In the US, Canada and most industrial countries, the largest funders of medical research on new drugs are the manufacturers themselves. These tests determine which drugs the government will approve for sale. A favorable outcome on a drug trial can mean millions, even billions in profits for the drug companies. We should all be skeptical [...]

Compact Fluorescent  Lights have a heavy environmental and health cost and may not even save energy when the total cradle to grave footprint is factored in. CFL’s require 16 times more energy to produce than incandescent bulbs. The majority of electrical energy used to produce CFL’s  comes from coal burning plants in China.  This is [...]

Everything in nature has an order and a rhythm. According to author Donna Gates of “The Body Ecology Diet” many people are not getting well because they have not understood or followed the order the body requires for wellness. The foundation of health and the number one step is to create a hearty inner ecosystem [...]

Experts say the rates of death and serious illness from H1N1 are far  from the levels initially predicted by the pandemic alert. In early  November 2009, Harvard University researchers released their findings which showed H1N1 related deaths have so far been the same or lower compared to regular flu. Data for 2009 from the US  [...]

 Numerous clinical studies have confirmed low levels of vitamin D in
 patients with chronic back pain. In one study, 95% of patients with chronic back pain, had their  pain vanish or significantly reduce when given Vit D3
supplements for 3 months. According to pain management researchers, the
 currently recommended levels of up to 600 IU per day is [...]

Worldwide studies are reporting alarming decreases in human male sperm counts. Mexico’s non-governmental “Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute” (Spanish acronym: CINVESTAV) reported sperm counts in that country dropped 94% between 1939 and 1999.