Tag: Pulse of Natural Health

Natural Hormones: New Threat

Big drug companies want the entire market to themselves. Action Alert! If they’re successful, the price of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy could go through the roof. And you won’t be able to get the therapy in the right form, either. In 2014, TherapeuticsMD, a drug company specializing in women’s healthcare, was granted two new patents… Continue reading Natural Hormones: New Threat

Supplements: New Sneak Attack

It’s the same tactic these senators used last year, and with your help we will beat it back again. Action Alert! Last year, Sens. Blumenthal (D-CT) and Durbin (D-IL) attempted to attach anti-supplement amendments to a must-pass defense appropriations bill, but were stopped by our grassroots activists and other stakeholders. It looks as if the… Continue reading Supplements: New Sneak Attack

Expanding Access to Vitamins

America’s nutrition crisis hits our most vulnerable citizens the hardest. You can help get them the multivitamins they need. Action Alert! A recent article in the Wall Street Journal asks if government-supported food programs should stop covering unhealthy foods such as soda, on the premise that today, obesity is a much larger problem than hunger,… Continue reading Expanding Access to Vitamins

Is gluten intolerance bullsh*t? (Ronald Hoffman, MD)

by Ronald Hoffman, MD “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860) To this we might add, in this era of click-bait journalism, a fourth stage: “Then it is ridiculed again.” Such is the… Continue reading Is gluten intolerance bullsh*t? (Ronald Hoffman, MD)

FDA Defies Congress, Slips Money to Hospitals, and Stiffs Consumers

But we can stop it now. Action Alert! For some time now we have been explaining how the FDA appears to be trying to put compounding pharmacies out of business in order to boost the profits of its major client, the pharmaceutical industry. It doesn’t seem to matter to the agency that you will no… Continue reading FDA Defies Congress, Slips Money to Hospitals, and Stiffs Consumers

Disappointing Final Outcome of POM Wonderful Case

Medical free speech has been set back, but plaintiffs did win some parts of the long, protracted battle. Last year, POM Wonderful petitioned the US Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that had partly sided with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The agency had tried to prevent the pomegranate juice company—and, by extension,… Continue reading Disappointing Final Outcome of POM Wonderful Case

Is Medicine Really the Third Leading Cause of Death in the US?

Probably not. Compelling evidence says it is THE leading cause of death, even ahead of heart disease and cancer. A troubling report just published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) calculates that medical errors kill 251,000 Americans each year, making it the third leading cause of death behind cancer and heart disease. This report updates… Continue reading Is Medicine Really the Third Leading Cause of Death in the US?

Fighting for Naturopaths

Discrimination against well-trained naturopathic doctors is rampant. We need your help to stop it. State-based Action Alert! Recently an association of four-year trained naturopathic doctors (NDs) in Oregon brought a class action lawsuit against an insurance provider. They allege that the insurance company conducted unlawful and discriminatory practices by arbitrarily denying payments for primary care services… Continue reading Fighting for Naturopaths