Posted May 31, 2018
In an attempt to reduce use of pesticides on crops, scientists are exploring the concept of “vaccinating” food plants to prevent them from being infected with viruses and other pathogens. Experiments are utilizing an external application of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), a naturally occurring product that is found in most organisms, to make plants resistant to certain microbes. Read more.
Archives for May 2018
Tell Congress to Support Dying Patients
Posted May 31, 2018
The Trickett Wendler Right to Try Act of 2017 passed both chambers of Congress and is now being sent to President Trump’s desk. The bill expands access to experimental drugs for terminally ill patients who have exhausted all other treatment options. It also frees drug companies from liability where trial medications are provided. Read more.
Do You Know Where Your Meat Comes From?
Posted May 31, 2018
Consumers know if the tomatoes they buy in the supermarket were imported from Mexico. They know if the sweater they purchased was made in Vietnam. They also know if the chicken they toss in their grocery cart was imported from another country. Under Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) laws, these products are required to carry labels that tell you if the product was imported from another country. Read more.
Are Draconian Limits on Vitamins Coming to the US?
Posted May 31, 2018
Meetings being held between the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and other world bodies to discuss “harmonization” (meaning restriction) of “nutrient intake” recommendations indicate that the answer may be yes. Action Alert! Read more.
How to Bash Vitamins with a Meta-Analysis
Posted May 31, 2018
The Orthomolecular Medicine News Service strongly disagrees with allegations that supplements are basically useless or even harmful. Dr. Michael Ellis (Australia) says: “There are hundreds of papers in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and other journals which support the use of orthomolecular medicine to prevent and cure chronic disease. The paper discussed here does not take into account dosages of vitamins and bioavailability. The meta analyses are therefore biased and not accurate.” Read more.
For the Discerning Journalist: 9 Wakefield Myths Deconstructed
Posted May 31, 2018
Every time there’s an outbreak of measles or mumps, the media brings up Dr. Andrew Wakefield and a certain 1998 scientific paper. The problem is that the majority of mainstream coverage gets virtually everything about this wrong. This false narrative is being used to justify drastic public policy initiatives, so it’s more important than ever that accurate information be available. Read more.
World’s Largest Animal Study on Cell Tower Radiation Confirms Cancer Link
Posted May 31, 2018
Researchers with the renowned Ramazzini Institute (RI) in Italy announce that a large-scale lifetime study of lab animals exposed to environmental levels of cell tower radiation developed cancer. A $25 million study of much higher levels of cell phone radiofrequency (RF) radiation, from the US National Toxicology Program (NTP), has also reported finding the same unusual cancer called Schwannoma of the heart in male rats treated at the highest dose. In addition, the RI study of cell tower radiation also found increases in malignant brain (glial) tumors in female rats and precancerous conditions including Schwann cells hyperplasia in both male and female rats. Read more.
Bill Gates, are Vaccines a “Miracle” Over Disease and a “Fantastic Investment”…
Posted May 31, 2018
Bill Gates is fond of using his bully pulpit to talk about “miracles” and “magic.” Gates has featured one or both words in nearly all of his annual wrap-up letters for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017), most often in reference to the Gates Foundation’s outsized financial and ideological support for global vaccine programs. As Gates says, “In the same way that during my Microsoft career I talked about the magic of software, I now spend my time talking about the magic of vaccines.” Read more.
A Defunct Pregnancy Drug May Still Affect the Grandchildren of Women Who Took It
Posted May 31, 2018
The ties that bind us to our ancestors might be even more influential than we knew, suggests a new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. It found that the grandchildren of women who took a certain hormone-mimicking drug before the 1970s were at higher risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to children whose grandmothers didn’t take the drug. Read more.
Conquering Alcoholism Nutritionally
Posted May 31, 2018
An alcoholic is very likely to confirm this statement. One reason why the body is weak is because of nutrient deficiencies. Another reason is because beverage alcohol is a slow acting poison. Other alcohols are immediate poisons. If you add a carbon atom to drinking alcohol, you get C3 H7 OH (isopropyl or rubbing alcohol) which is toxic. C H3 OH, or methanol, is found in windshield washer fluid and is just one carbon less than drinking alcohol… and again, is very toxic. Read more.