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Friday, February 28, 2014

New Definition of Autism: a duck is still a duck

What do you do when the numbers of people inflicted with a condition or disease become so high that even the most socially numbed people start to raise questions?  You redefine the disease of course!!!!

THIS is exactly what was done with Polio in the 1950's.  When the numbers are overwhelming and the prescribed medical treatment doesn't work, the Medical Associations need to create the illusion of success so that they can continue on their merry way.  So they changed the definition of symptoms of Polio, invented new diseases for the old polio to be called, and then the numbers on paper make it look like there were less cases of Polio, meanwhile there is a huge increase in this other disease over here.


So now the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) is going to re diagnose "Autism" and if you watch very carefully, there will be some "new" psychiatric disorders that will suddenly pop up and as if by magic, these new disorders will sound an awful lot like Autism.....

If it walks like a duck, quakes like a duck, and swims like a duck, then I'm going to call it a duck, even if the local zoo keeper has decided that it's a goose.


Further Reading:


CDC Caught Hiding Data Showing Mercury in Vaccines Linked to Autism 

http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.com/2014/02/cdc-caught-hiding-data-showing-mercury.html

The Dangers of Heavy Metals and Aluminum

http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-dangers-of-heavy-metals-and-aluminum.html

 

Aluminum: Neurotoxin from Hell 

http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2014/02/aluminum-neurotoxin-from-hell.html


Supreme Court rules Drug Companies exempt from Lawsuits





Feb 26, 2014 by DAVE MIHALOVIC

New Autism Definition Will Decrease Diagnosis By One-Third


The rates of autism have increased approximately 1000% since the 1980s. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) describes the cluster of neurodevelopmental disorders as defined by American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Officially, there are now 1 in 88 children in the United States who have ASD. Boys are almost five times more likely to be autistic than girls -- with 1 in 54 boys now identified. To curb the rates at which children will be identified with the illness in the future, new guidelines issued by the APA will reduce by almost one third the total number of those diagnosed, according to new research from Columbia University School of Nursing published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.


The guidelines, released in May 2013 and the first major update to psychiatric diagnosis criteria in almost two decades, may leave thousands of developmentally delayed children each year without the ASD diagnosis they need to qualify for social services, medical benefits and educational support.
A team led by Kristine M. Kulage, MA, MPH, director of the Office of Scholarship and Research Development at Columbia Nursing, conducted a systematic literature review and meta-analysis to determine the effect of changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the APA's classification tool for psychiatric conditions, on diagnosis of individuals with ASD.

Due to the need for adequate returns on costly advertising campaigns, the DSM has been strongly criticized for medicalize "normal human experiences." Intermittent explosive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, mathematics disorder are arguably some of the stranger diagnoses floating around in the medical literature. And although ridiculous to any sane person, many medical professionals say that these disorders are legitimate conditions that often warrant treatment on behalf of Big Pharma's effort to control diagnoses.

New Guideline Decreases ASD by 31 Percent

The study found a statistically significant decrease in ASD diagnosis of 31 percent using the new manual, DSM-5, compared with the number of cases of ASD that would have been identified under the previous version of the manual, DSM-IV-TR.
"This study raises a concern that a medical provider diagnosing a child under the new guidelines won't find the child to be on the autism spectrum, when the same child under the old criteria might have been diagnosed with ASD," says Kulage.
The old manual, DSM-IV-TR, included three distinct subgroups under the broad definition of ASD: autistic disorder (AD), Asperger's disorder, and pervasive development disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). The revised manual, DSM-5, eliminates these subgroups, instead establishing a more limited range of criteria for a diagnosis of ASD that is designed to encompass individuals who previously would have fallen into one of the subgroups. The DSM-5 also added a new category called social communication disorder (SCD) to diagnose individuals who have verbal and nonverbal communication impairments but lack other attributes associated with autism. Some individuals diagnosed with PDD-NOS under the old manual would be identified as individuals with SCD under DSM-5, according to the APA.
Under DSM-5, there was a statistically significant decrease in AD diagnosis of 22 percent, compared with the fourth edition of the manual, the meta-analysis found. There was also a statistically significant decrease of 70 percent in diagnosis of PDD-NOS. While diagnosis of Asperger's also declined under DSM-5, the reduction was not statistically significant. In addition, the study found that some individuals who no longer met the criteria for an ASD diagnosis under DSM-5 would also fail to meet the criteria for SCD.
"We are potentially going to lose diagnosis and treatment for some of the most vulnerable kids who have developmental delays," says Kulage. "In many instances, children require a diagnosis of ASD to receive medical benefits, educational support and social services."

A vaccine industry watchdog has recently obtained CDC documents that show statistically significant risks of autism associated with the vaccine preservative thimerosal, something the CDC denies even when confronted with their own data. Ironically the first-ever vaccine created by University of Guelph researchers to control autistic symptoms was announced last year.

Continue Reading Original Article HERE



Tuesday, February 25, 2014

CDC Caught Hiding Data Showing Mercury in Vaccines Linked to Autism

I LOVE Synchronicities!!!!

I have been really focused for the last three days on Vaccine related information - especially yesterday while putting together the article on Polio Vaccines.  And then this comes falling into my lap.  HA!!!  Awesome!

In yesterdays article I didn't not even really get into the huge amount of dangers associated with the polio vaccine and it's ingredients, BUT.... the truth about Mercury AND Aluminum in Vaccines is one that people need to hear.  Big Pharma, the media, the medical associations and the governments have hidden these truths from the populations for decades.  None of this information is "new" or unknown. 


More reading on Dangers of Vaccines:

http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.com/2014/02/mysterious-polio-like-illnesspolio-in.html

http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-dangers-of-heavy-metals-and-aluminum.html

http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.com/2014/02/monsantos-roundup-causes-gluten.html





February 25, 2014

CDC Caught Hiding Data Showing Mercury in Vaccines Linked to Autism

coleen boyle CDC CDC Caught Hiding Data Showing Mercury in Vaccines Linked to Autism
Dr. Coleen Boyle of the CDC testifies under oath before Congress in November 2012 that the body of evidence shows there is no connection between mercury in vaccines and autism.
Health Impact News Editor Comments
In a press release issued this week, one that so far no mainstream media sources have bothered to report, it was announced that Dr. Brian Hooker had finally received documents from the CDC through a Freedom of Information Act that revealed the CDC had access to data linking Thimerosal in vaccines to autism, non-organic sleep disorders, and speech disorders.
Two members of Congress helped Dr. Hooker draft his letter to the CDC, after having spent nearly 10 years submitting over 100 Freedom of Information Acts to no avail.
This information, so far, has been completely blacked out of the mainstream media.
This information is very damaging to the CDC, which has stated for years that there are no studies linking the mercury of Thimerosal in vaccines to autism. You can watch for yourself in the video below the most recent testimony given by the CDC in the November 2012 Congressional Hearing on Autism, where they claim there are no studies linking Thimerosal to autism. Thimerosal is still used today in the flu shot that is administered to pregnant women and infants.
Watch more video highlights of this Congressional hearing on Autism here. Outside of C-SPAN, it was mostly ignored in the mainstream media back in November of 2012.
The mainstream media’s official position regarding vaccines and autism has been that it has been “proven that there is no link”, and Dr. Andrew Wakefield is used as the standard scapegoat being presented as a “disgraced doctor” who supposedly got caught fabricating his study. Of course, Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s study has been replicated in at least 28 other studies, and no case has ever been won against Dr. Wakefield in a court of law. Litigation is still pending, and one of the doctors who was a co-author in the study has been completely exonerated in the U.K.
Yet, the man who supposedly conducted studies for the CDC proving that vaccines do not cause autism, is a wanted criminal for stealing millions of dollars from the CDC, and is still on the run from the law. But that story is seldom, if ever, reported in the mainstream media. (See: CDC Vaccine Link to Autism Scandal: The Wrong Man was Condemned)
To understand the autism-vaccine debate one must look outside of the heavily Big Pharma funded mainstream media, such as this report by Emmy Award winning journalist Ben Swann:
The Canary Party has also produced an excellent video, narrated by Rob Schnieder:

Vaccine Industry Watchdog Obtains CDC Documents That Show Statistically Significant Risks of Autism Associated with Vaccine Preservative Thimerosal

Biochemist Brian Hooker, scientific advisor to A Shot of Truth, reveals CDC knew of risks for over a decade.
by A Shot of Truth
PRWeb
For nearly ten years, Brian Hooker has been requesting documents that are kept under tight wraps by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His more than 100 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests have resulted in copious evidence that the vaccine preservative Thimerosal, which is still used in the flu shot that is administered to pregnant women and infants, can cause autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr. Hooker, a PhD scientist, worked with two members of Congress to craft the letter to the CDC that recently resulted in his obtaining long-awaited data from the CDC, the significance of which is historic. According to Hooker, the data on over 400,000 infants born between 1991 and 1997, which was analyzed by CDC epidemiologist Thomas Verstraeten, MD, “proves unequivocally that in 2000, CDC officials were informed internally of the very high risk of autism, non-organic sleep disorder and speech disorder associated with Thimerosal exposure.”
When the results of the Verstraeten study were first reported outside the CDC in 2005, there was no evidence that anyone but Dr. Verstraeten within the CDC had known of the very high 7.6-fold elevated relative risk of autism from exposure to Thimerosal during infancy. But now, clear evidence exists. A newly-acquired abstract from 1999 titled, “Increased risk of developmental neurologic impairment after high exposure to Thimerosal containing vaccine in first month of life” required the approval of top CDC officials prior to its presentation at the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference. Thimerosal, which is 50% mercury by weight, was used in most childhood vaccines and in the RhoGAM® shot for pregnant women prior to the early 2000s.
The CDC maintains there is “no relationship between Thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism rates in children,” even though the data from the CDC’s own Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) database shows a very high risk. There are a number of public records to back this up, including this Congressional Record from May 1, 2003. The CDC’s refusal to acknowledge thimerosal’s risks is exemplified by a leaked statement from Dr. Marie McCormick, chair of the CDC/NIH-sponsored Immunization Safety Review at IOM. Regarding vaccination, she said in 2001, “…we are not ever going to come down that it [autism] is a true side effect….” Also of note, the former director of the CDC, which purchases $4 billion worth of vaccines annually, is now president of Merck’s vaccine division.
Dr. Hooker’s fervent hope for the future: “We must ensure that this and other evidence of CDC malfeasance are presented to Congress and the public as quickly as possible. Time is of the essence. Children’s futures are at stake.” A divide within the autism community has led to some activists demanding that compensation to those with vaccine-injury claims be the top priority before Congress. Dr. Hooker maintains that prevention, “protecting our most precious resource – children’s minds,” must come first. “Our elected officials must be informed about government corruption that keeps doctors and patients in the dark about vaccine risks.”
Referring to an organization that has seen its share of controversy this past year, Dr. Hooker remarked, “It is unfortunate that SafeMinds issued a press release on my information, is accepting credit for my work and has not supported a worldwide ban on Thimerosal.”
Brian Hooker, PhD, PE, has 15 years experience in the field of bioengineering and is an associate professor at Simpson University where he specializes in biology and chemistry. His over 50 science and engineering papers have been published in internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Hooker has a son, aged 16, who developed normally but then regressed into autism after receiving Thimerosal-containing vaccines.
Dr. Brian Hooker’s investigative research is sponsored by the Focus Autism Foundation.
The Focus Autism Foundation is dedicated to providing information to the public that exposes the cause or causes of the autism epidemic and the rise of chronic illnesses – focusing specifically on the role of vaccinations. To learn more, visit focusautisminc.org.
A Shot of Truth is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and educational website sponsored by Focus Autism.
AutismOne is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides education and supports advocacy efforts for children and families touched by an autism diagnosis. To learn more, visit autismone.org.
Read the Full Press Release Here.


Please Click HERE to go to the original article to watch the videos

Monday, February 24, 2014

Mysterious polio-like illness...Polio in a New Dress

This headline on CNN this morning literally made my jaw drop so hard I thought I'd dislocated it.

Mysterious polio-like illness found in 5 California children

By Ralph Ellis, CNN
February 24, 2014 -- Updated 0945 GMT

The lies that have been hammered into the public about the Polio vaccine for almost 70 years have been pushed so thoroughly that they've created a world wide population of people who are incapable of even Considering the idea that the Polio Vaccine didn't save the world.

With the exception of the current mass drugging of North Americans with anti depressants and anti psychotics, there has never ever been a more successful campaign to brainwash the public with medical mythology than the Polio Vaccine.

Now, there are those of you reading these harsh words above who are about to close this article down and refused to read any further. To those who are still reading and seething inside about this crazy "conspiracy theorist" who's spreading lies about the glorious Polio Vaccine, I would ask your patience- Before you slam your lap top shut, please take a moment to consider all of the information below.

We have been conditioned by our own conditioned parents, family, friends, society in general and through one of the most successful media campaigns in the history of the world, that to even Question the validity of the Polio Vaccine victory in "eradicating Polio from the face of the earth" is almost on the same level as treason.    We have a medical society so steeped in misdirection and lies that most of their own doctors have bought the polio story hook, line and sinker.  To be truthful, it isn't all their fault.  When Pharmaceutical companies are allowed to "fund" medical schools and write medical journal articles based on their own products, you cannot possibly expect unbiased opinions.  This would be like allowing a tobacco lobbyist to write research papers on lung cancer.

I am going to show you where Polio has disappeared to and I am going to start by giving you information about some very well known diseases.  Please read them carefully.


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Multimedia

Although polio can cause paralysis and death, the vast majority of people who are infected with the poliovirus don't become sick and are never aware they've been infected with polio.

Nonparalytic polio

Some people who develop symptoms from the poliovirus contract nonparalytic polio — a type of polio that doesn't lead to paralysis (abortive polio). This usually causes the same mild, flu-like signs and symptoms typical of other viral illnesses.
Signs and symptoms, which generally last one to 10 days, include:
  • Fever
  • Sore throat
  • Headache
  • Vomiting
  • Fatigue
  • Back pain or stiffness
  • Neck pain or stiffness
  • Pain or stiffness in the arms or legs
  • Muscle spasms or tenderness
  • Meningitis

Paralytic polio

In rare cases, poliovirus infection leads to paralytic polio, the most serious form of the disease. Paralytic polio has several types, based on the part of your body that's affected — your spinal cord (spinal polio), your brainstem (bulbar polio) or both (bulbospinal polio).
Initial signs and symptoms of paralytic polio, such as fever and headache, often mimic those of nonparalytic polio. Within a week, however, signs and symptoms specific to paralytic polio appear, including:
  • Loss of reflexes
  • Severe muscle aches or spasms
  • Loose and floppy limbs (flaccid paralysis), often worse on one side of the body
The onset of paralysis may be sudden.

Post-polio syndrome

Post-polio syndrome is a cluster of disabling signs and symptoms that affect some people for decades — an average of 25 to 35 years — after they had polio. Common signs and symptoms include:
  • Progressive muscle or joint weakness and pain
  • General fatigue and exhaustion after minimal activity
  • Muscle atrophy
  • Breathing or swallowing problems
  • Sleep-related breathing disorders, such as sleep apnea
  • Decreased tolerance of cold temperatures 
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http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/spinal-cord-injury-types/flaccid-paralysis/index.html

Also known as Accute Flaccid Paralysis


Flaccid Paralysis

Flaccid paralysis is a condition characterized by extreme weakness of muscles and loss of muscle tone.

Symptoms

Acute paralysis in limbs that are flaccid (floppy or limp) are associated with this condition.  Signs and symptoms depends on what is causing the AFP:
  • Progression of paralysis
  • Fever onset
  • Diminished muslce tone
  • Sensory loss, cramps, or tingling of palms and soles of the feet
  • Bladder dysfunction
  • Respiratory insufficiency
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http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/causes-spinal-cord-injury/inflammation-spinal-cord-injury/index.html

Transverse Myelitis Inflammation

Inflammation of the spinal cord can cause a neurological disorder called transverse myelitis (TM).  “Transverse�? describes where the inflammation occurs—across the width of one segment of the spinal cord—while “myelitis�? refers to the inflammation of the spinal cord itself.
When the spinal cord becomes inflamed, myelin, and insulating material that covers nerve cell fibers, is destroyed. This causes scars, which disrupt communication between the nerves in the spinal cord and the rest of the body.

Symptoms of TM

The main symptom of TM is loss of spinal cord function over a period of several hours to several weeks. TM may begin with relatively minor back pain, progress to muscle weakness and odd feelings in the toes and feet, and can rapidly become more severe, eventually resulting in paralysis.

Causes of TM

While no one is sure what causes TM, there are many hypotheses. Possible causes include:
  • Viral infections, often due to the viruses that cause Chicken Pox and Shingles
  • Viral infections due to herpes simplex, Epstein-Barr, influenza, HIV, hepatits A, or rubella
  • Bacterial skin infections
  • Middle ear infections
  • Bacterial pneumonia
  • Abnormal immune reactions
  • Poor blood flow through the blood vessels in the spinal cord
  • A complication from syphilis, measles, Lyme disease, and some vaccinations
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http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/meningitis/basics/symptoms/con-20019713

meningitis

It's easy to mistake the early signs and symptoms of meningitis for the flu (influenza). Meningitis signs and symptoms may develop over several hours or over one or two days.
The signs and symptoms that may occur in anyone older than age of 2 include:
  • Sudden high fever
  • Severe headache that isn't easily confused with other types of headache
  • Stiff neck
  • Vomiting or nausea with headache
  • Confusion or difficulty concentrating
  • Seizures
  • Sleepiness or difficulty waking up
  • Sensitivity to light
  • Lack of interest in drinking and eating
  • Skin rash in some cases, such as in meningococcal meningitis
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http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/guillain-barre-syndrome/basics/symptoms/con-20025832

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Guillain-Barre syndrome often begins with tingling and weakness starting in your feet and legs and spreading to your upper body and arms. These symptoms may begin — often not causing much notice — in your fingers and toes. In some people, symptoms begin in the arms or even the face. As the disorder progresses, muscle weakness can evolve into paralysis.
Signs and symptoms of Guillain-Barre syndrome may include:
  • Prickling, "pins and needles" sensations in your fingers, toes or both
  • Weakness or tingling sensations in your legs that spread to your upper body
  • Unsteady walking or inability to walk
  • Difficulty with eye movement, facial movement, speaking, chewing or swallowing
  • Severe pain in your lower back
  • Difficulty with bladder control or intestinal functions
  • Rapid heart rate
  • Low or high blood pressure
  • Difficulty breathing
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 http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-fatigue-syndrome/basics/symptoms/con-20022009

 Chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome has eight official symptoms, plus the central symptom that gives the condition its name:
  • Fatigue
  • Loss of memory or concentration
  • Sore throat
  • Enlarged lymph nodes in your neck or armpits
  • Unexplained muscle pain
  • Pain that moves from one joint to another without swelling or redness
  • Headache of a new type, pattern or severity
  • Unrefreshing sleep
  • Extreme exhaustion lasting more than 24 hours after physical or mental exercise
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 http://www.mayoclinic.org/coxsackievirus/expert-answers/FAQ-20058531

Coxsackie virus


Most coxsackievirus infections aren't serious. They typically cause only mild signs and symptoms, such as:
  • Fever
  • Rash
  • Sore throat
  • Joint pain
  • Headache
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Every single one of these diseases listed above is Polio.   As the charts (below) clearly show, the incidences of Polio had already radically dropped BEFORE the vaccine was introduced.  Then, in an effort to support the spending of $45 million dollars on Polio vaccine research, The medical associations responsible for looking after the health of you and your children, re-defined the symptoms  of Polio  and created "new" diseases or changed the official symptoms of known diseases to account for the polio symptoms that were still showing up in a population that had already been vaccinated for polio.


"Polio has not been eradicated by vaccination, it is lurking behind a redefinition and new diagnostic names like viral or aseptic meningitis.......According to one of the 1997 issues of the MMWR, there are some 30,000 to 50,000 cases of viral meningitis per year in the United States alone.  That's where all those 30,000 - 50,000 cases of polio disappeared after the introduction of mass vaccination"---Viera Scheibner 


POLIO DEFINITION FRAUD:
Statistics on polio were manipulated. One such way was to redefine the disease, renaming it "viral or aseptic meningitis" or "cocksackie virus". In one US county, for example, in July 1955 there were 273 cases of polio reported for 50 cases of asceptic meningitis, compared to 5 cases of polio in 1966 and 256 cases of aseptic meningitis. These new diagnostic guideline's were issued by the CDC. If you object to polio vaccination, and you get polio--it is usually called "polio." If you have been vaccinated and you get "polio", it is called meningitis(2).

Coxsackievirus and echoviruses can cause paralytic syndromes that are clinically indistinguishable from paralytic poliomyelitis. (John H. Menkes, Textbook Of Child Neurology, 5th ed., page 420) http://www3.bcity.com/harpub/  

"Dr. Thomas Francis did not mention in his key evaluation of the 1954 Salk field trials that those who contracted polio after their first innoculation and before their second inoculation were placed in the "not-inoculated" list.' (Maurice B. Bayly, The Story Of The Salk Anti-poliomyelitis Vaccine, 1956). 

..."Official data shows that large scale vaccination has failed to obtain any significant improvement of the diseases against which they were supposed to provide protection"---Dr Sabin, developer of Polio vaccine.

Health officials convinced the Chinese to rename the bulk of their polio to Guillaine Barre Syndrome (GBS). A study found that the new disorder (Chinese Paralytic syndrome) and the GBS was really polio (41). After mass vaccination in 1971, reports of polio went down but GBS increased about 10 fold.

"In the WHO polio vaccine eradication in the Americas, there were 930 cases of paralytic disease—all called polio. Five years later, at the end of the campaign, roughly 2000 cases of paralytic disease occurred—but only 6 of them were called polio (41). The rate of paralytic disease doubled, but the disease definition changed so drastically that hardly any of it was called polio any more."—Greg Beattie

"They started vaccinating in 1985 (in the Americas). Within 4 months they had 350 cases…They caused a substantial, huge outbreak of polio but they started ‘discarding’ most of the cases (put as flaccid paralysis)."—Viera Scheibner (42).
 http://www.whale.to/vaccines/polio.html#POLIO%20DEFINITION%20FRAUD:



 http://www.whale.to/v/polio_and_lemmings.html
hiding polio, wonderful quotes:
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/polio1.html
Hiding Polio: After vaccination 'polio' became 'meningitis'
YearPolioMeningitisTotal
July 195527350323
July 196165161226
July 196331151182
Sep. 19665256261
The above often quoted figures are credited to the Los Angeles County [USA] Health Index: Morbidity and Mortality, Reportable Diseases








CNN and the main stream media are now  breaking the news story that  there are 5 children in California with "Polio-like" symptoms. 

I would ask you to keep your eyes open:  A "New" Disease is about to be "discovered", though in reality it is Polio with a snazzy new dress. Guaranteed.


Please read the links below for much more information on Polio and the Polio Vaccine


Further Information about the Polio Vaccine



Smoke, Mirrors, and the “Disappearance” Of Polio- Dr. Suzanne Humphries, MD
http://www.laleva.org/eng/2011/11/smoke_mirrors_and_the_disappearance_of_polio.html


Bill Gates’ Polio Vaccine Program Caused 47,500 Cases of Paralysis Death
http://nsnbc.me/2013/05/08/bill-gates-polio-vaccine-program-caused-47500-cases-of-paralysis-death/


Polio and lemmings- Hilary Butler
http://www.whale.to/v/polio_and_lemmings.html



Polio in the United States
http://harpub.tk/pol_all.htm


Chronic Fatigue: A polio by another name
http://www.sonic.net/melissk/polio1.html



Merck vaccine scientist Dr. Maurice Hilleman admitted presence of SV40, AIDS and cancer viruses in vaccines


Merck vaccine scientist admits presence of SV40 and AIDS in vaccines - Dr. Maurice Hilleman- VIDEO
http://tv.naturalnews.com/v.asp?v=13EAAF22CDA367BB3C2F94D2CD90EF7B


Dr. Maurice Hilleman of Merck (aka Big Pharma), openly talks about how they introduced the AIDs virus and cancers into the bodies of men women and children while inoculating them to prevent polio.
http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.com/2011/09/vaccines-making-you-far-sicker-than-you.html



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http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/24/health/mystery-illness-in-california/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Mysterious polio-like illness found in 5 California children

By Ralph Ellis, CNN
February 24, 2014 -- Updated 0945 GMT (1745 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Polio can cause sudden paralysis
  • Thanks to a vaccine, polio was wiped out in the U.S.
  • Researchers don't know what caused the symptoms
(CNN) -- A mysterious polio-like illness has been found in five children in California, researchers said.
The discovery is alarming because polio, a contagious disease that sometimes caused paralysis, was wiped out in the United States in 1950s after a vaccine was created. All five children had polio vaccinations.
The new cases, the researchers say, point to the possibility that an "infection polio-like" syndrome could be emerging in California.
Dr. Keith Van Haren of Stanford University and his co-author, Dr. Emanuelle Waubant with the University of California-San Francisco, released a case report on their findings Sunday. They will present the report at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in April.
"Although polio virus has been eradicated from most of the globe, other viruses can also injure the spine, leading to a polio-like syndrome," he said in a statement.
Outbreaks of polio have occurred in Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan.
Van Haren and Waubant said the five children showed polio-like symptoms: sudden paralysis in one or more limbs that became most severe within two days of onset.
Three children had a respiratory illness before the other symptoms began, they said. After treatment, the symptoms didn't improve and the children still had poor limb function after six months.
Two children tested positive for enterovirus-68, a rare virus previously associated with polio-like symptoms, they said. No cause was identified in the remaining three children.



Saturday, February 22, 2014

Time to STAND UP to the Food Industry

It IS Time to Stand Up. 

The world around us is standing up and saying "No More", in numbers that have never ever been seen before.  While the Main Stream Media tries to hide what is going on world wide, the truth is getting out faster and faster as the "alternative" media has now become the leaders in bringing news to the people. 

CHANGE comes from and through the people.  If you think you can sit back and that someone "official" will look after you and your family, then you are vastly misguided.

No One Is Coming To Save You.

If you want CHANGE then you must be the CHANGE you wish to SEE.  Does that mean you have to go out and protest?  That you have to burn cars and throw rotten eggs and scream and yell?   NO it doesn't.   But it DOES mean that you need to take some responsibility for those changes that you want to happen.  It DOES mean that you need to be involved- in whatever way resonates with you- to CREATE CHANGE.

Ask yourself this:  If I am not willing to stand up for my family's health and welfare, then who will?

I'm not asking you to get involved in "fighting" everything, or even most things.... but the time is NOW to PICK SOMETHING and GET INVOLVED.

Even the Main Stream Media is starting to talk about the horrific health of the average population in North America and in Western Europe.  The Alternative Media has been over flowing with facts and studies and information about the toxins in our food supply, our water, our air, and in our medications.

Two days ago I posted an article "The Food Industry Makes a Shift: STAND UP!" 

It was based on a skype post that a good friend of mine made.   He's decided to up the ante.


It IS Time NOW to GET UP and DO Something to Create CHANGE.





AMERICA AND THE WORLD YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO STAND UP AND MAKE THE CALLS.
 
WE HAVE REACHED A TURNING POINT OF NO RETURN. IT IS TIME TO PUT THE FOOD INDUSTRY ON NOTICE THAT WE WILL NO LONGER BUY THEIR CHEMICALLY LACED POISION FOOD PRODUCTS THEY ARE SELLING US ANY LONGER. IT IS UP TO US TO TAKE A STAND. IT IS INCUMBENT ON THEM TO PROVIDE US WITH SAFE HEALTH FOOD FREE OF CHEMICALS, LIKE GMO'S, MSG, FLOURIDE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, AZODICARBONMIDE, ASPARTAME, HIGH FRUTOSE CORN SYRUP, THESE ARE JUST A FEW. THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS LACED WITH CHEMICALS THEY PUTTING IN OUR FOOD. IT IS TIME TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS. WE THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH. EFFECTIVE YESTERDAY WE PUT THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY ON NOTICE AND TOLD THEM THEY WE DEMAND THEY CLEAN UP THEIR FOOD OR WE WILL PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS. WE WILL NO LONG BUY THEIR CONTAMINATED FOOD PRODUCTS. YESTERDAY AND TODAY WE LAUCHED ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, MYSPACE, AND SKYPE AGAINST THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY AND MAJOR FOOD CHAINS. BELOW IS A LIST OF STORES WITH PHONE NUMBERS. PLEASE CALL THEM AND VOICE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR FOOD IN A CALM COOL AND COLLECTED MANNER WITH OUT YELLING AT THEM.

The Great Turning: 
http://www.nextworldtv.com/videos/interesting--other/the-great-turning.html

 Hot Pockets recalled for Containing ‘Diseased and Unsound Animals’
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2014/02/hot-pockets-recalled-for-containing-diseased-and-unsound-animals-2902050.html

 RUBBER BEING USED IN FAST FOODS, MCDONALDS, WENDY'S ETC
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554742/Chemical-used-shoe-rubber-ditched-Subway-week-McDonalds-Burger-King-Wendy-s-popular-store-bought-products.html#ixzz2spcasYET

Subway Removing Harmful Bread Additive Due to Blogger Petition Pressure
http://naturalsociety.com/subway-removing-harmful-bread-additive-due-blogger-petition-pressure/

Subway Announces the End of ‘Shoe Rubber’ Chemical in Bread… But It’s Still Not Healthy!
http://www.thealternativedaily.com/subway-announces-end-shoe-rubber-chemical-bread-still-healthy/

10 other companies that use the same Subway yoga mat chemical in their buns
http://www.naturalnews.com/043977_azodicarbonamide_yoga_mat_chemical_restaurant_bread.html

 The Food Industry Makes a Shift: STAND UP!
http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-food-industry-makes-shift-stand-up.html

 From artificial to natural, the food industry makes a major shift
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2014/02/13/from-artificial-to-natural-the-food-industry-makes-a-major-shift/

Subway 1-800-888-4848 or 1-230-877-4281
Winn Dixie 1-904-783-5000
Publix 1-352-245-4115
Kroger 1-513-762-4000
Costco 1-800-955-2292
Sams Club 1-888-746-7726
K-mart 1-847-286-2500
Walmart 1-479-273-4000
Golden Corral 1-919-781-9310
Albertsons 1-208-395-6200
Safeway 1-877-724-3929
Target 1-612-304-6073
Supervalue 1-952-828-4000
Food Lion 1-704-633-8250
McDonald's  1-800-244-6227
Chick-fil-A 1-404-765-8000
Wendys 1-614-764-3100
dunkin donuts 1-800-859-5339 
Arbys 1-800-599-2729                                                                                                                                    Hardee's Carl Jr. 1-877-799-7827








Monsanto’s Roundup causes “gluten intolerance”

When there is a sudden surge in "allergies" in a population, it's time to analyze the changes in that populations diet and environment and the contaminants that are effecting change in both.

We've seen a massive rise in peanut allergies in North America in the past 15 years.  What caused it?  Could it be the peanut oil being used in a multitude of vaccine adjuvants?

http://www.naturalnews.com/039192_peanut_oil_vaccines_allergies.html

http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/allergies/vaccines-and-the-peanut-allergy-epidemic/

http://vactruth.com/2010/07/15/non-disclosed-hyper-allergenic-vaccine-adjuvant/

And the other "Allergy" that has seemingly overtaken the general population in the past 10 years is "Gluten intolerance" ....

Low and behold!  A Study that directly ties the use of Monsanto's herbicide Round Up- a highly toxic product used just about everywhere in Canada and the US- to Gluten Intolerance and Celiac's Disease.


Isn't it time that people start standing up and saying "No More!" ?




http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/study-monsantos-roundup-causes-gluten-intolerance/

Study: Monsanto’s Roundup causes “gluten intolerance”

Study: Monsanto’s Roundup causes “gluten intolerance”
by Jon Rappoport
February 21, 2014
www.nomorefakenews.com
A recent study proposes that gluten intolerance and celiac disease are on the rise as a result of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide.
The National Library of Medicine states that celiac disease “damages the lining of the small intestine and prevents it from absorbing parts of food that are important for staying healthy. The damage is due to a reaction to eating gluten, which is found in wheat, barley, rye, and possibly oats.”
The study authors, Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff, have a different view. They point out that this rise in celiac disease parallels the increase in the use of Roundup, and the effects of glyphosate are those listed for celiac disease.

The Matrix Revealed

Celiac disease, and, more generally, gluten intolerance, is a growing problem worldwide, but especially in North America and Europe, where an estimated 5% of the population now suffers from it.
Symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, skin rashes, macrocytic anemia and depression.
It is a multifactorial disease associated with numerous nutritional deficiencies as well as reproductive issues and increased risk to thyroid disease, kidney failure, and cancer.
Here, we propose that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide, Roundup®, is the most important causal factor in this epidemic.
Fish exposed to glyphosate develop digestive problems that are reminiscent of celiac disease. Celiac disease is associated with imbalances in gut bacteria that can be fully explained by the known effects of glyphosate on gut bacteria.
Characteristics of celiac disease point to impairment in many cytochrome P450 enzymes, which are involved with detoxifying environmental toxins, activating vitamin D3, catabolizing vitamin A, and maintaining bile acid production and sulfate supplies to the gut.
Glyphosate is known to inhibit cytochrome P450 enzymes. Deficiencies in iron, cobalt, molybdenum, copper, and other rare metals associated with celiac disease can be attributed to glyphosate’s strong ability to chelate these elements.
Deficiencies in tryptophan, tyrosine, methionine, and selenomethionine associated with celiac disease match glyphosate’s known depletion of these amino acids.
Celiac disease patients have an increased risk to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which has also been implicated in glyphosate exposure.
Reproductive issues associated with celiac disease, such as infertility, miscarriages, and birth defects, can also be explained by glyphosate.
The Matrix Revealed
Glyphosate residues in wheat and other crops are likely increasing recently due to the growing practice of crop desiccation [drying] just prior to the harvest. We argue that the practice of “ripening” sugar cane with glyphosate may explain the recent surge in kidney failure among agricultural workers in Central America. We conclude with a plea to governments to reconsider policies regarding the safety of glyphosate residues in foods.”
This study could change the way gluten intolerance and celiac disease are understood, and it adds to the growing body of evidence against Monsanto’s Roundup and those GMO crops which require Roundup as the herbicide of choice.
Jon Rappoport




Thursday, February 20, 2014

The Food Industry Makes a Shift: STAND UP!

This is where "Participation" and Action are needed BY the people!

If you want to see these chemicals removed from the store shelves, then it's up to US to tell the stores we spend our money at that we want them removed!   Same with the individual companies that are manufacturing/preparing these food products.

Change comes when people speak out and say "If you want my business and my money, then you need to change, or we will go elsewhere."   The time for sitting around and moaning about how horrible it is that all these foods we eat are full of crap, is over.  It's time to DO something about it.


I will give you a prime example of people DOing to create change:


This is a post from a very good friend of mine in his Alternative Health room on skype:

 10 other companies that use the same Subway yoga mat chemical in their buns


http://www.naturalnews.com/043977_azodicarbonamide_yoga_mat_chemical_restaurant_bread.html

Who will make the calls to stand up for your Health Freedom??? Its up to you I can't do this by myself. I have just called all of these companies and put them on notice, that we are no longer going to buy their poisoned food products, I let them know that the consumer is fed up and we will be launching a World wide campaign on Facebook, twitter, Myspace, google+, ect, They will either clean up their food or go out of business cause no one will buy it. I could tell they were very concerned. I'm not going to worry about stupid people, they will fix themselves. Who's going to stand up for our Health, our children's health if we don't, Also its time to put these damn School Cafeteria's on notice, speaking of cafeteria's The Golden Colon needs a wake up call too!!!

Winn Dixie 1-904-783-5000
Publix 1-352-245-4115
Kroger 1-513-762-4000
Costco 1-800-955-2292
Sams Club 1-888-746-7726
K-mart 1-847-286-2500
Walmart 1-479-273-4000
Golden Corral 1-919-781-9310
Albertsons 1-208-395-6200
Safeway 1-877-724-3929
Target 1-612-304-6073
Supervalue 1-952-828-4000
Food Lion 1-704-633-8250
McDonald's  1800 244-6227
Chick-fil-A 1-404-765-8000
Wendys 1-614-764-3100
dunkin donuts 1-800-859-5339 
Arbys 1-800-599-2729                                                                                 
Hardee's Carl Jr. 1-877-799-7827

Lets call these companies and let them know how we feel and that we aren't going to buy their poision food anymore.
 (angry) I am mad as Hell and I ain't taking it anymore!!!

This post is from a man who spends close to 15 hours a day monitoring sites, informing people through the various 20 or more skype rooms that he runs and about 20 other skype rooms that he participates in.  He has led campaigns against many many companies and been involved in demanding changes in the food, health, drug and even pet food industries.  His campaigns have led to companies being forced to re-lable products AND removing products from shelves.

Basically it comes down to this:  IF you want to SEE changes happen, then we need to stand up and MAKE them happen.  Exercise your right to freedom of speech and freedom to take your money else where!


From artificial to natural, the food industry makes a major shift


Extracts from algae, rosemary and monk fruit could soon replace synthetic ingredients and food additives such as Blue No. 1, BHT and aspartame that label-conscious grocery shoppers are increasingly shunning.

Research is enabling this shift from artificial colors, sweeteners and preservatives to naturally derived ones, and could soon yield many more natural options, reports Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.

Melody M. Bomgardner, senior editor at C&EN, notes that the trend has built momentum as concern over negative health effects of artificial ingredients and additives grows. Recent studies have suggested a link between some artificial colorings and hyperactivity in children.

Others have suggested that certain synthetic preservatives may cause cancer in rodents. These results are sinking into the consumer psyche.

By 2013, almost a quarter of U.S. consumers reported that they read food labels to check for artificial colors and flavors. That's 15 percent more than the year before. In Europe, regulations spurred a faster changeover and have largely driven the dramatic shift in global sales toward natural colors. In the $1.5 billion market, growth of the latter has overtaken synthetics, which have plateaued.

Now many food manufacturers are turning to colors derived from foods, such as turmeric; to new fermentation routes for natural yellows, reds and purple dyes; and to rosemary and monk fruit as a preservative and sweetener, respectively, the article states.

Natural green and blue food colorings are harder to come by, but researchers are finding sources for these as well. Last summer, M&Ms candy maker Mars got the OK from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to color their blue treats with an extract from blue-green algae. Scientists are also investigating new natural ways to preserve meat, produce vanilla and sweeten foods without the calories.

http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2014/02/13/from-artificial-to-natural-the-food-industry-makes-a-major-shift/

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Scientists unlock the secret of embryo implantation




Rewriting the text books: Scientists crack open 'black box' of development


We know much about how embryos develop, but one key stage – implantation – has remained a mystery. Now, scientists from Cambridge have discovered a way to study and film this 'black box' of development. Their results – which will lead to the rewriting of biology text books worldwide – are published in the journal Cell.
Embryo development in mammals occurs in two phases. During the first phase, pre-implantation, the embryo is a small, free-floating ball of cells called a blastocyst. In the second, post-implantation, phase the blastocyst embeds itself in the mother's uterus.
While blastocysts can be grown and studied outside the body, the same has not been true from implantation. And because embryos are so closely connected to their mothers, implantation has also been difficult to study in the womb.
According to study author Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz of the University of Cambridge: "We know a lot about pre-implantation, but what happens after implantation – and particularly the moment of implantation – is an enigma."
Scientists are interested in studying implantation because the embryo undergoes huge changes in such a short space of time.

The mouse embryo's own stem cells organize themselves into a rosette-like arrangement as a pre-requisite for laying the foundations for the body when the embryo would implant into the uterus. Image credit: Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and Ivan Bedzhov.
"During these two days, it goes from a relatively simple ball to a much larger, more complex cup-like structure, but exactly how that happens was a mystery – a black box of development. That is why we needed to develop a method that would allow us to culture and study embryos during implantation," she explained.
Working with mouse cells, Professor Zernicka-Goetz and her colleague Dr Ivan Bedzhov succeeded in creating the right conditions outside the womb to study the implantation process.
To be able to support development, they created a system comprising a gel and medium that, as well as having the right chemical and biological properties, was of similar elasticity to uterine tissue. Crucially, this gel was transparent to optical light, allowing then to film the embryo during implantation.
This new method revealed that on its way from ball to cup, the blastocyst becomes a 'rosette' of wedge-shaped cells, a structure never before seen by scientists.
"It's a beautiful structure. This rosette is what a mouse looks like on the 4th day of its life, and most likely what we look like on the 7th day of ours, and it's fascinating how beautiful we are then, and how these small cells organise so perfectly to allow us to develop."
As well as answering a fundamental question in developmental biology, the new method will allow scientists to study embryo growth and development at implantation for the first time, which could help improve the success of IVF, and extend our knowledge of stem cells, which could advance their use in regenerative medicine.
The findings also mean developmental biology text books will need rewriting. "The text books make an educated guess of what happened during this part of development, but we now know that what I learned and what I teach my students about this was totally wrong," said Professor Zernicka-Goetz.

http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2014/02/15/rewriting-the-text-books-scientists-crack-open-black-box-of-development/

Cancer drugs just for "western patients who can afford them"- Bayer CEO

Further to points #12 and #19 in the article I put out yesterday:


#12 According to Alternet, “11 of the 12 new-to-market drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration were priced above $100,000 per-patient per-year” in 2012.

and

#19 It turns out that dealing drugs is extremely profitable.  The 11 largest pharmaceutical companies combined to rake in approximately $85,000,000,000 in profits in 2012.


..... I think that many readers will find this little look at transparency from within Big Pharma very Illuminating


We didn't make this medicine for Indians… we made it for western patients who can afford it': Pharmaceutical chief tries to stop India replicating its cancer treatment

  • Indian firm granted government licence to produce copy of a Bayer drug
  • Nexavar is used for the treatment of kidney, liver and thyroid cancers
  • A patient would pay £58,000 for a year's course of the Bayer version
  • However the cost of the Natco version would be around £1,700
  • Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers made comments during a panel discussion
  • He has previously described India's patent laws as 'essentially theft'
By Daily Mail Reporter
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Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers said one of his firm's drugs was for 'western patients who can afford it'
Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers said one of his firm's drugs was for 'western patients who can afford it'

The CEO of phamaceutical giant Bayer has sparked fury after announcing one of the firm's drugs was for 'western patients who can afford it'.
Marijn Dekkers made the inflammatory comments after the Indian company Natco Pharma Ltd. were granted a government licence to produce a copy of Bayer’s cancer drug Nexavar which they will sell for 97 per cent less than the original product.
Under Indian law the government grants compulsory licenses to domestic firms to produce copies of drugs if the original isn’t available locally at a reasonable price, regardless of whether they are under patent.
Mr Deekers, who has previously described India's patent laws as 'essentially theft', said: 'We did not develop this medicine for Indians. We developed it for western patients who can afford it.'
Nexavar, which is also known as Sorafenib, has been approved for the treatment of kidney cancer, advanced liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), and thyroid cancers that are resistant to radioactive iodine treatment.
Currently a kidney cancer patient would pay $96,000 (£58,000) for a year's course of the Bayer-made drug. However the cost of the Natco version would be around $2,800 (£1,700).
 
Mr Deekers later posted a comment on a Forbes magazine blog claiming he regretted the way the comment was received.
He wrote: 'I regret that what was a quick response from me within the framework of a panel discussion at the recent FT Pharma conference has come across in a different way as it was meant by myself.
'However, I was particularly frustrated by the Indian government’s decision, to not protect a patent on Nexavar that was given to us by the Indian patent authority.
Nexavar: Currently a kidney cancer patient would pay (£58,00 for a year's course of the Bayer-made drug. However the cost of the Natco version would be around £1,700
Nexavar: Currently a kidney cancer patient would pay (£58,00 for a year's course of the Bayer-made drug. However the cost of the Natco version would be around £1,700

'I remain firm that there is no excuse for any country to weaken the intellectual property rights. Without new medicines people in developing countries – as well as those in the more prosperous countries – ultimately will all suffer.'
Dr Manica Balasegaram, the Executive Director, Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign, which is trying to increase the availability of cancer drugs in developing countries said Mr Dekker's comments summed up 'everything that is wrong with the multinational pharmaceutical industry.'
She added: 'Bayer is effectively admitting that the drugs they develop are deliberately going to be rationed to the wealthiest patients. This is a side-effect of the way drugs are developed today. 
'Pharmaceutical companies are singularly focused on profit and so aggressively push for patents and high drug prices. Diseases that don’t promise a profit are neglected, and patients who can’t afford to pay are cut out of the picture.
'Drug companies claim to care about global health needs, but their track record says otherwise.'
However other commentators have pointed out that drug companies need to be able to charge high prices in order to continue the vital research and development.


Saturday, February 15, 2014

19 Statistics About The Drugging Of America

Add to this, the Fluoride in the water supply and even in some brands of bottled water (did you know that fluorides are the main ingredient in Prozac?). 

Add to this the drugging of children for the almost impossible to diagnose "ADD" "ADHD" etc... that even the doctors can't agree on what the symptoms are or what the treatment should be. 


Add to this the VAST amount of vaccines that are pumped into our infants and children and adults and senior citizens.

Add to this the unbelievable amount of antibiotics that are given for every single sniffle, slight cough,  toe pain, itchy elbows or any other common complaint.

Add to this the massive quantities of pseudo hormone treatments that are prescribed for birth control, menopause, long menstrual cycles, short menstrual cycles, no menstrual cycles, acne, hot flashes, low libido, high libido, small boobs, small penises...

Add to this erection medications that 1 in 4 men in the US have used

Add to this the multitude of pain killers and narcotics that are prescribed

Add to this the amount of over the counter cough and cold medications (that don't work) that are bought yearly


.... Now mix them all together in a giant bowl and suck it back with your morning glass of OJ.  Is it any wonder that there is an unintentional drug overdose death in the United States every 19 minutes.

Did you know that Big Pharma's main 11 companies made $85 BILLION dollars in 2012 alone?


19 Statistics About The Drugging Of America That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

Pills - Photo by Tibor KadekThe American people are the most drugged people in the history of the planet.  Illegal drugs get most of the headlines, but the truth is that the number of Americans that are addicted to legal drugs is far greater than the number of Americans that are addicted to illegal drugs.  As you will see below, close to 70 percent of all Americans are currently on at least one prescription drug.  In addition, there are 60 million Americans that “abuse alcohol” and 22 million Americans that use illegal drugs.  What that means is that almost everyone that you meet is going to be on something.  That sounds absolutely crazy but it is true.  We are literally being drugged out of our minds.  In fact, as you will read about below, there are 70 million Americans that are taking “mind-altering drugs” right now.  If it seems like most people cannot think clearly these days, it is because they can’t.  We love our legal drugs and it is getting worse with each passing year.  And considering the fact that big corporations are making tens of billions of dollars peddling their drugs to the rest of us, don’t expect things to change any time soon.  The following are 19 statistics about the drugging of America that are almost too crazy to believe…
#1 An astounding 70 million Americans are taking legal mind-altering drugs right now.
#2 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, doctors wrote more than 250 million prescriptions for antidepressants during 2010.
#3 According to a study conducted by the Mayo Clinic, nearly 70 percent of all Americans are on at least one prescription drug.  An astounding 20 percent of all Americans are on at least five prescription drugs.
#4 Americans spent more than 280 billion dollars on prescription drugs during 2013.
#5 According to the CDC, approximately 9 out of every 10 Americans that are at least 60 years old say that they have taken at least one prescription drug within the last month.
#6 There are 60 million Americans that “abuse alcohol”.
#7 According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 22 million Americans use illegal drugs.
#8 Incredibly, more than 11 percent of all Americans that are 12 years of age or older admit that they have driven home under the influence of alcohol at least once during the past year.
#9 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is an unintentional drug overdose death in the United States every 19 minutes.
#10 In the United States today, prescription painkillers kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined.
#11 According to the CDC, approximately three quarters of a million people a year are rushed to emergency rooms in the United States because of adverse reactions to pharmaceutical drugs.
#12 According to Alternet, “11 of the 12 new-to-market drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration were priced above $100,000 per-patient per-year” in 2012.
#13 The percentage of women taking antidepressants in America is higher than in any other country in the world.
#14 Many of these antidepressants contain warnings that “suicidal thoughts” are one of the side effects that should be expected.  The suicide rate for Americans between the ages of 35 and 64 rose by close to 30 percent between 1999 and 2010.  The number of Americans that are killed by suicide now exceeds the number of Americans that die as a result of car accidents every year.
#15 In 2010, the average teen in the United States was taking 1.2 central nervous system drugs.  Those are the kinds of drugs which treat conditions such as ADHD and depression.
#16 Children in the United States are three times more likely to be prescribed antidepressants as children in Europe are.
#17 A shocking Government Accountability Office report discovered that approximately one-third of all foster children in the United States are on at least one psychiatric drug.
#18 A survey conducted for the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that more than 15 percent of all U.S. high school seniors abuse prescription drugs.
#19 It turns out that dealing drugs is extremely profitable.  The 11 largest pharmaceutical companies combined to rake in approximately $85,000,000,000 in profits in 2012.
In America today, doctors are trained that there are just two potential solutions to any problem.  Either you prescribe a pill or you cut someone open.  Surgery and drugs are pretty much the only alternatives they offer us.
And an endless barrage of television commercials have trained all of us to think that there is a “pill for every problem”.
Are you in pain?
Just take a pill.
Are you feeling blue?
Just take a pill.
Do you need a spark in your marriage?
Just take a pill.
And most Americans assume that all of these pills are perfectly safe.
After all, the government would never approve something that wasn’t safe, right?
Sadly, what most Americans don’t realize is that there is a revolving door between big pharmaceutical corporations and the government agencies that supposedly “regulate” them.  Many of those that are now in charge of our “safety” have spent their entire careers peddling legal drugs to all of us.
We have become a nation of drugged out zombies, and it is all perfectly legal.  The funny thing is that many of these “legal drugs” have just slightly different formulations from their “illegal” counterparts.
If more Americans understood what they were actually taking, would that cause them to stop?
Perhaps some would, but for the most part Americans are totally in love with their drugs and giving them up would not be easy.
Just ask anyone that has tried.
So what do you think about the drugging of America?


http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/19-statistics-about-the-drugging-of-america-that-are-almost-too-crazy-to-believe

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Chairwoman of UK's biggest developer advocates mothers should have 6 year break

Here is an article that should go viral.  Not just because it recognizes the necessity of mothers to MOTHER their children, but because it reflects the true VALUE of women who are working in so many industries.


http://rt.com/business/chairwoma-uk-6-year-break-368/


Chairwoman of UK's biggest developer advocates mothers should have 6 year break

Published time: February 10, 2014 17:23
AFP Photo / Robyn Beck
AFP Photo / Robyn Beck

The only FTSE 100 woman chairman has urged employers to allow women to take up to six years off to focus on raising their families. She says retaining the best staff is cheaper than training new recruits.
Employers have to learn to accommodate you through the mid-life piece,” Dame Alison Carnwath, the chairwoman of the Land Securities property group said in an interview with the Financial Times.
If you want to spend, say, six years having children and getting them off to school before you come back and do full-time work, [companies] have to look upon it as not wanting to lose somebody.
The businesswoman says that “It’s much better to keep people in the fold,” both from the economics and from the “continuity of culture”. She is confident that professional HR departments will be able to find “measurable economic benefits” in such a loyal approach.

The suggestion didn't get much support from the leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage.
"If a woman has a client base and has a child and takes two or three years off work, she is worth far less to the employer when she comes back than when she goes away because her client base cannot be stuck rigidly to her."

Dame Alison, who has no children herself, blames financial companies, particularly banks, for being “very bad” at promoting women.

She is proud of changing the gender balance at Land Securities, where about a third of board members are women.

Ms Carnwarth received a damehood in the New Year Honors list for being an advocate of women’s advancement in business.

There are four FTSE 100 companies which have women as chief executives - Royal Mail, easyJet, Imperial Tobacco and Burberry, but only until Angela Ahrendts moves from the clothing company to Apple. However the balance will be soon restored, as Liv Garfield is set to head water company Severn Trent.

Last month the proportion of women on the boards of FTSE100 companies reached 20 percent. The UK government wants it to be 25 percent by the end of 2015.