Whistleblower: “Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline bribed doctors to boost sales.”

…and YOU believe that it’s only going on in Merry Ol’ England?

gskBritain’s biggest drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, allegedly bribed doctors in Poland using money that was meant to be spent on educating patients, according to new evidence revealed today by the BBC Panorama programme.

A GSK whistleblower claims that money put aside to teach patients in Poland about an asthma drug, Seretide, actually went towards paying doctors to prescribe more of the medicine.

Jarek Wisniewiski, who was with the company for eight years until 2012, worked on a marketing programme across the country in 2010 to push the asthma drug.

He told Panorama that although officially the money was to be spent on medical training, in reality it was used to bribe doctors to boost the company’s sales. Continue reading →

Why Asparagus Makes Your Pee Smell and Onions Make You Cry

asparagusChemistry teacher’s DIY infographics reveal truth behind strange effects of certain foods.

Natural food may be healthier than processed, but some can have strange effects on our bodies.

A British graduate chemist and secondary school teacher has created a number of infographics to explain the unexpected chemistry behind some foods – revealing why coffee tastes bitter and chocolate is toxic to dogs. Continue reading →

Investigation Exposes WHO and Big Pharma Pandemic Flu ‘Conspiracy’

vaccine2During the 2009 global influenza pandemic, millions upon millions were vaccinated for a so-called ‘swine-flu’, but a joint investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) has uncovered some serious conflicts of interest between the World Health Organization (WHO), who proposed such heavy vaccinations, and the pharmaceutical companies which created them. Continue reading →

Chemotherapy proven to cause long, agonizing, suffering death

no_chemoNew evidence confirms what we’ve known here at Natural News for some time — that chemotherapy is one of the worst forms of cancer treatment there is, primarily because of the horrific chemicals involved, but also because it is simply an agonizing way to kill.

According to a newly published study in the British Medical Journal, more than half of end-stage cancer patients are given chemotherapy during the final few months of their life, and those who received such treatment were much more likely to die uncomfortably: in a hospital intensive care unit hooked to a ventilator, rather than at home as they wanted. Continue reading →

Cancer risk for teens who are too girly or too macho – as they’re more likely to use sunbeds or smoke, researchers warn

tanbedTrying to be ‘girly’ or ‘macho’ puts teenagers at a greater risk of cancer, researchers warn.

This is because girls who want see themselves as very feminine are more likely to use sunbeds and less likely to exercise, a study shows.

And boys who want to be seen as masculine are more likely to smoke because they perceive it as ‘manly’. Continue reading →

Look for Cancer, and Find It

CANCMammography has become a fighting word in recent years, with some researchers questioning its value and others staunchly defending it.

One especially disturbing criticism is that screening mammography may lead to “overtreatment,” in which some women go through grueling therapies — surgery, radiation, chemotherapy — that they do not need. Indeed, some studies estimate that 19 percent or more of women whose breast cancers are found by mammography wind up being overtreated.

This problem occurs, researchers say, because mammography can “overdiagnose” breast cancer, meaning that some of the tiny cancers it finds would probably never progress or threaten the patient’s life. But they are treated anyway.

So where are these overtreated women? Nobody knows. Continue reading →

Holy Basil Benefits: Growing Your Own Medicine

Ocimum_tenuiflorum_KelleyAll herbs have a purpose—whether it’s culinary or medicinal—but, it’s a particularly good sign when an herb is revered as the “queen of herbs” and is held as a holy plant worthy of worship. This plant, holy basil (tulsi), not only has medicinal benefits, but is also said to have spiritual benefits. What’s more, holy basil benefits can be experienced in an exciting way, as the herb can be grown in your home or on your patio – making it a great addition to your healing herb garden.

Holy basil, or tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) is a member of the mint family. It’s closely related to the sweet basil you add to Italian dishes and pesto, but the flavors are quite different. This plant is sometimes referred to as pepper basil as it’s clove-flavor is spicier than it’s sweet counterpart. Continue reading →

Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs

Top 1% of Medical Providers Accounted for 14% of Billing, Federal Data Show

Da_Vinci_Vitruve_Luc_Viatour.jpgA tiny sliver of doctors and other medical providers accounted for an outsize portion of Medicare’s 2012 costs, according to an analysis of federal data that lays out details of physicians’ billings. The top 1% of 825,000 individual medical providers accounted for 14% of the $77 billion in billing recorded in the data.

The long-awaited data reveal for the first time how individual medical providers treat America’s seniors—and, in some cases, may enrich themselves in the process. Still, there are gaps in the records released by the U.S. about physicians’ practice patterns, and doctors’ groups said the release of such data leaves innocent physicians open to unfair criticism.

Medicare paid 344 physicians and other health providers more than $3 million each in 2012. Collectively, the 1,000 highest-paid Medicare doctors received $3.05 billion in payments. (See More Coverage)

Widespread Flaws Found in Ovarian Cancer Treatment

ovarian_02Most women with ovarian cancer receive inadequate care and miss out on treatments that could add a year or more to their lives, a new study has found.

The results highlight what many experts say is a neglected problem: widespread, persistent flaws in the care of women with this disease, which kills 15,000 a year in the United States. About 22,000 new cases are diagnosed annually, most of them discovered at an advanced stage and needing aggressive treatment. Worldwide, there are about 200,000 new cases a year.

Cancer specialists around the country say the main reason for the poor care is that most women are treated by doctors and hospitals that see few cases of the disease and lack expertise in the complex surgery and chemotherapy that can prolong life. Continue reading →

One Man Alone…

An Investigation of Nutrition, Cancer, and William Donald Kelley

Excerpt from Introduction 2010

A young Dr. Gonzalez with his mentor...

A young Dr. Gonzalez with his mentor…

It is hard sometimes to believe that 28 years have now passed since I first began my investigations of the controversial alternative cancer therapist and dentist William Donald Kelley. In July of 1981, after my second year of medical school at Cornell, a good friend and successful writer called me one afternoon asking if I knew anything about Dr. Kelley and his strange nutritional treatment for cancer. I had certainly heard of Kelley by that point. His name had been splashed across all the major and minor newspapers and TV news shows some eight months earlier, vilified as the practitioner supervising the treatment of the actor Steve McQueen who in November 1980 lost his battle with advanced mesothelioma in a Mexican clinic. The stories had continued for many months even after McQueen’s death, and though I hadn’t followed the case too closely and knew little about Kelley, I thought the vicious attacks against him somewhat peculiar. After all, McQueen suffered a malignancy that was—and still is—incurable in the conventional world. Kelley had tried, I thought, when I first read articles about him and McQueen, and hadn’t succeeded—hardly some grievous sin, since all practicing oncologists try and fail, with many if not most of their patients. Continue reading →

Cooking With Greens

Throughout my life I have always enjoyed soups – of an exotic flavor – as well as other delicious delicacies. Within the following column from the Fall of 2011 are a series of recipes that defy the dictates of all seasons. Eat healthy, my friends. (Ed.)

recipehealthgreensWe may be seeing the first burnt-orange and fiery reds of fall foliage, but farmers’ markets and Community Supported Agriculture baskets are still laden with deep greens like Swiss chard, broccoli rabe and bok choy. If your produce basket is overflowing, here are five new recipes from Martha Rose Shulman that will get you cooking with greens. Continue reading →

Takeda Ordered to Pay $6 Billion in Diabetes-Drug Case

Actos-Diabetes-Drug-Side-Effects-CostA U.S. jury imposed $6 billion in punitive damages on Takeda Pharmaceutical in a case involving allegations that the company hid the cancer risks of its Actos diabetes drug.

A U.S. jury imposed $6 billion in punitive damages on Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in a case involving allegations that the company hid the cancer risks of its Actos diabetes drug.

Takeda on Tuesday said that it disagreed with the verdict by a jury in Louisiana and that it would seek to overturn it. Continue reading →

Could tobacco hold the key to beating cancer?

  • Researchers say plant’s defence mechanism could work in humans to ‘explode’ invading cells
  • Plant’s natural defence mechanisms could kill cancer cells
  • Molecule kills off fungi and bacteria in plant
  • Pincer-like structure grips onto membrane of cancer cells and rips them open
The flower of the Nicotiana planet, in which researchers have identified a molecule that usually fights off fungi and bacteria also has the ability to identify and destroy cancer

The flower of the Nicotiana planet, in which researchers have identified a molecule that usually fights off fungi and bacteria also has the ability to identify and destroy cancer

The tobacco plant’s natural defence mechanisms could be harnessed to kill cancer cells in the human body.

Scientists have identified a molecule in the flower of the plant that usually fights off fungi and bacteria – and were stunned to find it also has the ability to identify and destroy cancer.

Called NaD1, it works by forming a pincer-like structure that grips onto lipids present in the membrane of cancer cells and rips themopen, causing the cell to expel its contents and explode. Continue reading →