22.5 million people can be vaccinated in the first stage of a massive anti-swine flu scheme that starts in September. Health and public workers, as well as chronically ill people will get the flu shots …

Supplements of vitamin K-1 may slow hardening of the arteries in people already suffering from the condition, according to a new study.
Subjects receiving a daily vitamin K-1, plus multivitamin supplement experienced six percent less progression …

Low blood levels of vitamin D may increase the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, says a new hypothesis based on existing risk factors.
A growing number of studies have linked deficiency of vitamin D to …

Influenza is Italian for ‘‘influence’’, Latin: influentia. It used to be thought that the disease was caused by a bad influence from the heavens. Influenza was called a virus long, long before it was proven …

This is part three of a four-part investigative article series by award-winning journalist Evelyn Pringle. Read part one here and/or part II here.
In an article titled, “Disorders Made To Order,” in the July 2002 issue …

This is part two of an investigative series on The Mothers Act by Evelyn Pringle. Read part one here.
The Mothers Act legislation specifically defines the term “postpartum conditions” as “postpartum depression” or “postpartum psychosis.” …

Shaila Dewan and Robbie Brown
The spacious home where the newly wed Rhonda and Jason Holt began their family in 2005 was plagued by mysterious illnesses. The Holts’ three babies were ghostlike and listless, with breathing …

Americans Spend $34 Billion on Alternative Medicine,  11% of Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending Goes to Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Americans spend almost a third as much money out-of pocket on herbal supplements and other …

Despite its obvious benefits for our health and for the environment, organic food continues to be denigrated by the political and corporate establishment in Britain. The food industry, in alliance with pharmaceutical and big biotechnology …

By Margaret Furtado, M.S., R.D.
Say it isn’t so! A recent study out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill cites what animal studies have hinted at for years: MSG (aka monosodium glutamate) …