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(NaturalNews) Let's be blunt: Western medicine will never really cure Lyme disease because the focus (like everything they do) is on symptoms, not the underlying cause. In fact, sadly, if you've been suffering with Lyme disease for some time, you've probably been labeled with a mental... [...]

(NaturalNews) Taking antibiotics may make children twice as likely to develop juvenile arthritis, suggests a study conducted by researchers from Rutgers University, the University of Pennsylvania and Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, and published in the journal Pediatrics... [...]

(NaturalNews) Typically, the first thing that happens when people get an infection is their receipt of a quick scrawl on a doctor's prescription pad for an antibiotic. However, rather than improving health, antibiotics are destroying it; a new study conducted by experts at NYU Langone... [...]

(NaturalNews) When antibiotics first became widely used in the early half of the 20th century, they were hailed as a miracle cure. Many common infections which used to have a high mortality rate, such as pneumonia or infections from wounds or surgery, suddenly become very treatable... [...]

Three-hundred and fifty federal government cafeterias will enjoy ‘low-antibiotic’ food starting at the beginning of 2016, and during a White House summit on antibiotic use last week, voluntary pledges from 150 food processors, restaurant chains, hospitals, and drug companies vowing to phase out the use of meat from animals treated regularly with antibiotics will change the food landscape for the better. The White House issued a memorandum finally heeding the warnings of scores of scientists [...]

Nature has provided thousands of natural medicines and natural antibiotics over millennia. Most people are unaware, but most pharmaceutical medications originally came from the plants of the Earth. After they were proven effective in treating various ailments, the pharmaceutical industry then created synthetic variants which they could patent. In this way, they retained the exclusive rights to earn revenues from their patents over a specific period of time. The point is that every medicine unde [...]

(NaturalNews) An international investigation into the connection between autism and abnormal gut microbes was initially spurred by medical capitalist John Rodakis when he noticed that his autistic son's symptoms improved while he was on antibiotics for an unrelated strep throat infection... [...]

(NaturalNews) A dairy farmer is suing a livestock feed supplier for failure to properly label feed as containing antibiotics after more than 200 of the farmer's calves died from toxic levels of the drugs.The case was filed by Calvin Berwald, owner of Sokota Dairy, in Jerauld County... [...]

And How They Are Best Used Nature has provided thousands of natural medicines over millennia. Most people are unaware but virtually all pharmaceutical medications originally came from the plants of the Earth. After they were proven effective in treating various ailments, the Pharmaceutical Industry then created synthetic variants which they could patent. In this way they retained the exclusive rights to earn revenues from their patents over a specific period of time. The point is that every medi [...]

The overuse of antibiotics is destroying our gut bacteria. Not only do antibiotics cause depleted immunity, but since the gut is often referred to as our second brain, they are also seriously affecting our mental health. Only now is the mainstream media admitting this. Natural Society talked about the link between antibiotics and mental illness back in 2011 – and the mainstream press completely ignored the study that was published in the popular journal Nature. The study revealed that antibio [...]

It’s been a wild past few weeks when it comes to corporations caving to the demands of informed consumers and activists. From Chipotle removing GMOs from their food, to Pepsi ditching aspartame after public outcry. Now, Tyson Foods wants some of the action. According to their latest release, the largest poultry producer in the nation is set to stop feeding its chickens antibiotics that are traditionally used for people by 2017. You know, like using a jackhammer on a cockroach inside your [...]

(NaturalNews) Fast food giant McDonald's has announced that the company will be phasing out the use of some antibiotics in its factory-farmed chicken products to accommodate what it says are the "changing preferences" of its customers. But a major disparity between the media's version... [...]

(NaturalNews) Antibiotics and other antimicrobials are everywhere. Even if you are trying to avoid them, they are found in the majority of conventional meats, in our tap water, and in soaps, mouthwash, and toothpaste. It is difficult to avoid exposure, but the effort is a worthwhile... [...]

(NaturalNews) Through the years, overexposure to antibiotics has led to the development of bacteria which are resistant to certain types of drugs. Last year, the World Health Organization sounded the alarm bell that antibiotic resistance should be taken seriously before it's too late... [...]

YouTube image from Times Free Press. Health Impact News Editor Comments The Times Free Press in Chattanooga, Tennessee reported last week that the Erlanger Health System was going to start forcing all newborn babies in their health facilities to receive an antibiotic ointment applied to their eyes at birth, whether their parents want it or not. Even if nurses and midwives attending the birth do not approve of the antibiotic ointment, the hospital allegedly stated that they will apply it anywa [...]

SourceCatherine J. FrompovichActivist PostThe only microbiologist in the U.S. Congress, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) has introduced a bill, The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) to impede the apparent abuse of animal husbandry using certain medically important antibiotics to fatten cattle for market or in animal feed as normal ‘supplementation’. According to Rep. Slaughter, My legislation would save eight critical classes of antibiotics from being routine [...]

(NaturalNews) The national news media have been hyping a Disneyland measles outbreak all winter long in an attempt to gain public support for mandatory vaccinations. Still, after looking at the ingredients in vaccinations, informed parents agree: MMR vaccines are one of the worst... [...]

Farmers who are using antibiotics to keep pests away from their crops are making children allergic to the fruits and vegetables they grow, research suggests. Several years ago, more than 150 scientists and 50 farmers came out in support of stricter limits on antibiotics used in animal agriculture as part of a broader effort to tackle the public health crisis caused by growing antibiotic resistance. But now, in a case highlighted in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, this concern rear [...]

(NaturalNews) As the natural health movement grows, people across the nation and the world are learning the benefits of using food, herbs, and supplements to prevent and treat illness and disease.Antibiotics are chemical therapy. Read any package insert or look up a pharmaceutical... [...]

(NaturalNews) If ever there was a situation to prove, once again, that taking another person's medication can produce life-threatening results, it's the unfortunate story of California college student Yassmeen Castanada. The mother of a four-month-old daughter is wrapped entirely... [...]

Here at Higher Perspective, we don’t knock modern medicine. We’re not about to tell you not to get the medication you need, and we encourage you to have an open mind about how to stay healthy and fight off diseases. We hope you create vibrant conversations about modern medicine’s brilliant successes, and also where it’s being steered wrong by doctors and scientists. Antibiotic abuse is an increasingly grave concern for officials worldwide. Just yesterday we reported that� [...]

(NaturalNews) The spread of the Ebola virus is causing global concern, as it should. On September 30, 2014, the CDC reported that a patient was in critical condition in a Dallas, TX, hospital, having tested POSITIVE for the Ebola virus. There has never been a better time then RIGHT... [...]

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in the 1940s, and it has been used as a poster child for ‘safe’ antibiotics ever since. Fleming’s discovery heralded the ‘age of antibiotics,’ but new research from Harvard scientists reveals concerning information about antibiotics, confirming that the antibiotic age coming to an end. Penicillin has been called better than the ‘big gun’ antibiotics for treating pneumonia and other childhood diseases, but it that really true in a [...]

(NaturalNews) In some cases, treating people or animals with antibiotics may cause them to spread Salmonella infections more rapidly, and even in some cases to develop more severe infections. This may be more likely to occur in those who are not showing any current symptoms of salmonellosis... [...]

(NaturalNews) Urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be painful and can also result in a trip to the doctor's office and a prescription for an antibiotic. But there are natural remedies for UTIs that you can employ to avoid the doctor (and prescription) altogether, and for far less money... [...]

There is a good reason that Kellogg’s spent over $1,012,552 on media propaganda in California & Washington to defeat voter ballot initiatives that would have required the labeling of GMO foods, and now are contributing again to the defeat of labeling initiatives in Oregon (contributing $250,000). A consumer recently sent a box of Froot Loops to a lab for genetic testing and found that the corn and soy used in the cereal are 100% RoundUp Ready GMO. So is the sugar. Never mind the o [...]

(NaturalNews) Children who are exposed to more antibiotics before the age of two are also more likely to become obese, according to a study conducted by researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public... [...]

It’s just like the pharmaceutical paradigm to get a drug passed through government agencies that causes ‘Ebola-like’ symptoms. This is the case with the latest Beta-Lactam antibiotics being used throughout third world countries. Beta-Lactam is being heralded as a new discovery. A new class of “Non-β-lactam Inhibitors of Penicillin-Binding Proteins with Gram-Positive Antibacterial Activity” that supposedly work by inhibiting cell wall synthesis by the bacterial organism. These drug [...]