Could coffee do more than just stimulate alertness and stress out the adrenals? What if there was more going on to this ritualistic beverage consumed by billions around the world than just caffeine addiction? What if it was medicine for both the body and soul? Read more.
Archives for February 2023
Three Patent Games Used by Big Pharma to Monopolize Medicine
How do pharmaceutical companies extend their patents on drugs? View here.
Using the Finnish Model for Better Health
Saunas and subsequent dips in an ice bath or cold lake have been a way of life in Finland for generations, and the Finns may be on to something. While the idea of going straight from toasty temperatures into chilly water or snow may sound like a cruel shock to the system, saunas and cold plunges both offer healthy benefits, and the combination may even outweigh the sum of their parts. Read more.
One Third of These Drugs Might Not Work
A government report shows how dozens of drugs that received a special “accelerated” approval have no proof of actual clinical benefit to patients. Action Alert! Taxpayers are spending billions on drugs that have little or no data to support their efficacy. This is the bombshell finding of a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) on the failings of the FDA’s accelerated drug approval program. Read more.
Positive Correlation between the Number of Vaccine Doses and Infant Mortality
According to Dr. E. G. Bailey, a bioinformatics course instructor and her students, vaccine hesitancy “has intensified due to the rapid development and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.” They voice concern regarding “anti-vaccine information” being shared on social media, and appear to target for retraction a 2011 peer-reviewed study published in the journal Human and Experimental Toxicology that I coauthored with Neil Miller. In this paper, we reported a counterintuitive correlation demonstrating that among the most highly developed nations, those that require the most vaccines for their infants tend to have the worst infant mortality rates (IMRs) Read more.
16 More Reasons Black Seed is ‘The Remedy For Everything But Death’
A few years ago, we wrote an article about nigella sativa (aka black seed) titled, ‘The Remedy For Everything But Death.’ It described the research on the many ways in which black seed (nigella sativa) is a potentially life-saving medicinal food, and is one of our most popular articles, with over 700K social media shares and close to 2 million views. Read more.
Save Lives and Improve Public Health: Following the Data from Pellagra to Atherosclerosis
History is an important teacher, as it can help us replicate good practices and avoid repeating harm. Read more.
Health Care Staff Shortages a “National Emergency”
Hospitals and other health care facilities in the United States are suffering a workforce shortage, a crisis that was brewing before the COVID-19 pandemic but has only been amplified since then. The American Hospital Association (AHA) calls the shortages a “national emergency” and, although it is most acute in the nursing field, the effects are present throughout the entire medical system continuum from lab workers to paramedics. Read more.
8 Healing Properties of Strawberries
Who doesn’t love strawberries? And you don’t need any reason other than the pleasure of their sweetness to eat them every day. But according to researchers from Oklahoma State University, there’s lots more to strawberries than the flavor. Read more.
For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest
The poplars may be the first genetically modified trees planted in the United States outside of a research trial or a commercial fruit orchard. Just as the introduction of the Flavr Savr tomato in 1994 introduced a new industry of genetically modified food crops, the tree planters on Monday hope to transform forestry. Read more.