Role of the Microbiome in Infant Development
The human microbiome plays a vital role in overall health, with new information flooding in nearly every day. Defined as “the sum of all microbial life living in or on the human body,” the microbiome is a vibrant community of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that constantly evolves throughout the life cycle as it adapts to environmental, dietary, and life changes. Alterations…
When Public Officials are More Concerned About Getting Things Wrong Than Getting Things Right
How is it that supremely educated and well-informed individuals in positions of high authority within government so often make colossal errors in judgment that were so predictably wrong-headed from the start? They just must have known what they were doing, right? The tendency is to assume that the decisions were based on some hidden concern or motivation that the…
Vaccine Injury Comes in Many Forms… Brensen’s Story
So, we wanted to share our story because whenever people think about vaccine injury they’re thinking autism. It’s always autism or something neurological. Well, with our son it was a skin disease, it was an autoimmune attack on his skin. When Brensen was born in 2008, he was a normal vaginal birth, everything went great, perfect apgar scores… immediately latched on nursing perfectly.
How Big Pharma Maintains Compliance, Brand Loyalty & Market Share
What can pharmaceutical companies do when their target audience cannot or will not comply with their prescribed medication recommendation? They target the caregiver, of course. For some patients, especially the mentally ill or the elderly, compliance is an issue. And Big Pharma does not want patients to miss a single dose of their medication. Compliance techniques are very…
Merck Admits Shingles Vaccine Can Cause Eye Damage… and Shingles
Two important Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved changes to the warning label of Merck Pharmaceutical’s shingles vaccine, Zostavax, have been made since the controversial drug was introduced in 2006. The first was in August 2014, when, in addition to potentially causing chickenpox, another side effect was added: shingles! That’s right. The vaccine that had been—and continues to be—aggressively…
The Hefty Cost of Caring for Children and Adults with Autism
According to the 2014 Health National Survey, 1 in 45 American children between the ages of 3 and 17 years old have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is one of the fastest growing developmental disorders in the U.S. This figure is concerning for several reasons, one of which is the financial cost to parents for caring for their child. In the U.S., poverty among families with…