrition coordinator for the Maryland Athletic Club says, “If someone’s craving sugar frequently and if they tend to binge on sugary foods, that could really be a […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: This is a shocking story of how the medical community claims to have more authority over parents’ children than the parents do. Michael Farris is an attorney and long-time champion of homeschool parents’ rights. I am very happy to see him start a new foundation to support legal cases […]
by Dr. Mercola
For many decades now, U.S. policy makers have been attempting to get Americans to eat less salt. But the drive to do this has little basis in science. In fact, a recent meta-analysis by the Cochrane Review involving a total of 6,250 subjects found no strong evidence that cutting salt intake reduces […]
Rally in Baraboo Wisconsin for Raw Milk Farmer Vernon Hershberger
Photo by David Gumpert
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Back in 2010 a bill supporting the sale of raw milk in the state of Wisconsin enjoyed bi-partisan support, passing both the State House and State Senate. Jim Doyle, the governor at the time, vetoed it, in what […]
NEW YORK – March 28, 2012 – Today, in Federal District Court in Manhattan, family farmers filed their Notice of Appeal to Judge Naomi Buchwald’s February 24th ruling dismissing Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear the farmers’ appeal, […]
Dr John Briffa
The Cholesterol Truth
Excerpts:
Someone sent me an interesting link this week. It was to a letter which had been published in the Daily Mail newspaper on 13th March. Entitled ‘Medical statistics which just don’t add up…’ it was written by Dr G Edlin, a doctor based in north-west London in the UK. In the […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
Can’t get what you want by legitimate means? Just try an end-run around the system!
The FDA has submitted its budget funding request for FY 2013. That request includes $220 million in food facility registration fees. FDA would use the money to “increase its capacity to establish an integrated national food […]
Free range Mangalitsa Hogs from the Baker Family Farm
4/17/2012 READ OUR UPDATE TO THIS STORY HERE: -Michigan DNR Raids Family Hog Farms
Health Impact News Editor Comments: In this shocking story, family farmer and United States Air Force veteran Mark Baker talks about how the Michigan DNR wants to destroy his family’s herd of free-range pigs due to […]
by Justlabelit.org
We know we’ve struck a chord with the Just Label It campaign, as Americans are responding in record-breaking numbers. As of today, more than 900,000 people have submitted comments to the FDA in favor of labeling genetically engineered (GE) foods. But this campaign has always been about more than just the numbers. It’s […]
Food Democracy Now!
Last year a Canadian study discovered that insecticide toxins from genetically engineered (GMO) crops were found in the blood of 93% of blood samples taken from pregnant women and 80% umbilical cords tested. Monsanto has maintained that these toxins in their crops would never affect the food supply or affect humans, but […]
