A new bill in Congress pushes for more transparency, which is definitely needed. Action Alert! A recently introduced bill, the Menstrual Products Right To Know Act, would require companies to provide a detailed list of everything in menstrual products. Because the FDA classifies tampons, pads, and other feminine care products as medical devices, manufacturers are not […]
Bill Sardi has an excellent piece in lewrockwell.com that needs to be read by every consumer and lawmaker. The article explains how drug inserts deceive and thereby deny every American the right to know the truth about what they are putting in their body. Action Alert! While drug companies are required to warn of certain side […]
Research and clinical evidence confirms that CBD oil relieves pain [1]. This should be good news! 116m Americans suffer chronic pain [2]. Action Alert! Other approved pain relievers may cause internal bleeding, (e.g. aspirin)[3], cause heart disease (e.g. the now banned Vioxx)[4], kill people (fentanyl, up to 100X more potent than morphine)[5], or lead to both […]
The FDA has been distorting law and trampling on our right to access needed medicine. Now, it’s time for us to fight back! Major Action Alert! Congressmen Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Henry Cuellar (R-TX) recently introduced HR 2871, the Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2017. This is an important first step toward […]
Government lies and lack of profit incentive are both leading to lack of treatment. Action Alert! A new report published in Pediatrics estimates that the overall number of children with elevated lead levels in the US for the period 1999 to 2010 was 1.2 million—double what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously reported. Even […]
Another tick borne disease is showing up in increased numbers in certain parts of the US, and people aren’t even being warned. We are seeing a rise in a tick-borne disease called Powassan, POW for short. Half of those who come in to contact with the virus suffer permanent neurological damage; some patients experience no […]
Ballooning medical bureaucracy does both. Since the 1970s, the number of physicians entering the workforce has remained relatively constant. The number of administrators (who are handsomely paid) has risen almost 3,000%. This is not helping patients. Doctors and their private practices are increasingly being eaten up by hospitals. In fact, the number of physicians employed […]
Why we need both Obamacare and a new consumer-led system. The following appeared as an ad in the back page of Roll Call on June 7, 2017. Obamacare has doubled premiums and doubled deductibles while restricting doctor choice. It has failed. Even so, it isn’t necessary to repeal it totally. If Congress would just end the […]
The FDA has been waging an all-out war against natural medicine. In response, we are uniting with allies to articulate the truth. Will the FDA listen to science, or Big Pharma? We’ve been keeping readers up to date on the FDA’s salvo of new regulations and rules for the compounding industry, which makes customized, natural […]