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The Epidemic Of 'Medical Child Abuse'
Finland's Minister of Health on Swine Flu - You Tube Clip
B.C. may suspend seasonal flu shots
UK Compulsory Vaccination Imminent May 29, 2009
There Is No Anti-Vaccine Movement May 29, 2009
Swine Flu Shot Link to Nerve Disease, Vaccine contents
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[P4H] Phenoxyethanol now in Vaccines!
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Serious Attack on Homeopathy
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School of Homeopathy goes to the movies
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Drugs agency grants its first licence to homoeopathic product
The United Kingdom’s drugs agency has given a licence to the makers of a homoeopathic product, despite scientists and researchers saying that no evidence shows that it works.
Since September 2006 the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has been allowed to grant licences to traditional therapies if their use "is plausible on the basis of long standing use and experience" and no evidence shows that they cause harm.
At the end of last month, Nelsons Arnicare Arnica 30c pillules became the first product in the UK to be given such a licence by the agency, which will enable its manufacturers to make therapeutic claims for it.
Edzard Ernst, the UK’s only professor of complementary medicine, said that the agency’s national rules scheme was "making a mockery of evidence based medicine."
On the packaging, the makers will be able to describe the product as "a homoeopathic medicinal product used.
'According to the drugs agency the results of clinical trials are not required to support applications for marketing authorisation under the National Rules scheme. Guidance for the manufacturers of Homeopathic products says 'Because the philosophy of homeopathy and the nature of the products, it is difficult to establish efficacy for homeopathic products for the indications sought. The guidance also states that indications are limited to the relief of treatment of minor symptoms or minor conditions because the rules do not require rigorous clinical data. A spokesperson for the agency said that as the applicant (Nelson's pharmacy London UK) was able to meet the above mentioned criteria for their application the indication was accepted.
This is the really crucial important bit:
The National Rules scheme was based on a 2001 European Directive which said 'The long tradition of the medicinal product makes it possible to reduce the need for clinical trials insofar as the efficacy of the medicinal product is plausible on the basis of longstanding use and experience. Preclinical tests do not seem necessary where the medicinal product on the basis of the information on its traditional use proves not to be harmful in specified conditions of use.
The drugs agency furthur stated 'We feel that our work benefits both the general public,by strengthening the public health protection of users of homeopathic medicinal products, and the homeopathic industry by levelling the playing field and increasing the range of products that can be marketed.'
As therapeutic indications can now be permitted on the labelling this opens up the practice of Homeopathy to new users and also gives it credibility as a safe natural complement to conventional medicine.
At last! The voice of common sense! I am as exasperated as most Europeans with the EU directives but for once it is has shown its true worth as reflecting the opinion of us all in the Northern Hemisphere - long time users of Homeopathy. A real achievement and one to be much celebrated.
A tragic death leads to calls for compulsory vaccination
Channel 7 - Sunday Night Program
Tonight (Sunday 26/04/2009), Channel 7's Sunday Night program, a 60-minutes wanna-be complete with Mike Carlson at the helm, presented the most one-sided, offensive show on the subject of vaccination that I have ever seen - and trust me - I've seen heaps of them.
Using the tragic death of little Dana McCaffery (see the previous AVN E-Newsletter), this program has basically said that parents who don't vaccinate are just short of being murderers. We are going to cause polio to come back, we are responsible for the deaths of infants and we are really, really stupid.
While I have great sympathy for Dana's parents, the reporting was incredibly biased - even to the point of saying that Jackson Butler, who bravely agreed to appear on this program with his mother, Belinda, had a vaccine reaction that was nothing more than a rash. He is still being treated today, at 13 years of age, for the effects of the vaccines he received as a child. The way in which his situation was minimised was nothing short of shocking!
And then, there was the doctor who treated Dana, Chris Ingall. He is a North Coast Paediatrician whose views on vaccination are very well known in this area. He was also my son, Matthew's paediatrician. Matthew was vaccine injured as a child - first at 2 months of age (our GP told us that he would leave the whooping cough portion of the vaccine out after he had 5-6 hours of high pitched screaming, ran a very high fever and stopped breathing in his sleep) and then, at 18 months after his MMR. Matthew developed severe breathing problems from that first shot. He had obstructive sleep apnoea (still does at over 20 years of age) and we were referred to Chris Ingall to try and treat it.
When Chris found out that Matthew had only had one whooping cough vaccine, he decided that he didn't have apnoea at all. No - he had whooping cough. He then proceeded to tell my husband Ken and I that we should get Matthew the other two shots!
Now, this was at the beginning of our search for information - we hadn't even managed to find much about vaccinations or disease at this point. Despite that, when he told us that we should vaccinate, the first thing we said was - but he has had bad reactions to that shot. He then proceeded to tell us that Matthew needed the vaccine because he had whooping cough. But, we asked, if he has whooping cough, what good is giving him the vaccine going to do? I can't remember what his answer was, but even then, we thought- what crap! And we refused.
This is the sort of nonsense these 'medical experts' are spreading - the sort of dangerous, illogical treatments they are pushing. And their word is law - and our side gets no credibility despite having the information and research on our side.
Please write to the program using the contact form at the top of this page http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunday-night/ - we need an avalanche of support for this one - I despair about the cover up, the children who will be injured by these shots and the way in which our organisation and the families who have been hurt by vaccines have been portrayed.
In addition, please vote in the poll on the same page above. They are asking whether or not vaccination should be compulsory. Please give a strong and resounding NO!
Integration of Homeopathy into Primary Care
by Rachel Roberts BSc(Hons) MCH RSHom Research Consultant for the Society of Homeopaths
Published in the National Health Executive journal, December 2008
The potential role of complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies in the future of the National Health Service is an issue which cannot be ignored. Patients vote with their feet, and the popularity of CAM therapies is clear. An estimated 5.75million people a year in the UK seek treatment from a CAM practitioner and approximately one in four members of the public would like to access complementary medicine on the NHS.1
In 2000, a House of Lords Select Committee report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine listed homeopathy as a “group one” therapy, along with osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture and herbal medicine. Group one therapies are recognised as having their own diagnostic approach and treatment methods.2
Homeopathy is well-established in the UK, having been available through the NHS since its inception in 1948. In addition to the five NHS-funded homeopathic hospitals (in Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Tunbridge Wells), over 400 GPs use homeopathy in their everyday practice3 and the Society of Homeopaths (the largest body representing professional homeopaths in the UK) has 1,500 registered members. However by comparison with European countries, the UK’s homeopaths are a relatively untapped resource.4 One reason for this could be the misconception that homeopathy lacks a scientific evidence base.
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UK London Autism Rally Saturday 28th March Downing St.
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How 'junk medicine' could kill you!
Would you prefer a breakfast of bran flakes and soy-milk over a nice,
hot plate of good ol' bacon and eggs?
Do you like going to the doctor?
Have you ever seen a jogger smile (I haven't)?
If you answered "no" to these questions, you're a prime candidate for
conversion from the "junk medicine" dogma we've all had crammed down
our throats for the last 30 years or more.
With my new, comprehensive report, "Big Secrets Behind Junk Medicine,"
you'll learn how to avoid the unhealthy "conventional wisdom" that's
harming us-and how to stay feeling young, vigorous and pain-free while
all those gullible fanatics suffer.
Think about it. If you "are what you eat," which would you rather be:
a hard-charging steer or a lifeless lump of tofu?
Keep reading, and I'll tell you more..
Don't let the milk industry murder you and your family!
In spite of the efforts of Big Dairy and their pals in state houses
across the U.S., raw milk's popularity continues to grow. But now it
seems that the gloves have come off in this fight. Recently, a
Pennsylvania farmer was arrested literally handcuffed and led away by state police
because he was selling raw milk.
As hard as this is to believe, somehow I'm not surprised.
Mark Nolt, a Mennonite farmer, has since been found guilty and fined
$4,040 for his "crimes." The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
dropped the hammer on Nolt and closed his business after he declined
to renew his permit to sell raw milk. "They swooped in like a bunch
of Vikings, handcuffed me, and stole $30,000 worth of my milk,
cheese, and butter," Nolt said.
It sounds like he was farming weapons-grade plutonium, doesn't it?
But I'm sure that in a state with a large agricultural base, Big
Dairy has an incredibly powerful lobby in Pennsylvania, and they
chose to make an example out of Nolt.
It seems that Nolt was the victim of a Department of Agriculture sting:
Pennsylvania DoA employees testified at the trial that they'd
purchased raw milk and products made from raw milk from Nolt at his
stand at an area farmer's market at least three times in 2007.
At least 60 supporters protested outside of the Cumberland County
Pennsylvania courthouse while the conviction came down. I'm gratified
that there was at least some stink made about this incident.
Granted, 60 protesters isn't exactly a throng, but hopefully the
needless Gestapo tactics employed will help stir some needed anger about this issue.
Jonas Stoltzfus, president of the Pennsylvania Independent Consumers
and Farmers Association put it best when he said of the Nolt
protest, "This issue has very little to do with raw milk and health,
and everything to do with freedom."
Amen to that.
Raw milk is one of my pet causes. The stuff is loaded with health
benefits. It's got lots of vitamin D, and it also contains
probiotics, good bacteria that aid digestion and can attack and
destroy harmful pathogens. But in spite of its many upsides, raw milk
is a tough sell for many people because of Big Dairy propaganda.
That the federal government and the majority of states prohibit the
sale of raw milk to the public is nothing new. But the iron- fisted
tactics used against Nolt represent a dark turn in this battle.
Integration of homeopathy into primary care
The potential role of complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies in the future of the National Health Service is an issue which cannot be ignored. Patients vote with their feet, and the popularity of CAM therapies is clear. An estimated 5.75million people a year in the UK seek treatment from a CAM practitioner and approximately one in four members of the public would like to access complementary medicine on the NHS.1
OBITUARY - WILLIAM HERBERT TANKARD-HAHNEMANN
1922-2009
Great great great grandson of Samuel Hahnemann
It is with great sadness we report that Mr. William Tankard-Hahnemann passed away peacefully at his home in Crowborough, East Sussex on 12th January 2009, his 87th birthday.
Homeopathy 4 Everyone - Ezine
Jan 2009 Edition - Read online here
Read previous editions here
