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Urgent Action Needed - U.S. Health Freedom on Verge of Collapse

Perverse Expansion of FDA Powers Will Target Dietary Supplements

Byron J. Richards, CCN, April 25, 2007


A new attack against health freedom, drug safety, and dietary supplements was launched last week by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) with major support from Michael Enzi (R-WY). It is called the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act (S1082). This legislation was planned over the past few years working hand-in-glove with the FDA's dysfunctional management and legal team, meaning this legislation was written for the profits of Big Pharma and Big Biotech AT THE EXPENSE OF SAFETY AND HUMAN HEALTH.   Take Action Now!

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November 21, 2006

FDA Allows Off-Label Narcotic Sales

The narcotic lollipop known as Actin, made by Cephalon, is approved to treat cancer pain.  Its sales are booming, likely to hit 600 million dollars this year.  Fewer than 20% of the drug sales are for cancer pain.  Most are for off-label use such as headache, remedies widely promoted by the company’s sales force and in company-sponsored physician training vacations.  The sales crew also promotes starting patients on eight times the recommended starting dose. 
Connecticut Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, is actively investigating the issue....

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November 14, 2006

Tamiflu Causes Psychiatric Problems

On December 21, 2005 the FDA approved the use of Tamiflu in children under 12 for the treatment of flu.  Now the FDA is warning that Tamiflu carries risks for serious neuropsychiatric events, including suicide....

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November 23, 2006

Enjoy Thanksgiving!

Our society is rapidly losing the cultural fabric that holds us all together.  At least one day every year there is a celebration based on food, sharing, family, and community.  It is a time to pause from the endless priorities of life and to be thankful for what we have.  Celebrate.  Enjoy the feast.  And mostly, enjoy those with whom you share the feast. 

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November 21, 2006

Is Fat the Fountain of Youth?

While stem cells stir debate, fat may be where it’s at.  Long maligned as the evil depots of obesity, white adipose tissue has changed its place in the minds of many scientists.  The discovery of leptin entered in a new era of medicine and new tools for managing weight.  Scientists have now documented that white adipose tissue....

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November 14, 2006

Leptin Trumps Insulin

The accumulation of excess fat, especially in the liver, is the hallmark of health headed in the direction of disease.  Abdominal weight gain is reflective of fatty accumulation in the liver....A series of clever experiments has now demonstrated that leptin resistance, not insulin resistance, is the primary factor driving the accumulation of surplus fat in the liver....

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November 10, 2006

Obesity and Pancreatic Distress

As a person gains weight the pancreas must work harder to produce more insulin to transport the excess calories....Metabolic signals coming from white adipose tissue, leptin and adiponectin, regulate pancreas beta cell fitness.  A new study shows that as the weight problem worsens leptin levels rise too high while adiponectin levels fall.  Once adiponectin levels fall, pancreatic fitness is lost and disease risk sets in....

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November 05, 2006

Leptin Problems are Very Serious

Mastering leptin is unquestionably the key to healthy weight loss.  Significant leptin problems are signified in individuals who gain weight and then struggle to lose it or who fall into a pattern of yo-yo dieting.  New animal research is showing ... This is actually very bad news for dieters…

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