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The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – For decades, many patients suffering from complex, multisystem symptoms have struggled to find answers within the conventional medical system. Lyme disease is one condition that can be particularly challenging because symptoms may persist long after initial treatment and can overlap with mold illness...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Nurse Jodi O'Malley calls for renewed commitment to nursing ethics as she challenges COVID hospital protocols. Her advocacy centers on informed consent, patient rights, and family access, urging nurses to question harmful policies, strengthen ethics education, and put patient welfare above institutional pressure and profit...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – On September 28, 2026, families who lost loved ones during the COVID era will gather in Washington, D.C., for Senator Ron Johnson's COVID Hospital Protocol Roundtable to share their stories and raise questions about what happened to their loved ones after they entered American hospitals. And they will not be standing alone...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Food labels promise better health, but ingredients tell the fuller story. Nurse Lillian Mueller explains how women can evaluate protein sources, recognize misleading marketing, and choose nutrient-dense foods. Reading nutrition panels and ingredient lists helps families make informed decisions about everyday meals and convenient snacks...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – Expert and Professor Brian Greene has raised related concerns about the pace of AI capability outstripping the human, ethical, and institutional structures needed to govern it. He accepts the possibility of an intelligence explosion in which systems capable of improving themselves begin advancing at rates humans cannot...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – I explore repurposed drugs, cancer biology, metabolic support, and integrative therapies while examining what research actually shows. I discuss ivermectin, fenbendazole, red-light therapy, nutrition, and faith, emphasizing evidence, safety, advocacy, and individualized care for people navigating difficult cancer treatment decisions and supportive options carefully...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Nurses are taught from the very beginning of their careers that patient advocacy is one of their highest responsibilities. We are expected to speak up when something doesn't seem right, question unsafe practices, and always put the patient's well-being first. But what happens when raising those concerns creates conflict?

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Dr. Peter McCullough discusses preventing respiratory illness, early treatment, long COVID, vaccine injury, and persistent spike protein. He explains nasal hygiene, supportive therapies, patient recovery cases, and a prevention-focused healthcare model while outlining how physicians and functional nurses can better support patients moving...

In a world quick to prescribe electrical violence to the brain under the guise of “treatment,” it is a profound relief—and a moral imperative—to sit down with one of the clearest voices challenging this relic of psychiatric barbarism. On The Breggin Hour, my husband Peter Breggin and I spoke at length with Professor John Read, a clinical psychologist from the University of East London whose work has helped pierce the veil of denial surrounding electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Professor Read is no outsider throwing stones. He comes from the heart of the clinical psychology establishment, yet he has become one of its most formidable critics on ECT. His recent international survey—the largest ever, with 1,100 participants from 44 countries—gives voice to the lived reality of those who have endured this procedure. The findings are damning. What the Largest ECT Survivor Survey Reveals The research team, which included ECT survivors like our colleague Sarah Hancock, asked hard questions about efficacy, memory loss, and informed consent. The results: On five different measures of effectiveness, the “majority” of recipients reported “no improvement” or that their condition was “made worse”. Two-thirds experienced significant memory loss—both retrograde (losing past memories) and anterograde (inability to form new ones). For most, this persisted for at least three years, which in practical terms means it is often permanent. The vast majority were not adequately informed about these risks. Neither were their families. Women continue to receive ECT at twice the rate of men, with 82% of the psychiatrists administering it being male—an observation that raises uncomfortable questions about power, empathy, and whose distress we choose to “treat” with electricity. These are not abstract statistics. They represent shattered lives, erased memories, and families left picking up the pieces. As Peter has long documented, ECT is essentially a closed-head electrical lobotomy that exceeds OSHA safety thresholds for electrical brain injury. The brain is not “reset”—it is traumatized. Professor Read put it plainly: we are inducing grand mal seizures in people while another branch of medicine works desperately to prevent them. The original 1930s theory—that schizophrenia and epilepsy were mutually exclusive, so inducing seizures could cure the former—was bizarre even then. That we continue this practice ninety years later, with so little rigorous evidence, is a scandal. Legal Victories: Hitting Them Where It Hurts  Professor Read has served as an expert witness in key cases that are finally forcing accountability. In a 2023 Florida jury trial, manufacturer Somatics was found liable for failing to adequately warn about brain damage and permanent memory loss. A 2024 California case against individual psychiatrists and a psychiatric center—alleging negligence, fraud, malpractice, and battery—settled just before trial after surviving all dismissal attempts. MECTA, another major manufacturer, has filed for bankruptcy amid mounting litigation and withdrawn its Spectrum device, only to introduce a near-identical “Sigma” model. The industry adapts, but the human cost remains. Peter shared his own observations from decades of work, including the first successful ECT malpractice case (Salters, 2005). He described the visible horror: patients emerging confused, amnesic, and disoriented—much like victims of repeated concussions. This is traumatic brain injury, period. The temporary “euphoria” some experience is often the brain's response to injury, not genuine healing. The Deeper Problem: Over-Medicalization of Human Suffering  John Read situates ECT within a larger tragedy—the reduction of complex human distress to a purely biological problem solvable by pills or electricity. Poverty, trauma, abuse, loneliness, and loss are pushed aside while white coats reach for the shock machine. Many psychiatrists, he notes, lack the skills or willingness to sit with profound emotional pain, especially in women and older patients. This resonates deeply with our work exposing psychiatric harm. Whether antidepressants, antipsychotics, or ECT, the pattern is the same: interventions that promise quick fixes but deliver dependency, disability, and despair. The public understands that life circumstances drive mental suffering. Too many professionals still do not.  A Call to Survivors, Families, and Truth-Seekers  If you or a loved one has been harmed by ECT, know that you are not alone. Professor Read's survey papers are open access—search “John Read ECT survey” to read them directly. Share your story. Support organizations fighting for informed consent and bans on this outdated practice. We must demand real informed consent, rigorous science, and an end to the normalization of brain damage as “therapy.” Peter and I continue this fight because human rights do not end at the psychiatrist's door. The brain is not a machine to be jolted into submission. Listen to the full conversation on The Breggin Hour (available on America Out Loud and major podcast platforms). Professor Read's humility, clarity, and dedication shine through. We are grateful for his partnership in this long struggle and look forward to future collaborations. Download and print this free brochure “No One Should Be Given Shock Treatment“ To all who have suffered: Your experiences matter. Your memories—however fragmented—are worth fighting for. The truth is emerging, one voice, one lawsuit, one honest conversation at a time.  Share this widely. The more light we shine, the harder it becomes for these practices to hide in the shadows. Peter and Ginger Breggin have spent decades exposing psychiatric harms. Subscribe for more unfiltered truth on mental health, freedom, and the defense of the human spirit. About our Guest Dr. John Read is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. He has published over 200 research papers, primarily on the relationship between adverse life events and psychosis; the negative effects of bio-genetic causal explanations on prejudice; anti-psychotic and anti-depressant medication; electroconvulsive therapy; and the toxic influence of the pharmaceutical industry on clinical research and practice. John is Chair of the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal [https://iipdw.org] and is on the Board of Hearing Voices Network, England He has been the editor of the scientific journal ‘Psychosis' since 2009, and is the editor/author of several books, including: Read J, Sanders P. (2022) ‘A straight talking introduction to the causes of mental health problems'. PCCS Books. Read J, Dillon J. (eds) (2013) ‘Models of Madness', Routledge. Further Reading/Resources:  Professor John Read's publications: A large exploratory survey of electroconvulsive therapy recipients, family members, and friends: what information do they recall being given? Journal of Medical Ethics A Survey of 1144 ECT Recipients, Family Members and Friends: Does ECT Work?, National Institutes of Health Largest-ever survey questions ECT's effectiveness, University of East London Survey Findings on Electroconvulsive Therapy, Psychology Today Models of Madness and Other Works by John Read By Peter R. Breggin, MD: Download and print this free brochure “No One Should Be Given Shock Treatment“ Free Resource Center: Dr. Peter Breggin's ECT and Deep Brain Stimulation Resources Center Dr. Breggin's two overview scientific articles: Breggin 1998 and Breggin 2010. The 2010 article contains a brief summary of ECT's harmful effects, written to inform the FDA. Also read Jones and Baldwin 1992 for a powerful overview. Read Dr. Breggin's blogs on ECT. Like the brochure, these are also useful as an introduction for anyone who is just learning about ECT. See his blogs: “New Study Confirms Electroshock (ECT) Causes Brain Damage,” “The Stealth ECT Psychiatrist in Psychiatric Reform,” “FDA Panel Recommends Testing of ECT Machines,” “Electroshock for Children and Involuntary Adults.”

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – That system is four agencies working in concert. NIH funds the papers that supply the narrative. CDC turns the narrative into recommendations. CMS attaches the money. FDA supplies the EUA that makes the whole chain legally possible. It is a network. Subpoena power exists to pull the records those agencies already...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – The conversation explores what happens when healthcare moves beyond asking, “What can we give someone for this symptom?” and begins asking, “What factors may be contributing to this problem?” Using common examples such as hypertension, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, reflux, bloating, and constipation...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – He returned from Venezuela after participating in search and rescue and humanitarian relief efforts following the devastating earthquake. What Steve witnessed firsthand in Venezuela—and how conditions on the ground compare to what we're seeing in the media. The critical first hours after a disaster and why preparation before a crisis is essential. The biggest mistakes families make when planning for emergencies...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – We explore a functional approach to midlife women's health, focusing on foundational wellness, gut health, inflammation, individualized hormone therapy, and frequency-specific microcurrent. Our conversation also examines sound therapy, healing support, and how these modalities align with a Christian perspective on wellness...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – The larger system, she argues, is not designed to change itself but to make profit—at what cost? Attempts to bring rigorous, data-driven reform into federal agencies have been blocked at every turn. The financial incentives around liability-free products and continuous pharmaceutical development remain intact...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – Six years after COVID, Ashley Caputo examines federal pandemic policies, David Morens' guilty plea, Anthony Fauci's refusal to answer questions, and the erosion of public trust. She emphasizes accountability, informed consent, transparency, critical thinking, and Americans' right to question public-health authorities without coercion or censorship...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Technology is an incredible tool, but understanding how our environment may influence our health empowers us to make informed decisions for ourselves and our families. Environmental factors deserve thoughtful consideration alongside nutrition, sleep, movement, stress management, and other pillars of...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – The Executive Order reduces the universal childhood recommendation from immunizations covering 18 diseases in 2024 to 11 diseases. According to the administration's assessment, the previous schedule had grown from 23 vaccine doses delivered in 7 shots against 7 diseases in 1980 to at least...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – The systems that trained generations into dependency are not failing. They are succeeding at what they were designed to do: dissolve unique individuality, authenticity, and morality, putting individuals into a box of conformity. The response is not despair. It is the quiet, daily work of raising human beings who know their...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – We explore the remaining Terrain Ten factors, examining immune regulation, inflammation, circulation, hormones, biorhythms, stress, and emotional health while showing how interconnected systems shape whole-person cancer support, resilience, patient advocacy, and informed healthcare decisions beyond focusing solely on the tumor itself...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – We explore the remaining Terrain Ten factors, examining immune regulation, inflammation, circulation, hormones, biorhythms, stress, and emotional health while showing how interconnected systems shape whole-person cancer support, resilience, patient advocacy, and informed healthcare decisions beyond focusing solely on the tumor itself...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Planning for the end of life becomes easier when families discuss final wishes before a crisis. Kimberly Overton and Daniel Lopez explore advance directives, patient autonomy, funeral planning, financial pressures, and personalized celebrations of life that help loved ones make informed decisions with greater peace...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Planning for the end of life becomes easier when families discuss final wishes before a crisis. Kimberly Overton and Daniel Lopez explore advance directives, patient autonomy, funeral planning, financial pressures, and personalized celebrations of life that help loved ones make informed decisions with greater peace...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Women discover how functional medicine, nutrition, metabolic health, and nervous system regulation can address the root causes of hormonal symptoms. Christin Smoot shares her journey through PCOS, PMDD, thyroid dysfunction, migraines, and burnout while highlighting holistic strategies that support lasting wellness and recovery...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Women discover how functional medicine, nutrition, metabolic health, and nervous system regulation can address the root causes of hormonal symptoms. Christin Smoot shares her journey through PCOS, PMDD, thyroid dysfunction, migraines, and burnout while highlighting holistic strategies that support lasting wellness and recovery...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – It forced a deeper examination of what the American public actually experienced during the years when that same certainty drove the most extensive carnage our country has ever seen, through the shutdown of small businesses, the prolonged exclusion of children from schools, and the forced vaccination of medical practitioners and...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – It forced a deeper examination of what the American public actually experienced during the years when that same certainty drove the most extensive carnage our country has ever seen, through the shutdown of small businesses, the prolonged exclusion of children from schools, and the forced vaccination of medical practitioners and...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – Ashley Caputo and Amy Whitlock explore the Terrain Ten, examining how genetics, blood sugar balance, toxic burden, and the microbiome shape health and resilience. Their discussion highlights practical ways to support the body's internal environment while addressing root causes and complementing appropriate conventional medical care...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – Ashley Caputo and Amy Whitlock explore the Terrain Ten, examining how genetics, blood sugar balance, toxic burden, and the microbiome shape health and resilience. Their discussion highlights practical ways to support the body's internal environment while addressing root causes and complementing appropriate conventional medical care...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Why are some forms of medical innovation met with immediate skepticism and warnings, while others are aggressively promoted—even when the science is still evolving? Today, families affected by autism are once again at the center of a heated debate over emerging treatments, experimental...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Why are some forms of medical innovation met with immediate skepticism and warnings, while others are aggressively promoted—even when the science is still evolving? Today, families affected by autism are once again at the center of a heated debate over emerging treatments, experimental...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Newly released Fauci diaries, emails, and Senate testimony raise urgent questions about COVID-19 messaging, early treatment, vaccine safety, fetal tissue research, and public accountability. A biblical perspective urges believers to pursue truth, practice discernment, resist deception, and place ultimate trust in God above human institutions...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Newly released Fauci diaries, emails, and Senate testimony raise urgent questions about COVID-19 messaging, early treatment, vaccine safety, fetal tissue research, and public accountability. A biblical perspective urges believers to pursue truth, practice discernment, resist deception, and place ultimate trust in God above human institutions...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – Postpartum recovery extends far beyond six weeks as mothers face thyroid dysfunction, hormonal shifts, nutrient depletion, anxiety, fatigue, and surgical healing. Stacia Scott explains how individualized testing, nutrition, pelvic-floor therapy, and root-cause care help women regain energy, stability, and confidence after childbirth through lasting support...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – Postpartum recovery extends far beyond six weeks as mothers face thyroid dysfunction, hormonal shifts, nutrient depletion, anxiety, fatigue, and surgical healing. Stacia Scott explains how individualized testing, nutrition, pelvic-floor therapy, and root-cause care help women regain energy, stability, and confidence after childbirth through lasting support...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – I answer common questions about hormones, gut health, supplements, nutrition, and functional medicine while explaining why personalized care matters. I encourage listeners to question normal lab results, seek second opinions, strengthen daily wellness habits, and become informed advocates throughout their healthcare journey with confidence today...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – I answer common questions about hormones, gut health, supplements, nutrition, and functional medicine while explaining why personalized care matters. I encourage listeners to question normal lab results, seek second opinions, strengthen daily wellness habits, and become informed advocates throughout their healthcare journey with confidence today...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Former emergency room nurse Melinda Schwartzentruber recounts her struggle with medical gaslighting, worsening chronic illness, and unanswered symptoms. After conventional care fails to identify the cause, she pursues alternative treatment, receives a Lyme disease diagnosis, regains her health, and champions compassionate patient advocacy...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Former emergency room nurse Melinda Schwartzentruber recounts her struggle with medical gaslighting, worsening chronic illness, and unanswered symptoms. After conventional care fails to identify the cause, she pursues alternative treatment, receives a Lyme disease diagnosis, regains her health, and champions compassionate patient advocacy...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – As chronic disease continues to rise, many believe our healthcare system has lost sight of what it truly means to heal. By embracing an increasingly secular approach to medicine, has healthcare neglected the importance of the soul, our relationship with our Creator, and the biblical principles that support whole-person healing?

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – As chronic disease continues to rise, many believe our healthcare system has lost sight of what it truly means to heal. By embracing an increasingly secular approach to medicine, has healthcare neglected the importance of the soul, our relationship with our Creator, and the biblical principles that support whole-person healing?

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – By retraining muscles and guiding natural growth, it helps to develop optimal airways, sound sleep, improved attention, and reduced chronic disease risk. Families facing existing difficulties gain access to root-cause strategies that complement other therapies. Awareness paired with early, consistent action generates...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – By retraining muscles and guiding natural growth, it helps to develop optimal airways, sound sleep, improved attention, and reduced chronic disease risk. Families facing existing difficulties gain access to root-cause strategies that complement other therapies. Awareness paired with early, consistent action generates...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – I examine the Gardasil controversy, HPV prevention, vaccine safety, and informed consent while emphasizing patient advocacy, transparency, and respectful dialogue. She explores why reported adverse events deserve careful investigation and encourages individuals to ask questions, understand risks, and actively participate in personal healthcare decisions...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – For millions of Americans living with chronic illness, the journey often begins the same way: unexplained symptoms, countless doctor's appointments, normal lab work, and the frustrating reassurance that "everything looks fine." Yet they know something isn't right...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – After navigating years of chronic fatigue, Lyme disease, mold toxicity, and ultimately surviving inflammatory breast cancer, a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer, Amber was forced to look beyond standard approaches and ask deeper questions. What she discovered changed everything. The body is not broken. It is...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – Dr. Edith Chan explores blindfolded vision as an untapped human ability that strengthens intuition, emotional balance, and self-trust. Through playful training for children and adults, participants challenge limiting beliefs, expand perception, and discover new possibilities for education, family life, wellness, personal transformation, and growth...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Ashley Caputo, RN, FMP – I explore how grief, trauma, and emotional pain can drive eating disorders beyond concerns about food or appearance. I examine medical risks, treatment experiences, and root-cause care while emphasizing compassionate, individualized support, nutritional rehabilitation, mental health treatment, and hope for meaningful, lasting personal recovery...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Kimberly Overton, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Kimberly and Wendy discuss what families can do differently when facing a medical crisis, the importance of having a trusted patient advocate, understanding informed consent, staying engaged with the medical record in real time, asking questions, documenting everything, and preparing for illness before...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Melissa Schreibfeder, BSN, RN, BC-FMP – Healthcare should be proactive instead of reactive. By recognizing potential patterns of dysfunction earlier and addressing modifiable lifestyle factors, we have an opportunity to support better health, empower individuals to make informed decisions alongside their healthcare team, and help prevent chronic...

The Nurses Report on America Out Loud with Gail Macrae, BSN, RN – Honeycutt saw how foreign proteins from GMOs, combined with glyphosate, were linked to rising childhood illnesses. Her frustration over her children's health led to action. She initially supported GMO labeling initiatives like California's Prop 37. After losses, she organized Moms Across America marches in...