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A Healthy Relationship?
The 2nd Annual Blackmore’s Institute Symposium 2015, held in Melbourne late last month, was titled “Translating Research into Practice”. The speaker line-up was impressive, as their workbook states, “catering for the clinical needs of a wide spectrum of healthcare professionals, including general practitioners, pharmacists, naturopaths, nutritionists and complementary medicine practitioners”. I was therefore surprised at…
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Big Names; Big Mistakes Consumers Misled by Supplement Bashing
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 30, 2015 Big names: the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), arguably the most prestigious medical journal in the world. Plus, the New York Times. On October 14th, the latter mentioned: “Dietary Supplements Lead to 20,000 E.R. Visits Yearly, Study Finds.” It was a report of a study published in the NEJM with…
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Don’t Vaccinate without Vitamin C
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 22, 2015 My husband and I chose to have our children vaccinated after consulting arvada pediatrics. We think some immunizations are worthwhile. We are not in favor of others, but the law is not set up in such a way where doctors and parents can make decisions together about which…
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Neuropathy and Quality of Life
One of the most common presentations in practice is the affect of neuropathy on a person’s quality of life. Neuropathy equals nerve damage. It is commonly seen in diabetes, causing numbness, weakness and pain, especially in the hands and feet. Brilliant medical marketing is directing sufferers to discuss this with their primary physician, who has…
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European Union Divide (with possible divorce) Over GM Crops
With the deadline for EU countries who wish to ban genetically GM crops draws near, the division of the EU into pro and anti-GM zones may test the single market beyond its limits. It is hard to see how the inevitable tensions will be resolved. All the more so as the law surrounding the member…
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RNA In GM Rice Can Now Be Seen In Your Blood And Organs
It’s not earth-shattering news: genetically modified foods carry huge risks for humans. The newest information, however, shows that there are larger risks than ever before seen. These risks affect us on a much deeper level than previously thought. Researchers at the Nanjing University in China have shown that small pieces of ribonucleic acid (RNA) of…
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GM Lobby Will Damage Australian’s Health Future
On Tuesday, 9 September 2015 I tuned in to the ABC broadcast of the address given to the National Press Club , by John Entine, described as a “journalist, scholar, skeptic and GMO advocate. I have followed the genetically modified organism (GMO) debate for some years and had personally arrived at a conclusion that GM…
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PSA Media Releases – Pharmacists have a real role in advising on use of complementary medicines
September 10, 2015 Pharmacists have a real role in advising on use of complementary medicines The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, the peak organisation representing pharmacists across all sectors of the profession, has issued a position statement recognising that complementary medicines may have a role in the management or treatment of some conditions and that pharmacists…
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Clinical Pharmacy – a US Working Model
There is an excellent US publication available online and its title is “Drug Topics”. I probably have some affinity because the range of topics discussed ranges from pharmacy management to clinical pharmacy, somewhat similar to material published in i2P. One recent article caught my eye, and it was titled: The new pharmacy: Revenue streams, Part…
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Half of All Children Will Be Autistic by 2025, Warns Senior Research Scientist at MIT
Editor’s Note: In our last edition we ran information pertaining to Homeopaths and the NHMRC committee investigating the effectiveness of this modality. A number of inconsistencies and procedures were highlighted as the NHMRC appeared to be manufacturing a report to conform to certain extreme views of some medical groups, rather than a true evidence-based approach…