With thanks to Mike Adams at Natural News:

It’s being called the largest research fraud in medical history. Dr. Scott Reuben, a former member of Pfizer’s speakers’ bureau, has agreed to plead guilty to faking dozens of research studies that were published in medical journals. Read the rest of this entry »

Following the success of Boots sales of homeopathic remedies, and the fact that Alternative medicine sales soar as consumers shake off cynicism, Martindale have decided to follow suit and advise on homeopathic remedies:

There has been a lot of debate around the Martindale office over whether we should include information about homoeopathic remedies in Martindale.

Some people think that, since their purported mechanism of action does not have a convincing scientific foundation and since there is insufficient published clinical evidence, their inclusion is not justified.

But the fact remains that homoeopathic remedies have found their way on to the shelves in many pharmacies across the world, and the Editor’s decision is that they should no longer be ignored.

Thus, in the Martindale tradition of providing sound guidance on identification and nomenclature, we are in the process of including information about the ingredients of the mother tincture and recording the names used in official homeopathic sources such as the German Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, and the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India.

However, we have refrained from commenting on any suggested uses.

With thanks to Mike Adams at Natural News:

Are up and coming young doctors going to practice the same kind of mainstream medicine as their predecessors?

Will the next generation of docs turn up their noses at alternative therapies such as acupuncture, yoga, herbs and vitamins – just like the majority of the current crop of docs?

In what may come as a surprise to many mainstream physicians, the answer to those questions may be a resounding “no”. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Mike Adams at Natural News:

In the world of medicine, “skeptics” claim to be the sole protectors of intellectual truth.

Everyone who disagrees with them is just a quack, they insist.

Briefly stated, “skeptics” are in favor of vaccines, mammograms, pharmaceuticals and chemotherapy.

They are opponents of nutritional supplements, herbal medicine, chiropractic care, massage therapy, energy medicine, homeopathy, prayer and therapeutic touch. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to 2008 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 26th Annual Report. Clinical Toxicology (2009). 47, 911-1084.

There was not even one death caused by a dietary supplement in 2008, according to the most recent information collected by the U.S. National Poison Data System.

The new 174 page annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers, published in the journal Clinical Toxicology, shows zero deaths from multiple vitamins; zero deaths from any of the B vitamins; zero deaths from vitamins A, C, D, or E; and zero deaths from any other vitamin.

Also, there are no recorded deaths from any CAM product or procedure.

The terms iatrogenesis and iatrogenic artifact refer to inadvertent adverse effects or complications caused by or resulting from medical treatment or advice.

Unfortunately, there an estimated *999,936 deaths annually from iatrogenic causes, and estimated 16.4 million Annual Unnecessary Medical Events – projected figures show that a total of 164 million people, approximately 56% of the population of the United States, have been treated unnecessarily by the medical industry,

*Wikipedia quotes from 120,000 to 225,000 deaths per year in the United States attributed in some part to iatrogenesis.

*Professor Barbara Starfield Distinguished Service Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, estimates 225,000 – 284,000 iatrogenic deaths annually,

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With thanks to Scientific American 31.3.09:

Swedish children who live in homes with vinyl floors are more likely to have autism, according to a new study, but what’s behind the link is unclear.

Children who live in homes with vinyl floors, which can emit chemicals called phthalates, are more likely to have autism, according to research by Swedish and U.S. scientists published Monday.

The study of Swedish children is among the first to find an apparent connection between an environmental chemical and autism. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Mercola.com:

Two hundred Harvard Medical School students are confronting the school’s administration, demanding an end to pharmaceutical industry influence in the classroom. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Mercola.com:

Mercola says: This move to get BPA out of food and beverage containers is a very positive step, one that could make your food a lot less toxic. It’s about time Congress got around to it — BPA has already been detected in the urine of 95 percent of people tested, probably because it’s used so pervasively in everything from canned goods to plastic water bottles. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Mercola.com:

Mercola writes: I’ve been exposing the conflicts of interest and deceit surrounding drug research since I started this Web site more than a decade ago.

In that time I’ve learned quite a bit of disturbing information about how far drug companies and their researchers are willing to bend the rules to get the results they’re after. But this example by Dr. Scott Reuben really takes the cake. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to The Wall Street Journal and Mercola.com:

One of the little-noticed reasons that Wyeth was attractive enough to command a $68 billion price for rival Pfizer Inc.’s planned takeover sits in a building catty-corner from the White House across Pennsylvania Avenue. That is where a special “vaccines court” hears cases brought by parents who claim their children have been harmed by routine vaccinations. Read the rest of this entry »