Keeping Your Finger on the Pulse: Other Updates
New information on medical journal ghostwriting scandal; statins and infectious disease; and stomach troubles being caused, not healed, by acid blockers.
A Small Frankenfish Win
The FDA seems to be on the wrong track—but last week’s hearings proved to be a small win for the anti-GMO side.
Over-diagnosed and Over-treated: The medicalization of childhood
John Abramson, MD, award-winning Harvard family practitioner, author of Overdosed America (log onto www.overdosedamerica.com to read further) has sagely weighed in as new normals have been adopted for blood pressure, cholesterol levels, blood sugar and new diseases like osteoporosis have been developed. According to Dr. Abramson, “American medicine has medicalized symptoms to market medications.”
Stress and Your Hair
I recently had the opportunity to listen and learn to Moshe Frenkel, MD, former medical director of the Integrative Medical Program at MD Anderson Cancer in Houston, TX. As the founder and director of Integrative Oncology Consultants, he speaks that stress management is as important as supplements for a successful integrative approach to cancer treatment.
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, raspberries and blackberries, the grapes and currants, fragrant peaches, and the […]
Why Patrick Leahy’s Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010 Must Be Stopped
Last week we told you about the threat posed by Sen. Leahy’s new bill. This week we want to explain how important it is that all of us take action—immediately.
Federal Agency SUED for Trampling Scientific Freedom of Speech!
Breaking News: The Federal Trade Commission is being sued for prohibiting a juice maker from making health claims—even though the claims are true and supported by competent, reliable scientific evidence.
Scientific American Falls for Drug Company Propaganda
The editors of Scientific American say that the FDA should hold foods “to the same scientific standards as those for drugs.”
Medicare Cuts Back on Nutritional Screening
One lab test per year to screen for all nutrient deficiencies or imbalances. Test your vitamin D levels, and you’re done. If you’re on Medicare and live in the Southwest, one test per year is all you’re allowed.
Trilateral Cooperation Charter
Trilateral Cooperation Charter Trilateral Cooperation Charter—Can We Count on Assurances of No Harmonization? April 21, 2009 Government leaders from Mexico, Canada, and the US now direct the Trilateral Cooperation Charter (TCC) designed to increase communication, collaboration, and the exchange of information between the three countries in areas of drugs, biologics, medical devices, nutrition, and food […]