Op-ed by Chris Veritas On radio, iTunes, and MTV the Stars are aligned, singing “Die Young” and “Born to Die”. A former Poison Giant now supplies a large portion of the nation’s food supply, and a mega Soda Corp. uses fetal stem-cells in the lab…
By Justin Gardner A new survey conducted by the Centre for Addictions Research of BC helps explain why Big Pharma is so afraid of cannabis. The pharmaceutical and alcohol industries, both powerful influences in Washington, have long lobbied against cannabis legalization in order to protect…
By Matt Agorist On April 8, 2013, the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc., filed a New Drug Application claiming to be able to cure hepatitis C. They received the FDA’s coveted Breakthrough Therapy Designation, which is is given to drugs that show significant treatment advantages to…
By Lori Alton As we witness the ever growing agenda for maintaining and increasing immunizations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to create what it calls “lasting, effective immunization delivery systems.” Yet, the CDC also admits – on the same area of…
By Heather Callaghan Arguably, vaccines are anything but vegan or “animal friendly” in case people were wondering. Science as a whole somehow maintains carte blanche when it comes to animal cruelty. But besides the typical cloned human cell lines and animal products used to make…
By Carey Wedler Popular memes calling for politicians to wear the logos of their corporate sponsors have circulated the internet for years, but the suggestion may soon be a reality for California legislators. In the next week, a potential ballot measure, submitted to the Office of…
By Josh Mur Many may remember Martin Shkreli (AKA the “Pharma Bro”). Shkreli is the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals and made headlines across America after his company purchased the drug Daraprim and hiked the price from $13.50 to $750.00 per pill. Daraprim costs approximately $1 a pill…
By Alex Pietrowski The business model for bringing lucrative new pharmaceutical drugs to market includes very robust marketing budgets, and 9 out of 10 pharmaceutical companies spend more on advertising than they do on research. And why not? Americans spend an average of $1000 per person, per…
By Carey Wedler A preliminary analysis has concluded that over 75 percent of high school students who use heroin previously used prescription painkillers. The study’s authors implicated not only pharmaceutical opioids, but the nature of drug education in the United States, suggesting students do not…
By Amanda Froelich When it comes to the most despised, Martin Shkreli is up there with Monsanto and the Rockefellers. Earlier this year, the ‘Pharma Bro’ made headlines when he hiked the price of Daraprim, a decades-old drug used to treat toxoplasmosis, by 5,000%. After…
By Amanda Froelich Practices like yoga, meditation, and kirtan can help curb the need for general health care services by almost 50 percent! Imagine if before and after a hectic day of work, everyone took twenty minutes to stretch and objectively contemplate their life’s journey….
By Dave Milhalovic Even with the established evidence which supports the long-term health risks and danger of mammograms, the medical community still pushes them like pancakes. Besides overdiagnosis and the unnecessary treatment of insignificant cancers, mammograms cause radiation-induced breast cancer themselves, increasing several risk factors…
By Paul A. Philips In the USA alone it has been estimated that at least 210,000 patients died from medical mistakes in a year making this the third leading cause of death while heart disease is the first and cancer comes second. Can the above…
By Paul Fassa A young teenager who had to be rescued out of a lake in which he had nearly drowned was infected with bacteria, supposedly, that “triggered” his Crohn’s disease, an extremely debilitating inflammation of the bowels and intestines that can be terminal. The…
By Yelena Sukhoterina Autoimmune diseases are reaching levels of epidemic proportions, and one of the least understood is lupus, of which cases have nearly tripled in the past four decades. We still have a lot to learn about lupus treatment options, which is what makes…
By Amanda Froelich Former CBS News investigative reporter Sheryl Attkisson discusses how to spot mainstream media lies. If you’re aware that only a handful of corporations (6, to be exact) control over 90% of the media, you’re one of the few. What this means, is…
By Sophie McAdam A pilot scheme in the South of France aims to treat a wide range of ailments with nothing more than good old-fashioned fun. Doctors in Biarritz, France are making waves with a progressive new way of treating illness: prescribing surfing and paddleboard…
By Catherine J. Frompovich This is a “heads up” and “take notice” recommendation for parents whose children routinely are taking the most frequently prescribed ADHD prescription drug Ritalin®. Late in November of 2015, the prestigious Cochrane Library issued its report “Benefits and harms of methylphenidate for…
By ANH-USA Robert Califf doesn’t think his many ties to pharmaceutical companies will affect his objectivity in regulating the industry. Congress seems to agree, but we don’t. Action Alert! Last Tuesday, President Obama’s nominee to take charge of the federal Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Robert…
By Alex Pietrowski Depression is epidemic in our society, and the mainstream solution is a trip to the psychiatrist and an indefinite prescription for pharmaceuticals. Dependent on psychotropic drugs to get by is no way to live, and in the search for happiness, both individuals, doctors and…
