The US lags behind other advanced countries in regulating dangerous chemicals, making us more susceptible to COVID and a host of other diseases. Action Alert! Thousands of pesticides, food additives, and cosmetic ingredients that are legal in the US are banned in the European Union, Brazil, and China—which may help explain in some part why […]
New research demonstrates the dramatic impact of chemical exposures on our genes that control cellular metabolism. Action Alert! Researchers have found that chemical exposures influence our genes that control aging, immune function, metabolism, and more in stunning new findings. This research adds to our growing understanding of the profound impact exposure to even small amounts […]
BPA exposure is making us more susceptible to COVID-19. Action Alert! A new study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that those with the highest level of BPA had a 51 percent higher risk of death from all causes. This is just the latest in a long list of health conditions that are linked with […]
Estriol and other bioidentical hormones have been nominated to the FDA’s Demonstrably Difficult to Compound List; items that appear on the list when it is final will no longer be able to be made at compounding pharmacies. The FDA convened a NASEM committee to study the clinical utility of treating patients with compounded bioidentical hormones; the […]
Exposure to a slew of toxic chemicals is making us sick, increasing COVID infections, and ushering in an era of male infertility. Action Alert! Exposures to every day chemicals are making us more susceptible to infection by the COVID-19 virus. Endocrine disrupting chemicals are found in food packaging, cookware, plastics, and many other consumer products. […]
…according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But the establishment is looking in all the wrong places for the solution. Action Alert! The CDC report, which followed almost 6,000 people aged 12 to 34 from 2005 to 2016, demonstrates the shocking rise in prediabetes—where blood sugar levels are […]
A new book offers a way forward in our fight against the epidemic of chronic disease. In his new book, The Community Cure, author James Maskell documents a new approach to medicine centered on community: that is, coming together as groups of patients suffering from the same afflictions to heal more effectively (and cost effectively). […]
Many of us are told that the development of diabetes is a personal failure. New research shows us why this couldn’t be more wrong. Action Alert! Intriguing research into the diabetes epidemic has shed new light on the main drivers behind this disease. Conventional wisdom tells us that sugar consumption, lack of exercise, and obesity […]
We wish to present the most accurate picture of the extent of the US Food and Drug Administration’s culpability in the number of serious adverse events—deaths in particular—connected to FDA-approved drugs and products. But to do that, we couldn’t rely solely on the government’s own data for one major reason: the problem of underreporting. For […]
Common chemicals are causing sperm deformity and decreased sperm counts. Action Alert! A new study suggests that when a mother is exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals during pregnancy, her son and the son’s future generations may suffer from decreased fertility. This is the latest among a mounting body of scientific evidence that links these common chemicals—found […]