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Aegerion Pharmaceuticals illegally obtained data on kids to sell them drugs they didn't need

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:46 UTC
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To illustrate just how much control the pharmaceutical industry wields over the US government, Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, the subsidiary of Novelion Therapeutics, Inc. was caught illegally obtaining patient data from children and not a single employee from the company will go to jail.

The company was in direct violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the only person facing consequences is the doctor who does not have the millions of dollars to pay off the state.

Dr. Eduardo Montana, 55, pleaded guilty this week to a misdemeanor charge that he wrongfully disclosed patients' individual identifiable health information. He faces a year in prison, but he will likely get probation.
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Medical Nemesis: Quackbusters and the shock troops of medical McCarthyism

Richard Gale
Greenmedinfo.com
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:14 UTC
Medical Nemesis
For half a century, the medical establishment, including the pharmaceutical industry, has had near zero tolerance towards criticism against its unequivocal failures and medical catastrophes.

Permanent disabilities and deaths due to proven unsafe drugs, such as the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx, synthetic hormone replacement therapy, thalidomide, and the cellular pertussis and the 1976 influenza vaccines, are simply pushed aside as the collateral of doing business and making profits. Due to the close symbiotic relationships between the mainstream media, "expert" spokespersons, drug companies' bottom line and official federal health policies, the truth behind medical failures remain largely hidden from the public. Those physicians, researchers and health advocates who dissent face a formidable force, protected my federals laws, intent to censor and destroy reputations.

Comment: Read more from Dr. Gary Null:

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The same people who failed at science on Agent Orange are in charge of vaccine safety and developmental disorders at the CDC

James Lyons-Weiler
worldmercuryproject.org
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:21 UTC
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When historians write about the Vaccine Decades (1976-2020), there are two names that will live in infamy: Dr. Frank DeStefano, and Dr. Coleen Boyle.

In the 1980s, Congress mandated Agent Orange studies. Frank and Coleen ended the studies two years early, insuring that "no link" would be found between illnesses being reported by injured veterans and dioxin. The early termination of the study allowed the US Department of Veterans Affairs to deny any connection between Agent Orange and medical problems, preventing veterans and their families from qualifying for compensations. Here's your hurt, what's your hurry. The Boyle/Destefano team bamboozle was outed by Admiral Zumwalt who went to the President and laid out the science in a classified report (now declassified):
"Without exception, the experts who reviewed the work of the Advisory Committee disagreed with its findings and further questioned the validity of the Advisory Committee's review of studies on non - Hodgkin's lymphomas ."

"a decision which should have been based on scientific data was reduced to vague impressions"
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SOTT Focus: The Health & Wellness Show: Health Tips From Dummies: The Dangers of Mainstream Dietary Advice


Sott.net
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:00 UTC
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Mainstream news is full of health advice. The fact that most of it is bad doesn't seem to stop the endless stream of awful recommendations based on faulty science and questionable motives. A quick review of the news can reveal the following: Saturated fat is bad and should be limited to 13 grams a day; Take statins to reduce cholesterol and prevent heart disease; Have no more than a half teaspoon of salt per day; Whole grains are the foundation of a healthy diet; Mobile phones and other sources of ionizing radiation can't cause cancer; Increase your intake of polyunsaturated fats; Only plants make proteins; Glyphosate poses no risk to human health and is safe for consumption; Red meat kills. If this egregious advice wasn't enough, mainstream health writers go out of their way to lambast herbs and natural remedies with thousands of years of safe and beneficial use for humans. What's a person to do?

Join us for this episode of The Health and Wellness Show where we separate the lies from the truth and tried to figure out why mainstream health authors seem to have it in for us. And stay tuned for Zoya's Pet Health Segment, where she spoke about the rabies virus.

Running Time: 01:25:32

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Ketosis: the potential cure for type II diabetes

Mike Riggs
Reason
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:40 UTC
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A drug-free approach might be the best treatment we have for America's most ubiquitous lifestyle disease.

Type II diabetes is one of America's most ubiquitous-and expensive-chronic diseases. Patients often require a suite of pharmaceutical products to manage high blood glucose levels, and the complications that arise over the long term, ranging from loss of vision and limbs to kidney failure and coronary artery disease, strain the resources of patients, their families, and the health care system.

The financial strain on insurance companies, employers, and Medicaid and Medicare is even more enormous. A 2013 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine put the lifetime direct medical costs for type II diabetes treatment at $124,000 for patients diagnosed in middle age. With nearly 30 million Americans affected by the disease, the American Diabetes Association estimates the national cost of direct diabetes care to be roughly $176 billion per year.

But unlike type I diabetes, which is an autoimmune disorder that destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, type II diabetes is a lifestyle disease, and thus reversible. Over time, people with type-II diabetes can be made more receptive to their own insulin, which in turn allows their bodies to effectively clear glucose from the blood without insulin medication. The trick for the vast majority of type II patients is as simple as losing weight. ("The relationship between obesity and diabetes is of such interdependence that the term 'diabesity' has been coined," two diabetes researchers wrote in 2005.)

Comment: It's good to see people in clinical settings starting to take the ketogenic diet seriously. If Virta is successful, people might be more willing to take their health into their own hands and adopt keto on their own. It would only serve to benefit them.

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Many cases of "dementia" are actually side effects of prescription drugs or vaccines, according to research

Isabelle Z.
Natural News
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:58 UTC
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The "quick facts" provided by the Alzheimer's Association are pretty concerning: More than five million people in America are living with Alzheimer's, and that number is projected to reach 16 million by the year 2050. As the sixth leading cause of death in our nation, it kills more Americans than prostate cancer and breast cancer combined. Someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer's every 66 seconds; will you be one of them?

With statistics like these, it's no wonder that people want to do everything they can to reduce their odds. However, it's also important to note that Alzheimer's is only one of the potential causes of dementia. While many people use the terms interchangeably, Alzheimer's is really only responsible for around 50 to 70 percent of dementia cases. The misleading terminology is obscuring one very dark fact about dementia: Many times, it's being caused not by something scientists are still struggling to understand like Alzheimer's but rather by things that are masquerading as tools for good health; vaccines and prescription drugs.

In fact, the Alzheimer's Association that publicizes these statistics is subsidized by Big Pharma. It's simply good business sense that they want people to believe that every memory-loss patient falls under the Alzheimer's umbrella because then they can sell you drugs that purportedly address it. Their research has led them to an approach that pays dividends: promoting and destigmatizing what many think of as "mental illnesses," making them seem unpreventable but manageable with drugs. Many people who work for the Alzheimer's Association and similar organizations are well-meaning people who want to help and are often unaware of the connection to Big Pharma.

You have more control over "dementia" than you're being led to believe
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It was only a matter of time: New study finds standing desks may lead to back pain, brain drain

Joe Dziemianowicz
New York Daily News
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:39 UTC
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© endopack / iStockStanding desks can lead to aches and brain drain.
Standing desks, compared to conventional office seating, have been lauded for easing back pain, boosting alertness and helping people to lose weight.

But new research suggests that using standing desks may actually not be as good for you as previously believed. A small but provocative study suggests that standing at a desk for a prolonged period of time can lead to "significant" discomfort and mental sluggishness.

That's what researchers at Curtin University in Australia found when they studied 20 adult subjects who undertook two hours of laboratory-based standing computer work.

Comment: First they say sitting is the new smoking, and every bio-hacker runs out and gets a standing desk. Now apparently standing for too long is detrimental. Are lying down desks next? In all seriousness, though, it seems likely that the right balance of sitting and standing throughout the day is what is needed. The human body was obviously designed to both sit and stand at various points, and doing too much of either is likely not the best thing for you. See also:

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Escharotic treatment for cervical dysplasia is unproven, dangerous and stupid

Harriet Hall
Science-Based Medicine
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:50 UTC
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Flowers of the bloodroot plant, Sanguinaria canadensis
I first wrote about escharotic treatment for cervical dysplasia in 2015. A caustic substance is applied to the cervix. This produces an uncontrolled chemical burn and the dead tissue sloughs off, hopefully taking the abnormal cells with it. The standard treatment for cervical dysplasia is excision by cone biopsy or LEEP (Loop Electrocautery Excision Procedure). Escharotic treatment has not been proven as effective as excision, and it has several drawbacks. It requires multiple visits, is not covered by insurance, and the biggest problem is that there is no tissue sample to send to pathology to see whether abnormal cells remain. It was easy to predict that eventually some patients would develop invasive disease that might have been prevented by conventional treatment. That prediction has proven correct.

I wrote about Nicholas LeRoy in 2016. A chiropractor, he offered escharotic treatments along with other dubious treatments. In an update a year later, I reported that his license had been revoked and that he had been practicing without a license, and had continued to offer escharotic treatments.

Patients report disastrous results and lies

A concerned correspondent who follows the Inspire message board passed on information posted by one of LeRoy's patients. She first saw him after he had lost his license. After 12 escharotic treatments, she thought she was cured. But a month later, a biopsy and ECC (endocervical curettage) done elsewhere showed adenocarcinoma in situ. This should have been a wake-up call; but instead, she went back to LeRoy and had 8 more escharotic treatments. Another endocervical biopsy again showed cancer in the cervical canal. She then had a cone biopsy, but the margins were not clear. Her (real) doctors told her that the delay in treatment had allowed the cancer to spread to her uterus and she will require a radical hysterectomy. One can only hope that the hysterectomy will be curative; but if the cancer has spread beyond the uterus, she may not only lose her uterus but her life. This unfortunate outcome would almost certainly have been avoided if she had agreed to standard excisional treatment in the first place.
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A fifth of antibiotic prescriptions are needless; superbugs set to kill more people than cancer, Jeremy Hunt warns

Laura Donnelly
The Telegraph
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:01 UTC
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© PAAntibiotics should be used more sparingly, experts said.
Superbugs will kill more people than cancer without swift action to stop GPs doling out needless antibiotics, Jeremy Hunt has warned.

It came as new research found at least one in five prescriptions by family doctors should never have been issued, fuelling antibiotic resistance.

Health officials urged GPs to rein in prescribing of the drugs, amid warnings that routine hospital operations could become too dangerous if common medications become ineffective.

Leading family doctors said the findings were "extremely disappointing," but said GPs should not be blamed for handing out so many needless drugs.

Comment: Antibiotic resistance issue is a huge threat to public health, and while many are crying "don't blame the GPs", they are the front lines where the problem is actually manifesting. A change in prescribing habits seems to be the only way to actually curb this plague. And as pharmaceutical interventions continue to fail a turn to natural antibiotics may become an emerging trend.

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Fibromyalgia, CFS, IBS and childhood trauma


Fibro Fix
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:00 UTC
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Traumatic experiences and stressors in childhood have historically been overlooked as predisposing factors in the development of various chronic pain disorders and psychiatric conditions, including fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and chronic fatigue syndrome. However, the tide is turning as research is revealing a significant correlation between childhood trauma and adult health.

The central nervous system is rapidly developing during childhood and being conditioned to respond to various stimuli and stressors that are encountered in life. As an assortment of environmental stimuli are encountered, new pathways are created between the cells of the brain in response to each stimulus. For example, a pleasurable experience such as a hug from a parent or a sweet food creates pathways that teach the brain to respond pleasurably to those stimuli. Likewise, a frightening experience will create and exercise pathways that respond in fear. This process of creating new pathways in response to stimuli is referred to as neuroplasticity.

As we age, neuroplasticity decreases, meaning it is more difficult to develop new pathways and adjust our brain's responses to stimuli. Children are at a distinct advantage in possessing a high degree of neuroplasticity. However, this also highlights the importance of delivering meaningful stimuli to the developing brain, to ensure the development of positive pathways.

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