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31 Aug 2010

“We are the Experiment”: Greater than 9 in 10 Canadians found to carry Bisphenol A as well as 90% of Americans and Europeans

The first national survey about bisphenol A (BPA) conducted by Statistics Canada has revealed that 91% of Canadians have a body burden of this chemical known to have hormone-like effects. Click here to read in further detail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/statscan-survey-finds-bpa-present-in-91-per-cent-of-canadians/article1674153/. What does not mean? Honestly, no one knows because “we are the experiment.”

31 Aug 2010

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Free Market Forces in Health Care

Big Pharma, Health Freedom, Natural Medicine

The U.S. health care industry has remained an anathema to the American economy whose strengths have historically been built on a free market system. Harvard economist Regina Herzlinger, PhD in her book Market Driven Healthcare describes why the lack of free market forces are but one of the reasons US healthcare is, in many ways, […]

31 Aug 2010

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Even for a ligament tear, the way we have always done it (surgery) doesn’t appear to be the best way

Health Freedom, Natural Medicine

The news has subtly crept into the public consciousness. Muscle/ligament/ tendon tears are not always candidates for surgical repair. That is a huge paradigm shift for practitioner and patient alike who have been culturally conditioned to think in terms of structure rather than function. For example, researchers at Children’s Hospital in Boston have found it […]

24 Aug 2010

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Should Your Charity Dollars Be Given to a For-Profit Drug Company?

Big Pharma, Crony Capitalism, Natural Medicine

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has given a $5 million grant to a pharmaceutical manufacturer to help create a new drug for MS. No matter that the drug’s key ingredient is readily available at a lower cost elsewhere. Or that good natural health alternatives are largely ignored.

24 Aug 2010

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I’ll Have a Happy Meal with a Side Order of Statins, Please

Crony Capitalism, Dangerous Drug Effects, Weight Loss & Obesity

Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of charge so that customers can neutralize the heart disease dangers of fatty food, according to a new study highlighted by ANH–International. Burgers, fries, and dangerous drugs from your drive-through!

24 Aug 2010

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The Government Tells Another Healthcare Whopper

Congress, Healthcare Reform

—which the New York Times, the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP), and others fall for….

24 Aug 2010

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With a new mandate of required payment of preventive testing, does the US Preventive Task Force miss the mark with women’s bone health recommendations?

Natural Health Tips, Natural Medicine

The government has estimated that as many as ten million Americans have osteoporosis. Half of all American women will, according to these government estimates, have a fracture related to osteoporosis during their lifetime. Men are by no means immune to bone thinning.

24 Aug 2010

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The New American Family-mother and dad are overweight and the children are overweight, too: Obesity can now be inherited

Natural Health Practitioners, Natural Medicine, Weight Loss & Obesity

If you have recently been to a U.S. theme park, it is startling to most to notice the waistlines of American families. Mom and Dad are overweight and more often than not, every child is overweight, too. Many experts were quick to comment that obesity must be related to genetic susceptibility. Really, what about mother […]

24 Aug 2010

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Risk to Benefit Ratio: when is a drug too risky to stay on the market?

"Catch 22", Dangerous Drug Effects, Supplement Regulation

Pundits have said it takes at least 100 deaths for the FDA to act regarding pulling a prescription drug from the marketplace. The playing field is far from level for risky medications versus the risks of supplements including herbs. It is of little comfort to consumers that the FDA has no written guidelines for deciding […]

17 Aug 2010

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Memo to Political Leaders: When You Think Job Creation, Think Natural Health (If You Don’t, Other Countries Will)

Big Pharma, Health Freedom, Natural Medicine

Natural health is a tremendous growth industry. Over the next few decades, it will generate millions of jobs. Europe will get few. Asia many. What about the US?