Jo Marchant – Can We Condition Our Bodies To Treat Themselves?

Marette Flies was 11 when her immune system turned against her. A cheerful student from Minneapolis, Minnesota, she had curly brown hair and a pale, moon-shaped face, and she loved playing trumpet in her high-school band. But in 1983, she was diagnosed with lupus, a condition in which the immune system destroys the body’s healthy tissues. It ran rampant, attacking …

Chickenpox, shingles vaccine may cause corneal inflammation in some patients

COLUMBIA, Mo. (Jan. 20, 2016) — In use for more than 20 years, the varicella zoster virus vaccine for chickenpox and shingles is considered an essential medicine by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have found, in rare instances, a link between the vaccine and corneal inflammation. It is a finding …

Women’s Health Risks Associated with Orthodox Medicine – Part 3

By,  Gary Null, PhD, Debora Rasio, MD, and Martin Feldman, MD   With the third installment of this series, we conclude our examination of conventional medical practices and women’s health. Part 3 looks at problems associated with the use of oral contraceptives; Parts 1 and 2 covered topics relating to pregnancy, childbirth, breast-feeding, hysterectomies, cesarean sections, and episiotomies. As established …