Health
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The Cancer Cash Cycle: The Causes of Cancer and Ill Health By Colin Todhunter
Cancer is big business. Despite massive public screening campaigns and talk of cures, cancer rates continue to soar, and certain companies not only profit from making the chemicals that cause cancer but also from selling the drugs that treat it. Continue reading
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Market Madness By Craig Murray
Three days ago I collapsed for the second time in two days; an ambulance was called and a paramedic arrived within 5 minutes, with a full ambulance arriving inside a further five minutes. The NHS at its amazing best. I am well looked after. Yet a couple of weeks previously I had an example of… Continue reading
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On the Cusp of Ending Big Pharma: Gene Therapy threatens to Disrupt Big Pharma’s Profiteering By Tony Cartalucci
Imagine being diagnosed with cancer, a genetic disease, or even age-related deterioration in the morning, given a single injection in the evening, and beginning your recovery the next day. No prescriptions, no lengthy treatments, no difficult decisions between finances and getting better. Continue reading
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Death by neglect: Lawsuit reveals ‘normalization of cruelty’ in UK health system
A UK hospital has apologized and paid a settlement following a lawsuit that revealed years of grave malpractice. The accounts of negligence included letting a patient starve to death and reports of nurses mocking patients. Continue reading
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UK hospitals going digital to fill NHS budget shortfall – report
You’ll no longer need to leave your house to visit the doctor in the UK. Video chats will soon replace face-to-face appointments in a bid to save nearly $5 billion in healthcare costs, a report claims. Critics warn the move may put lives at risk. Continue reading
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Video: Is The War on Drugs "All About the Money"?
Stephen Downing,a retired deputy chief of police for the Los Angeles Police Department and Terry Nelson, retired from Department of Homeland Security on why they support treating addiction as a health problem and are for the total legalization of drugs Continue reading
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Video: Is The War on Drugs “All About the Money”?
Stephen Downing,a retired deputy chief of police for the Los Angeles Police Department and Terry Nelson, retired from Department of Homeland Security on why they support treating addiction as a health problem and are for the total legalization of drugs Continue reading
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NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and vested interests
This list represents the dire state of our democracy. The financial and vested interests of our MPs and Lords in private healthcare. Over 200 parliamentarians all allowed to vote on a bill that they clearly have something to gain from. Who cares that they have put it in the register of interests. This doesn’t excuse… Continue reading
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UK Pathology Labs Suffer In Quality Under Serco Management
The privatisation of pathology services in two London hospitals has led to increased clinical problems and financial instability, an investigation by Corporate Watch, revealed in the Guardian today, has found. Continue reading
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How the BBC betrayed the NHS: an exclusive report on two years of censorship and distortion By Oliver Huitson
In the two years building up to the government’s NHS reform bill, the BBC appears to have categorically failed to uphold its remit of impartiality, parroting government spin as uncontested fact, whilst reporting only a narrow, shallow view of opposition to the bill. In addition, key news appears to have been censored. The following in-depth… Continue reading
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THE BBC’S COVERAGE OF THE HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE ACT By James
This 8,000 word report uses rigorous research methods and detailed analysis to confirm what many have claimed: that the BBC has failed in its responsibilities to inform the British public about one of the most important pieces of legislation of the 21st century. Continue reading
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EU sides with Monsanto in ‘GMO Cancer Corn’ word war
The European Food Safety Authority has rejected a controversial study by French scientists linking GM corn to cancer. Many in Europe are already calling for stricter controls on GMOs, as farmers weigh the lucrative crops against health concerns. Continue reading
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Video: First-Ever Lifetime Feeding Study Finds Genetically Engineered Corn Causes Massive Tumors, Organ Damage, and Early Death
The first-ever lifetime feeding study1 evaluating the health risks of genetically engineered foods was published online on September 19, and the results are troubling, to say the least. This new study joins a list of over 30 other animal studies showing toxic or allergenic problems with genetically engineered foods. Continue reading
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Looming Health Crisis: Wireless Technology and the Toxification of America By Prof. James F. Tracy
As a multitude of hazardous wireless technologies are deployed in homes, schools and workplaces, government officials and industry representatives continue to insist on their safety despite growing evidence to the contrary. A major health crisis looms that is only hastened through the extensive deployment of “smart grid” technology. Continue reading
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EVENT 9 May 2012: Defend the NHS! Strategies of Resistance
Red Pepper is bringing together NHS experts, health professionals and activists to discuss the impact of the coalition’s Health and Social Care Bill – and plans to resist it Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘People Will Die’ – The End Of The NHS. Part 2: Buried By The BBC
Every day, researcher Éoin Clarke runs a check on the number of parts of the NHS that have been ‘carved up and offered to privateers that day. The sad news is that the NHS sell off is indeed accelerating.’ Clarke has identified 81 NHS contracts worth a total of more than £2 billion that are… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘People Will Die’ – The End Of The NHS. Part 1: The Corporate Assault
Every day, researcher Éoin Clarke runs a check on the number of parts of the NHS that have been ‘carved up and offered to privateers that day. The sad news is that the NHS sell off is indeed accelerating.’ Clarke has identified 81 NHS contracts worth a total of more than £2 billion that are… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘People Will Die’ – The End Of The NHS. Part 1: The Corporate Assault
Few political acts have exposed the sham of British ‘democracy’ like the decision to dismantle the National Health Service. In essence, the issues are simple: Continue reading
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Depleted Uranium Contamination: A Crime against Humanity By Dr. Arun Shrivastava
In this article the long term consequences of radiation contamination from unilateral aggression of the US and NATO countries on South and West Asia are discussed. Afpak region is being bombed daily and the cold blooded murder of nine kids out of the seventeen killed is just a small blip when billions are done in. Continue reading
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Last chance to save the NHS?
The battle to save the NHS is now entering its final hours. David Cameron and Andrew Lansley seem determined to drag Britain’s most famous institution to its grave, but if we now stand together we can get the House of Lords to stop this bill in its tracks. Continue reading