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Apr 28, 2009 0Toxic Metal Report: Lead Is Still in the Workplace and Can Affect Genetic Expression
Dealing with heavy metals—lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and others—were once the concern of integrative medical physicians and dentists alone. In fact, these practitioners were routinely targeted by medical boards for screening patients for heavy metal toxicity. But now the conventional ...
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Jun 18, 2013 5Distressing News: BPA in Mothers May Harm Newborns
It’s time to take the BPA fight to the state legislatures. Action Alerts! Three recent studies paint a bleak picture about both the health risks and the prevalence of bisphenol A (BPA), a known endocrine disruptor. A Dutch study has found that fetuses of mothers who have high levels of BPA in t...
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Sep 9, 2008 2
Toxic Metals
An article in the August 20 issue of JAMA revealed the link between arsenic in our water supply and Diabetes. Even small amounts that are permitted by current regulatory standards are associated with higher risk. It is believed that as much as 8% of the public water in the US may exceed regulatory s...
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Oct 6, 2009 0
Knee-Repair Device Reveals Political Pressures at the FDA
There’s an old adage, “Any publicity is good publicity,” but the exposure of four New Jersey lawmakers on the front page of the New York Times was anything but good news for them. The article reported that Menaflex, a medical device that reinforces damaged knee tissue, was approved only afte...
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Sep 29, 2006 3
Compounding Medicine – Victory
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Junell ruled on August 30 that “it is in the best interest of public health” to uphold the legality of compounded drugs. In the past, FDA had proposed that, even though it is impossible to do so, compounded medicines must meet the same new drug requirements to ...
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Sep 21, 2010 1
Summer’s Produce Stand
The power of the produce-stand now resplendent with the rich colors and inviting smells of ripe fruit and summer’s vegetable bounty is lost to all-too-many Americans. Walk the aisles of a public or farmer’s market at summer’s end and marvel over the blueberries, strawberries, raspberri...
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Aug 4, 2009 0
An influential group of U.S. senators say it is time to embrace an array of alternative therapies
Has the Time Come for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) to Join the Mainstream? An influential group of U.S. senators say it is time to embrace an array of alternative therapies! The Boston Globe reports that Sens. Harkin, Mikulski and Enzi are sponsors and supporters of an amendment ...
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Oct 9, 2017 3Ronald Hoffman, MD- Top supplements for immune support this flu season
ImmPower – AHCC to increase natural killer (NK) cell activity and immune support. One capsule twice daily. AHCC (Active Hexose Correlated Compounds) are beta glucan compounds derived from mushrooms. They specifically activate NK cells, which combat infections and cancer. In Japan, AHCC is used ext...
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Also Watch Out for an Omnibus Bill
This lame duck session of Congress has other risks for natural health. (more…)...
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Jun 11, 2013 5Danger: Cherry-Picked Drug Studies!
Drug companies are deliberately keeping the public—and the medical community—in the dark about “unfavorable” clinical trials. Action Alert! The RECORD trial (see our article in this issue) is just one example of how drug study data can be manipulated by pharmaceutical companies and the FDA. ...
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