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The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

Lack of sleep has been implicated in everything from obesity to traffic accidents. (It's well known that the day of the year with the greatest number of traffic accidents is the day after Daylight Saving Time ends.) Sleep disorders are big business. As of this writing, use of sleep medications has grown by more than 60 percent since 2000, and in 2006, makers of sleeping pills spent more than $600 million advertising directly to consumers. Obviously, more than a few people are having some problems catching some good shut-eye. Inositol might be the answer.

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

Prescription drugs are so dangerous to cognitive function that today as many as 30 percent of all traffic accidents involve prescription drugs, because people take drugs and then think they can continue to drive. But they have impaired nervous system function—-which means impaired perception and slower reaction times—and this leads to traffic accidents. In fact, depending on the drug, driving on prescription drugs can be even more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol. Remember, cognitive decline is not a normal side effect of aging. It is a completely reversible problem.

The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits Gregg Braden See book keywords and concepts

During the window of time when they were feeling peace, terrorist activities ceased, the rate of crimes against people went down, the number of emergency-room visits declined, and the incidence of traffic accidents dropped. When the participants' feelings changed, the statistics were reversed. This study confirmed the earlier findings: When a small percentage of the population achieved peace within themselves, it was reflected in the world around them.

Many automobile accidents may actually be caused by prescription drug side effects Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: I've often wondered how many traffic accidents are caused by people who are doped up on prescription drugs. If you think about it, most traffic accidents are actually caused by people who either make poor decisions or who have terrible reaction times. And so when some crazy driver pulls out in front of them, they don't have the quick reactions to prevent the accident and they just plow right into the other vehicle.

The health care reform legislation that Congress should pass, but won't Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Without it, drug sales would plummet and the number of Americans killed by drug-related heart attacks, strokes, traffic accidents and suicides would fall sharply. That's why Big Pharma has to keep the media racket going. It also helps get them lots of positive media coverage, given that their huge advertising budgets pay the overhead for major TV stations, newspapers, magazines and, of course, medical journals. The U.S. remains the only advanced nation in the world short-sighted enough to allow drug companies to advertise directly to the public.

The hoax of modern medicine: Seven facts you need to know Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

An estimated 30 percent of all traffic accidents are now caused by people on medication, and yet the drug companies are pushing even more drugs for yet more fictitious diseases -- because, you know, there's always a way to add yet one more pill to the daily chemical intake, right? Over the last ten years alone, there has been a forty-fold increase in the number of children being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. That's a 4000% rise in the number of children with this so-called "disease." Gee, why isn't the CDC involved?

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations David R. Montgomery See book keywords and concepts

In September 1999 dusr blowing off of agricultural fields blinded drivers and triggered fatal traffic accidents on Interstate 84 near Pendleton, Oregon. Plowing exposes bare, disrupted soil to dramatic erosion when stotms ravage ground not yet shielded by vegetation. In the American Midwest, over half the erosion from land planted in corn occurs in May and June before crops grow large enough to cover rhe ground. Crop yields fall once the topsoil is gone and farmers plow down into subsoil with lower organic matter, nutrienr content, and water-retention capacity.

The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

It's well known that the day of the year with the greatest number of traffic accidents is the day after Daylight Saving Time ends.) Sleep disorders are big business. As of this writing, use of sleep medications has grown by more than 60 percent since 2000, and in 2006, makers of sleeping pills spent more than $600 million advertising directly to consumers. Obviously, more than a few people are having some problems catching some good shut-eye. Inositol might be the answer.

You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Just as a city absorbs its share of accidents, be it fires, traffic accidents, or chemical spills, our bodies can also take some hits. But they're not perfect. We die or have a decreased quality of life because we knock our heads, or break our bones, or can't stop bleeding. The reason? Again, it's one of those biological trade-offs. Our bodies certainly could be made to withstand more. If it were necessary to preserve the species, evolution would have made sure that our bones were firm enough to survive a fall from a cliff, or our organs dense enough never to bleed out.

The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe Lynne Mctaggart See book keywords and concepts

He'd postulated that if i per cent of an area had people practising TM, or the square root of i per cent of the population were practising TM-Sidhi, a more advanced and active type of meditation, conflict of any variety - rates of shootings and other crime, drug abuse, even traffic accidents - would go down. The idea of the 'Maharishi' effect was that regularly practicing TM enables you to get in touch with a fundamental field that connects all things - a concept not unlike the Zero Point Field. If enough people were doing it, the coherence would prove infectious among the entire population.

The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World Lynne McTaggart See book keywords and concepts

Their reach apparently extended beyond armed conflict; ordinary violence—local crime, traffic accidents, and fires—also all decreased. When analyzing their results, the TM group claimed to have controlled for confounding influences such as weather.16 TM adepts have also sought to influence the "misery index"—the sum of inflation and unemployment rates—in the United States and Canada. And indeed, during one concerted effort between 1979 and 1988, the U.S. index fell by 40 percent and the Canadian index by 30 percent.

If 1 percent of the population of a particular area practices TM, he claims, or the square root of 1 percent of the population practices TM-Sidhi, a more advanced type of meditation, conflict of any variety—the rate of murders, crime, drug abuse, even traffic accidents?goes down. Twenty-two studies have tested the positive impact of the Maharishi Effect on crime levels. One study of 24 U.S. cities showed that whenever a city reached a point where 1 percent of the population was carrying out regular TM, the crime rate dropped to 24 percent.

The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention Dawson Church See book keywords and concepts

About twice the number of Americans die due to infections acquired in hospitals each year as the number who die in traffic accidents. And each year, more than twice as many Americans die from the negative effects of prescription drugs as those who died in the Vietnam war. According to a recent report, an estimated 1,730,000 preventable drug-related injuries occur in America each year, and as many as 7,000 deaths.22 And not only exotic drugs are the culprits; common acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is the leading cause of death due to acute liver failure in the U.S.

The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe Lynne Mctaggart See book keywords and concepts

In one 1983 study of a special TM assembly in Israel, which tracked the Arab-Israeli conflict day by day for two months, on days when the number of meditators was high, war deaths in Lebanon fell by 76 per cent, and local crime, traffic accidents and fires all decreased. Once again, confounding influences such as weather, weekends or holidays had been controlled for.'8 The TM studies, as well as Nelson's FieldREG work, in their own small, preliminary way offered hope to an alienated and Godless generation. Good might well be able to conquer evil after all. We could create a better community.

Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health J. Douglas Bremner See book keywords and concepts

Use of benzodiazepine medications is associated with a 60% increase in traffic accidents. This increased safety risk is not a factor with other psychotropics, including antidepressants. Risk was increased with concurrent alcohol usage and age. There was also an increased risk with zopiclone, one of the newer-generation insomnia medications (see below).1 The authors of this study concluded that patients taking sleep medications shouldn't drive. These risks in addition to the more serious problems of sleepwalking and even sleepdriving (see below) raise serious concerns about these drugs.

The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe Lynne Mctaggart See book keywords and concepts

The good news is that traffic accidents would be virtually impossible: automobiles ?and passengers ?could collide harmlessly at any speed.39 Elsewhere, in an article about future space travel, Clarke wrote: 'If I was a NASA administrator ... I'd get my best, brightest and youngest (no one over 25 need apply) to take a long, hard look at Puthoff et al.'s equations.'4?Later, Haisch, Rueda and Daniel Cole of IBM would publish a paper showing that the universe owes its very structure to the Zero Point Field.

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs Melody Petersen See book keywords and concepts

West Virginia is one of the few states that regularly test for drugs, both legal and illegal, in traffic accidents in which drivers are killed. In an analysis of these fatalities, officials discovered that in 2004 and 2005 roughly the same percentage of drivers who died had drugs in their bodies as those who had blood alcohol levels that exceeded the legal limit. They also found that among the deceased drivers testing positive for drugs, more had been taking prescription drugs than illegal drugs like marijuana or cocaine.

Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health J. Douglas Bremner See book keywords and concepts

Lunesta is a pure "mirror version" of the same molecule as its parent, zopiclone, and appears to have been developed in a marketing effort to leave behind the negative marketing that was associated with studies of zopiclone (conducted before the latest Z drugs were released), which showed an increase in traffic accidents with its use. Until studies are performed to specifically address the issue, we have to assume that all of the Z drugs will eventually be found to be associated with an increase in driving accidents.

Welcome to the town of Allopath Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

But things weren't well in Allopath. traffic accidents quadrupled. Hospital beds were overflowing with injured residents. Auto repair businesses were booming so much that most of the city council members decided to either open their own car repair shops or invest in existing ones. Week after week, more and more residents of Allopath were injured, and their cars were repeatedly damaged. Money piled into the pockets of the car repair shops, hospitals, tow truck companies and car parts retailers.

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

But they have impaired nervous system function—-which means impaired perception and slower reaction times—and this leads to traffic accidents. In fact, depending on the drug, driving on prescription drugs can be even more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol. Remember, cognitive decline is not a normal side effect of aging. It is a completely reversible problem.

Welcome to the town of Allopath Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Why were traffic accidents still happening? They called a town meeting to discuss the problem, and following a short discussion of the problem, an old hermit, who lived in the forest just outside of Allopath, addressed the townspeople. "There is no such thing as Skid Marks Disease," he explained. "This disease was invented by the roadaceuticals company to sell you teflon coatings." The townspeople were horrified to hear such a statement. They knew Skid Marks Disease existed. The doctor had told them so. How could this hermit, who had no Motor Division (M.D.) degree, dare tell them otherwise?

Many automobile accidents may actually be caused by prescription drug side effects Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Apparently, smoking cigarettes impairs your ability to read and understand warning labels, not to mention your driving ability (have you ever noticed that the vast majority of traffic accidents are caused by smokers?). What it demonstrates, though, is that warning labels rarely change consumer behavior. If we want to make the roads safer for everyone, we have to focus on preventing disease and promoting brain-healthy foods like fish oils, spirulina, vegetables, fruits, nuts and of course cardiovascular exercise. That's how you create a nation of alert drivers who can avoid accidents.

Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health Joseph E. Mario See book keywords and concepts

I •IATROGENIC DISEASES/Physician-induced illnesses Affect 1 in25 hospital patients out of 31 million admissions annually, killing four times the number of deaths from annual highway traffic accidents; a hidden, unspoken-of epidemic of surgical or drug errors, side effects, infections, misdiagnoses, incompetence, and negligence. Hundreds of mistakes occur every day in a major hospital and go unreported, uninvestigated, and uncompensated for. "Hospitals are hazardous, and medical care is dangerous, according to one Harvard University study.

Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements Phyllis A. Balch, CNC See book keywords and concepts

This is more than the number of deaths from alcohol, illegal drugs, traffic accidents, suicide, and homicide combined. Tobacco smoking causes an estimated 33 percent of all cancer deaths, 25 percent of fatal heart attacks, and 85 percent of deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It accounts for at least 85 percent of lung cancer cases.

Driving with a cell phone is a lot less dangerous than driving on prescription drugs Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

In terms of public safety, it's probably correct to say that banning cell phones would reduce the number of traffic accidents. But I think, more accurately, it depends on the person. Some people are operating on, shall we say, lower power CPUs in their heads to begin with. They might be zoned out on prescription drugs, and when you add a cell phone to the equation, they do become a danger to the other drivers on the road. But there are individuals who are perfectly capable of talking on the cell phone or operating other non-visual electronic devices while they are driving.

I was talking with a traffic control officer here recently who said that as many as 30 to 35 percent of all traffic accidents are caused by people who are dosed up on prescription drugs. Another third or so are caused by people on alcohol or illegal drugs. So prescription drugs are causing just as many accidents as people doped up on cocaine, marijuana and alcohol. And occasionally there are really bad drivers -- people who are taking antidepressant drugs, smoking pot, drinking beer and trying to talk on a cell phone to hook up their next drug deal. They're an accident waiting to happen.

Many automobile accidents may actually be caused by prescription drug side effects Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

If you think about it, most traffic accidents are actually caused by people who either make poor decisions or who have terrible reaction times. And so when some crazy driver pulls out in front of them, they don't have the quick reactions to prevent the accident and they just plow right into the other vehicle. Given some of the well-documented side effects of many prescription drugs, I'm shocked that doctors aren't warning more people to avoid driving when they are on these drugs. For example, statin drugs continue to be hyped up by drug companies as a miracle pill for high cholesterol.

Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Chronic sleep deprivation is associated with high blood pressure, weight gain, diabetes, reduced immunity, daytime drowsiness, poor performance, traffic accidents, falls, memory problems, and cognitive impairment. But lying awake in bed worrying about these possible consequences won't help. Inviting Sleep Have you ever climbed into bed exhausted after a stressful day, only to discover that your brain won't slow down? The events of the day just keep replaying like an endless movie. Figuring out how to let go of those worries can be challenging.

Welcome to the town of Allopath Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The streets will then be skid-proof, and all the traffic accidents will cease!" He went on to describe the physical properties of teflon and how its near-frictionless coating would deter nearly all vehicle skids. The city council heartily agreed with Dr. West, and they issued new public bonds to raise the money required to buy enough teflon to coat all the city's streets. Within weeks, the streets were completely coated, and the skid marks all but disappeared. The city council paid Dr. West another consulting fee and thanked him for his expertise.

Then the traffic accidents will cease." Without pause, one city council member remarked, "But how can we afford stop signs? We've spent all our money on teflon treatments!" The townspeople agreed. They had no money to buy stop signs. Another council member added, "And how can we stop anyway? The streets are all coated with teflon. If we build stop signs, we'll waste all the money we've spent on teflon!" The townspeople agreed, again. What use were stop signs if they couldn't stop their cars anyway? The hermit replied, "But the stop signs will eliminate the need for teflon.

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