Health & Wellness

Scandal rocks Big Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline - firm faces bribery & wrongful death charges

Carolanne Wright
Wake Up World
Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:50 UTC

Pharmaceutical companies generally don't have the best track record when it comes to transparency and fair dealings. Extortion, fraud, corruption, harassment, obstruction of justice and hit lists appear to be a "business as usual" model for the industry. It's not only individuals who have been on the receiving end of Big Pharma's harm, entire communities and countries are feeling the effects of their shady conduct as well.

One of the more recent publicized examples of corruption concerns China, where the country fined the UK pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) a staggering $490m when the company was found guilty of bribery. Meanwhile in Argentina, the company paid out $240,000 after it was found to be experimenting on human beings during vaccine trials, which lead to numerous deaths. Moreover, the firm dumped more that 45 liters of concentrated live polio into the water at a Belgium treatment plant, potentially endangering swimmers and fishermen, along with individuals working at the facility.

Comment: Big Pharma and organized crime — They are more similar than you may think:

Researchers ask,"Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?"

Dara Mohammadi
Prevent Disease
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 18:23 UTC

The idea that breakfast is the most important meal of the day has stuck to our collective subconscious like an egg to an unoiled pan. We're told that eating breakfast will make us slimmer, happier and livelier, but have we been swallowing a myth?

The health claims for breakfast are innumerable. It can boost your metabolism, leave you eating more healthily for the rest of the day, plus you'll have more energy and be less likely to put on weight, which is good news for avoiding heart disease and diabetes.

"The problem is that these benefits, although logical sounding, are largely assumptions based on observational studies and had never actually been tested," says James Betts, who studies nutrition and metabolism at the University of Bath, UK. "I was amazed when I started looking for evidence -- I thought there would be a lot," he says. What was out there, though, didn't stand up to scrutiny. So he decided to find out for himself.

Psychoneuroimmunology: How your mental health is affected by inflammation

Dr. Kelly Brogan
kellybroganmd.com
Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:48 UTC

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Here is the new connection between mind and health - psychoneuroimmunology (orPNI) which is the study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body.

Psychoneuroimmunology. This is what I aim to practice. Medical terms of this length command our respect for the interconnectedness of different subspecialties, for the futile segmentation and compartmentalization of the body into different organ systems.

As discussed in this previous article I wrote for Dr. Mercola, deconstructing the serotonin model of depression, psychiatry is in a crisis. It can no longer stand on its own, throwing more and more medications at its perceived target.

It seems, therefore, fitting that psychiatry would follow the investigative path of other lifestyle-triggered chronic diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity, and heart disease. There already exists a bidirectional relationship between all of the major chronic diseases and psychiatric diagnoses (patients who struggle with chronic diseases are more likely to be depressed and vice versa).

The role of inflammation, across these disease states, is better elucidated each day. Let's deconstruct what is known as it applies to mental health.

Rage disorder twice as likely to have latent toxoplasmosis parasite infection

EurekAlert
Wed, 23 Mar 2016 22:07 UTC

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This is a scanning electron micrograph of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, tissue cyst in brain of an infected mouse.

Individuals with a psychiatric disorder involving recurrent bouts of extreme, impulsive anger--road rage, for example--are more than twice as likely to have been exposed to a common parasite than healthy individuals with no psychiatric diagnosis.

In a study involving 358 adult subjects, a team led by researchers from the University of Chicago found that toxoplasmosis, a relatively harmless parasitic infection carried by an estimated 30 percent of all humans, is associated with intermittent explosive disorder and increased aggression.

Renowned Neuropathologist Dr. Squier has career destroyed for disproving Shaken Baby Syndrome

Christina England
Health Impact News
Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:52 UTC

The medical theory of "shaken baby syndrome" (SBS) is quickly losing credibility, with many doctors, scientists, and attorneys now speaking out against SBS and the fact that innocent parents have been falsely accused of child abuse. Courts are now re-trying some cases based on testimonies from these doctors and professionals, and some cases have recently been over-turned.

The medical profession is fighting back. The reasons are quite obvious. To admit that the theory behind SBS is false, would open the door to major litigation, as the theory has been used to convict thousands of parents of child abuse, and to perhaps remove tens of thousands of children from their homes and families. There is also massive federal funding available to seize these children, making them an asset to the state.

Comment: For a more in depth look at the ongoing controversy over Shaken Baby Syndrome read the following articles:

Zeolite: A safe natural detox used in Asia for over 800 years

Gavin Bragg
Wake Up World
Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:57 UTC

With thousands of detoxes out there these days it's hard to know what works and what doesn't. Many detox products remove only a limited range of toxins from the body and add a burden to the body's excretory systems. But, with an increasing amount of chemicals introduced to our environment each year, finding a detox solution that works is so important.

Zeolite is a natural volcanic mineral which, like hemp, is known for its ability to absorb radioactive and heavy metals like cesium and strontium-90 in environments affected by nuclear disaster. Although people in Asia have been taking it as a health remedy for more than 800 years, modern science is only beginning to catch up to its health benefits as a dietary supplement.

Drugs in the drinking water? Don't ask & officials won't tell

Martha Rosenberg
Truthout
Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:16 UTC

The lead crisis in Flint, Mich. has drawn national attention to deadly and often underreported risks in the public water supply. Thanks to the chemical, agricultural and pharmaceutical industries, and antiquated water systems, Americans are imbibing a witch's brew of drugs and chemicals often without realizing it.

These contaminants get into the water through human drug waste in sewage, medicines flushed down toilets, agricultural runoff and the wide use of endocrine disruptors like pesticides, flame retardants and plastic-related compounds like phthalates and BPA. (BPA has ironically been used in bottled water that people drink to avoid tap water risks!)

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New study finds less than 3% of Americans meet criteria for healthy lifestyle

RT
Wed, 23 Mar 2016 02:30 UTC

The lifestyle of more than 97 percent of Americans cannot be considered "healthy" according to a new study that examined people's diets, exercise, body fat, as well as whether they smoked. Researchers also found trends based on age, gender, and ethnicity.

A study conducted by Oregon State University in partnership with the University of Mississippi and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga looked at 4,745 people included in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2003 to 2006, and found that only 2.7 percent met a four-part criteria for having a healthy lifestyle.

"This is pretty low, to have so few people maintaining what we would consider a healthy lifestyle," Ellen Smit, an Oregon State associate professor of public health and human sciences and co-author, said in a statement. "This is sort of mind boggling. There's clearly a lot of room for improvement."

Why do most medical doctors blindly recommend vaccinations?

Michelle Goldstein
Vactruth.com
Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:40 UTC

Multiple reasons explain why the vast majority of medically trained physicians support vaccinations. Physicians receive the majority of their training during medical school, which is heavily influenced by pharmaceutical companies and government institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Both pharmaceutical companies and government organizations support a misguided agenda in which vaccinations are promoted as a primary tool to prevent disease. Practitioners are rewarded for high vaccination rates. Doctors are pressured to vaccinate or face negative professional and financial consequences. Medical doctors belong to professional medical organizations which recommend vaccines.

Comment: Doctors & scientists question the value of vaccines:

Boost your immune system with exotic seaweeds

Karen Foster
Prevent Disease
Mon, 21 Mar 2016 15:26 UTC

Seaweed might soon be an ingredient in functional foods since they are so effective at strengthening gut mucus, slowing down digestion and making food release its energy more slowly. Not only does it have heavy duty detox properties, but it contains one of the most important minerals for the human body in abundance - iodine.

Comment: Read more about the importance of Iodine for Health:

More important information about iodine research is presented in Dr. Brownstein's book: Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It, 5th Edition

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Health & Wellness

Scandal rocks Big Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline - firm faces bribery & wrongful death charges

Researchers ask,"Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?"

Psychoneuroimmunology: How your mental health is affected by inflammation

Rage disorder twice as likely to have latent toxoplasmosis parasite infection

Renowned Neuropathologist Dr. Squier has career destroyed for disproving Shaken Baby Syndrome

Zeolite: A safe natural detox used in Asia for over 800 years

Drugs in the drinking water? Don't ask & officials won't tell

New study finds less than 3% of Americans meet criteria for healthy lifestyle

Why do most medical doctors blindly recommend vaccinations?

Boost your immune system with exotic seaweeds

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