Thursday, June 28, 2007 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
SSRI medication (Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft) has been linked by three recent studies to a significant increase in the rate of bone loss in individuals over 50 taking these medications, including an increased risk of fracture.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
In the face of mounting evidence that proper vitamin D levels significantly reduce overall cancer risk, especially for colon cancer, both the Canadian and American Cancer Societies are caught in a dilemma: how to increase vitamin D intake which comes naturally from sun exposure while warning people to stay out of the sun. This dilemma is further deepened by the fact that....
Monday, June 11, 2007 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new Canadian study shows a clear link between the number of courses of antibiotics as an infant and the risk for developing asthma. As reported by HealthDay, “Kids who received one to two courses of antibiotics had a 21 percent increased risk of asthma; those given three to four courses of antibiotics had a 30 percent rise in risk; while youngsters given more than four courses of antibiotics had a 46 percent increased risk of asthma.”
Sunday, June 03, 2007 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A study that is sure to irritate the Big Pharma drug-pushing cartel was published by The Lancet in their June 2, 2007 issue. Despite pushing over 20 billion dollars worth of statin drugs each year down the throats of Americans for prevention of heart disease, when in fact there is no statistical evidence that a statin drug can prevent a first stoke at all, it now comes to pass that a simple B vitamin can do the job of stroke prevention far more effectively. This new study lends support to another study published last month showing that folic acid could dramatically decrease the thickening of the coratid artery over a two-year period.
Friday, June 01, 2007 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Pesticides are nerve toxins, many of which were originally developed by the Germans in WWI and WWII for use as chemical weapons. Following these wars the Rockefellers concocted the “Green Revolution,” whereby crop yields were increased by poisoning insects with these biological weapons. Insects have developed resistance, leading to higher doses and other more toxic chemicals being applied to crops, residues of which are consumed regularly and are a likely cause of health decline.
