Last chance to Drop the Money Bomb on Monsanto and Turn the Connecticut Massacre into the California Miracle! Exactly 20 years ago today, Vice President Dan Quayle announced a new policy by the first Bush administration that declared genetically engineered foods to be “substantially equivalent” to foods that farmers …
As an integrative physician, some of the most important recommendations I make for my patients include advice on diet and healthy eating habits. But what about healthy cooking? Cooking techniques that can increase nutrient availability are certainly an important part of a health-promoting diet. However, many people don’t consider the …
Administrators at the Austin Community College (ACC) admit that some 10,000 students have refused to enroll at ACC because of their vaccination requirements. Meanwhile, a Washington State rock band named The Refusers is storming Youtube with their latest hit “First do no harm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9y4Pq7lXAw Vaccine refusal is a basic human right that has been …
A sneaky, eleventh-hour attempt by Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to essentially shut down the supplement industry alongside an amendment pertaining to prescription drug user fees has failed. In a vote of 77-20, the U.S. Senate voted to table Amendment No. 2127, which would have created “duplicative, unnecessary, and unexpected new …
Last week The Lancet published a meta-analysis of 27 statin trials, an attempt to determine whether patients with no history of heart problems benefit from the drugs—true story. The topic is controversial, and no less than six conflicting meta-analyses have been performed—also a true story. But last week’s study claims to show, once …
Are you tired sometimes……? Make sure you listen to the disclaimer at the end When we take the world too serious we forget that none of us are getting out of here alive. Here is a bit of humor from our first two years. The TFHT productions crew is always …
Emotional stress caused by last year’s tsunami caused a part of some survivors’ brains to shrink, according to scientists in Japan who grasped a unique chance to study the neurological effects of trauma. On a quest to better understand post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the researchers compared brain scans they had …
Dear friend: Senator Dick Durbin is once again attempting to get rid of your supplements, and it may happen today, unless you act NOW. There is an FDA bill before the Senate that is relatively uncontroversial, but it’s considered a “must-pass” bill. Sen. Durbin is planning to offer a last-minute …
The popularity of green tea is well-deserved and completely understandable given the numerous health benefits it offers. Not a day goes by without some new clinical research demonstrating its benefits and solidifying its top position in the supplement industry. But emerging cardiovascular research is about to turn green tea black. This is no surprise …
One-third of homeless people in the United States are obese, about the same rate as the general population, a new study finds. It might seem that hunger and lack of food would put homeless people at risk for weighing too little, according to the researchers at Harvard Medical School in …
The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (S.3187) is a bill that is considered “must-pass” legislation. Within hours, Senators Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal will be offering Amendment 2127 to the bill. Their amendment creates duplicative, unnecessary, and unexpected new regulations while upending current law and the regulatory …
A watchdog group that handles issues dealing with the American agriculture industry is lashing out at the federal government for allegedly corrupting the advisory board that oversees organic food stuffs in the United States. The Cornucopia Institute from the state of Wisconsin is calling out the US Department of Agriculture …
You would think the FDA would obey a judge’s ruling on qualified health claims. Think again. The FTC case described elsewhere in this issue was especially important because the FDA was hoping to use the FTC to evade some recent court rulings that it cannot willfully and unreasonably censor all …
Time for a little GMO update and heckling of our nemesis, Monsanto and friends. New research demonstrates what most of us have suspected for years: GMOs and the poisons used on them are bad for everything on the planet. For ethical reasons, as well as the obstruction of research by …
A new study finds that a widely used antibiotic, azithromycin, may increase the likelihood of sudden death in adults, especially those who have heart disease or are at high risk for it. The increased odds of death are small, but significant enough that the authors of the study say doctors should consider …