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03/11/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

World health chief stokes the panic fires by warning that a catastrophic global pandemic is imminent… humanity WIPEOUT foreshadowed?

Dr. Tedros Adhanom, director-general for the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that the next outbreak that will hit us will be a “terrible” one, causing huge amounts of death all over the world. Fears of a pandemic have been hovering lately after the worst flu outbreak in recent years devastated Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and […]

02/24/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Dangerous sedative drug still being prescribed to seniors despite warnings, according to new research

Benzodiazepine, a kind of psychoactive drug, enables people to sleep or feel calm. However, in senior citizens, the use of benzodiazepine is associated with increased risk of broken hips, car crashes, and falls. This is the reason why they are considered by international guidelines as drugs that a minimal number of older adults over the […]

02/11/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Zebrafish study: Taking migraine meds while pregnant linked to autism in children

A research study conducted at the Oregon State University and Wenzhou Medical University showed that exposure to a compound used to treat migraines and seizures causes symptoms related to autism. The researchers used zebrafish as a model to conduct a study on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their causes. “The main thing we want to […]

11/29/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Big Pharma greed strikes again: “Life-changing” thyroid pill manufacturer spikes price by 5,000%

The National Health Service is eyeing the cessation of the incessant prescription of Liothyronine, a drug that is used to treat thyroid disorders, after its manufacturer, Oakville, Canada-based pharmaceutical company Concordia International, increased its retail price by 5,662 percent to 9.22 British pounds from 16 p per tablet. Liothyronine is used to treat hypothyroidism or […]

10/26/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

New report claims opioids killed more Americans last year than the entire Vietnam War… worst is yet to come

A new paper that was released on Wednesday, October 18 by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) showed that the abuse of opioid drugs in 2016 alone contributed more towards the death of American people than homicides and suicides, the AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) crisis, car accidents, and the entire Vietnam […]

09/28/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Asthma medication causes mental health problems, study finds

Researchers from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands found in their recently conducted study that Montelukast, sold in the United States as Singulair – which is a maintenance treatment of asthma and is used to alleviate symptoms of other allergies – can cause nightmares and a score of other mental health issues, such as […]

09/18/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Antidepressants found to be “death pills” that dramatically raise the risk of early death

A study that was conducted by scientists at McMaster University in Canada concluded that antidepressants raised the risk of death among depressed people without a heart disease, to 33 percent, as compared with those who did not regularly take these so-called “medications”. The researchers analyzed data from 17 previous studies involving almost 380,000 people. The studies […]

09/18/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

England’s NHS can’t afford Big Pharma: They will only pay for a new Hep C treatment if the patient is cured

England’s National Health Service (NHS) is showing signs that it is cash-strapped: It has recently announced that it will no longer automatically shoulder payment for the treatment of its citizens who are Hepatitis C-afflicted; it will only do so once the patient is cured. Those who are lucky enough to get cured will have their expenses and […]

08/22/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Big Pharma is actively blocking efforts to halt the opioid epidemic… because there’s profit in POISON

Robin Feldman, a professor in pharmaceutical law at University of California, testified in September 2016 before the House of Representatives judiciary subcommittee about the state of the opioid addiction in the United States, saying that even though “open and vigorous competition is the backbone of U.S. markets…we are not seeing that in the market for […]

08/16/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Common over-the-counter ibuprofen found to be more effective against depression than dangerous antidepressant drugs

A complaint of depression to your general practitioner would likely result in you getting a prescription for an antidepressant. This doesn’t take into consideration the fact that there has been evidence that showed that around 30 to 40 percent of people with depression also had increased levels of inflammation in their brains, which inhibited the effectiveness of […]

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