We’ll cover the truth regarding the dangers of prescription medicines and vaccines.

People vaccinated with the herpes zoster vaccine Zostavax can spread the herpes virus to others

by Fran Lowry
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) Feb 08 – People who get vaccinated with the herpes zoster vaccine Zostavax to prevent shingles can shed the virus in their saliva for weeks afterward, according to research presented here at the 69th annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Read the Full Article Here: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/737083

Vaccinations – Let parents make the choice: New Jersey Lawmaker Charlotte Vandervalk Appeals for Common Sense

Opinion: Vaccinations – Let parents make the choice
BY CHARLOTTE VANDERVALK
The Record
Charlotte Vandervalk, R-Westwood, is an assemblywoman representing District 39. Send comments about this article to Peter Grad, Op-Ed Page editor, at grad@northjersey.com

THE YOUNG DAUGHTER of the woman calling my office had been given her shots for school, had a reaction, and […]

Vaccine Epidemic – The Most Important Book in the Autism Debate?

by Kent Heckenlively, Esq.
Age of Autism
The masterful new book, Vaccine Epidemic, edited by Louise Kuo Habakus, M.A., director of the Center for Personal Rights, and Mary Holland, J.D., research scholar at the New York University School of Law may be the most important book yet published on the autism-vaccine controversy.
I say this as an […]

Psychiatry vs. Religion: Psychiatrists Have Defined Sin and Evil as Mental Disorders

Video – Unholy Assault: Psychiatry Versus Religion, by Citizen’s Commission on Human Rights

by Jan Eastgate, President – Citizens Commission  on Human Rights International
Psychiatry’s assault on religion dates back to the late 1800s. (Health Impact News Editor note: this corresponds to the time Darwin’s writings gained acceptance in science.) It was then that psychiatrists first sought to […]

Dr. Halvorsen on Wakefield, Witch Hunts and Vaccine Safety

By Anne Dachel
Age of Autism

Several months ago, I interviewed British doctor Richard Halvorsen concerning the heated vaccine-autism controversy.  Dr. Halvorsen had gained a fair amount of attention in the British press. I contacted him recently to get his views on the allegations of fraud against Dr. Andrew Wakefield. He minced […]

Athletes Cannot Use Statins Due to Muscular Problems

by Tom Naughton

It was yet another bang-up Super Bowl. I love it when the game is in doubt until the very end … although as a Bears fan, I didn’t mind seeing them blow away the Patriots back in 1986. I like the pomp of the Super Bowl, the hype, the […]

Beware of Advice from WebMD: Site Controlled by Pharmaceutical Companies

Health Impact News Editor Comment:

Those in alternative health circles have long known that WebMD is controlled by pharmaceutical companies. For possibly the first time, a writer for one of the mainstream newspapers (NY Times) exposes the same thing, and recommends the Mayo Clinic website as a more reliable source of information. Virginia Hefferman writes […]

How Could Bill Gates Be So Confused About Vaccines?

by Dr. Mercola

Microsoft founder Bill Gates was recently interviewed by CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta.   Gates was attending the World Economic Forum to push his mission of eradicating polio by 2012. Gates, through his foundation, has pledged $10 billion to provide vaccinations to children around the world.

In the course of the interview, in […]

U.S. Government Starts its Own Drug Company

by Dr. Mercola

The U.S. government, faced with a diminished drug-development pipeline in the private sector, is starting its own federal drug development center. The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences will receive $1 billion in funding to conduct drug research, with the goal of attracting private investors.

In the past, the National Institutes of Health […]

New Research Shows Link between MMR Vaccine and Autism

by Dr. Mercola

New research reveals that there could indeed be a link between the controversial MMR vaccine and autism, as well as bowel disease in children. The study appears to confirm the findings of doctor Andrew Wakefield, who suggested a possible link in 1998 and has since been accused of fraud.

A research team is […]

9 Questions That Stump Every Pro-Vaccine Advocate and Their Claims

David Mihalovic, ND
The International Medical Council on Vaccination

Since the flu pandemic was declared, there have been several so-called “vaccine experts” coming out of the wood work attempting to justify the effectiveness of vaccines. All of them parrot the same ridiculous historical and pseudoscientific perspectives of vaccinations which are easily squelched with […]

Several Medications Linked to Violent Acts

by Joan Arehart-Treichel
Psychiatric News February 4, 2011
Volume 46 Number 3 Page 16
In a study published in the December 15, 2010,PloS One, the researchers used 2004 to 2009 data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System. They found that during the study period, 780,169 serious adverse events of one kind […]

Death by Medicine and Medical Errors Reaches Nearly 250,000 Deaths

By Dr. Mercola
It’s been seven years since I posted the comprehensive, footnoted research article, Death by Medicine, on this website.

Authored in two parts by Gary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND, Martin Feldman MD, Debora Rasio MD, and Dorothy Smith PhD, it described in excruciating detail how the modern American […]

Vaccinated Sibling Transmits Rotavirus to Unvaccinated Brother, Gets Rotavirus Gastroenteritis

By Jeffry John Aufderheide
Vaccine Truth

Vaccines are safe and effective with a one-in-a-million-chance for an adverse reaction. At least that is what parents are told repeatedly by mainstream media doctors and scientists.

In January of 2010, Payne et al. describes an orally administered, live, attenuated, pentavalent human-bovine RotaTeq vaccine given to a two […]

Prescription for Violence: Psychiatric-Pharmaceutical Industry

by Citizens Commission on Human Rights
Documenting the impact of a multibillion dollar psychiatric-pharmaceutical industry, this powerful and graphic video contains interviews with experts, parents and victims. Dramatic recordings of actual 911 calls made by desperate family members—and even by a killer himself—convey the chilling reality behind today’s headlines, that many of shootings we are […]

Sick Brains in Teens – Is There A Root Cause? Dr. Sherri Tenpenny

by Dr. Sherri Tenpenny

(NaturalNews) It’s been nearly a month since the nation’s attention was focused on Tucson, where five were killed and 13 injured , including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, several other shootings missed the mainstream news. Violence seems to be erupting among youths everywhere, from Los Angeles(1) to Omaha(2) to Brooklyn(3) – indicating something […]

Antipsychotic Drugs Cloud US Troops Judgment

Press TV
by Citizens Commission on Human Rights
Experts believe the growing variety of antipsychotic drugs prescribed for the US combat forces impair the troops’ ability to make correct judgments.

The United States Central Command allows troops struggling with sleep deprivation to receive a 6-month supply of Seroquel — a drug first developed to treat schizophrenia, bipolar […]

Antianxiety Drugs Cause Increased Aggression, Hallucination and Acute Amnesia

WHAT PSYCHOTROPICS REALLY DO

Though psychotropic drugs are being sold as “safe and effective” by psychiatrists and drug companies, we are seeing an alarming increase in consumer reported adverse side effects.

In children, we see obesity, heart disease and diabetes. In pregnant women, a near tripling of the risk of severe birth defects. And for senior […]

Student Dies From Flu Even Though Vaccinated – Vaccination Effectiveness Questioned

by Carlos Jenkins
Daily Health Report
Nearing the peak flu season, many people, especiallychildren, have already received vaccinations for both flu and swine flu (H1N1). However, many children are still becoming infected with either virus and in some cases, dying from complications caused by the virus.

In New Jersey, a student in elementary school died fromhealth complications after contracting […]

Legally Prescribed Drugs that Lead to Violent Behavior – Avoid Them

by Dr. Mercola

Some medications have been linked to an increased risk for violent, even homicidal behavior. A recent study identified 31 drugs that are disproportionately linked with violent behavior.

Time Magazine lists the top ten offenders:

Varenicline (Chantix): The number one violence-inducing drug on the list, this anti-smoking medication is 18 times more likely to be […]