Health & Wellness
A new study shows that women aged 25-29 who received the HPV vaccine have a lower probability of becoming pregnant. This is just the latest in a stream of evidence that points to the dangers of the HPV vaccine, particularly to those already infected with the virus-yet the FDA is considering a request from Merck to expand the population to whom the vaccine can be marketed. If the request is granted, it would be another example of how the agency sells out consumers for the benefit of the vaccine industry.
In addition to the study on the HPV vaccine preventing pregnancies, the government's vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS) lists a startling 57,287 adverse events from the vaccine, including 419 deaths-far more than any other vaccine. A World Health Organization study demonstrated that the vaccination has a tendency to produce clusters of serious adverse events. The American College of Pediatricians raised concerns that the vaccine could be linked to premature ovarian failure. And let's not forget the former Merck doctor who said that Gardasil "will become the greatest medical scandal of all time," that it "serves no other purpose than to generate profit for the manufacturer," and, like some other vaccines, that it can cause "Guillain-Barré syndrome, paralysis of the lower limbs, vaccine-induced MS, and vaccine-induced encephalitis."

Containers of Roundup, left, a weed killer is seen on a shelf with other products for sale at a hardware store in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.
The agrochemical company, which is now a unit of Bayer AG following a $62.5 billion takeover that concluded in June, has been engulfed in a trial with 46-year-old Dwayne "Lee" Johnson in recent weeks.
Johnson claims he became sick with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after using Roundup for more than two years as a groundkeeper for a school district outside of San Francisco.
Johnson is the first of a long list of about 4,000 people looking to sue the weed and seed maker for similar allegations.
Comment: Landmark lawsuit: Monsanto hid cancer danger of glyphosate for decades
Last week Judge Curtis Karnow issued an order clearing the way for jurors to consider not just scientific evidence related to what caused Johnson's cancer, but allegations that Monsanto suppressed evidence of the risks of its weed killing products. Karnow ruled that the trial will proceed and a jury would be allowed to consider possible punitive damages.
"The internal correspondence noted by Johnson could support a jury finding that Monsanto has long been aware of the risk that its glyphosate-based herbicides are carcinogenic ... but has continuously sought to influence the scientific literature to prevent its internal concerns from reaching the public sphere and to bolster its defenses in products liability actions," Karnow wrote. "Thus there are triable issues of material fact."
In a study of nearly half-a-million British adults, coffee drinkers had a slightly lower risk of death over 10 years than abstainers.
The apparent longevity boost was seen with instant, ground and decaffeinated, results that echo U.S. research. It's the first large study to suggest a benefit even in people with genetic glitches affecting how their bodies use caffeine.
Overall, coffee drinkers were about 10 percent to 15 percent less likely to die than abstainers during a decade of follow-up. Differences by amount of coffee consumed and genetic variations were minimal.
The results don't prove your coffee pot is a fountain of youth nor are they a reason for abstainers to start drinking coffee, said Alice Lichtenstein, a Tufts University nutrition expert who was not involved in the research. But she said the results reinforce previous research and add additional reassurance for coffee drinkers.
Comment: Some more benefits of drinking the best beverage in the universe:
- Study suggests drinking coffee reduces risk of depression
- Magic beans: Coffee can help prevent cancer and diseases - review of over 200 hundred studies says
- Moderate coffee consumption linked with lower risks of depression, Parkinson's and dementia
- Coffee lovers take note: The brew protects against liver cancer
- Another reason to keep drinking coffee: it enhances the activity of neuroprotective enzymes
Children with autism have a peculiar digestive system disorder, as was recently eloquently described by Dr. Arthur Krigsman at the AutismOne conference. How might glyphosate (Roundup) cause this?
In May of 2018 I had the opportunity to attend the AutismOne conference in Chicago, Illinois [1]. As in previous years, it was an exciting event where many experts, mostly alternative medicine practitioners, gave impassioned presentations offering their latest insights into various features of autism or biometrics linked to autism or treatment programs that they found to be beneficial. As in the past, I came away with increased optimism that we might finally solve the autism puzzle, along with many new leads on research topics that I needed to dig into more thoroughly, and renewed hope that autism can in fact be reversed.
Representatives of more than 70 countries gathered in Rome recently to discuss this approach to creating a healthier and more sustainable food system. (We were there.) It was an invigorating and encouraging gathering, made more so when José Graziano da Silva, the director general of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization, called for "transformative change toward sustainable agriculture and food systems based on agroecology."
To begin with, one of keto's main benefits is also its biggest stumbling block for women: The inadvertent reduction in calorie intake and massive increase in satiety.
It's the quality that makes ketogenic diets so effective for weight loss, particularly in the obese and severely overweight. And that satiety, that provides a psychological boost. You're not just not hungry. You're not hungry because you're consuming your own body fat. You eat fewer calories than you were because all the food is coming from inside the house. That's powerful, and it perpetuates itself, leading to even more weight loss and making keto that much more sustainable.
In this interview, Dr. Michael Hill - a graduate of Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa - discusses Chiropractic BioPhysics® (CBP) and Gonstead, a specific type of chiropractic treatment that addresses this kind of problem. I've always been opposed to X-rays and don't recommend them. In this case, however, it's necessary, as the treatment is precisely calibrated based on the X-ray data.
"With chiropractic, one of the big components I like to really help patients understand is ... where all health and healing comes from," Hill says. "We can't deny that the nervous system coordinates all function and healing in the body. If you don't know how to take care of it, who's going to do that for you and help you understand the importance behind it? Education is one of our biggest components in our office.
Chiropractic technique stands on three legs: the philosophy, science and art. If we take one away, it's easy to tip over. We've got to stay solid on those three components ... Gonstead and CBP have a lot in similarities, but a lot in differences. When it comes to understanding 'structure dictates function,' your spine is basically the framework of everything else that works off of that.
Then it's important to understand that we need to identify any structural changes that are compromising the way we should function. The intimate relationship between spine and nervous system is just that. It's intimate - if we don't take care of the spine, the [nervous system] is going to fall short of 100 percent function."
This removal of liability has created the incentive to turn out new vaccines with very little testing, as the companies don't have to worry about financial hardships for injuring people, which in turn has shaped the situation that we find ourselves in today.
In the last 2 decades, we've witnessed a near 300% increase in the number of CDC recommended vaccines. As the vaccine companies no longer had an incentive to rigorously test the safety of their vaccines, the responsibility of testing vaccine safety was then passed to the US government.
Now, a lawsuit filed against the US Department of Health and Human Services., on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) and counsel, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has revealed that the biannual reports for these safety studies - as required by Congress - have never happened.
Comment: Why is this not surprising?
How men and women digest differently, diet changes our skin, and gluten remains mysterious: A forward-thinking gastroenterologist on eating one's way to "gutbliss"
Robynne Chutkan, MD, is an integrative gastroenterologist and founder of the Digestive Center for Women, just outside of Washington, D.C. She trained at Columbia University and is on faculty at Georgetown, but her approach to practicing medicine and understanding disease is more holistic than many specialists with academic backgrounds. She has also appeared on The Dr. Oz Show (of which I've been openly skeptical in the past, because of Oz's tendency to divorce his recommendations from evidence).
Chutkan's first book comes out today. You might pick out an Oz-ian air to the title: Gutbliss: A 10-Day Plan to Ban Bloat, Flush Toxins, and Dump Your Digestive Baggage. Oz even endorses it on the back of the jacket: "Dr. Chutkan blasts away the bloat as she tastefully explains the guts of our problems."
Dr. Chutkan helped me reconcile some of this - blast away a little bloat, if you will - on simplifying medicine, subspecialists embracing therapies aimed at overall wellness, why a gastroenterology clinic would be sex-specific, and how to think about the whole gluten-free idea; among other answers to questions I wouldn't have thought to ask.
Avocados are actually a fruit, rich in monounsaturated fats that are easily burned for energy. Including them in your everyday diet helps to increase healthy fat without increasing protein or carbohydrates. Avocados are also high in potassium, which helps to balance your vitally important potassium to sodium ratio.
In the early 20th century, avocados were still called "alligator pears" due to their green bumpy skin. In a brilliant PR campaign move, avocados were renamed and rose out of obscurity. They subsequently beat the low-fat craze in the '80s and '90s and found their way into the hearts of Americans. The single greatest game-changer may have been avocado's entrance into the Super Bowl.2
The California Avocado Commission PR firm held a "Guacamole Bowl" in the 1990s, gathering recipes from NFL players and taste testing them on fans and reporters. But it's not just the avocado that is rich in vitamins and antioxidants. You might be surprised to find the pit has numerous health benefits as well.














Comment: See also: Gardasil vaccine destroys ovaries of 16-yr. old girl, causes infertility