Toxic Body Burden
Flame Retardants Linked to Hyperactivity, Dioxin Linked to Immune System Impairment
31 Mar
2009
24 Mar
2009
The Vast Majority of Recommendations Given to Heart Patients Are NOT Supported by Good Science!
A new Wall Street Journal article reveals that even though heart disease is among the most studied illnesses in all of medicine, only 11% of more than 2,700 recommendations approved by conventional (non-integrative) cardiologists for treating heart patients are supported by high-quality scientific testing.
17 Mar
2009
Congress Moves to Ban BPA from Food and Beverage Containers
As we have noted in previous issues of Pulse of Health Freedom, national attention is heating up over the issue of the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA), a common ingredient in some plastics. Studies have linked BPA to breast and prostate cancer, diabetes, heart disease, reproductive damage, and hyperactivity. And a study released last fall […]
17 Mar
2009
Re-importing US Drugs from Foreign Countries a Good Idea, Says Obama’s Healthcare Reform Team
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) has introduced the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act, S.525, and twenty-four other senators have already become co-signers. A similar House bill has also been introduced. Both bills allow for the re-importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and other countries. American drug manufacturers sell medicines to foreign countries for […]
17 Mar
2009
Help Save P5P (the Natural and Bio-available Form of Vitamin B-6)
We reported last month that the FDA has banned a natural form of the B6 vitamin called pyradoxamine (pyridoxamine dihydrochloride)—even though fish and chicken contain pyridoxamine, as does brewer’s yeast. No one can argue that pyradoxamine isn’t a natural food substance. It’s a very useful one too, with many health benefits, which is why drug […]
17 Mar
2009
B Vitamin Bill In North Carolina
Other B vitamins have generated some legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly. They began considering a bill last week that would create a statewide vitamin distribution program in an effort to prevent or reduce birth defects. The bill would appropriate $480,000 for each of the next two years to purchase multivitamins with folic acid, […]
17 Mar
2009
Why Does the FDA Maintain a Conspiracy of Silence about the Health Benefits of Vitamin D?
In other vitamin news, British researchers have found that vitamin D may help slow aging—in the study, women with higher vitamin D levels showed fewer aging-related changes in their DNA. Professor Brent Richards, who led the study, said, “This could help to explain how vitamin D has a protective effect on many aging-related diseases, such […]
10 Mar
2009
Government “Watchdog” Agency Urges More Oversight of Supplements by FDA
On March 2, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on dietary supplements, calling for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to monitor supplements more closely and require increased adverse event reporting.
10 Mar
2009
Supreme Court Allows Juries to Award Damages for Unsafe Drug Injuries
Last week, the US Supreme Court struck a blow to the pharmaceutical industry when they ruled that litigants may sue for damages if they are harmed by unsafe drugs—even if the drug manufacturers have satisfied federal regulators.
10 Mar
2009
Harvard Medical School Finally Concerned About Drug Company Influence On Campus
A fascinating article in the New York Times last week told the story of Matt Zerden, a student at Harvard Medical School who was troubled when he heard his pharmacology professor repeatedly promote the benefits of cholesterol drugs and seemed to belittle a student who asked about side effects.