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Big Pharma fumbles with toxic dementia drugs while ignoring natural remedies 11/8/2011 - Alzheimer's disease is becoming an epidemic among baby boomers. But mainstream medicine cannot reverse Alzheimer's. They do offer medications intended to make dementia more bearable, but with unbearable side effects. Meanwhile, Big Pharma's quest for patents ignores evidence of a few safe natural substances...

Vitamin B3 beats Big Pharma's Zetia cholesterol drug 3/30/2010 - The utter worthlessness of Big Pharma's cholesterol drugs was demonstrated recently by a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine which showed that niacin (a low-cost B vitamin) out-performs Merck's drug Zetia for preventing the build-up of arterial plaque, a symptom of cardiovascular...

Niacin May Lower the Risk of Heart Disease 11/7/2008 - Researchers may have discovered the mechanism by which the vitamin known as niacin or B-3 raises the body's levels of HDL cholesterol, thus decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. "Although niacin has been commonly used to increase plasma HDL levels, the mechanism(s) by which niacin exerts...

Researchers Discover How Niacin Ups HDL, Lowers Heart Attack Risk 8/18/2008 - Have high cholesterol? Worried about suffering from the nation's number one killer, cardiovascular disease? If you discuss your concerns with a doctor who doesn't practice nutrition based medicine, odds are you will leave the doc's office with a prescription of a statin drug to help lower your cholesterol...

Niacin and Fruit Effective in Controlling Cholesterol 8/5/2008 - High blood cholesterol is an unfavorable imbalance between HDL (so-called 'good' cholesterol) and LDL ('bad' cholesterol), where there is more LDL to HDL. LDL cholesterol builds up on artery walls, causing clogging, narrowing and hardening of the arteries. This disorder presents no symptoms, and can...

The Nutritional Origin of the Term "Red Neck" and Other Fascinating Historical Facts About Vitamin Deficiencies 7/7/2008 - There is a long and fascinating history of relationships between nutritional deficiencies and chronic disease. One of the most well known is probably scurvy -- a disease where your bones lose their rigidity due to a deficiency in vitamin C. The historical accounts of this condition mostly involve sailors...

No Such Thing as Bad Cholesterol: Dispelling the Marketing Myth 1/29/2008 - Cholesterol seems to be one of those things that strikes fear into the hearts of many, so to speak. But is the reputation that this oily substance has acquired truly deserved? What is certain is that the 'little knowledge' that the media often imparts means many folks assume cholesterol is simply a...

John Hammell of International Advocates for Health Freedom discusses health freedom under siege; Part 2 10/18/2006 - This is part two of an interview of International Advocates for Health Freedom President John Hammell, conducted by Mike Adams. Click here to read part one. Mike: If this AER [Adverse Events Reporting] legislation goes through -- and it looks like it has a lot of support -- then we could probably...

Pharmaceutical fraud: How Big Pharma's marketing and profits come before consumer safety and wellness 9/7/2006 - If you have a long, drawn-out, incurable but treatable disease, it's unfortunate for you but great for pharmaceutical companies. While you're suffering indefinitely, you're also buying expensive pharmaceutical drugs to make the disease "manageable." "Managing" diseases is the trend in mainstream...

Interview with Dr. Dennis Goodman on how to naturally lower LDL cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol 8/21/2006 - Mike: Welcome everyone. This is Mike Adams, the Health Ranger. Dennis Goodman, M.D., joins me today. He's the former Chief of Cardiology at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Lajolla, Calif., and one of the formulators of this outstanding formula called the "HDL Booster." We'll get to that in a minute, but...

The great direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising con: how patients and doctors alike are easily influenced to demand dangerous drugs 7/31/2005 - A cute, animated ball bounces around very sadly until he takes a magic potion; suddenly, it becomes happier than ever. No, that isn't the plot of a new children's movie. On the contrary, it's the storyline of a Zoloft commercial – yes, Zoloft, a powerful antidepressant drug. In the 1990s, direct-to-consumer...

A brief history of nutritional deficiencies and chronic disease 12/5/2004 - There is a long history of discovering relationships between nutritional deficiencies and chronic disease. One of the most well known is probably scurvy -- a disease where your bones lose their rigidity due to a deficiency of vitamin C. The historical accounts of this mostly involve sailors who, on...

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