By Alexis Henning Major price-gauging of the EpiPen has caused those with and without health insurance to panic and seek alternatives. Many of those who suffer from severe allergies have been outraged this week to find that Mylan, the company that produces the EpiPen, has…
By Cassius Kamarampi (Era of Wisdom) What is the true motivation behind the DEA’s decision to ban kratom? Could it be the fact that enormous swathes of researchers are trying to develop synthetic opioids, patentable, profitable drugs to replace such things as kratom or pharmaceutical painkillers?…
By Daisy Luther There was a time when “FDA Approved” was a vote of credibility. We could purchase a product and feel safe because the government watchdogs had checked it out thoroughly before allowing it to be sold. Now, “FDA Approved” means “The company that…
By Amanda Froelich There is still heated controversy in the United States about whether or not marijuana should be legalized for recreational use, let alone medicinal purposes. After reviewing a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2014, you’ll likely agree…
By Daisy Luther Sick people go to the hospital to get well, but there’s now even more scientific evidence confirming that a visit to the hospital may leave a person even worse-off than they were to begin with. And now we know why. A brand…
By Lanaria Amberkira, The Netherlands There are so many good organizations and so many individuals who all want the same thing; peace, prosperity for all and respect for Mother Earth. Unfortunately most do not or cannot connect and unite not as a collective movement, with…
By Catherine J Frompovich Pregnancy is that magical time after love-making when a real living, breathing human who, in turn, will pass on his or her genetic material that he or she has inherited from those who contributed their DNA/RNA from unknown generations of the…
By Alice Salles The EpiPen is a useful device for individuals who suffer from severe allergies. So when news broke that Mylan, the sole maker of the autoinjector “pens” in America, had hiked the prices of its products from $57 each in 2007 to $600 for…
By Paul A. Philips Many people would naturally associate drug addiction with illegal street drugs. However, there’s a different type of drug addiction. Growing exponentially and out of control Big Pharma has created an opioid painkiller addiction epidemic that’s causing more suffering and death than…
By Brianna Acuesta An FDA-approved, candy-flavored amphetamine is to be used to treat children six or older that have been diagnosed with ADHD. The label itself says that the drug has a “high potential for abuse and dependence,” which is not something most parents want…
By Jeffrey Green Even if we stay in shape, eat right, do yoga and meditate, it’s still painful to get old. It seems like every sports injury, car accident, slip on the ice, or other accumulated bumps and bruises seem to re-aggravate the older we get….
By Vandita Thanks to exceptionally rare mutations, the DNA of 35-year-old Washington-based Steven Pete and 26-year-old Johannesburg-based Timothy Dreyer — two superhumans who can walk away unflinching from stab wounds, or keep bones intact, even after near-fatal road accidents — makes them nearly immune to pain…
By Era of Wisdom Do you know the origin of pharmaceutical medicine? This historical gem of a book details how the industrial powers of the late 1800’s funded Allopathic, pharmaceutical medicine into existence, suppressing the homeopathic/naturopathic medicine and building an entire structure of industry funded…
By Paul A. Philips When it comes to treating illness, disease in particular, on every level; academia, research and development, marketing, diagnoses, orthodox treatment, press and politics … there is a pattern that runs throughout. This pattern reflects how Big Pharma is able to stop…
By Amando Flavio A new study by researchers from Denmark and the United Kingdom, who have studied antidepressant drugs and their effects, have found that the drugs indeed push people to commit suicide, especially children. The study is said to be the biggest ever to have been…
Mom and pop drug and pharmacy stores have been closing down across the country for some time now. A lot of people get nostalgic about these stores as some of these stores have been around for decades. People get attached easily, and it gets hard…
By Sarah Carrasco In 2005, I was told to consider “out-of-home placement” for my son David. He was four years old and had been diagnosed with “worst-case-scenario for autism” by specialists. He was violent, self-injurious and had a tendency to wander. The recommendation for out-of-home…
By Catherine J Frompovich Probably the most respected name in allopathic medical circles regarding food, nutrition, and a plant-based-diet is that of Dr Michael Greger, MD, of NutritionFacts.org, author of The New York Times Best Seller book How Not To Die. Dr Greger is rather…
By April Boden This September will mark the 9 year anniversary that my son Aydan was diagnosed with autism. This is not a day we celebrate. I remember everything about it, sitting in the waiting room at the Regional Center office building in downtown…
By Jeff Sanchez This is a bigger problem than most people think. Antibiotic resistance happens when a bacteria evolves to a point that it becomes fully resistant to modern medicine, completely disregarding the presence of an antibiotic and just continues to multiply anyway. And in…
