WHO Reports Significant Overuse of Antibiotics to Treat SARS-CoV-2 Infections
The World Health Organization (WHO) presented findings of extensive overuse of antibiotics during the peak years of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have made the already existing threat of antimicrobial resistance much worse.1 The WHO has called antibiotic resistance one of the greatest global public health threats.2 According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control […]
Autism Treatment Market Set to More Than Double by 2030
As the rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continue rising in the United States and around the world, so does the market for treating the immune and brain dysfunction associated with the neurological and developmental disorder that affects one in 36 eight-year-old children in the U.S., with one in six suffering with a developmental disability. […]
CDC Investigating Reports of Illnesses from Botox Injections
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of Apr. 12, 2024, a total of 18 people from nine states have reported adverse reactions after receiving Botox injections from unlicensed or untrained individuals or in “non-healthcare” settings, such as homes and medi-spas. The states reporting adverse reactions to Botox include Colorado, […]
Bird Flu Outbreaks & the WHO/IHR Pandemic Treaty Push
Even as U.S. health agencies and the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) are being heavily criticized for their botched response to the COVID-19 pandemic,1 2 3 WHO officials are ramping up pressure on all nations to sign a WHO pandemic treaty and amendments to the WHO’s International Health Regulations (IHR), which will give them […]
Increase in Cancer Rates in People Under 50 Linked to “Accelerated Aging”
Accelerated biological aging may be to blame for rising cancer rates in young people, new research from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri suggests. The new research, recently presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, shows an alarming increase in early-onset cancer, the […]
MRI Contrast Agent Gadolinium May Deposit and Retain in the Brain
Magnetic resonance images (MRIs) are used to investigate or diagnose conditions that affect soft tissue in the body such as brain tumors, brain disorders, torn ligaments, or spinal issues. They are so common that nearly 40 million MRIs are performed annually in the United States. But questions and debate remain regarding the safety of the […]
