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submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
C. diff infections are common in and out of the hospital. Conventional treatment is primitive and approaches that support the restoration of the microflora and intestinal cell metabolism are presented.
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
"A Return to Healing" Blog: Fri, 10/23/2009 - 00:16 — BBelitsos
Sometimes, in those rare moments—before the spin takes over—the unvarnished truth can escape from the mouths of genuine scientists who are otherwise ensconced in politicized medical bureaucracies....
submitted by: admin on 09/29/2013
According to an article published in the September-October 2013 issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality, it is becoming more commonplace for the best restaurants to farm their own produce and pick it the same day it is cooked! This "urban agriculture" is taking off in many progressive cities. With this activity comes a responsibility to learn...
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
US health care performance is much worse than most countries; we're ranked by the WHO number 37 in the world in overall quality of health care. We spend nearly twice of any other country and yet our effectiveness is a disaster. When business trumps service, this is what happens. Universal health care is good for health care but not good for business...
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Nutrition is essential for wellness. There are three simple dietary rules to follow that are critical for health. Walnut Creek is setting the example of what a city and county can do to help our kids get and stay healthy.
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Attractions are made between the first 3 seconds. Appearance is what makes the initial attraction. Personality and common interests have a lot to do with what makes a relationship work. When there is conflict it leads to poor health.
submitted by: admin on 09/10/2014
The widely viewed national television show, Stand Up to Cancer, that aired on September 5, 2014 featured dozens of movie stars and comedians, and was hosted by Katie Couric. It was entertaining and fun for sure. However, it was sponsored by many pharmaceutical companies...can you imagine why? Hmmm, let me see...it was one giant ad for treating cancer with chemotherapy,...
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
According to an article in Life Extension published in April of 2012, there are three factors responsible for the fiscal insolvency of the US healthcare system; skyrocketing drug prices, reactive medicine, and FDA corruption. Big Pharma protects its expiring patents by filing frivolous law suits against companies making generic drugs. These costs are...
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
The AMA reports that noncompliance with regard to prescription medication is the cause of excessive hospitalization, morbidity, mortality, and overall healthcare costs. The article fails to address those patients who suffer from adverse drug events and their related costs. They state that health costs go up about $300 billion annually because of drug noncompliance,...
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
Vaccine manufacturers get billions of dollars in government contracts every year. In 2011 the top six vaccine makers received $5.7 billion from these contracts. Children who cannot afford the cost of vaccines are given free immunizations through the Vaccines for Children Program (VFC). This is often considered to be indisputable proof of kindness on...
submitted by: admin on 10/12/2013
The December 12, 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article by two Johns Hopkins Medical Center staff stating that there is a crisis because medical research is becoming too expensive, big pharma will need to cut back on funding this research, and they anticipate cuts in federal research funding this next year.
While...
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
Today's medicine gives the illusion that it is evidence-based. Self healing through placebo is subtracted from the effect of our treatments. Healing is a multifactorial process that is far more than using drugs, technology, and surgery. There are conflicts of interest, fabrication of data, fraudulent inclusion of popular names on papers that they...
submitted by: admin on 01/09/2014
A special editorial written by Donald Wright from Harvard University and published in the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics pointed out that 90% of all new drugs approved by the FDA over the past 30 years are little or no more effective than drugs that are already on the market! They also commented that the safety of new FDA approved drugs is low....
submitted by: admin on 02/24/2014
The conclusion of a 25 year prospective study published in the British Medical Journal in February of 2014 was that screening mammograms not only do not save lives but also lead to a 22% over-diagnosis that leads to unnecessary testing and treatment in women between the ages of 50 and 69.
After all these years of policy set by governments, research...
submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024
Ghost writing is common in medical research. Big pharma employs writers who excel at making the conclusions it needs to sell a drug. Researchers are requested to put their name on editorial reviews written by ghost writers. This lengthens resumes but also sells drugs. The ethics of this are reviewed and the emphasis on greed, corruption, conflicts of interest...