A Medical Maverick’s Fate
The attempt to wipe Andrew Wakefield, MD from the face of the medical community for honestly reporting his findings trying to help his patients
12 Jul
2010
28 May
2010
09 Feb
2010
NIH’s New Radiation Policy
National Institutes of Health now requires all CT and other radiation-producing scanners used at NIH clinics to come with software able to track the dosage of radiation given to every patient and log it into an electronic medical record.
02 Feb
2010
Heavy Metals, Flashy Risk
Given the reports of lead being found in women’s handbags, cadmium in children’s jewelry and “mountains of mercury” as a byproduct of manufacturing cement, why don’t more physicians screen their patients for exposure to heavy metals?
02 Feb
2010
Safety of Radiation Questioned
The doctor tapped by the Atomic Energy Commission to study the effects of radiation on humans has warned about the risks of medical radiation since 1990, even when administered “properly.” So why is it still business as usual?
18 Dec
2009
ANH Press Release: ‘United we are stronger’—ANH announces merger
Two leading natural health campaign organisations are formally merging as of today. The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), based in Dorking, UK, and the American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF), of Washington DC, have merged to form the Alliance for Natural Health International (ANH International).
03 Nov
2009
Hospital-Acquired Infections Linked to Nearly 100,000 Deaths Annually
Those following the debate over healthcare reform often hear that eliminating waste from the current healthcare system would, in large measure, fund reform. Given the number of dollars wasted, the lives lost and the suffering associated with sloppy healthcare, why do we drag our feet in improving our current system and reducing waste?
18 Aug
2009
Why has America not won the war on cancer? They say it is our fault!
An eye-opening article on the New York Times’ front page August 3, “Lack of Study Volunteers Hobbles Cancer Fight,” stated that just 3 percent of adult cancer patients participate in cancer-drug clinical trials. It also revealed that more than one in five trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute fail to enroll a single subject with […]
28 Apr
2009
Challenging an Unconstitutional, Illegal, and Coercive Policy—www.MedicareLawsuit.org
Five individuals, including former Congressman Dick Armey and lead plaintiff Brian Hall, have filed a lawsuit accusing the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of improperly adopting illegal and coercive policies that deny otherwise eligible retirees their rightful Social Security benefits if those retirees choose not to enroll in […]
28 Apr
2009
Ensnared by an Undercover Investigation, Drug Study Reviewer Halts Many of Its Review Operations
A previous Pulse of Health Freedom issue mentioned the uncover operations of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which ensnared Coast IRB, LLC, of Colorado Springs. The GAO created a fake medical study of a fake product to see whether for-profit review boards adequately supervised medical trials. Two firms turned it down but Coast IRB took […]