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Drug giant Roche makes £1.9bn a year from the sale of Tamiflu, the world’s major antidote to flu epidemics – but it’s been hiding evidence that suggests the drug is not effective and could even damage the immune system.Tamiflu (oseltamivir) blocks the body’s own natural defences against the flu virus, and increases the risk of vomiting in children. It’s also little better than a placebo, or sugar pill, at preventing flu or reducing the length of the illness. HERE Jan 2012
We found that statin therapy -- statins of all types -- were associated with an increased risk for diabetes, about 48% overall, or moderate increase in risk. HERE Jan 2012
New video on the HPV—you need to watch! Be informed before allowing your child to have this vaccination, HERE Dec 2011
Vaccination information for parents
Dr Jayne Donegan has been giving talks on this subject for many years and offers the kind of information parents need to help them make informed decisions on this difficult subject. HERE Dec 2011
Parents claim link between flu vaccine and narcolepsy
Children’s flu vaccine weakens immune system
Children with a weakened immune system are supposed to have a flu vaccine every year – but the jab could be making them more vulnerable to deadlier viruses and epidemics.HERE Nov 2011
I don't want to be taking this medicine again!
The infant mortality rate (IMR) is one of the most important indicators of the socio-economic well-being and public health conditions of a country. The US childhood immunization schedule specifies 26 vaccine doses for infants aged less than 1 year—the most in the world—yet 33 nations have lower IMRs. HERE June 2011
Deadlier Whooping Cough Likely to have been caused by Vaccine
There is probable reason to believe that the new virulent strain is a result of the pertussis vaccine, yet the blame for the spread is directed at those who won’t vaccinate.HERE June 2011
40 UK children killed by MMR – and the true picture could be 10 times worse
Forty children have died after a routine vaccination such as MMR and 2,100 more have suffered a serious reaction, UK health authorities have been forced to disclose this week – and these figures are just the tip of the iceberg HERE Oct 2010.
Drug companies lied to women about HRT risks for nine years
Drug companies have tried for nearly a decade to downplay the breast cancer risks of their HRT treatment and so keep sales up – but this week their lies and spin have been uncovered.After tracking the health of 16,608 post-menopausal women for nearly eight years, the researchers found that the combined estrogen plus progestin HRT therapy dramatically increased the breast cancer risk. HERE Oct 2010
Diabetes or a heart attack ? A tough choice offered by GlaxoSmithKleinm
Diabetes drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithKlein " Avandia" leads to increased risk of heart attack or strokes. Last week 90,000 British diabetes patients told to stop taking it. Last year it claimed over a thousand lives in the USA alone. Once again we need to be more aware of the dangers associated with any drug. There is no such thing as a perfectly safe drug. More info HERE Oct 2010
MMR Vaccine Debate, Dr Wakefield video HERE April 2010
At last you can listen to Dr wakefield's side of this story after his brutal treatment by the medical profession
Pill Popping Nation: prescriptions soar as we pick up more than 16 each every year.
Britain has become a nation of pill-poppers who turn to tablets to cure every ill, official figures show HERE April 2010
Diabetic Drug Avandia poses serious life threatening risks but still in regular use. HERE March 2010
Avandia was launched in 1999 with multi million dollar advertising campaign, by 2006 it was earning $3.2 billion (1 in 4 Americans are pre-diabetic or diabetic), study in 2009 showed 43% increased risk of heart attack linked with it and 64% higher risk of cardio-vascular diseasethan patients treated with other methods. Efforts to remove this drug from the market have failed.
HPV Vaccination Blinds 16 yr Old Girl HERE March 2010
Censored long-term study about the correlation of vaccinations and autism by Dr Wakefield. HERE Feb 2010
Dr. Wakefield is the co-author, along with eight other distinguished scientists from institutions like the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Washington, of a set of studies that explore the topic of vaccinated versus unvaccinated neurological outcomes using monkeys. There is no question that the publication of the monkey study will lend substantial credibility to the theory that over-vaccination of young children is leading to neurological damage, including autism. The fallout from the study for vaccine makers and public health officials could be severe..
Will You Be One of the 15.000 That are Killed by CT Scans Next Year? HERE Dec 2009
CT scans deliver far more radiation than has been believed and may contribute to 29,000 new cancers each year, along with 14,500 deaths. (In USA alone)
Threefold Higher Incidence of Hospitaliztion of Asthmatic Childen Given Flu Vaccine HERE Dec 2009
TIV (Trivalent inactivated flu virus) did not provide any protection against hospitalization in pediatric subjects' esp. children with asthma. On the contrary, we found a 3- fold increased risk of hospitalization in subjects who did get the TIV vaccine.
Tamiflu? More like scamiflu -- New info from WorstPills.org!
"a joint investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and British TV Channel 4 published in the BMJ on December 8th concluded that in otherwise healthy adults they "have no confidence in claims that oseltamivir reduces the risk of complications and hospital admission in people with influenza" and believe it should not be used in routine control of seasonal influenza. There was also concern about under-reporting of side effects of the drug."
Medics Refuse to take new swine flu vaccine HERE August 2009
People snubbing untested swine flu vaccine HERE Nov 2009
Chemicals Turning Boys into Girls - The strong evidence that multiple toxic polltants in everyday goods and the environment is causing this serious change HERE Nov 2009
Expert Paediatrician Exposes Vaccine Myths - Dr. Palevsky began his investigation in earnest about 10 years ago because parents came to him with complaints, worries, and concerns that something had happened to their children after they were vaccinated. Interestingly, this is the same way that I became enlightened about vaccines -- through the concern of a very patient mother whose family I was taking care of. She gently persisted in showing me the evidence and thank God I listened! Tragically, most doctors are far too arrogant to even consider that there is any possibility that there might be something wrong with vaccines. Most pediatricians are indoctrinated to simply tell parents that anything related to a bad outcome from a vaccine is a mere coincidence. But how come there are so many of these “coincidences” Please spend 10 minutes of your valuable time to hear this discussion. HERE Nov 2009
New York Times Asthma & The Buteyko Story HERE Nov 2nd 2009
The Cholesterol Story or Why Drugs are not the answer. Download pdf Nov 2009
Vive La France! "Poisoning Attempt Charges Filed Against French H1N1 Campaign" HERE Oct 2009 I admire the French people's habit of taking a stand against mad Government, why can't we all do this?
Why aren't President Obama's own children immunised against swine flu? HERE Oct 2009 Massive miss information campaign.
Woman takes Seasonal Flu Jab- Disabled for Life HERE Oct 2009
Mandatory Mass Vaccination Programmes Proposed HERE You Tube Video Sept 2009
Autism- The Mercury Trail See HERE October 2009
World Health Organisation says healthy people don't need Tamiflu See HERE August 2009
Swine Flu Jab : Do you want to take the risk?The government has sent a warning to senior neurologists regarding the neurological dangers of the swine flu vaccine, and it was done, of course, in confidentiality. The letter came from the Health Protection Agency, and was leaked into the Mail on Sunday. Following the leak, an onslaught of demands to know why the public was not informed of the neurological dangers while being lined up by the millions at their local jabbing posts. The main concern of the warning is an increase in the brain disorder known as Guillan-Barre Syndrome. The issue is referring to the swine flu vaccination of 1976 that led to an outbreak of GBS, as well as a vast number of deaths.
Health officials have secretly been given a clear warning, apparently not important enough for us to see, that this vaccine is dangerous. We have a right to know why. August 2009
"Tamiflu Turned my Children into Hallucinating, Sobbing Wrecks" HERE August 2009
PROTECT YOUR FREEDOM TO ACCESS VITAMINS HERBALS & SUPPLEMENTS SIGN THIS PETITION Here August 2009
'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to oppose the
adoption of the Codex Alimentarius (WHO/UN) proposals for
restriction of the presently freely available
herb/vitamin/mineral food supplements.'
Czech Republic cancels Baxter Swine Flu Vaccines after Baxter refuses to guarantee safety. Details August 2009
Mercury amalgams. Watch them leak on this video. Here
Shoppers Guide to Pesticides (If you don't like consuming pesticides & herbicides this little guide might help you) Click here Its free and informative. New August 2009
Children as guinea pigs for swine flu vaccine. Click Here The trials will test the vaccine’s effectiveness and whether or not it has negative side effects in patients.Since less than 100 children in the U.S. die from regular seasonal flu each year, a reasonable estimate would be that around 100 children will die from swine flu over the course of the next year. So in effect, the authorities will vaccinate millions of children in order to try and prevent 100 deaths. If the mass vaccination program mirrors the previous swine flu outbreak of 1976 then the vaccine is likely to kill more people than the actual virus. Furthermore, since the swine flu vaccine includes squalene, a dangerous adjuvant that contributed to Gulf War Syndrome cases, there’s little doubt that it will lead to debilitating lifelong diseases far more deadly than the swine flu virus itself for thousands of children if a mass vaccination campaign is conducted. According to Meryl Nass, M.D., “A novel feature of the two H1N1 vaccines being developed by companies Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline is the addition of squalene-containing adjuvants to boost immunogenicity and dramatically reduce the amount of viral antigen needed. This translates to much faster production of desired vaccine quantities.
You need to spend an average of at least 10-15 minutes of sunlight every day to prevent cancer. New July 2009
“This could be best achieved with a combination of diet, supplements and short intervals – 10 or 15 minutes a day – in the sun,” said Garland. It could be less for very fair-skinned individuals. He went on to say that “the appropriate dose of vitamin D in order to reach this level, could be very little in a lifeguard in Southern California… or quite a lot for someone in Northern Europe who tends to remain indoors most of the year.”The serum level recommended by the study would correspond to intake of 2000 International Units per day of vitamin D3 for a meaningful reduction in colorectal cancer. The researchers recommend 2000 IU/day, plus, when weather allows, a few minutes in the sun with at least 40% of the skin exposed, for a meaningful reduction in breast cancer incidence, unless the individual has a history of skin cancer or a photosensitivity disease. Garland also recommends moderate sun exposure and use of clothing and a hat when in the sun longer than 15 minutes.
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Will WHO Mandate a "Swine Flu" Vaccine? WATCH VIDEO New July 2009
Flu Shots Put Children in the Hospital CLICK HERE New July 2009
Latest Swine Flu News: "Back to the future, swine flu trajedy of 1976"CLICK HERE New July 2009
Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food “There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects. There is causation,”CLICK HERE NEW July 09
Protect Herbal Medicine from Pharmaceutical Company Control, retain your freedom to choose: Sign Petition HERE
Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction? CLICK HERE Have we been here before with Bird Flu? Who gains from panic measures?
Learn How Bacteria Talk to Each Other and Decide When to Act Together for Your Benefit or Not! Video Clip A must see lecture by Bonnie Bassler of Princeton University, tomorrow's antibiotics & probiotics for all of us.
MERCK is backing off (for now) their quest to mandate vaccination of young girls with Gardisil Read more
Rebuttal of Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst’s book Trick or Treatment? "Alternative medicine on trial" (London: Bantam, 2008) CLICK HERE
Reversing diabetes in 30 days with a wholly raw food diet. CLICK HERE
Homeopathic medicines can ease cancer treatments' side-effects without stopping them working, a review concludes (April 2009). CLICK HERE , but last year a group of leading doctors urged NHS to reject homoeopathy! SEE
Home births 'as safe as hospital' A massive study of home births suggests that, in labours deemed low-risk, the risks to babies are no higher than if born in hospital with a midwife. CLICK HERE
Oxygen treatment in a decompression chamber may help children with autism. CLICK HERE Could improved oxygenation of tissue by improved breathing have similar effect? SEE
Seasonal flu vaccines infected with deadly avian flu virus. 12 March 2009 CLICK HERE
A large consignment of seasonal flu vaccine, which was due to be circulated to 18 European countries, has been infected with deadly live avian flu virus. Had the contamination not been detected, the vaccines may have started an avian flu pandemic, killing hundreds of thousands of people.
The Real Truth Behind Flu Shots...Do you need them, do they work and are they harmful? CLICK HERE
Routine MRI Scans no Benefit for Back Pain Sufferers CLICK HERE
HRT & Breast Cancer Risks More Research Evidence CLICK HERE
The Truth about Asthma CLICK HERE
Do Flu Shots Work? Ask A Vaccine Manufacturer CLICK HERE
This is an American site but the substance of the debate is much the same here in the UK. 18/11/2008
Inhalers prescribed for serious lung disease may increase the risk of deadly heart problems
Trials on more than 15,000 patients found inhaled anticholinergic drugs increased the risk of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death by 58%. The drugs, Atrovent and Spiriva, open up the airways to help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to breathe.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7631688.stm Read more
Baby paracetamol asthma concern
Use of paracetamol in babies increases the risk of developing asthma five years later, a study of more than 200,000 children suggests. Those given the painkiller for fever in the first year of life had a 46% increased risk of asthma by the age of six or seven, The Lancet reported.Researchers do not know if the drug directly increases asthma risk or another underlying factor is to blame. Experts said parents should only use the drug if their child has a fever.Increasing use of paracetamol in children has coincided with rising cases of asthma over the past 50 years, the researchers said. Read more (See ButeykoKent website for more information on asthma)Controversial HPV Vaccine Causing One Death Per Month: FDA Report
140 "serious" adverse reactions, including 27 "life threatening" cases, 10 spontaneous abortions, and 6 cases of the debilitating Guillain-Barre Syndrome reported since January 2008 Read more
NEW! Video of latest adverse effects from USA View
Cholesterol lowering drug 'increases risk of cancer by 50 per cent'
A cholesterol-lowering drug may increase the risk of cancer by half, according to new findings. Researchers found there were 105 cases of cancer in people taking Inegy compared to 70 in those on a dummy drug over a four year period. The study also suggested that Inegy, which combines a statin called simvastatin and another drug called ezetimibe, has little effect in reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Read article in the Daily Telegraph (UK)
Can you make your own considered decisions? Then say NO to compulsory vacccination, at HM Gov Petitions :http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/forcedvaccines/
Long-Term Steroid Asthma Therapy Increases Fracture Risk in Children, Teens July 7, 2008 — Long-term use of corticosteroids for asthma treatment may increase fracture risk in male children and teens, according to the results of a cohort follow-up study reported in the July issue of Pediatrics.
More details CLICK HERE
Medications and the Perils of Too Little Sodium in the Blood
Worst Pills Best Pills Newsletter article July, 2008
Many people with hypertension or congestive heart failure have been told by their physicians to avoid eating high sodium foods to help control their disease.This is sound advice. Nonetheless, some people develop hyponatremia, a potentially life-threatening disorder in which there is too little sodium in the blood.A recent review of drug-induced hyponatremia in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases presented compelling evidence that drug-induced hyponatremia is more common than many people believe. Greater awareness on the part of both health professionals and patients is important, because early recognition may allow application of corrective measures to prevent serious adverse outcomes.In this article we describe the types of people who are predisposed to hyponatremia, what medications may lead to this disorder and what symptoms to look for if you think you may be at risk.
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Dental Fillings: They are toxic, world’s largest health regulator finally admits. 12 June 2008
Amalgam fillings in our teeth are toxic and harmful to our health, America’s health regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has finally admitted after claiming for years that they were safe.
(Source: FDA website).
The vaccination question, if you want to hear another side of the debate to make an informed decision visit The Informed Parent Web Site, just CLICK HERE
Would you like to know whether vaccines work?...Or are you afraid to begin questioning? Conflicting information seems to create more uncertainty and anxiety? Already vaccinated? Unsure who to trust? "Comparing Natural Immunity With Vaccines"
A presentation by Trevor Gunn BSc Hons LCH RSHom For more information call Karel Ironside, Active Birth Teacher on 01273 277309. Make a note in your diary, pass this information on to others whose health is important to you and rest assured you are now further along the road to improved health.
New Childhood Vaccine: It may cause convulsions – and even kill – but it still gets approved. 17 April 2008
Our children will soon have to receive yet another vaccine on top of the cocktail they already get – and it’s one that may cause convulsions and even death.The Rotarix vaccine – designed to prevent the rotavirus infection that causes gastroenteritis – has just been approved by America’s drug regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even though a new study has discovered that it may increase the rate of convulsions and even pneumonia-related deaths.The agency decided to approve the new vaccine because earlier studies from the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, had not discovered any adverse effects. It has however asked the manufacturer to carry out a post-marketing safety study that involves 40,000 infants. The most recent study, involving 31,673 infants, inadvertently discovered the possible link to increased rates of convulsions and deaths while it was assessing the new vaccine’s risk of causing intussusception, or intestinal folding, which can lead to life-threatening intestinal blockage. The previous rotavirus vaccine was withdrawn from the market in 1999 because of its intussusception risk. In earlier studies involving 24,000 infants, the new vaccine was found to cause only irritability, cough, runny nose, fever, and vomiting. The new vaccine will be given to infants aged between six and 24 weeks. (Source: FDA website)
HPV Vaccine Report (A detailed evaluation of the testing, efficacy and dangers associated with this new vaccine, Gardasil against the human papillomavirus.) CLICK HERE
Asthma, a disease or just a convenient label for a set of symptoms? Understanding Asthma - A Different Viewpoint Click here to connect to YouTube