We’ll cover the truth regarding the dangers of prescription medicines and vaccines.

Studies show that the countries with the most vaccines have the worst infant death rate

UK Scraps Pneumonia Vaccines Because They ‘Don’t Work’
by Dr. Mercola

The United States requires infants to receive 26 vaccines (the most in the world) yet more than 6 U.S. infants die per every 1,000 live births. In contrast, Sweden and Japan administer 12 vaccines to infants, the least amount, and report […]

Study of nearly 4 million people shows that statins do NOT prevent heart attacks

HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE

Study title and authors:
No connection between the level of exposition to statins in the population and the incidence/mortality of acute myocardial infarction: An ecological study based on Sweden’s municipalities.
Staffan Nilsson, Sigvard Molstad, Catarina Karlberg, Jan-Erik Karlsson and Lars-Goran Persson

Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medicine […]

Pulitzer Winning Journalists Uncover Shocking Truth of How Drugs are Approved

Pulitzer winning journalists James Steele and Donald Barlett uncover the shocking truth about how clinical trials conducted outside the US in developing countries are used to approve drugs for use in the US. They report that there is often very little oversight by the host country or the FDA, leaving pharmaceutical companies great power […]

The Real Reason the Cancer Industry Never Talks About Prevention

In the video above Robyn O’Brien shares her personal story and how it inspired her to become a Real Food evangelist. Her journey started when one of her children had a dangerous allergic reaction to a “typical” breakfast, and unfolded into discovering one reason why the United States may have the highest cancer rate […]

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 […]