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Wyeth Vaccine Causes Super-Strain Ear Infections

he vaccine model of health care has taken another nose five as researchers report that since 2000, when Wyeth's bacterial strep vaccine Prevnar was put on the market, drug-resistant and rapidly mutating bacteria have moved in to fill the void left by those bacteria treated with the vaccine. While Wyeth sold $1.5 billion of its vaccine last year....

Read More: antibiotics, bacterial strep vaccine, immunizations, Prevnar, Wyeth

Spotlight Shines on Ineptitude of Medical Sinus Treatments

The Journal of the American Medical Association has just published a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study showing that the use of antibiotics and nasal steroids is ineffective at treating sinusitis.

Read More: antibiotics, asthma, nasal steroids, sinus

The FDA is Sued – Is it the Start of a Trend?

The New Year brings a surprise for the FDA – a lawsuit filed by Public Citizen seeking to force the FDA to do its pretended job of protecting American citizens from the dangers of drugs. Of course, the real FDA job, as prioritized by top FDA management, is to protect the sales of Big Pharma and create new market opportunities for Big Pharma and Big Biotech while using Americans for experimental purposes...

Read More: antibiotics, Bayer, black box warnings, Cipro, damaged tendons, Levaquin

Congressman Calls for FDA Chief Resignation

In the face of mounting drug scandals and perjured congressional testimony, a key House Democrat, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), told the Associated Press that FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach should step down. Stupak sites a “total lack of leadership” as it becomes plainly apparent that the FDA is unable to protect Americans from the dangers of drugs or ensure a safe food supply. The most troubling issue regarding FDA leadership is that many of these issues are due to gross negligence or taking the side of drug companies at the expense of human health.

Read More: Andrew von Eschenbach, antibiotics, Bayer, China, deaths, drug scandals, FDA, Heparin, Ketek, liver failure, Trasylol

An Imbalanced Digestive Tract Contributes to Obesity

A fascinating study shows that children lacking good digestive bacteria at birth were much more likely to become overweight by age 7 compared to children with healthy levels of friendly digestive bacteria.

Read More: acidophilus, antibiotics, bacteria, breastfeeding, flora, iron-fortifited formula, metabolism, overweight

Preventing and Overcoming Allergy & Asthma in Children

A comprehensive study of children has linked various forms of stress in childhood with various hyper immune system reactions, resulting in a higher risk for the development of allergies.

Read More: allergies, antibiotics, asthma, Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™, Oregano Oil, Stress Helper®, Super Mini-Multi™

Ear Infections Set the Stage for Future Obesity

Researchers at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting presented multiple studies linking the frequency of childhood ear infections to the risk of obesity.

Read More: antibiotics, Candida albicans, Digestive Helper, ear infections, Fiber Helper™, GI Soother, Noni

Friendly Flora Boosts Immunity

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that disruption of the friendly flora in your digestive tract can cause adverse changes to your immune system in other areas of your body. The researchers focus on how repeat use of antibiotics weakens your overall immune system and makes you much more at risk for new infections.

Read More: acidophilus, antibiotics, friendly flora, secondary infection, Super Dophilus

MRSA Threatens World Health

Americans have entered into a new type of competition with the Chinese – who will produce the next bacterial superbug plague first? This is no laughing matter.

Read More: antibiotics, China, hospital acquired, MRSA

New Strain of Superbug Rapidly Spreading Around the World

In a dire warning to the global community scientists have identified a new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that is rapidly spreading around the world, including to the United States. Unlike MRSA, which starts mostly in American hospitals, this infection if coming from Pakistan and India, being transported by travelers, and easily spreads in the community.

Read More: antibiotics, digestion, FDA, NDM-1, superbug

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