by: Dan Haley

Politics and cancer may be thought of as a contradiction in terms. Surely there can't be politics in cancer and healing; surely when breakthroughs are made, the medical profession puts them to use. That's the way it is, isn't it? It would be nice if it were that simple.

by: Mike Adams

(NaturalNews) There's a popular video circulating on the 'net right now about how to escape handcuffs without using a key. Americans are watching the video to bone up on essential skills that will soon be needed for health care reform, it seems, since the new laws that are about to be put in place call for Americans to be arrested and thrown in jail if they refuse to buy health insurance.

by: David Gutierrez

(NaturalNews) The popular diabetes drug sitagliptin (marketed as Januvia) may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to study conducted by researchers from the University of California-Los Angeles and published in the journal Diabetes.

by: Kerri Knox, RN

(NaturalNews) Once someone has overcome all of the hurdles to get appropriate testing and is told that they have vitamin B12 deficiency, there is still a problem to overcome- getting the right KIND of vitamin B12. There are several kinds of vitamin B12 that are all CALLED vitamin B12, but only ONE, methylcobalamin, is the form that should be used in the vast majority of cases. Yet few doctors use methylcobalamin, favoring using their prescription pads and tradition over good science in their decision to supplement this vital vitamin.

by: Kerri Knox, RN

(NaturalNews) Once someone has overcome all of the hurdles to get appropriate testing and is told that they have vitamin B12 deficiency, there is still a problem to overcome- getting the right KIND of vitamin B12. There are several kinds of vitamin B12 that are all CALLED vitamin B12, but only ONE, methylcobalamin, is the form that should be used in the vast majority of cases. Yet few doctors use methylcobalamin, favoring using their prescription pads and tradition over good science in their decision to supplement this vital vitamin.

The package insert for the Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine manufactured by Novartis has been leaked on the Internet. According to that package insert, the vaccine (based on an earlier vaccine product known as Fluvirin) is known to cause a whole host of very nasty side effects such as guillain-barre syndrome, vasculitis, anaphylactic shock and even death.

by: Barbi Trejo

(NaturalNews) Fig leaves are best known for treating diabetes, but there are many other uses for the fig leaves. There are many homemade remedies from treating diabetes to treating bronchitis, genital warts, liver cirrhosis, high blood pressure, skin problems and ulcers. Fig leaves are not used as much as they should be. Most of the remedies for the fig leaves use the sap or the milk of the sacred tree. Fig tinctures or poultices should be used immediately and fresh batches made daily.

by: S. L. Baker

(NaturalNews) US scientists from Vanderbilt University and Australian researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Western Sydney are separately sounding the alarm about the rise of tuberculosis (TB) superbugs. Although the incidence of TB has fallen in many regions, the new findings suggest serious and growing problems with TB could on the horizon. The reason? Antibiotic resistant TB superbugs are emerging that could see virtually untreatable strains of the disease become widespread.

by: Ethan Huff

(NaturalNews) Throughout the past several months there has been a concerted effort by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to eliminate natural, bio-identical thyroid treatments from the market. Three companies have recently been ordered by the FDA to cease production of all desiccated thyroid products, causing product shortages and delayed production within the two remaining companies that provide the treatment.