Fw: Pulse of Health Freedom - April 14, 2009

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Pulse of Health Freedom - April 14, 2009

 

 

 

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Pulse of Health Freedom - April 14, 2009

 

 

Failure to Consider the Risks

 

Now that the government is planning on conducting Comparative

Effectiveness Research to determine which treatments are the best, our elected

officials must be reminded that they must take into account the risks of drugs,

medical devices, and surgical operations as well as the benefits. A year-long

study revealed that more than two million American hospitalized patients

suffered a serious adverse drug reactions, and over 100,000 of them died as a

result.

 

Genetics + Environmental Chemical Soup = Autism?

 

Three studies have now found a link between children's exposure to

pesticides and autism. Children who live in homes with vinyl floors, which can

emit phthalate chemicals, are more likely to have autism. Children whose mothers

smoked were twice as likely to have autism.

 

Conflict of Interest in Conventional Medicine Practice Guidelines

 

A doctors' group is recommending that medical professional associations

adopt stricter conflict of interest guidelines, and that associations refuse

general budget support from the industry. This comes on the heels of the

American College of Cardiology's annual conference where drug and medical device

manufacturers paid $6 million to display their products-with $3 million of that

funding the conference's educational program.

 

Food Safety and the FDA

 

According to the editors of Scientific American, " the security of our food

supply is at risk-in ways more noxious than anyone had feared. " The article

refers to the FDA's action in 2008 reversing the ban on the non-therapeutic use

of antibiotics in farm animals.

 

Integrative Medicine and Healthcare Reform

 

A philanthropic organization partnered with the Institute of Medicine

(IOM) to convene this past February's Summit on Integrative Medicine and the

Health of the Public. Their primary goal is to make a shift in US healthcare.

 

 

Deborah A. Ray, MT (ASCP), Editor

Craig Smith, Deputy Editor

 

 

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