Supplements and Herbs

Dr. Linus Pauling was probably most known as the Champion of Vitamin C and its curative powers. He was a champion of helping people live healthier lives. He was a brilliant independent thinker who challenged the status quo to make things better.
Linus Pauling spoke his mind about peace and war to presidents, [...]

A recent story in the Wall Street Journal brings to light another tragic death of a young man that did not have to happen, had our medical establishment and health officials provided a simple test for a known problem that can cause the death of young athletes. According to the story, in early June, a [...]

Palladone (hydromorphone hydrochloride)
Audience: Pain Specialists and other healthcare professionals[Posted 07/14/2005] After acquiring new information that serious and potentially fatal adverse reactions can occur when Palladone (hydromorphone hydrochloride) extended release capsules are taken together with alcohol, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Purdue Pharma L.P., the makers of the drug, to withdraw it [...]

The FDA has fianally issued a warning about the reported potential of the three popular impotence drugs to cause sudden blindness in one eye . The condition called non-arteritic anterior ischemic ptic neuropathy , or NAION, is caused by blockage of blood to the optic nerve.
The FDA has received 43 reported cases of NAION [...]

Last month Natural Medicine carried a story about a young man who died because of the failure the device because of a problem the company was aware of but did not notify patients or doctors. With the report of a second death, it the devices are being recalled.
FDA and Guidant Corporation notified health care [...]

In response to recent scientific publications that report the possibility of increased risk of suicidal behavior in adults treated with antidepressants, the FDA has issued a Public Health Advisory to update patients and healthcare providers with the latest information on this subject. Even before the publication of these recent reports, FDA had already begun the [...]

The use of toxic chemicals in our products and our food is simply out of control. Unfortunately, Most of what is produced today is toxic in some way. Most of the tens of thousands of chemicals in use have never been tested. We all have traces of various industrial chemicals stored or circulating in [...]

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, acrylamide is a probable cancer causing chemical for humans. In January 1990 in California acrylamide was listed as a known cancer causing agent under Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). Proposition 65 requires warning labels on foods and products that contain known cancer [...]

In his recent article accusing the CDC, FDA and phamaceutical companies of knowingly covering up data linking mercury in childhood vaccines to autism, John Kennedy JR, a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, appears to have shaken the vaccine machine. While the allegations are not new, and have been [...]

In yet another story the raises hard questions about the cozy relationship between medical science and corporations, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine announced that it will launch an investigation into the work of one its faculty members, after an environmental watchdog group accused the professor of ignoring research conducted by one of his [...]