'eHealthy News You Can Use' Mercola 2-27-02

Your Chances of Developing Schizophrenia Depend on How Much Sunshine Your Mother Received - More and more evidence is accumulating showing that sunlight, our primary source for vitamin D, affects ones chances of developing mental illness.

Drug Companies Triple Money on Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads - Americans spent will spend over 500 billion dollars on drugs this year. Most people mistakenly believe that the FDA reviews all ads before they are released and allows only the safest and most effective drugs to be promoted directly to the public.

The Death of Medicine - Medicine, as we know it, is dying, as brilliantly described here by Nicholas Regush in a column from his new site, RedFlagsWeekly.com. It is entering a terminal phase. Find out why and what options are available to you.

Conversations with Dr. Mercola -- Part 3 of 7 - Gary Craig, the founder of EFT, and I recently had an e-mail exchange that he shared with his e-mail group which I am making available in the newsletter for my readers to enjoy.

Day Care Actually Protects Against Future Colds - This is an important study that really is somewhat of a landmark in helping parents make wiser choices regarding day care.

Hepatitis A - Creating a Market for Another Superfluous Vaccine - Is it really necessary to introduce an attenuated infectious vector into our entire population of children in order to theoretically prevent a disease which is extremely rare in the vast majority of US communities, and getting rarer?

Beneficial Bacteria (Probiotics) During Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Helps Protect Against Eczema - Probiotics administered during pregnancy and lactation appears to promote the immune system protective potential of breast-feeding.

Study Links Chiropractic Neck Treatment to Stroke - It would seem reasonable to be cautious about high velocity neck adjustments/manipulations.

Less Than 8 Hours of Sleep May Not Hurt Health - How much sleep is do you need per night?

More Medicare Spending Does Not Mean Better Care - More evidence that the current federally subsidized health care program is terminally broken.

Poultry Industry Quietly Cuts Back on Antibiotic Use - 70% of the antibiotics used in the US are fed to livestock. How can you know whether a chicken has been treated with antibiotics?

BGH: Monsanto and the Dairy Industry's Dirty Little Secret - 15% of America's 10 million lactating dairy cows are being injected with rBGH. Read what you can do to limit your exposure to this unlabeled cancer causing chemical in your dairy products.

Pope Warns Regarding Cloning - Strong moral guidance like Pope John Paul has given will provide some moral standards as we prepare for this technology to be fully developed.

Upcoming Course/Seminar Information

Advanced SkaSys Seminar - Dr. Hans Lechner is a German dentist who worked for the last 15 years with EAV (electroacupuncture). He has developed the next generation EAV equipment that combines scalar wave broadcasting and computer equipment along with arm length testing. There are currently fifteen units in the US and I have owned one since January, 2001. He is giving a lecture in Chicago in April.

Vaccine Seminars - Opportunities to attend live lectures around the country on this vitally important issue of our times. Have your specific questions personally answered with practical alternatives.

The Klinghardt Seminars in Applied Neurobiology - A complete course, taught by Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD, in today's most important and effective healing technologies for health care practitioners just entering the alternative field - but also for the most advanced CAM practitioner.

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