Posted April 27, 2018
Half of teens and adults under the age of 50 are infected with the oral herpes virus, and one in eight has genital herpes. Despite the prevalence of herpes, public health authorities ignore a cheap, safe, and effective treatment for this common infection, and instead rely on expensive medicines that do not treat the underlying problem. This, unfortunately, is par for the course in our crony health system. Read more.
Archives for April 2018
What You Need to Know About Autoimmune Disease
Posted April 27, 2018
Medicine, at its essence, is really an attempt to understand the cause of any medical condition in as profound a way as possible. This undertaking is often where conventional medicine fall shorts, as cause and effect become confused. The simplest example I give to my patients is that if you get a splinter in your finger and don’t take it out, soon pus will form around the splinter. In this example, it is clear that the splinter is the “disease” and the pus is the “therapy” for the splinter. If one thinks the splinter is an infection that must be treated, it is clear that the real “disease” (the splinter) will not resolve. Read more.
Nutritional Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis
Posted April 27, 2018
The party line for researchers is “We need more research.” The party line for clinicians is “There is no clinical proof; RCTs are needed.” But as far as the patient is concerned, it might be this: “Based on current available data and studies so far, what can be most useful in preventing my disease progression?” With that in mind, this series of articles presents the patient’s perspective first. The patient’s needs are the most urgent of all. Read more.
Emphysema
Posted April 27, 2018
My aunt needed oxygen to put on her socks. A severe case of emphysema, which a lifetime of smoking had failed to cure, was the reason. She was just one of an estimated 16 million Americans suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD), all primarily caused by tobacco use. The forth leading cause of death, COPD kills over 130,000 annually. That number is increasing; medical research has contributed virtually nothing to stop it. Read more.
Monsanto’s Toxic Tricks
Posted April 27, 2018
The Monsanto Papers are secret, internal documents that have now been made public thanks to over 10,000 farmers who have taken Monsanto to court, accusing the company’s glyphosate weedkillers of causing them to develop a cancer called non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. The documents reveal the various strategies and tactics used by Monsanto to ensure that they can sell their star product, RoundUp, despite the clear dangers for humans and for the environment. This short documentary tells you all about Monsanto’s toxic tricks. View here.
How to Get Rid of Hemorrhoids
Posted April 27, 2018
The simple fact that you are actually reading this says something in itself. Perhaps you have nothing better to do, which I doubt. Or, perhaps you have many better things to do, but you want to relieve, or better yet prevent, a sore heiney. Read more.
The Possible Dangers of Obstetric Ultrasound
Posted April 27, 2018
According to ACOG’s Practice Bulletin Number 101, “Ultrasonography in Pregnancy“: “Screening detects multiple gestations, congenital anomalies, and intrauterine growth restriction, but direct health benefits from having this knowledge are currently unproven.” [my emphasis.] In other words, women who are having low-risk pregnancies and who would choose not abort a fetus that had congenital anomalies have no proven reason to have an ultrasound. Read more.
Tell the EPA: Ban Monsanto’s Carcinogenic Glyphosate-Based Roundup Weedkiller
Posted April 27, 2018
According to ACOG’s Practice Bulletin Number 101, “Ultrasonography in Pregnancy“: “Screening detects multiple gestations, congenital anomalies, and intrauterine growth restriction, but direct health benefits from having this knowledge are currently unproven.” [my emphasis.] In other words, women who are having low-risk pregnancies and who would choose not abort a fetus that had congenital anomalies have no proven reason to have an ultrasound. Read more.
That was Then, This is Now: Open Season on Vaccinating Pregnant Women
Posted April 27, 2018
To help pregnant women navigate potential risks to themselves and their “cargo,” WebMD furnishes a long checklist of substances known to cause birth defects, including acne drugs, some antidepressants and heavy metals such as lead and organic mercury. However, when it comes to flu shots (some of which contain organic mercury), the website tells women that the vaccines are completely safe any time during pregnancy. The website’s certitude in this regard rests on the assurances of entities like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has long recommended influenza vaccines for pregnant women. CDC’s rationale is that the vaccines are needed to help pregnant women avoid the “excess” influenza-related deaths that apparently occurred during early-20th-century influenza pandemics. Read more.
Farmed Salmon Contaminated with Synthetic Tire Chemical
Posted April 27, 2018
Do you buy farmed salmon in the belief that it’s the environmentally responsible thing to do? Think again. Fish farms are the water-based equivalents of land-based concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), and as such they create the same, if not worse, environmental concerns. Since the salmon pens are placed along wild salmon runs, they pose a severe threat to wild salmon stocks that pass by, exposing wild fish to diseases such as sea lice, pancreas disease,1 infectious salmon anemia virus and piscine reovirus. Read more.