The annual flu vaccine scare has reached a new level of frenzy this year with the media and official fear blitz about the swine flu. The pressure to vaccinate has never been greater. Yet, while the issue is still the same – a flu shot – there are special risks and concerns about the [...]

From Dr L’s Blog: If the truth were told we are in fact, “our own doctor”, responsible for our own health and healing. At some time in history we lost sight of this responsibility and surrendered our power to the medical professionals.

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Homeopathy is a non-toxic system of medicine used to treat illness and relieve discomfort of a wide variety of health conditions. It is practiced by licensed physicians and other qualified prescribers in many regions of the world, including Europe, Asia, the U.K., and the U.S. Information on the use of several hundred remedies has [...]

No mater your political view point, we believe that it is important to really know what is in the health care bill. Below you will find a link to the actual bill DIRECT from the House of Representatives website:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov

Health care reform ‘myths’ and truths laid out
BY James Gordon Meek and Thomas M. Defrank
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON [...]

The MSG-reaction is a reaction to free glutamic acid that occurs in food as a consequence of manufacture. MSG-sensitive people do not react to protein (which contains bound glutamic acid) or any of the minute amounts of free glutamic acid that might be found in unadulterated, unfermented, food.

These ALWAYS contain MSG

Glutamate
Glutamic acid
Gelatin

Monosodium glutamate
Calcium [...]

A new study illustrates that biological – bacterial in this case – diversity is important to our health, and our knowledge is limited.
The health of our skin — one of the body’s first lines of defense against illness and injury — depends upon the delicate balance between our own cells and the millions [...]

By Emily Bazar, USA TODAY
Environmental activists no longer have a monopoly on April 22.
Events this week show that Earth Day is attracting a broad and growing fan base that includes music lovers who flocked Sunday to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and college students, community gardeners, moviegoers, corporate executives and others.
“When Earth Day started, [...]

Robert Kuttner
U.S. health care expenditures rose 6.7% in 2006, the government recently reported. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, total health care expenditures exceeded $2.1 trillion, or more than $7,000 for every American man, woman, and child.1 Medicare costs jumped a record 18.7%, driven by the new privatized drug benefit. Total health [...]

“It can take weeks after you get vaccinated for your immune system to protect you”

This year, get your flu shots early

by Fran Kritz

View Natural Medicine Products for Cold and Flu
Getting ready to send the kids back to school? “Put their flu shots on your list,” says Dr. Jeff Kalina, associate medical director of emergency medicine [...]

The Low-Down on Natural Cold & Flu Treatments

“Products such as Oscillococcinum may decrease severity and duration of flu symptoms”

Easy ways to make yourself better, while battling the winter germs

by Terra Wellington

You know that the common cold can be one of the most fatiguing features of winter, often lasting weeks. The flu is another debilitating infection, [...]