Eighteen years ago, following the 9/11 catastrophe, President George W. Bush offered an explanation as to WHY we were targeted in a joint session of Congress: “They hate our freedoms — our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each…
Corporate-influenced medicine favors the one-size-fits-all paradigm of care, a paradigm that disregards individual human differences, circumstances, and needs. Why? I believe the answer is simple; because the one-size-fits-all is the cheapest most profitable paradigm to get the largest number of customers. “A key drive for unreliable research: the greater the…
Sexual abuse of patients by psychiatrists is hardly rare. In 2016, Health Research Group of Public Citizen examined the literature and analyzed the National Practitioner Data Bank for Sexual Misconduct, 2003-2013. They reported that the literature shows that “psychiatrists typically account for a disproportionately high share of reported cases.” [PLoS…
Merck Press Release (July 30, 2019) Announces Second-Quarter 2019 Financial Results Vaccines Merck announced the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination with GARDASIL 9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) based on shared clinical decision making…
Donald Klein, MD, one of the pillars of biological psychiatry who was instrumental in medicalizing the ebbs and flows of human moods, and of fostering psychiatry’s reliance on psychiatric drugs, is dead. The obituary in the New York Times notes that: “Klein’s research into panic attacks, depression, childhood anxiety disorders…
Millions of people around the world participate in research trials each year, whether for personal, financial or humanitarian reasons. They submit their DNA, organs, body chemistry or personal history to studies that aim to better society. A substantive investigative news report by San Diego’s independent investigative news source, Inewsource.org by…
More than a thousand parents and children dressed in white for solidarity appealed to a judge to lift the ban against children whose parents exercised the right to religious exemption from some mandated childhood vaccines. New York State had signed off banning healthy unvaccinated school-age children from school. Public health…
An opinion piece by Ross Douthat of The New York Times makes a non-conformist assessment – especially in the pages of the Times — about the possibility that those who believe in “conspiracy theories” can point toward the truth! He cites conspiracy theories that had been ridiculed only to turn…
The promotion for the utilization of vaccines and the inadequate surveillance systems in poor, Third World countries is largely controlled by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the mantle of the World Health Organization (WHO) which administers public health programs in poor and middle income countries. Vaccine safety is…
Once again, the Massachusetts Medical Society selected a professor from the Harvard School of Public Health, to replace Dr. Jeffrey Drazen as the Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Eric Rubin is an endowed professor of Immunology & Infectious Disease and Chairman of the Department of Immunology…
SWI, the Swiss Information channel, reported that there is scientific evidence that music helps nurture brain development in premature infants. Swiss neuroscientists reported documenting positive effects of specially composed and performed music on developing neural networks of premature babies. The musical selection provided a soothing background of bells, harp, and …
On Monday, Health officials in Maine, confirmed a single measles case in a school-aged child in Somerset County. Officials said others may have been exposed at schools in Madison and the hospital in Skowhegan. See PressHerald Contrary to the media hysteria about unvaccinated children posing a risk for the community,…
