Category: Health Autonomy

Urgent Action Needed to Ensure that the FDA Does Not Create a Monopoly for Weight Loss Supplements!

Pharmaceutical companies have figured out that the FDA can be reshaped into a tool to increase their profits instead of doing its actual job—screening drugs for safety on behalf of consumers. First, there was the pharmaceutical company assault on your access to vitamin B6. The FDA has now ended your access to one of the… Continue reading Urgent Action Needed to Ensure that the FDA Does Not Create a Monopoly for Weight Loss Supplements!

Strong New Evidence of BPA’s Danger, Yet AAHF’s Petition to the FDA Remains Unanswered

A report presented recently at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, an overwhelmingly conservative medical association, detailed the strong new evidence that Bisphenol A (BPA) interferes with the hormone system, either mimicking hormones or occupying their receptor sites, and this can cause serious health problems. According to Robert Carey, MD, president of the Endocrine… Continue reading Strong New Evidence of BPA’s Danger, Yet AAHF’s Petition to the FDA Remains Unanswered

New Documentary Features AAHF Board Member on HBOT for Brain-Injured Soldiers

A newly released 43-minute documentary film, Brain Storm: Oxygen Under Pressure, illustrates the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the accompanying symptoms that follow their service-related injuries. The film won the Reelshow International monthly film competition in May, and can be viewed online in its entirety.

Alternative Medicine Find Wider Acceptance by Doctors, Insurers, and Hospitals, Yet They “Lack Value”

“Alternative medicine has become mainstream,” according to Associated Press medical writer Marilynn Marchione. “Consumer spending on it in some cases rivals that of traditional healthcare.” But after stating that major hospitals and clinics increasingly offer complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, that medical schools now teach CAM, and some health insurers promote deals for policyholders… Continue reading Alternative Medicine Find Wider Acceptance by Doctors, Insurers, and Hospitals, Yet They “Lack Value”

Big Pharma and the FDA: Suppress the Science, Ban the Natural Substances, Sell the Drugs!

In 2005, an up-and-coming pharmaceutical company made a big mistake: they invested millions of dollars into developing a drug only to discover that the only active ingredient of the drug, pyridoxamine, was really a common, naturally occurring substance that has been sold for decades at low cost to consumers in the form of a dietary… Continue reading Big Pharma and the FDA: Suppress the Science, Ban the Natural Substances, Sell the Drugs!

Congressional Panel Wants New Review of BPA Safety

As we have reported earlier in Pulse of Health Freedom, chemicals in the packaging, surfaces or contents of many products may cause long-term health effects, including cancers of the breast, brain and testicles; lowered sperm counts, early puberty and other reproductive system defects; diabetes; attention deficit disorder, asthma and autism. A decade ago, the government… Continue reading Congressional Panel Wants New Review of BPA Safety

FDA to Receive More Money from Drug Manufacturers, But Denies “Undue Influence”

The proposed budget of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is worrying the Democrats. They are concerned that FDA’s annual increases in industry user fees—$828 million from manufacturers of medical and food products, including hundreds of millions drug manufacturers pay annually to help speed the review of new medicines—might compromise the agency’s independence.

Why Is FDA Protecting the BPA Lobby?

As we have reported in previous issues of Pulse of Health Freedom, bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical in the packaging or contents of many products, may cause long-term health effects, including cancers of the breast, brain and testicles; lowered sperm counts, early puberty and other reproductive system defects; diabetes; attention deficit disorder, asthma, and autism.… Continue reading Why Is FDA Protecting the BPA Lobby?