The agency trashes a cheap, off-patent drug for COVID-19, clearing the way for a new blockbuster drug. Action Alert! The FDA recently issued a statement warning patients not to use the drug ivermectin, an off-patent drug for river blindness, to treat COVID-19, despite substantial evidence of its efficacy. The very next day, Merck announced positive… Continue reading FDA Ensures Pharma Profits on COVID
Category: Health Autonomy
Your Action Counts! 1.2 Million Messages Sent to Lawmakers!
…in support of our campaign to allow the free flow of information about food and supplements. Action Alert! Together, we have reached a key milestone in our campaign to promote natural health by allowing scientific studies to be shared describing the benefits of natural products. With your help and dedication, we have sent over 1.2… Continue reading Your Action Counts! 1.2 Million Messages Sent to Lawmakers!
Big Pharma: Killer Profits…Dud Medicines
A new Congressional report explains how Big Pharma earns billions of profits from often ineffective and unsafe and almost always super expensive drugs. Action Alert! The report, released by Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-45), details the monopolistic practices of Big Pharma, finding that mergers in the industry destroy innovation and competition. The result? Few, if any,… Continue reading Big Pharma: Killer Profits…Dud Medicines
No More Babies?
Experts warn we are facing a fertility crisis caused in large part by endocrine disrupting chemicals. Action Alert! The fertility crisis affects both men and women. Research has shown that sperm counts for men have fallen 59% from 1973 to 2011; girls are experiencing early puberty; adult women face declining egg quality and more miscarriages.… Continue reading No More Babies?
Limbaugh’s Death Highlights Cancer Treatment Shortcomings
Why conventional medicine doesn’t have the answers for cancer treatment. Action Alert! Famed radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh died last week from complications associated with advanced lung cancer at the age of 70. We know that Limbaugh’s doctors had him, at various stages, on chemotherapy and precision cancer drugs which were not successful in containing… Continue reading Limbaugh’s Death Highlights Cancer Treatment Shortcomings
Expanded Healthcare Options Eliminated
Reforms implemented during the last administration have been rolled back. Action Alert! President Biden has signed an executive order rolling back a Trump administration order that expanded access to association health plans, short term health plans, and Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs). These reforms expanded options to health plans that are free from many Obamacare restrictions,… Continue reading Expanded Healthcare Options Eliminated
Vit D Gets Nod from Congress
We must support a new resolution that officially recognizes what the FDA and FTC refuse to acknowledge—that vitamin D can help us fight COVID. Action Alert! Congressman Glenn Grotham (R-WI) has introduced a House Resolution to “recognize the significant role vitamin D may play in the fight against COVID-19.” If passed, the resolution will encourage… Continue reading Vit D Gets Nod from Congress
Bill Protects Affordable CBD
A bill that would protect hemp-derived CBD from the FDA needs our support. Action Alert! For a while now, we’ve been telling you about the FDA’s attack on CBD oil, a natural, safe, and non-addictive alternative to dangerous opioid drugs. We must support a bill that would protect hemp-derived CBD supplements from the federal government. The bill (HR 841) is… Continue reading Bill Protects Affordable CBD
Chemical Madness- EPA Shirking Duties on Pesticides
The US lags behind other advanced countries in regulating dangerous chemicals, making us more susceptible to COVID and a host of other diseases. Action Alert! Thousands of pesticides, food additives, and cosmetic ingredients that are legal in the US are banned in the European Union, Brazil, and China—which may help explain in some part why… Continue reading Chemical Madness- EPA Shirking Duties on Pesticides
Cronyism Blocks Another Affordable COVID Med
Despite positive data, mainstream medicine is ignoring an affordable COVID medicine. Action Alert! The Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) published a paper reviewing the evidence for ivermectin, an off-patent drug for river blindness, arguing that it has antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties that make it effective in the prevention and treatment of COVID. The evidence… Continue reading Cronyism Blocks Another Affordable COVID Med