…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 […]
…in the water, not in the bottle! Action Alert! Many Americans drink bottled water, the market for which has grown to $147 billion in recent years. Despite this rapid growth, there are emerging health concerns with drinking bottled water, notably from the chemicals used in the production of plastic which, as our friends at Mercola.com […]
Lawmakers are on a course to put the FDA even deeper into the pocket of the pharmaceutical industry. Action Alert! House and Senate leaders are looking to fast-track legislation that will reauthorize the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), the law that allows the US Food and Drug Administration to collect fees from pharmaceutical companies […]
While the national movement that swept Donald Trump into office leaned heavily on a “Drain the Swamp” slogan, FDA officials are filling the swamp with more murky water and many of them are leaving the agency en masse to work at a Big Pharma consulting/lobbying firm. Greenleaf Health, which may not have been on your […]
This isn’t the way to fix American healthcare. Last week, the Trump administration released its proposed 2018 budget. The document includes a proposal to increase the user fees the FDA collects from pharmaceutical companies to $2 billion—twice as much as in 2017, according to the president’s budget. The rationale provided in the budget for this […]
