We’ll cover the truth regarding the dangers of prescription medicines and vaccines.
Life expectancy in U.S. trails top nations
Health Impact News Comments: As life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, more media sources are picking up the story. What is sorely lacking in most of these reports, however, is any real dialog as to what is causing the problem. In the video below “obesity” is correctly observed as a correlating trend, […]
Do Antidepressants Make You Sad?
by Casey Schwartz
thedailybeast.com
In the pendulum-swinging debate over the effectiveness of antidepressants, the latest findings by some researchers will not be good news for users and supporters of the ubiquitous meds: Used over the long term, antidepressants may “do more harm than good,” and once discontinued are more likely to cause […]
US docs are overprescribing drugs – 50% of Americans on Prescription Drugs
Health Impact News Editor Comments: While a common theme on this news site, even “mainstream” media can no longer ignore the prescription drug problem in this country any more, although this story did not exactly make headlines.
Reuters
msnbc.com
Excerpts:
U.S. doctors are too quick to reach for their prescription pads, according to a new report urging […]
The Proven Cancer Cure the FDA Has Tried to Suppress
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Feds Want to Put Drug Company Execs Behind Bars for Fraud Instead of Just Fines
Getting personal: Feds pursue top execs in health care fraud cases previously settled for cash
Associated Press
WashingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON — It’s getting personal now. In a shift still evolving, federal enforcers are targeting individual executives in health care fraud cases that used to be aimed at impersonal corporations.
The new tactic is raising the anxiety level […]
Cause for alarm: Antipsychotic drugs for nursing home patients
By Daniel R. Levinson, Special to CNN
Editor’s note: Daniel Levinson is the inspector general for the OIG in the Department of Health and Human Services.
(CNN) — When a loved one moves into a nursing home, the support of family and friends is particularly important. This is especially true when the nursing […]
Antidepressant Drugs have 100 to 525 side effects
By Dr. Mercola
Using a computer program, scientists analyzed 5,600 drug labels and more than 500,000 labeled effects. They found that the average drug comes with a list of 70 potential reactions, according to researchers.
In fact, the more commonly prescribed drugs averaged around 100 side effects each, with some drugs containing as many as 525 […]
At annual convention, psychiatrists collaborate on mental disease mongering to boost profits
by Monica G. Young
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) While sipping drinks from coconut shells, psychiatrists from around the world recently met in Honolulu to discuss more ways to capitalize on human behavior and promote drug dependency. The occasion was the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), held in a Hawaiian convention center lined with mental disorder […]
1000 Drugs in the Pipeline Targeted for Women
by Dr. Mercola
American drug and biotechnology companies are currently in the process of developing 850 new drugs targeted at women. These drugs, which are either in clinical trials or awaiting review by the FDA, include drugs for breast and ovarian cancer, autoimmune diseases, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Among the drugs are […]
New Study: A Positive Association found between Autism and Childhood Vaccination uptake across the U.S. Population
by Gayle DeLong
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
Volume 74, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 903 – 916
Abstract
The reason for the rapid rise of autism in the United States that began in the 1990s is a mystery. Although individuals probably have a genetic predisposition to develop autism, researchers suspect that one or more […]
Klonopin: America’s Most Dangerous Pill?
By Christopher Byron
AlterNet
America’s Most Dangerous Pill?
It’s not Adderall or Oxy. It’s Klonopin. And doctors are doling it out like candy, causing a surge of hellish withdrawals, overdoses and deaths.
You could argue that the deadliest “drug” in the world is the venom from a jellyfish known as the Sea Wasp, whose […]
Historic Lawsuit: FDA Sued over Antibiotics Allowed in Farm Animals
A first-of-its kind antibiotic lawsuit aims to curb unnecessary use of drugs in farming and accuses the FDA of putting lives at risk.
By Leah Zerbe
Rodale
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—A coalition of environmental and public-health organizations filed suit Wednesday against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), claiming the agency’s lax stance […]
In Memoriam: Infant Deaths and Vaccination
by Barbara Loe Fisher
Memorial Day is for remembering those who have fought and died to defend America and preserve our civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech, religious belief and conscience. So every Memorial Day I remember the children who have died after receiving state mandated vaccines, and honor their mothers and fathers, who […]
Psychiatric doctors abusing their patients with Seroquel
By Jim Edwards
Bnet
Excerpts:
The ISMP found that 47 percent of all adverse events linked to Seroquel since 2004 occurred when the drug was being used for unapproved or “off-label” purposes, such as depression.
The report is yet another in a series of publications from a variety of sources that suggest some psychiatric doctors […]
Suicide OK as side effect to stop-smoking drug according to FDA
by JoNel Aleccia
msnbc.com
Excerpts:
Hundreds of reports of suicides, psychotic reactions and other serious problems tied to the popular stop-smoking drug Chantix were left out of a crucial government safety review because Pfizer Inc., the drug’s manufacturer, submitted years of data through “improper channels.” Some 150 suicides — more than doubling those previously […]
Attorney and Parent of Students at Chapel Hill School District Responds to Vaccine Contest
Alan Phillips, J.D.
Attorney and parent Alan Phillips responded to the North Carolina Chapel Hills school district that sponsored a contest to give away a laptop and Ipod to students who agreed to be vaccinated. Attorney Phillips has his own children in the school district. He sent a letter to the superintendent of the schools:
Dear […]
Drugging juveniles: Doctors hired to evaluate kids in state custody have taken huge payments from drug companies
by Michael LaForgia
Palm Beach Post News
In Florida’s juvenile jails, psychiatrists entrusted with diagnosing and prescribing drugs for wayward children have taken huge speaker fees from drug makers – companies that profit handsomely when doctors put kids on antipsychotic pills. The psychiatrists were hired by a state juvenile justice system that has […]
Why is the CDC Ignoring Life-and-Death Studies on Vaccine Safety?
by Dr. Mercola
The Centers for Disease Control and scientists connected with the World Health Organization have announced that they’re beginning several studies on the safety of new and existing vaccines.
The CDC’s study will look at the entire vaccine safety program in the U.S. The other study, which 36 scientists around […]
The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
The Emperor’s New Drugs
Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
by Irving Kirsch Ph.D.
Like most people, I used to think that antidepressants worked. As a clinical psychologist, I referred depressed psychotherapy clients to psychiatric colleagues for the prescription of medication, believing that it might help. Sometimes the antidepressant seemed to work; […]
Ending a Midlife Affair with Antidepressant Meds
by Supermodel Paulina Porizkova
Huffington Post
I felt guilty. I felt unnatural. I felt ashamed. Finally, I broke down and confessed my dirty little secret to a girlfriend and found that she not only knew what I was talking about, but she was doing it, too. And the more I opened up about it, […]