Hope For Traumatic Brain Injury, Diabetic Failure-to-Heal Wounds, and More? On September 30, President Bush signed into law the FY2009 Continuing Resolution that contains the Defense Appropriations bill. In doing so, crucial funding became available to complete a scientific study important to all Americans.
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Drugs in Your Drinking Water?
Over ten years ago, pharmaceutical residues were found in lakes in Switzerland. A girl in middle school in West Virginia read about the drugs in Swiss lakes, and wondered about drugs in our nation’s waters. Local school teachers had no answers for her. She asked the U.S. Geological Survey and they also had no information.… Continue reading Drugs in Your Drinking Water?
New National Study Highlights Mercury Levels in American Women
More and more evidence being published in conventional medical journals show a correlation between heavy metals and heart disease. Lead is linked to high blood pressure; mercury is linked to the incidence of heart attacks.
The FDA Considers Proposals to Sell Genetically Engineered Animals as Food
The Food and Drug Administration has released proposed guidelines for regulating genetically engineered animals, paving the way for them to enter the food supply. This news has stunned many consumer groups. It is estimated that as many as two dozen applications to sell genetically engineered animals are already pending before the FDA.
Surviving Cardiac Arrest May Depend on Where You Live
Conventional Medicine Ignores the Science behind Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death with Fish Oil The U.S. has waged a five-decade war on heart disease thanks to the information gleaned from the Framingham Study and the studies that followed it. That war has been dominated by the use of prescription drugs, surgery, and procedures that include angioplasty… Continue reading Surviving Cardiac Arrest May Depend on Where You Live
Nutrition Business Journal’s CAM Report Offers Detailed Analysis on the $39.5 Billion Complementary Alternative Medicine Services Market
Research and Markets has coverage of the Nutrition Business Journal’s “Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Practitioner Supplement Sales Report 2007.” The CAM Report 2007 presents detailed analysis on the $39.5 billion (yes, that’s “billion” with a B) complementary and alternative medicine services market and $1.7 billion practitioner channel supplement market in the U.S.
America’s Toxic Body Burden—Face-off with the FDA over the Safety of BPA in Plastic
As discussed in the 9/9/08 issue of Pulse of Health Freedom, the FDA has ignored other government experts and sided with industry on BPA, a widespread chemical that another government agency has deemed potentially dangerous. An important update to that story is the 9/16/08 Journal of the American Medical Association article linking BPA to both… Continue reading America’s Toxic Body Burden—Face-off with the FDA over the Safety of BPA in Plastic
Wellness: An Essential Part of Health Reform Legislation
The Board of Directors of the American Association for Health Freedom has voted to support a key resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that would include “sustainable wellness programs that address the underlying causal factors of chronic disease” in an effort to re-engineer our healthcare reform. H.Con.Res. 406 has detailed language to change the… Continue reading Wellness: An Essential Part of Health Reform Legislation
URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN NEW JERSEY: October Vote Threatens Freedom of Choice in Healthcare
Freedom of healthcare choice in New Jersey is facing a serious threat with the NJ Assembly Bill A2933 / Senate Bill S1941 vote scheduled for early in October. This bill and its identical counterpart in the NJ Senate would prevent any practitioner other than a dietician to teach, consult, or advise about health, nutrition, supplements,… Continue reading URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN NEW JERSEY: October Vote Threatens Freedom of Choice in Healthcare
Vitamin D: as close to a magic bullet as you can get?
Source: Alliance for Natural Health The vitamin D paradox Here we have yet another study demonstrates the benefits of the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D.