Pharma Pirates Creating CBD Monopoly (With FDA Assistance)
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13 Feb
2018
07 Feb
2018
Conventional Medicine Claims Another Casualty
An 8-year-old boy died from complications arising from a scrape on his thigh. From Fox News: When the second-grader took a tumble off his bike on the driveway of his family’s farm in Pilot Rock, Ore., and suffered a large gash on his thigh he didn’t panic. His mom, Sara Hebard, rushed him to the […]
06 Feb
2018
Senator McCain’s Cancer Treatment Reveals the Problem
Why cheaper and safer medicine is always ignored. From The Daily Caller: Republican Sen. John McCain left Washington, D.C., Sunday to be with his family in Arizona, and will miss the vote on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expected this week, CBS News reports. McCain, 81, spent most of the week at Walter Reed National […]
05 Feb
2018
Turning Vitamins Into Gold
How Pharma is stealing nature and charging you for it. From Gizmodo: If you would like to take niacin, a B vitamin that is believed to lower cholesterol and the chance of having a heart attack, you could buy a month’s supply online for about $5. Or you could get a prescription for a bottle […]
01 Feb
2018
Terminal Patients Find Hope in State of Union
President touts ‘Right to Try’ legislation we have been supporting. Action Alert! In his address, President Trump said: We also believe that patients with terminal conditions should have access to experimental treatments that could potentially save their lives. People who are terminally ill should not have to go from country to country to seek a cure—I […]
31 Jan
2018
18 Jan
2018
This Will Kill 100 People Today— But FDA Continues to Eliminate the Alternatives
FDA opens a new front in the war against natural medicine. Action Alert! In the midst of an opioid epidemic that is killing nearly 100 people every day, the FDA has taken action against a natural medical food that offers patients an alternative to opioids. Last November, the FDA posted a warning on its website concerning […]
18 Jan
2018
Finally! Some Relief From Health Insurance Straight Jacket
Help us support the first meaningful step in healthcare reform. Action Alert! The Labor Department recently released its proposed regulations to implement President Trump’s executive order by expanding association health plans. You’ll recall from our previous coverage that the executive order expands association health plans, also known as small group health plans. The idea is […]
18 Jan
2018
2 Minute Warning- January 18, 2018
This week’s featured stories: Salmon threatened by three dangerous pesticides the EPA won’t ban EPA says it’s OK to expose teen workers to dangerous toxins Our story on medical foods and osteoarthritis. Take Action! Oxford scientist inject 1400 South African babies with vaccine that killed five monkeys US ranks last in childhood mortality among wealthy nations
11 Jan
2018
FDA: All Homeopathic Drugs Illegal
But not all will be pulled from the market, yet. The policy comes in the form of a guidance document, which lays out the FDA’s current position on the regulation of homeopathic drugs. In the guidance, the FDA says: Any homeopathic drug that has not been considered “generally recognized as safe and effective” (GRAS/E) is […]