http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/health.htm en-us sepp@lastrega.com Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:55:00 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/04/23/rethinking_aids_day_scientists_call_for_new_thinking_on_hiv.htm On the 24th anniversary of the day a human retrovirus was named in a press conference, called by the Centers for Disease Control as "the probable cause of Aids" an international group of scientists says it is time to re-assess that belief. Being diagnosed HIV-positive is a traumatic experience - emotionally, mentally and physically - HelpForHIV In the 70s we had Richard Nixon's and Jimmy Carter's War on Cancer, an all-out well financed research program that sought to establish a viral cause and to find a cure for the Big C. Despite much work and huge amounts of money poured into the program, no such virus was found and - famously - no cure either. Much of... Epidemics Sepp Hasslberger Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:55:00 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/04/03/eu_scientific_committee_mercury_in_dental_fillings_no_danger.htm On 15 January, Reuters reported about a European scientific Committee report stating that Amalgams pose no health risk to the human nervous system. Mercury vapor escaping from extracted tooth subjected to heat (from this video) The report was prepared by the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) which is made up of external experts. According to Ulla Danielsen, a Danish journalist, the committee consists of seven members, four of which are dentists and have declared to have connections with the dental industry. The report is available in PDF format from the EU Committe's website. SCENIHR recognises that dental amalgam is an effective restorative material and, from the perspectives of longevity, the mechanical performance... Health Sepp Hasslberger Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:45:54 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/03/27/neuropsychiatric_genetics_fails_to_find_cause_of_mental_illness.htm Psychiatry is looking for biological mechanisms to explain what it defines as "mental illness" to justify biological treatments, such as electroshock and mind bending pharmaceutical drugs. One of the more recent trends is to look for genes as a cause of aberrant behavior. No such luck, says Vince Boehm, who maintains a specialized mailing list, in a recent communication. The search for a genetic cause is failing, according to author Dr Jay Joseph, and even psychiatry's own researchers admit as much. Here's what Vince says: Well, I've got some horrible news for the true believers out there. Don't blame mom and dad. Genetics is a cherished "article of faith" in mental illness theory. I've often wondered how... Health Sepp Hasslberger Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:11:50 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/03/17/statins_inhibit_important_biochemical_pathway_cause_predictable_side_effects.htm Cholesterol lowering statin drugs such as Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor and Pravachol inhibit a liver enzyme which in turn limits the production of mevalonate, blocking an important biochemical pathway in our normal metabolism. Absence or scarcity of mevalonate as induced by statin drugs leads to numerous side effects, some of them very painful, others involving memory and mental and emotional disposition. But what's a bit of pain, you might ask, to prevent a heart attack? Sometimes we need to suffer in the name of prevention. The doctor has ordered it. You might be surprised to find out that both the muscle pains and the mental fog you feel are not justified by the positive effects of these drugs.... Health Sepp Hasslberger Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:25:11 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/03/05/mmr_vaccine_damage_dr_wakefield_defends_research.htm Dr Andrew Wakefield, a vaccine researcher who found that the combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine appears to lead to serious side effects, including post-vaccine autism in a number of the children receiving it, is being ostracized from the medical community and his carreer is being targeted to shut up unwanted criticism that could go to the heart of the multi billion dollar vaccine business. A friend in the UK alternative health scene sent the following information, which I would like to make available here: At a hearing that is being drawn out by the British General Medical Council (GMC) to last over 18 months, Dr Andrew Wakefield begins presenting his defence on March 27th 2008. Dr Wakefield and... Health Sepp Hasslberger Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:23:46 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/03/04/the_importance_of_iodine_for_good_health.htm "Iodine, taken in doses substantially greater than the recommended dietary allowance, has been shown to reverse fibrocystic disease of the breast and prevent breast cancer." Reading this blurb in a recent issue of Nexus Magazine peeked my interest and I soon found myself devouring the corresponding article. Iodine is really one of those substances - it is a mineral - that, like vitamin C, we use to prevent an acute deficiency, without however realizing that beyond that limited use there is a whole world of benefits to be found at higher intakes than those recommended by the 'experts'. In the case of vitamin C, it was a paper by Steve Hickey and Hilary Roberts that pointed out... Health Sepp Hasslberger Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:34:34 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/02/25/will_europe_restrict_herbs_vegetable_extracts.htm The European Union does not believe in its citizens' ability to choose nutrients wisely. This very paternalistic view finds expression in a series of restrictive laws that aim at regulating what can be sold as a healthy food to supplement our daily menu with vitamins, minerals, herbs or vegetable concentrates. The European Food Supplements Directive, which was approved in 2002, provides a "framework" for regulating the nutrients we may add to our meals. The details on coming restrictions for vitamins and minerals that the directive envisions have been delayed for years. Neither the lists of "nutrient sources" nor the dosages to be allowed in pills and capsules have been agreed, six years after the directive was first... Legislation Sepp Hasslberger Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:59:41 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/02/21/expert_patients_a_new_healthcare_paradigm.htm Healthcare is a business - one of the major productive enterprises in the industrialized world. How much of this business is really 'taking in our own laundry' is hard to tell at a glance. Some say that the business with disease is largely responsible for keeping us sick, as there is no financial reward in having a healthy population. On the other hand, much money is to be made from selling remedies that do not cure but merely alleviate our symptoms. Doctor yourself - take responsibility for your own health - is the motto of Andrew W. Saul, one of the major proponents of orthomolecular medicine, a system of health care based on supplying the nutritional elements... Health Sepp Hasslberger Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:24:56 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/02/01/world_health_organization_paralyzed_by_nuclear_lobby.htm A study by the World Health Organization's senior radiation advisor Dr Keith Baverstock, completed in 2001, suggested that the use of uranium weapons in Iraq could pose a unique health hazard to the civilian population. The publication of the study was suppressed by the World Health Organization's hierarchy and only in February 2004 the UK Sunday Herald broke that story. Dr Baverstock was quoted as saying: “I believe our study was censored and suppressed by the WHO because they didn’t like its conclusions. Previous experience suggests that WHO officials were bowing to pressure from the IAEA, whose remit is to promote nuclear power. That is more than unfortunate, as publishing the study would have helped forewarn... Environment Sepp Hasslberger Fri, 1 Feb 2008 18:46:11 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/01/25/kaushalya_never_was_hiv_positive.htm Audrey Serrano, a woman living in the US and misdiagnosed with HIV was awarded $2.5 million in damages in December last year for the shock and for suffering the adverse effects of the drugs she had to take for years before the mistake was corrected. While that is a welcome break from the Aids propaganda we're subjected to from all sides, it really only reveals the tip of the iceberg of a human disaster of untold dimensions that is going on right before our eyes. Aids is an epidemic of medical failures if there ever was such a thing. - The virus that supposedly causes the immune weakness has never been scientifically isolated and no one has... Epidemics Sepp Hasslberger Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:34:58 GMT