Going Back to Basics May Help Us Achieve Healthcare for All

According to Peter Chowka of NaturalHealthLine, the first two months of President Obama’s administration “have set the stage for the greatest transformation of American healthcare since the country declared its independence from Great Britain 233 years ago.” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) has been quoted as saying Congress hopes to enact a mandate that… Continue reading Going Back to Basics May Help Us Achieve Healthcare for All

Media Distortion Damages Both Science and Journalism

Simon Baron-Cohen, PhD, director of the Autism Research Centre at University of Cambridge, recently published a study that showed a positive correlation between levels of fetal testosterone (measured by amniocentesis) and the number of autistic traits a child shows post-natally. None of the children in the study, however, had actually developed autism. What was being… Continue reading Media Distortion Damages Both Science and Journalism

Does the Medical Industry Have a Fundamental Lack of Integrity?

Two recent articles—one in the New York Times, the other in the Wall Street Journal—speak to a crisis of integrity in the medical industry that has led insiders like Dr. Jerome Kassirer of Yale and Tufts to muse that some of their colleagues appear to act as “paid prostitutes for the drug industry.”

GMO a Big NO on National Wildlife Refuge Land

Genetically modified organisms, or GMO foods, are on grocery store shelves already. They are present in nearly 80% of processed foods that contain crops such as corn and soy and their byproducts. The long-term effects on human health and the environment from these non-natural products are unknown. A federal survey has revealed that most Americans… Continue reading GMO a Big NO on National Wildlife Refuge Land

The Texas Medical Practice Act—A Model for 49 Other States

State medical boards across the country routinely target doctors who practice outside the rigid norm of conventional medicine. Some states, like Kentucky and North Carolina, banned the entire profession of integrative and nutritionally oriented physicians from practicing in years past. Other states, like Connecticut and Texas, are notorious for their vigorous assaults against physicians who… Continue reading The Texas Medical Practice Act—A Model for 49 Other States

Comparative Effectiveness Research—Will the Risks as Well as the Benefits Be Considered?

According to the FDA News, a bill to establish a comparative effectiveness research institute is scheduled for introduction in the Senate. The Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2008, sponsored by Sens. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Max Baucus (D-MT), would evaluate the effectiveness of different drugs and medical devices that exist for the same treatment. The… Continue reading Comparative Effectiveness Research—Will the Risks as Well as the Benefits Be Considered?

The Vast Majority of Recommendations Given to Heart Patients Are NOT Supported by Good Science!

A new Wall Street Journal article reveals that even though heart disease is among the most studied illnesses in all of medicine, only 11% of more than 2,700 recommendations approved by conventional (non-integrative) cardiologists for treating heart patients are supported by high-quality scientific testing.