Entries from April 2009
Video of the week - dehydration
April 29th, 2009 · 9:32 PM
Coming Clean–and Green!
April 20th, 2009 · 8:29 PM
The household products industry is trying to improve the ease with which we can know what chemicals are in their products, says an article in the Wall Street Journal. Unfortunately, some of those ingredients are considered
Tags: deoderant, detergents, hair spray, household cleaners, make up, personal care products, shampoo, soap, toothpaste. toxins
More on Monsanto. Please Be Aware: and Beware!
April 6th, 2009 · 8:13 AM
Roundup and other herbicides fell last quarter because of a sluggish agriculture economy. However, net sales in the “seeds and genomics business” is taking over as the profit-generating hub. Because of the seed market, Monsanto’s seeds will continue
Tags: food, genetic engineering, genomes, genomic engineering, GM foods, herbicides, Monsanto, Roundup, seeds
Top Scientist Fabricated Data in Studies
April 2nd, 2009 · 2:34 AM
A well-respected physician at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts was found to have falsified data in 21 studies that he submitted for publication between 1996 and 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal. Most were in the pain
Tags: falsified data, pain, patients, risk, scientific method
Good News: Lead Levels Decline in Children
April 1st, 2009 · 4:03 AM
Lead levels have dropped significantly in the last 20 years, reports the Orlando Sentinel, due to the aggressive efforts to get lead out of the paint, water, and soil (and it is already out of the gasoline). Lead in children, with their
Tags: health care system, lead
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: