Natural Healing News

by Sherry Anshara —  In 1983, Muhammad Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with miniscule loans. He aimed to help people by sparking a personal initiative and enterprise by which they could lift themselves out of poverty forever. It was an idea born in 1976, when he personally loaned […]

by Gabriella von Elekes —  Once upon a time there was an empire ruled by a king who had a queen, a cabinet and a pope or a cardinal — in other words: the works. The court astrologer with his astrolabe, logarithm and horoscope was part of the “in” group. The branch of astrology that […]

by Mary Budinger Environmentalists and health care advocates are celebrating the historic announcement of the first U.S. standards to reduce power plant emissions of toxic air pollution, including mercury, arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium and cyanide. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that for every dollar spent to reduce pollution from power plants, the American […]

With trucking diesel fuel prices now over $4 per gallon in many locations, food prices are reaching an all-time high, since the average grocery store item has traveled 1,500 to 3,500 miles. Over the past year alone, consumers have been forced to pay significantly more for staples like eggs (25 percent), milk (17 percent), cheese […]

by Nina Anderson —  Al Gore’s campaign to expose humanity’s negative influence on the environment has created tremendous awareness for the plight of the planet. Entire magazine issues have focused on the subject, while threatened industries spend lots of money to challenge the reports and convince the public that global warming is not happening. Although […]

by Mary Budinger —  The latest attempts to weaken the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards that limit mercury and other toxic air pollution from industrial power plants have failed. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced a proposed rider to the 2012 Federal Transportation bill that would have rolled back recently proposed cleaner air standards. On March […]

The need to “fix the FDA” tops the list for government reforms, according to an unusual community forum in Tempe, Ariz., moderated by Dr. Martha Grout. Some 250 people gathered at the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA) on December 28, 2008, to discuss health care reform. The meeting was in response to the Obama […]

The United States agreed to join an international treaty to reduce mercury emissions. At the international forum in Nairobi, Kenya, in February 2009, the current Obama administration described mercury pollution as the world’s gravest chemical problem. This represents a 180-degree change in existing government policy. Mercury is a heavy metal, known to damage the human […]

by Mary Budinger —  Tucked into the federal economic stimulus bill is a massive health care reform package. The details will take time to be worked out, but it is clear, out of the starting gate, that the government will have much more involvement in your health care than ever before. It is not clear […]

by Dr. Mark Force —  This second installment concerning the health care crisis in the United States lists the component problems that create costly and ineffective health care, and then discusses the steps we can take to rehabilitate health care. Fundamental components of the crisis Emphasis on treatment rather than prevention — Treatment for existing […]

by Mary Budinger —  The shortage of natural desiccated thyroid began a year ago when the sole American supplier changed the manufacturing process that turns the thyroid glands of pigs into powder. This caused shortages for both major suppliers of desiccated thyroid, Forest (Armour Thyroid) and RLC Labs (Nature-Throid and Westhroid). Forest recalled a large […]

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Justice are holding a series of five public workshops throughout 2010 to address issues of concentration, antitrust violations and competition in agriculture. A small number of corporations now control American agriculture. Never before has the safety and sustainability of our food supply depended upon […]

by Mary Budinger —  A cloud of concern hangs over the supplement industry. In February, Senators John McCain (R-AZ), and Byron Dorgan (D-ND), introduced the “Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010.” Known as S. 3002, it would have put the natural supplement industry under control of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). About 30 days […]