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Profit Drive Swine Flu Propaganda - Pump Up the Volume - Part 2

10/22/2009 - (NaturalNews) This article is part two in a six-part series. Be sure to read part one at http://www.naturalnews.com/027294_swine_flu_vaccines_H1N1.html Back on May 9, 2009, Robin Robinson, a director at the Department of Health and Human Services...

Consider the Questionable Efficacy of Flu Vaccines (Opinion)

10/21/2009 - (NaturalNews) Evidence to date suggests that the H1N1 flu is not a major threat, and there is little evidence that flu vaccines are effective in preventing the flu, so says Tom Jefferson, MD, arguably the world's leading expert on influenza vaccines. Dr....

Elderly Need More Nutrition From Sunlight, Say Experts

10/2/2009 - (NaturalNews) Large numbers of senior citizens need to spend more time outdoors to boost their levels of vitamin D and lower their risk of chronic disease, researchers from Warwick University have warned. "As we get older our skin is less efficient...

Statins Given to Prevent Pneumonia in Elderly Actually Increase Pneumonia Risk by 61 Percent

7/14/2009 - (NaturalNews) Published reports say that between 11 million to 30 million Americans are taking the supposedly wonder drugs called statins. These cholesterol lowering medications brought in over $34 billion in sales last year and have raked in a quarter...

Vaccine Expert Reveals What You Should Know Before You Roll Up Your Sleeve

7/1/2009 - (NaturalNews) A study by the Harvard Medical School of Public Health confirmed that public health officials could convince most people in the U.S. to alter their daily lives, follow government mandates and do as they are told after only a small amount...

Elderly Citizens Being Medicalized Through Needless Mass Medication

4/24/2009 - (NaturalNews) Healthy senior citizens are being needlessly exposed to potentially risky medications due to blind adherence to national health guidelines drafted for younger people, a prominent cardiologist has warned. "Nowadays few elderly people...

Elderly Being Poisoned by Cocktail of Prescription Drugs at Hospitals

4/10/2009 - (NaturalNews) An estimated one in seven hospital patients suffer an adverse reaction to a drug they are prescribed there, with many of those reactions caused by drug combination effects, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University...

Negative Views of Old Age Translate to Poorer Health

3/14/2009 - (NaturalNews) It is often said that we are what we eat. In reality, we are what we think and feel, too. Add that to the fact that ageist mentalities are still very much prevalent today, with many holding stereotypical views of elderly persons being incompetent,...

Why Vaccinations Harm Children: Health Experts Sound Off

2/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) What follows is a collection of quotations from naturopathic physicians, health authors, researchers and doctors on the dangers of vaccines. I assembled these quotes from a private library of health books and published them here to make...

Health Ranger Posts Second Video Demonstrating Aid for the Impoverished Elderly of Ecuador

2/6/2009 - (NaturalNews) Ecuador is a beautiful country with a wealth of natural abundance: Food, sunlight, gold and even oil. And yet some people slip through the cracks in the social network of Ecuador and find themselves impoverished, lacking food, clothing...

Elderly Starving to Death in Hospitals

2/2/2009 - (NaturalNews) The charity Age Concern has sounded a warning that elderly people in British health-care facilities are not getting the special attention needed to make sure that they get enough food. "Our evidence shows unacceptable inconsistencies...

Exercise Improves Health of Elderly with Dementia

12/19/2008 - (NaturalNews) Elderly dementia patients who exercise regularly have better mental and physical health than those who do not, according to the findings of two recent studies. In the first study, conducted by researchers from Dong-Eui University in...

Why You Need Extra Vitamin D during the Flu Season

12/2/2008 - (NaturalNews) The flu season is upon us and you may be wondering whether or not you should get vaccinated. Recent evidence would suggest that flu shots aren′t very effective, especially for those most at risk â€" the elderly. These are the people...

“Elderspeak” Can Negatively Affect Health of Older People

11/23/2008 - (NaturalNews) It is quite common that many of us speak to older folks in a different manner and with a different tone. "Elderspeak" bears many traits which are similar to "baby talk", and these include simplified grammar and vocabulary, as well as overly...

Antipsychotic Drugs Increase Risk of Death Among Elderly

11/14/2008 - (NaturalNews) The FDA has ordered the makers of older, "conventional" antipsychotics to add a "black box warning" to the drugs labels about the risk of early death in elderly dementia patients who take them. This is the strongest warning that can be...

The Elderly Sleep Easier with Tai Chi

10/26/2008 - (NaturalNews) Elderly adults who practice tai chi sleep better than those who do not, according to a study conducted by researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, and published in the journal Sleep. Researchers...

Common Medications Cause Elderly to Lose Thinking Skills

10/20/2008 - (NaturalNews) A commonly prescribed class of drugs may cause elderly patients to slow down both mentally and physically, researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine have found. Drugs in the anticholingeric family prevent the neurotransmitter...

Doubts Surfacing About Flu Vaccine's Effectiveness for Elderly

9/11/2008 - (NaturalNews) The annual influenza vaccine has been recommended for people over age 65 for over forty years as a way to protect this segment of the population from serious winter illness and death. There is growing concern about its effectiveness in protecting...

Care Homes Sedating Elderly Alzheimer's Patients with Antipsychotic Drugs

8/28/2008 - (NaturalNews) The British government is conducting an investigation into the off-label use of antipsychotic drugs to sedate patients with Alzheimer's disease. On February 4, the all-party parliamentary group on dementia heard testimony from patient advocates...

Use of Bright Lighting May Improve Dementia Symptoms

8/13/2008 - (NaturalNews) The use of daytime bright lighting to improve the circadian rhythm of elderly persons was associated with modest improvement in symptoms of dementia, and the addition of the use of melatonin resulted in improved sleep, according to a study...

Folate and Vitamin B-12: Two Nutrients Critical for Brain Health

4/30/2008 - (NaturalNews) Recent research documents the critical nature of two nutrients, vitamin B-12 and folate, in brain health and the maintenance of cognitive functioning, including memory. Deficiencies of these key nutrients are markers of the neuropathology...

Using High Efficiency Particle Air Filters May Improve Cardiovascular Health

3/15/2008 - (NaturalNews) One day doctors may recommend using high efficiency particle air (HEPA) filters along with weight loss, smoking cessation, and exercise to improve cardiovascular health, according to researchers in Denmark. In a recent study, they found...

Alzheimer Tagging Labelled an 'Excuse' for Shocking Care-Home Standards

2/6/2008 - (NaturalNews) A controversial new scheme to electronically tag the elderly has been blasted by critics as a 'gimmick' and as an excuse for negligence, by civil liberties campaigners. The plan, which would involve tracking dementia patients by utilising...

FDA Sleeps While Common Medications Poison the Elderly

12/14/2007 - (NaturalNews) On November 29, 2007 the FDA made a rather surprising, almost honest announcement. It said that it could not protect Americans from the dangers of drugs. A 56-page report by its Subcommittee on Science and Technology stated the FDA "suffers...

Calcium supplements reduce risk of fractures in elderly by 24 percent

11/29/2007 - (NaturalNews) Taking a daily supplement of calcium can reduce the risk of fractures in people over the age of 50 by 24 percent if a large enough dose is taken, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Western Sydney and published...

Flu Shots Don't Reduce Flu Deaths

11/24/2007 - (NaturalNews) A new study published in the October 2007 issue of Lancet by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, concludes that influenza vaccinations in the US have prevented fewer deaths than indicated by previous research...

Omega-3 fatty acids boost cognitive function, learning in elderly patients

11/3/2006 - (NaturalNews) Daily supplementation with omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may boost mental function in elderly patients with mild cognitive decline, according to a new Japanese study published in the October issue of the journal Neuroscience Research. Researchers...

Stress significantly hastens progression of Alzheimer's disease (press release)

10/18/2006 - Stress hormones appear to rapidly exacerbate the formation of brain lesions that are the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at UC Irvine. The findings suggest that managing stress and reducing certain medications prescribed for...

Prominent doctors used elderly patients for medical experimentation

10/11/2006 - (NaturalNews) Four prominent doctors at Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot and the Hartzfeld Geriatric Hospital in Gedera -- both located in Israel -- were arrested this week on suspicion of using elderly patients as the subjects of hundreds of illegal experiments....

Only Modest Benefit of Flu Shots Among Older Adults (press release)

9/21/2006 - Although national and international health organizations urge anyone over age 65 to get yearly flu shots, the vaccinations are only modestly effective in preventing flu and its complications among older adults, according to a new review of recent studies. Similarly,...

Elderly at high risk of harm from toxic pharmaceutical combinations

9/11/2006 - (NaturalNews) -- A recent UK survey found that seniors run a high risk of accidentally taking lethal combinations of prescription drugs. Kim Munro, a pharmacist at Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University, recently surveyed 695 elderly people aged 78 to 86,...

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