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16 Jun 2009

Alternative Medicine Find Wider Acceptance by Doctors, Insurers, and Hospitals, Yet They “Lack Value”

Health Freedom, Natural Health Practitioners, Natural Medicine, Pulse of Natural Health

“Alternative medicine has become mainstream,” according to Associated Press medical writer Marilynn Marchione. “Consumer spending on it in some cases rivals that of traditional healthcare.” But after stating that major hospitals and clinics increasingly offer complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, that medical schools now teach CAM, and some health insurers promote deals for policyholders […]

09 Jun 2009

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Congressional Panel Wants New Review of BPA Safety

BPA, Congress, Pulse of Natural Health

As we have reported earlier in Pulse of Health Freedom, chemicals in the packaging, surfaces or contents of many products may cause long-term health effects, including cancers of the breast, brain and testicles; lowered sperm counts, early puberty and other reproductive system defects; diabetes; attention deficit disorder, asthma and autism. A decade ago, the government […]

02 Jun 2009

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Creating a Generation of Drugged Children

Dangerous Drug Effects, Natural Health Tips, Pulse of Natural Health

Last November, the journal Pediatrics published research that found medication use among children across the United States is dramatically increasing as more kids are being treated for diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Using a database of prescription claims from children with private health insurance, they were able to find prescriptions for […]

19 May 2009

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Why Is FDA Protecting the BPA Lobby?

BPA, Crony Capitalism, Pulse of Natural Health

As we have reported in previous issues of Pulse of Health Freedom, bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical in the packaging or contents of many products, may cause long-term health effects, including cancers of the breast, brain and testicles; lowered sperm counts, early puberty and other reproductive system defects; diabetes; attention deficit disorder, asthma, and autism. […]

19 May 2009

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Minnesota Court Orders Chemotherapy for 13-Year-Old

Health Freedom, Natural Medicine, Pulse of Natural Health

We have an update to an article we published in last week’s issue of Pulse of Heath Freedom. A judge has now ruled that Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy from Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, must receive conventional medical treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma—over his parents’ objections.

12 May 2009

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American’s Constitutional Freedom under Attack

Health Freedom, Natural Medicine, Pulse of Natural Health

In New Ulm, Minnesota, the parents of a thirteen-year-old cancer patient are undergoing child protection assessment hearings because they chose doctor-prescribed dietary therapy instead of chemotherapy.

12 May 2009

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Swine Flu: Separating Fact from Hype

Big Pharma, Dangerous Drug Effects, Pulse of Natural Health, Vaccines

Our British colleagues at the Alliance for Natural Health offer the following savvy analysis of the swine flu pandemic.

21 Apr 2009

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Newborns Have Eleven Times More BPA in Their Systems than Adults

BPA, Pulse of Natural Health

A recent meeting in Germany gathered international scientists from industry, academia, and government to assess the concerns about bisphenol A, or BPA. Previous issues of Pulse of Health Freedom have followed the FDA’s conflicting actions on the chemical, which is linked to reproductive ills as well as neurobehavioral concerns. The group found agreement on several […]

07 Apr 2009

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Media Distortion Damages Both Science and Journalism

Big Pharma, Health Freedom, Pulse of Natural Health

Simon Baron-Cohen, PhD, director of the Autism Research Centre at University of Cambridge, recently published a study that showed a positive correlation between levels of fetal testosterone (measured by amniocentesis) and the number of autistic traits a child shows post-natally. None of the children in the study, however, had actually developed autism. What was being […]

17 Mar 2009

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Congress Moves to Ban BPA from Food and Beverage Containers

BPA, Congress, Pulse of Natural Health

As we have noted in previous issues of Pulse of Health Freedom, national attention is heating up over the issue of the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA), a common ingredient in some plastics. Studies have linked BPA to breast and prostate cancer, diabetes, heart disease, reproductive damage, and hyperactivity. And a study released last fall […]