Who’s Minding the War on Bugs?
As China exports a wave of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the disjointed effort by three different government agencies to address food safety are not likely to accomplish much.
16 Feb
2010
09 Feb
2010
GAO Hounds Supplement Makers
The Government Accounting Office has contacted makers of dietary supplements, announcing its review of the marketing of certain herbal supplements (chamomile, Echinacea, peppermint oil, ginger root, fennel seed). This is being done at the request of the Senate Select Committee on Aging.
09 Feb
2010
NIH’s New Radiation Policy
National Institutes of Health now requires all CT and other radiation-producing scanners used at NIH clinics to come with software able to track the dosage of radiation given to every patient and log it into an electronic medical record.
02 Feb
2010
How Hard is it to Spell ‘D’?
Each week brings new studies confirming the benefits of vitamin D, and yet there is widespread vitamin-D deficiency in industrialized nations. Why is the government standing in the way of our addressing this public-health crisis?
02 Feb
2010
Safety of Radiation Questioned
The doctor tapped by the Atomic Energy Commission to study the effects of radiation on humans has warned about the risks of medical radiation since 1990, even when administered “properly.” So why is it still business as usual?
26 Jan
2010
Shivering?
The University of California, Davis, recommends boosting your vitamin D intake during the winter months by a factor of 5!
26 Jan
2010
Vitamins, Minerals: Shouldn’t You Decide Your Dose?
Dr. Rob Verkerk, executive and scientific director of the Alliance for Natural Health International, has published a paper pointing to a fatal flaw in the model used by European authorities to determine the upper safe limits for vitamins and minerals used in dietary supplements.
19 Jan
2010
FDA Tiptoes Around BPA
The FDA’s failure to protect newborns and the unborn from BPA recalls the old joke “How many deaths does it take for the FDA to remove a drug from the market?” The answer (not all funny): all too many.
19 Jan
2010
Statin Drugs and Vitamin D Deficiency
The September 2009 newsletter of the Vitamin D Council weighs the scientific evidence pointing to a connection between the use of statin drugs (prescribed to lower cholesterol) and vitamin D deficiency. Are the drugs most often prescribed in the United States linked to vitamin D deficiency, known to affect up to 77 percent of all Americans?
12 Jan
2010
Thanks to All Who Took Action on Vitamin D Last Week. If You Did Not, Please Take Action Now!
Last week we highlighted the government’s complete silence about Vitamin D during this flu season, complete silence despite the scientific evidence supporting the use of Vitamin D to prevent or treat flu. Not a word has been said by our health authorities