By Katie Moisse | ABC News Blogs
As bacteria evolve to evade antibiotics, common infections could become deadly, according to Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization.
Speaking at a conference in Copenhagen, Chan said antibiotic resistance could bring about “the end of modern medicine as we know it.”
“We are losing our first-line […]
by Dr. Mercola
The Nordic Cochrane Center has put out a leaflet that every woman should read, explaining the potential benefits and potential harms of mammographyi. They point out that recent studies suggest mammography screening is not effective in reducing your risk of dying from breast cancer. And in fact, screening creates breast cancer patients out of […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
And some states want to take away your right to decide about vaccinations for your kids. Urgent Action Alerts!
The American Lung Association is partnering with Sanofi Pasteur, the largest company in the world devoted entirely to vaccines, in an educational campaign endorsing the annual flu vaccine. The two have launched the […]
Catherine: “Coconut Oil has become my best friend” – Photo provided by her family
OUR FAMILY’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE FOG
by Raul Lora-Zamorano
[Health Impact News] Catherine and I were married on May 1st, 1988. Prior to our marriage, Catherine was a senior manager in the administrative area of a major retail chain with some 800 stores. I had […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
Tragically, the drug they endorsed is killing the women who take it. Why is FDA doing this?
The birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin, which were endorsed by an FDA advisory committee last December, contain a drug called drospirenone. Women who take it are nearly seven times more likely to develop […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: I spoke with Joseph Jauregui about the joy he and his brothers and sisters have after seeing their father change when he started to use coconut oil in his diet. Joe reported to me that while his father still has a ways to go to be like his former […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
But now we know that “low serotonin”—which is what SSRI’s “fix”—doesn’t even cause depression! Action Alert!
A study conducted jointly in the Netherlands and the US has found that babies born to mothers who took antidepressants while they were pregnant had slightly slower head growth and were more likely to be […]
by Dr. Mercola
A U.S. telephone survey found that 79 percent of Americans trust their doctor.iOnly 8 percent said they do not … But can your doctor really be trusted?
Doctors are human, after all, and though most would certainly expect that their doctor is being upfront when it comes to health advice and diagnoses, it’s […]
by PreventDisease.com
Perhaps one of the biggest health myths propagated in western culture and certainly in the United States, is the correlation between elevated cholesterol and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Unfortunately, despite dozens of studies, cholesterol has not been shown to actually cause CVD. To the contrary, cholesterol is vital to our survival, and trying to […]
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Dr. Oz assembled a panel of experts, both pro and con, to discuss the issue of genetically modified food. While banned in many countries around the world, over 80% of the U.S. supply of corn, soy, and canola is genetically modified, with little or no safety tests required. Monsanto, the world’s main producer of […]
By Christina Adams
Autism File
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Nomads in Algeria have long said, “Water is the soul, milk is the life.” They may be proved right by emerging reports that camel milk, the drink of nomadic peoples from Mongolia to India, may have a healing effect on various diseases.
Now parents from around the world, as I did in 2007, are also reporting reduced […]
by Tim McCoy
NaturalSociety
Since 2006, 41 states have introduced legislation to support the HPV vaccine industry, despite the danger of death and injury. Shockingly, Dr. Diane Harper, a lead developer of Merck’s Gardasil HPV vaccine, warns against Gardasil vaccine deaths and she advocates complete disclosure about the risk of death and adverse reactions (including Guillian-Barre syndrome) […]
The Intelligencer Journal
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When it comes to cooking Dr. Ann Lee of Health for Life Clinic Inc. in Lancaster might turn to coconut oil for its healthy properties.
But the naturopathic doctor and licensed acupuncturist says coconut oil can be used for so many other things outside the kitchen.
“People might think of coconut oil as being […]
We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact. I trained for many years with other prominent physicians labelled “opinion makers.” Bombarded with scientific literature, continually attending education seminars, we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple fact of elevated blood cholesterol. The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and a diet that severely restricted fat intake. The latter of course we insisted would lower cholesterol and heart disease. Deviations from these recommendations were considered heresy and could quite possibly result in malpractice. These recommendations are no longer scientifically or morally defensible. The long-established dietary recommendations have created epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the consequences of which dwarf any historical plague in terms of mortality, human suffering and dire economic consequences. Despite the fact that 25% of the population takes expensive statin medications and despite the fact we have reduced the fat content of our diets, more Americans will die this year of heart disease than ever before.
by Brian Shilhavy
Coconut oil has been around for thousands of years in the tropics where coconut palm trees grow. Recently, coconut oil has seen a resurgence in popularity in the U.S. and consumers are beginning to look at buying coconut oil again. So what kind of coconut oil offers the most benefits?
Coconut oils can […]
"Give us today our daily bread." (Mat 6:11) These famous words are recorded in what is known as “The Lord’s Prayer” and are part of a “model prayer” that Jesus gave to his disciples instructing them how to pray. “Bread” in the Bible and in the Middle East represented life itself, as grains used to make bread were the staple food. Therefore the meaning of “bread” in this verse represents all food needed daily to sustain us. When we pray this prayer, we are acknowledging that all sustenance comes from God, and that we are dependent upon him to give it to us every day.
By Jeremy Pelofsky
Reuters
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration chemist was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to insider trading by using confidential information about drug approvals.
Cheng Yi Liang, 58, admitted buying and selling stock in more than two dozen companies with confidential FDA information to rack up just over $3.77 […]
by Dr. Mercola
Most people do not realize that genetically engineered foods were only approved in the U.S. because the FDA hid 40,000 documents indicating their extreme toxicity.
Countries around the globe are making it increasingly clear that they’re not going to continue to let Monsanto abuse the health of their people […]
Coconut palm sugar is the latest coconut product to gain popularity, and its place in the market is expanding rapidly. As retailers in the U.S. and elsewhere also cash in on this new demand, sadly, the other side of the story is not being told. What no one is warning consumers about is that coconut palm trees cannot produce both coconuts and coconut palm sugar! When the sap used to make coconut palm sugar is collected from the coconut palm tree, from the flower bud that will eventually form a coconut, that tree can no longer produce coconuts! Think about that for a minute. No coconuts = no coconut oil, no dried coconut, no coconut flour. Is coconut sugar worth giving up these other valued products that come from the coconut?? Coconut palm sugar is NOT a traditional product. The traditional product that has been produced from coconut sap, usually from trees that no longer effectively produce good coconuts, has been “lambanog” – a hard liquor similar to vodka. Since coconut palm sugar is a new product in the market, the health claims that are made are unsupported by any neutral third-party sources. If you search in PubMed, for example, you will not find any research articles on this product. It's short history in the market has a lot of similarities to agave, the sap from the cactus plant that traditionally was used to make Tequila, and not syrup, and is not a natural or traditional product all, but a highly processed one.
by Dr. Mercola
Probiotics, or “friendly bacteria,” are essential in establishing a healthy gut flora, and this may be a crucial factor both in helping to prevent celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that affects at least 3 million Americans,i as well as in reducing adverse (though seldom diagnosed) symptoms associated with […]
