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Bad medicine: deadly dose of painkillers prescribed to boy with a headacheBy Mike Adams, January 16 2004
Very few of these medical area stories ever make it to press, but when
they do the details are usually quite appalling. In this case doctors
manage to actually kill a 12-year-old boy suffering from nothing more
than a severe headache by prescribing a fatal cocktail of prescription
drugs. The boy's parents, naturally, are suing the hospital for
malpractice. But this news story contains other alarming medical errors
experienced by the same hospital, such as the death of another patient...
Obesity causes cancer, says American Cancer SocietyBy Mike Adams, January 16 2004
Here's some interesting research from the American Cancer Society that
discusses the links between obesity and cancer. Although the report
shows a slight decline in some cancers - such as long cancers which were
mostly due to smoking - it also establishes a much stronger lane between
obesity and about a dozen different types of cancer. This is a link
that has been frequently overlooked by almost everyone, but is now
coming out as a strong link and one that deserves attention. What it...
High carbohydrate diets and lack of exercise to blame for obesity epidemicBy Mike Adams, January 16 2004
This story mentions some research on childhood obesity that further
confirms the extensive problem now being experienced by the United
States and other countries. We used to hear about obesity striking
primarily adults, and then more recently, obesity in teenagers. But
now, we are increasingly hearing about obesity in infants and toddlers.
What's to blame for all this obesity? As this research rightly points
out lack of exercise is a major factor: apparently these toddlers are
already...
Bad medicine gets even worse: 16,000 patients to be injected with two AIDS drugs that don't workBy Mike Adams, January 16 2004
I often use the term bad medicine to describe medical practices that
scene harmful to the health of patients, but this study can only be
called insane medicine. The US government is spending $119 million to
fund an experiment that would inject 16,000 Thailand residents with a
combination of two AIDS drugs that each failed and the pennant testing.
For whatever reason, the hope is that these two drugs in combination
will somehow work some magic that neither one could achieve
independently...
LED therapy being tested for field use by U.S. militaryBy Mike Adams, January 15 2004
Phototherapy is perfect for healing wounds, and the military offers a
bonanza of wounds for experimental healing. So it's a natural that LED
therapy (phototherapy) would be taken into the field for testing. The
results? Wound healing in about half the time. This is cutting-edge
medicine, and just as the 20th century was called the era of healing
with drugs, the 21st century will ultimately be called the era of
healing with vibrational medicine, which includes light, sound, and
other...
The EPA, unlike the FDA, actually looks out for public safetyBy Mike Adams, January 9 2004
The most important quote in this story about the EPA banning pressure
treated lumber (which contains arsenic) is from Michael Brows, former
general council at the EPA. He says, "The trouble with these product
safety decisions is you get tremendous pressure." What he's talking
about is pressure from the industry: pressure-treated lumber suppliers
have absolutely no interest in taking arsenic-laced lumber off the
market, regardless of the risks to human health. It takes great
courage...
One more reason to lose weight: obesity causes a variety of negative health consequences, research showsBy Mike Adams, January 9 2004
Here's more science that shows how obesity results in a domino effect of
subsequent diseases. And it's not just heart disease or diabetes like
most people think: obesity can also result in aggressive prostate
cancer, according to this research. That's not unexpected, of course,
but it is of value to us all that this link has been scientifically
explored and confirmed. For all the men reading this, if you need
one more reason to stay fit and trim, this is it: save your prostate.
Control...
Bad medicine: antibiotic prescription drug causes woman's skin to fall offBy Mike Adams, January 8 2004
If you're looking for a dramatic example of the dangers of prescription
drugs and yet another case of bad medicine, look no further than this
story. If it can be believed, a woman's allergic reaction to a common
antibiotic caused her skin to start sloughing off. It should come as no
surprise that this condition is being reported as 100% fatal, yet this
woman miraculously survived. I don't mean to make light of the
seriousness of such a situation, but I'm not sure I believe this story...
Long term aspirin use leads to pancreatic cancerBy Mike Adams, January 8 2004
Here's yet another study showing that long-term aspirin use promotes
pancreatic cancer. It's not some tiny increase, either: the study shows
that popping 14 or more aspirin tablets a week results in an 86%
increase in the risk of contracting pancreatic cancer. So why have we
all been taught to take an aspirin a day to prevent heart attacks?
It's all in the economics, of course. No surprise here: the primary
promoters of the "aspirin a day" myth are, in fact, the very companies
that...
Ready for a permanent 60% increase in federal taxes? U.S. government spending is out of control...By Mike Adams, January 7 2004
If this news doesn't floor you, you're not reading with your eyes open:
federal spending has placed the United States so far in debt that just
breaking even (funding all the programs the government has promised the
public) would require an "immediate and permanent" federal tax increase
of 60%! This comes from none other than the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) which is rightfully concerned about the U.S. debt and its ability
to cause chaos in world financial markets. Put in perspective...
Now even scientists say broccoli can cure cancer, not just prevent itBy Mike Adams, January 7 2004
The FDA has long frowned upon anyone claiming that vegetables or
superfoods cure cancer. It's been okay to say they "prevent"
cancer, but a cure is apparently reserved only for the realm of drugs,
surgery, chemotherapy and radiation (none of which actually cure
anything, in reality). That's why this article is so interesting: it
claims that compounds from broccoli could be used in a cure for cancer.
And it's not just broccoli, it's other foods, too: cabbage, mustard
greens, turnips...
U.S. cattle ranchers are proud of raising cattle on American soilBy Mike Adams, January 7 2004
If there's one thing the U.S. wants to make sure consumers know, it's
that we can raise cows. U.S. ranchers want the USDA to force
meatpackers distributors to label beef with the country of origin of its
cows, it seems. Japan is known for robotics and electronics. Taiwan is
known for highly efficient manufacturing. Germany is known for
rock-solid engineering. The U.S.? We raise cows. It's no joke: if
you look at what we export vs. what we import, you find that the U.S.
economy is not...
The human body both absorbs and emits healing light energyBy Mike Adams, January 7 2004
Here's an excellent overview of the principles of phototherapy, light
therapy, LED therapy or whatever term you wish to use. It explains how
the human body not only responds to phototherapy with a healing
effect, but also emits light in a broad spectrum. The human body
emits light, you say? In fact, it does. And the lore of healers and
spiritual leader from Jesus Christ to Buddha shows each one surrounded
in such light: a halo, or a glimmering aura. If you thought those images
were...
Poultry industry, like the beef industry, is steeped in evil practicesBy Mike Adams, January 7 2004
This is fascinating news for several reasons, not the least of which is
the fact that chicken litter is being fed to cattle in the U.S. (see the
mad cow disease articles for more) and, therefore, cows are ingesting
highly toxic arsenic that's contained in the chicken litter. Another
concern is that chicken litter, laced with arsenic, is being used as
crop fertilizer. Inevitably, arsenic finds its way into the rivers,
stream and even the crops that are later consumed by humans. In fact...
Business ethics nowhere to be found in the U.S. food and pharmaceutical industriesBy Mike Adams, January 7 2004
Amazingly, some people are still not convinced that U.S. corporations
will engage in nearly every sort of subterfuge imaginable in order to
make a profit. For those, here's yet another story: Monsanto is under
investigation and accused of fixing the prices of genetically altered
seeds. If it holds up in court, it will simply prove that yet another
U.S. company has ripped off consumers around the world by engaging in
dishonest practices. This sort of activity is rampant in the food,
beverage...
Despite the science, the FDA allows harmful hormone replacement therapy drugs to stay on the marketBy Mike Adams, January 6 2004
What's most fascinating about this news is not the news itself: it's the
admission that the FDA allows the continued widespread selling of
hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs even though they have been
clinically shown to cause breast cancer and heart disease! Can you
imagine what magnitude of wrath the FDA would unleash on any herb that
produced similar results? If echinacea were found to cause heart
disease, for example, the entire medical machine -- doctors, journals,
the FDA...
Health benefits of coffee hyped by research that ignores the rest of the storyBy Mike Adams, January 6 2004
This research shows that regular coffee consumptions slightly lowers
diabetes risk, but the researchers only seem capable of guessing at one
ingredient as the cause: caffeine. The fact is, the coffee bean is a
tropical plant and is loaded with a vast spectrum of phytonutrients that
probably offers a protective effect to the pancreas. Caffeine very
likely has nothing to do with it. What the study doesn't say, by the
way, is that coffee is one of the most expensive ways to get
health...
The science says ban soft drinks in schools, but the FDA support profits, not healthBy Mike Adams, January 5 2004
Kudos to doctors for pushing to ban soft drinks and fruit drinks in
schools. It's just one way to combat rising childhood obesity, and it
will surely help these children maintain healthy body weights as adults
(it's much harder to lose weight as an adult if you were obese as a
child). This is a clear case of standing up for science over industry
profits, but don't be fooled: at the federal level, the FDA, which regulates foods and beverages in schools, has no such neutrality. In fact, it...
Growth hormone runoff from cattle ranches affects fish in streamsBy Mike Adams, January 5 2004
Here's yet more research showing the widespread, harmful effects of the
use of growth hormones on cattle. According to this study, these growth
hormones wash off ranch land and into rivers and streams. There, they
impact the fish populations, causing havoc with the reproductive systems
of those fish.The beef industry is one that is steeped in destructive
practices, and artificial growth hormones are just one of the many
sources of problems. If these hormones can leak into streams and...
The USDA works tirelessly to protect beef industry profits at the expense of public healthBy Mike Adams, January 5 2004
Here's an excellent New York Times article on the truth behind the
actions of the USDA on mad cow disease. What's obvious to every thinking
person who has paid attention to this issue is that the USDA is acting
as a beef marketing branch of the U.S. government, not as an agency
tasked with protecting the American public. In fact, as this article
shows, Lisa Harrison, the spokeswoman for the Agriculture Secretary, was
formerly the director of public relations for the National Cattlemen's...
Losing weight is easy when you're no longer hungry: scientists search for the biochemical keysBy Mike Adams, January 5 2004
Here's some interesting research into the chemical mechanisms of human
appetite. The goal, of course, is to learn secrets that might lead to a
biochemical treatment that could turn off hunger (appetite) and
therefore cause people to lose weight without suffering through bouts of
hunger. It's useful research, no doubt, and I applaud the curiosity, but
there's already a solution to weight control that works by turning off
the appetite: hoodia gordonii. "Hoodia," as it is known, is a
succulent...
Research confirms it: we don't know much about the universe after allBy Mike Adams, January 5 2004
What's most interesting about this is the fact that scientists now know
that all the matter we can see and touch and investigate makes up on 4%
of the matter that's out there. We now know that 96% of the universe is
something other than ordinary matter. This seems like a very strong
argument that even with all our science and knowledge, we still don't
know much about the strange way in which the universe really operates.
In fact, we're only infants in a sea of discoveries waiting to be...
If you eat red meat, you've been eating recycled chicken feces, thanks to the FDA and USDABy Mike Adams, January 5 2004
Finally, USA Today tackles the issue with a pointed article that
questions why the FDA hasn't simply banned the use of dead cows in
cattle feed. Let's face it: mad cow disease only happens when you feed
dead cows to live cows. It's a sickening, inhumane practice, but it
makes ranchers money, and so there's tremendous political pressure to
make it happen. If you've been eating red meat all this time, hopefully
you're at least a little bit shocked that you've been eating meat from
cows...
Licorice works better than chemotherapy at killing cancer cellsBy Mike Adams, January 2 2004
It's wonderful to see Western researchers study natural healing remedies
that have been used for thousands of years. Licorice root is one of
those. It has been long recognized by naturopaths, herbalists and
practicioners of Chinese medicine as a powerful curative herb for use
against not only cancer, but also diabetes (it helps regulate blood
sugar). And, by the way, I don't mean the artificial licorice candy you
can find in the store. I'm talking about licorice root, available only
in...
Garlic conquers superbugs that breed in hospitals overrun by prescription antibioticsBy Mike Adams, January 2 2004
It takes prescription antibiotics to breed superbugs, and many U.S.
doctors are more than happy to keep on prescribing -- even when patients
don't need the drugs. But when infections become resistant to even the
most "powerful" antibiotics on the menu, where should you turn? To
nature, of course, where the humble garlic plant offers solutions that
even the most overhyped pharmaceutical labs can't match. Garlic kills
superbugs, even when antibiotics fail. So why don't U.S. doctors
prescribe...
Green tea demonstrates yet another stunning medicinal achievement against HIVBy Mike Adams, November 11 2003
The good news on green tea just keeps on coming: new research shows that compounds found in green tea not only prevent cancer and heart disease, they also provide a defense against HIV.
I consume green tea every day, along with other superfoods like chlorella and spirulina. These are the foods of the healthy and long-lived.
Eat these superfoods and exercise regular, and you won't ever have to worry about cancer, diabetes, heart disease, or any of the modern diseases. It's simple cause and effect...
Obesity being blamed for first ever drop in life expectancyBy Mike Adams, November 10 2003
Obesity is starting to take a serious toll on the life expectancy of the nation, according to this article from the U.K. Fat kids represent the first generation expected to have shorter lives than their parents.
That's because obesity causes heart disease, diabetes, and overall stagnation that fosters cancer. And obesity, in turn, is caused by eating metabolic disruptors like refined sugar, hydrogenated oils, saturated fats and chemical additives.
Obesity is being called an epidemic, both in...
Health care fails everyone, not just seniorsBy Mike Adams, November 10 2003
This study concludes that seniors only receive needed medical care half of the time. So if ten seniors need treatment, only five get it. That's interesting, but it needs to be expanded to all age groups. Because in reality, I'd say that 90% of all patients don't get quality medical care at all. What do they get instead? Drugs.
Real medical care would involve communicating with patients. Few doctors even go that far, spending as little as 60 seconds actually talking with a patient before making...
Losing weight starts with taking responsibility for your actionsBy Mike Adams, November 10 2003
Here's another article on the debate about whether to classify obesity as a disease. As I've written previously, this effort is really about generating more profits for Big Medicine, not about actually helping people lose weight.
Losing weight is a lot more complex than just classifying obesity as a disease and then hiking up everyone's insurance premiums to cover "obesity treatment." If you don't address the behavior and responsibility of each patient, you'll never tackle this problem.
Because...
Time to fix the debt problem at the national, state and household levelsBy Mike Adams, November 10 2003
It's a lot easier to attack the incumbant Governor than to straighten out a multi billon dollar budget mess. That's what Arnold is discovering right now, undoubtedly, as his efforts to bring California back to fiscal sanity face potentially fatal roadblocks.
California has the same problem that the nation does: too much spending, not enough fiscal restraint. It create serious debt at the national level, and Washington seems no more discplined than California at solving the problem.
As I often...
Soft drink companies shouldn't be allowed to sponsor sporting eventsBy Mike Adams, November 10 2003
I recently saw a walk for diabetes sponsored by -- get this -- Coca Cola. That's right: the company that brings you flavored sugar water, a substance that has been frequently accused of promoting obesity and diabetes, is the same one sponsoring the walk to cure diabetes. Only in America, right?
Not quite: the same thing is true in the U.K. where junk food giants like McDonalds sponsor sporting events. McDonalds is facing the possibility of being banned from sponsoring such events.
Let's break...
Mediterranean diet heals; everyday American groceries killBy Mike Adams, November 9 2003
As this research shows, dietary changes alone can dramatically alter the health of humans. People who eat olive oil are generally healthier than those who don't. And diets rich in fruits and vegetables -- and low in meat consumption -- are healthier still.
The evidence keeps piling up: diet is the cure to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and a long list of other diseases of affluence. That's because it's our groceries that cause these diseases in the first place.
Unhealthy groceries -- containing...
Obesity follows Western culture's influence around the worldBy Mike Adams, November 9 2003
They say obesity follows the golden arches. In every city where McDonalds appears, it seems, the population begins to get fatter. It's no coincidence, of course: fast food is rich in calories, loaded with saturated fat, and high in refined carbohydrates. It all adds up to excess body fat.
This study shows that even New Zealand isn't immune from the effects of junk food. It seems that the demand for weight loss products, supplements, drugs or services will soon be nearly global.
Even Asia, a...
Calling obesity a disease is a ploy to generate profitsBy Mike Adams, November 9 2003
There's a lobbying effort underway to classify obesity as a disease. But to understand what's behind this effort, you have to examine the politics. As always, it's all about money: getting obesity classified as a disease opens up the doors to forcing insurance companies to pay for anti-obesity drugs, products and services.
The very fact that we even have an American Obesity Association (AOA) is rather frightening in the first place. The second fact that the AOA has Slim-Fast as one of its members...
Prescription drugs kill thousands of times as many people as ephedraBy Mike Adams, November 9 2003
The war against ephedra is nothing more than a smoke screen to distract people from the far more dangerous effects of prescription drugs. If prescription drugs and over the counter drugs were measured by the same yardstick, more than half of all drugs would be banned outright.
Prescription drugs cause more than 100,000 deaths each year. They injure 2.2 million people each year. And over-the-counter drug are no better: ibuprofen and other NSAIDS account for more than 40,000 deaths each year from...
Pharmaceutical companies steal from medicine men, all in the name of profitBy Mike Adams, November 8 2003
Let's jump to the chase of what's really happening: U.S. drug companies dispatch researchers to Africa to find medicine men who know all about the healing properties of plants. The researchers then steal this knowledge and take it back to the U.S., where drug companies work to isolate the active chemical compounds in the plants, apply for patent protection, and then gain FDA approval to sell them as drugs.
These pharmaceutical companies then mark up the drugs by 3,000% or more, run full page ads...
Chocolate is actually a powerful herb used for thousands of years as a healing agentBy Mike Adams, November 8 2003
As this news shows, cocoa contains a powerful mixture of health-enhancing antioxidants. Most people don't know it, but cocoa is a rainforest herb. Technically known as Theobroma Cacao, the cocoa bean has been used for thousands of years by indigenous tribes in South and Central America.
Cacao is used to combat parasites, to counteract the effects of snakebites, and as a general antiseptic. It's a whole lot more than just candy. To read more about the history of this plant, visit the cacao page...
Human bodies don't wear out and could technically live for hundreds of yearsBy Mike Adams, November 8 2003
As this research into sea urchins shows, near-immortality is technically quite feasible from a biological point of view. As humans, our bodies don't "wear out" like parts in a machine. That's just a medical myth. In reality, our bodies are programmed to die.
It's all part of the genetic code, and each species has a different programmed lifespan. Why do dogs only live to be 12, while human live to 80 and sea turtles live for a few hundred years? It's because the dying off of older humans created...
Nutritional information on restaurant menus empowers consumers to make healthy food choicesBy Mike Adams, November 7 2003
In case you hadn't noticed, we have an obesity problem in this country. And while the responsibility for each person's body weight is ultimately up to that person, it certainly helps to have better information made available to consumers.
Obesity is basically about eating too much while not expending enough caloric energy. And one of the primary sources of hidden calories in the diet of Americans is fast food. A Big Mac has something like 1200 calories in it. Given that the average person only...
Cloned meat isn't a health risk, but it's still cruel to animalsBy Mike Adams, November 6 2003
Surprisingly, I agree with the FDA on the issue of cloned food. Eating the flesh of cloned animals is no worse than eating the flesh of natural-born animals. I see absolutely no mechanism through which cloned animal meat poses any danger greater than that of non-cloned animal meat.
But let's face it: non-cloned animal meat is dangerous enoguh all by itself. If you knew what they put in hot dogs, the saying goes, you wouldn't dare eat it. And then there's mad cow disease, too.
And it gets worse...
To stay healthy, get the blood movingBy Mike Adams, November 6 2003
This isn't really news, except to those who limit their knowledge to the narrow band of treatment known as Western medicine. Leeches have been used as healing therapy for thousands of years and continue to be used around the world. It's only the Western doctors who are coming to recognize their usefulness again.
Their healing properties, by the way, has nothing to do with leeches themselves. Rather, it's all about stagnation and the simple fact that leeches get blood moving again. The same can...
Most U.S. investors prefer profits, even when companies harm peopleBy Mike Adams, November 6 2003
It always amazes me how the public will invest in anything that makes money, whether or not the profits come from ethical business conduct. If the Nazi party were alive and well today, and if Nazi, Inc., produced a 200% annual return on investments, I fear the vast majority of U.S. investors would gladly buy its stock.
Every day, people invest in companies selling products that harm the health of people all around the world. Coca Cola sells a product that most nutritionists say promotes weight...
All babies need breast milk, not just premature onesBy Mike Adams, November 6 2003
Breast milk has always been healthier than formula, whether the babies are premature or not. Let's get real: nature intended for babies to drink from their mothers' breasts, not from cow's nipples or from plastic bottles filled with sugar water (corn syrup is a common ingredient in most baby formulas).
That so many mothers have been hoodwinked into feeding their babies liquid, processed food has always amazed me. Some people will do absolutely anything their doctor tells them. "Here, feed your...
News headline distorts true findings of important nutritional researchBy Mike Adams, November 6 2003
This news item contains a rather misleading headline. The study revealed that the whole tomato, not just one ingredient, works rather remarkably to reduce prostate cancer. In fact, the study produced results so stunning that if a prescription drug demonstrated the same benefit, it would be hailed as a miracle of modern medicine.
And yet this headline seeks to discredit dietary supplements by emphasizing how a single, isolated chemical doesn't work well.
It reminds me of joke about how athletes...
If a drug equalled green tea's anti-cancer effectiveness, it would be front page newsBy Mike Adams, November 5 2003
According to this study, drinking green tea reduces the incidence of prostate cancer in men by one third. To put this in perspective, consider the national headlines we'd all be reading and hearing if a pharmaceutical company managed to come up with a prescription drug that produced anywhere near this level of effectiveness.
It would be front page news, of course. But since the real news is about green tea -- a natural substance -- you hardly hear about it. The best treatments for cancer, it turns...
It's old news to naturopaths: whole foods heal better than isolated chemicalsBy Mike Adams, November 5 2003
This article describes a study in which researchers found that lycopene, the long-heralded "active ingredient" in tomatoes that prevents prostate cancer, apparently doesn't work alone.
This is news? Herbalists, naturopaths and holistic nutritionists have known this for literally hundreds of years. That's why holistic health practitioners generally recommend whole foods -- because they know that phytochemicals in plants work synergistically, never in isolation.
It's only Western medicine that...
Western medicine misses the point and attacks symptoms, not root causesBy Mike Adams, November 5 2003
Here's a study that shows synthetic HDL (the "good" cholesterol) can remove plaque from arteries when injected into patients. It's another glorious example of "heroic medicine" or what might be called "interventionist medicine." Rather than working with patients to help their bodies generate good cholesterol on their own, the plan is to inject it right into their bloodstream.
It's a very Western approach, and despite the fact that it decreases plaque built-up in arteries, it does absolutely nothing...
The U.S. is a nation of disease treatment, not preventionBy Mike Adams, November 3 2003
There's not much money in preventing disease, but there's a fortune to be made in treating it. Birth defects like these neural tube defects cost just pennies to prevent (folic acid is dirt cheap), but babies that are born with defects create hundred of thousands of dollars in revenues for hospitals, surgeons and pharmaceutical companies. It sounds brash, perhaps, but it's economic reality.
That may be one reason why so little has been done in the United States to try to prevent disease. Virtually...
Canada well ahead of U.S. on investment in clean air projectsBy Mike Adams, November 3 2003
Canada is way ahead of the United States in terms of working to preserve our natural environment. And it's not just at the business and government level, either, it's all through the population. Canadians are simply more conservation minded, and they walk the talk.
Green tea phytochemicals shown to prevent breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and moreBy Mike Adams, December 11 2003
New research shows just how powerful the phytochemicals in green tea are turning out to be: they are now known to prevent breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and other forms of cancer. In fact, if green tea were a prescription drug, it would be called a "miracle cancer cure" drug, no doubt. (And it would be sold for $200 a pill, if not more.) But it's not a drug, and it's available to you right now for mere pennies. Green tea is simply one of the most powerful medicinal herbs...
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