Podcasts about fosamax

This week, Dr. Kahn dives into a packed lineup of new research and hot topics in heart health. He breaks down two major U.S. government reports—one on vaccines and another on the #MAHA movement—before covering a wide range of updates, including: plant-based diets and fasting-mimicking diets for liver health, high-fiber diets and PFAS, vitamin D and aging, CoQ10 and Fosamax, creatine for brain health, conflicts of interest in meat studies, HRT and heart markers, Type 1 diabetes and plant diets, homocysteine in hypertension, mouth taping, niacin in COPD, and aspirin use based on coronary calcium scores. The featured segment tackles the controversy around seed oils—often labeled the “Hateful 8.” Are these oils really harming your health, or is the fear overblown? Dr. Kahn breaks it all down in this must-hear episode.  Thanks to endur.com – use the code KahnMD10 for a discount.

Dr. Joshua Schacter, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who performed over 15,000 surgeries, chose to walk away from the traditional medical model.We talked about why he made that decision and what he's doing now to help patients heal without relying on surgery, bone medications, or steroid injections. Dr. Schacter's story is personal, powerful, and eye-opening — especially for women dealing with joint pain and osteoporosis.What I love about his approach is that it aligns so closely with what I teach: bone loss is not just a number on a scan. It's a metabolic, inflammatory, and hormonal issue that requires a whole-body, root-cause solution.What You'll Learn in This Episode:Why surgery and bone medications are often used too soon—and the risks they carryHow bioidentical hormone therapy (BHRT) can help protect your joints, muscles, and bonesThe surprising connection between gut health, inflammation, and bone lossHow to shift from symptom management to true healingThe role of strength training in maintaining bone density and aging strongWhat We Talked About:Dr. Schacter's personal story and shift to functional orthopedicsWhy bisphosphonates like Fosamax may not prevent fracturesThe long-term dangers of steroid injectionsThe gut-bone connection and how to address itBHRT as a powerful tool for postmenopausal bone healthThe power of muscle and movement for aging with confidence Let's Stay Connected:Debi RobinsonWebsite: https://www.debirobinson.comInstagram: @debirobinsonwellnessDr. Joshua SchacterWebsite: https://pinnaclesportsmedicine.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pinnacleintegrativeorthopedics/

In this episode of the Better Than Before Breast Cancer podcast, we're diving into how common post-treatment medications—like Tamoxifen, Aromatase Inhibitors (Letrozole, Anastrozole, Exemestane), Herceptin, Fulvestrant, and Bisphosphonates (like Fosamax and Reclast)—can deplete critical nutrients your body needs to feel good and stay strong. Have you ever wondered if the medications you're taking after breast cancer treatment could be affecting your energy, mood, or even your bone health? You're not imagining things. You'll learn: Which nutrients are most commonly depleted by these medications (like magnesium, vitamin D, calcium, B12, and CoQ10) The symptoms that may be tied to nutrient deficiencies (think fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, and more) How some medications may increase cholesterol levels or raise your risk of fatty liver Why supporting your body with the right foods and lifestyle habits can make all the difference Plus, I'll share simple, whole-food nutrition strategies and daily lifestyle tips that can help you feel more energized, support your bones, balance your mood, and reduce long-term side effects—without adding overwhelm. Whether you're taking medications now or just want to be prepared, this episode is packed with practical, supportive guidance to help you stay nourished and in tune with your healing body.   Resources and Studies Mentioned: Tamoxifen and Metabolic Risks Aromatase Inhibitors and Bone Health Bisphosphonates and Bone Metabolism Fulvestrant and Bone Health Herceptin and CoQ10 Support Metformin and Vitamin B12 Deficiency   Subscribe, listen, and share to help other women embrace joy as their right and not just a reward.  

Broadcast from KSQD, Santa Cruz on 3-20-2025: Dr. Dawn responds to an email about osteoporosis treatment options, explaining the risk assessment for fractures, discussing injectable alternatives to Fosamax for patients with swallowing difficulties, and analyzing vibration plate therapy's effectiveness for osteoporosis. The show explores scientific curiosities including genetically modified "woolly mammoth mice" created using CRISPR technology, showing how gene editing advances could potentially resurrect extinct species and preserve the endangered. Dr. Dawn shares research revealing that tea leaves can effectively remove heavy metals from water, with both black and green tea varieties working equally well. The show discusses how strength training provides the most significant benefits for insomnia sufferers, outperforming other exercise types by creating the micro-damage necessary to trigger deep, restorative sleep. Dr. Dawn describes fascinating developments in biohybrid robotics, where researchers created a functional hand using lab-grown human muscle tissue capable of gripping objects and making scissor gestures. Now they'll work on "rock" and "paper". A caller seeks clarification about the tea purification process, with Dr. Dawn explaining that discarding used tea bags (rather than composting them) prevents reintroducing concentrated heavy metals into the environment. She examines Alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by Lone Star tick bites that can cause reactions to mammalian products including red meat, gelatin, keratin, and lanolin. The show addresses environmental concerns about "forever chemicals" (PFAS) in sewage sludge fertilizers, potential risks to farmworkers and highlighting studies linking drinking water contamination to increased childhood cancer rates in affected areas. Dr. Dawn explores the expanding benefits of GLP-1 drugs beyond weight loss, including reduced risks for liver failure, cardiac arrest, addiction disorders, and even Alzheimer's, while noting potential side effects. She discusses how GLP-1 medications fundamentally change food preferences and behaviors, citing cases where users shift spending from restaurants to exercise equipment and from processed foods to fruits and vegetables. A caller seeking advice on building muscle mass at age 70 receives recommendations about proper protein intake, hydration needs with kidney disease, and the importance of resistance training over general activity.

Welcome back to the Her Story: Osteoporosis series of the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. Join us as we dive into the world of bone health with women with a diagnosis of osteoporosis or osteopenia sharing experiences, insights, and strategies for leading a stronger life and taking control of their bone health.In today's episode host Debi Robinson welcomes Lisa Cherry to discuss her incredible journey of improving bone health through natural methods. Lisa has successfully transitioned her bone condition from osteoporosis to osteopenia by embracing lifestyle changes, and she shares her inspiring story with us.Lisa Cherry, from Huntsville, Alabama, was diagnosed with osteopenia and later osteoporosis after a DEXA scan ordered by her gynecologist. Uninformed about her diagnosis for years, she decided against medication like Fosamax. Instead, Lisa pursued alternative methods to strengthen her bones, including OsteoStrong sessions, a varied exercise routine, and significant dietary changes. Her commitment led to remarkable improvements in her bone quality and overall health, and she joins Debi to share the details of her transformative journey.Join Debi and Lisa as they discuss the importance of a balanced lifestyle, incorporating exercise without it dominating your life, and the benefits of yoga for flexibility and mental wellness. Lisa's story highlights the power of taking control of your health and making informed decisions, encouraging listeners to explore natural methods for reversing bone loss and strengthening their bones.Key  Takeaways:[4:24] Introduction to Lisa and her journey[11:53] Her physical movement changes[17:54] Her diet changes[20:28] Why she started documenting her journey on Instagram[23:45] Her gut health[25:31 Working with Dr. Andy Bush [28:20] YogaWhere to find Guest:InstagramMemorable Quotes:"I want this (my diagnosis) to be the best thing that ever happened to me.” [11:04] - Lisa"There's just so much involved with your bone health that you do on a day to day basis that you don't even realize.” [21:25] - Lisa"You cannot have healthy bones without a healthy gut.” [27:02]  - Debi"I want to exercise but I want to have a life too.” [27:50] - LisaTo learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:Instagram: @debirobinsonwellnessWebsite: DebiRobinson.comLearn more about and join the Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program 

In this conversation, Dr. Doug discusses the comparative effectiveness of estrogen for bone health, particularly in postmenopausal women. He highlights a study that demonstrates the superiority of hormones in improving bone mineral density over bisphosphonates like Fosamax.

Outrageous windfalls for BigPharma, healthcare CEOs create spiraling medical costs; Microbiome connections to atrial fibrillation, atherosclerosis; FDA fast tracks epi nasal spray for severe allergic reactions; Majority of Americans consume inflammatory diet; Ultra-processed foods linked to gall stone disease, soaring childhood BMIs; Lawsuits over increased fracture risk from Fosamax; Natural solutions for gas/bloating; Benefits of resistance exercise for anxiety/depression; Weekend warriors may garner nearly as much disease protection as regular exercisers.

Welcome back to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. In Episode 78, Debi welcomes Dr. Yvonne Carney, founder of Vitality Renewal Functional Medicine in Chicago, for an insightful discussion on women's bone health and hormone replacement therapy.** For FULL show notes, please visit: https://debirobinson.com/episode78/  Dr. Yvonne shares her personal journey from traditional medicine to integrative medicine, underscoring a pivotal moment when she encountered the limitations of standard osteoporosis treatments. This experience prompted her to explore a more holistic and functional approach to bone health.Dr. Yvonne also elaborates on the significance of hormone levels and their impact on bone health. She stresses the benefits of using bioidentical hormones, citing studies that show fewer side effects and better alignment with the body's natural processes. Dr. Yvonne also discusses the holistic health approach in functional medicine, which includes considerations for nutrition, inflammation, and immune system support to optimize hormone function.Throughout the episode, Dr. Yvonne and Debi call for greater transparency in medical recommendations and advocate for empowering women to take control of their bone health through informed choices and lifestyle interventions.Key  Takeaways:[2:35] One of her aha moments[4:09] Fosamax[12:16] Why medications are not her first go to[14:16] Acidity and inflammation[15:45] Optimizing your hormones[16:07] The women's health initiative study[20:23] BHRT and the varieties of estrogen[29:31] Progesterone[30:31] Receptor sites[33:38] Healthy guts and hormones[37:33] Fat[43:30] Aging appropriatelyWhere to Find Guest:WebsiteInstagramYouTubeMemorable Quotes:"We don't just want dense bones, we want strong bones and they're not always the same thing." [6:20] – Dr. Yvonne"That's my mission -blow up osteoporosis in the way we diagnosis, manage and treat it." [11:02] – Debi"There's so much we have control over in our health. So much." [11:17] – Dr. Yvonne"We are a multi-faceted being and that's why we can't just do pills for things." [28:11] – Debi"Hormones only work when they attach to the receptor." [31:26] – Dr. Yvonne"Unhealthy gut leads to abnormal hormones." [33:48] - Dr. Yvonne"If we do it right, we can maintain the high benefits [of hormones] for a long time and minimize the risk  and that's what we want." [42:10] – Dr. Yvonne "My goal is to be the strongest healthiest version of myself." [45:21] - DebiTo learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:Instagram: @debirobinsonwellnessWebsite: DebiRobinson.comHealthy Gut Healthy Bones Program** For FULL show notes, please visit: https://debirobinson.com/episode78/ 

Welcome back to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. In Episode 76, host Debi Robinson takes a deep dive into her mission to revolutionize how we diagnose, manage, and treat osteoporosis. In this solo episode, Debi discusses the many misconceptions surrounding osteoporosis, the limitations of current diagnostic technology, and the impact of this diagnosis on one's mental and emotional well-being.Debi's journey through her personal struggles with bone health provides a compelling narrative for listeners as she shares her story of overcoming fear and fragility after her hip joint collapsed at the age of 50. She delves into the outdated methods of diagnosing osteoporosis, particularly the unreliability of the DEXA scan, and why new technologies like the REMs ultrasound offer a more accurate assessment of bone quality and fracture risk.Join Debi as she empowers women to take control of their bone health through lifestyle changes and functional medicine. This episode is packed with invaluable insights and practical advice to help you build stronger, fracture-resistant bones and reclaim an active, fearless life.Key  Takeaways:[0:44] A new revolution to redefine the way we manage diagnosis and treat osteoporosis[1:18] Outdated diagnosis tools like the DEXA scan[2:21] What happened after osteopenia was named[4:49] What happens right after your diagnosis[5:03] Debi's journey after diagnosis[6:32] Spinal breakdown and fractures[7:22] Fear based state[8:49] Fosamax[10:29] A spinal surgeons opinion[12:51] REMS[15:25] Where are you today in your bone health journey?[18:25] Hormones[19:59] Being in control of your bone healthMemorable Quotes:"Because a diagnose of osteoporosis pulls a rug out from under you." [4:19] - Debi"Spinal wedge fractures contribute to 50% of all osteoporotic fractures." [6:55] - Debi"The fear based state, the mental emotional layer and what your behavior becomes from that actually does more damage to your bones and to your bone health." [7:22] - Debi"If you're gonna have information about your bones it needs to be reliable." [11:10] - Debi"We can be in control and in charge of our bone health." [19:59] - DebiClick here for a list of REMS locations in the United StatesTo learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:Instagram: @debirobinsonwellnessWebsite: DebiRobinson.comHealthy Gut Healthy Bones Program

When faced with the diagnosis of Osteoporosis, the initial reaction is often fear and uncertainty. The thought of what comes next can be overwhelming. However, hope comes from understanding the disease and its treatment. This knowledge, coupled with the expertise and holistic approach of integrative doctors like Dr. Kim Millman of The Millman Clinic, empowers us to take control of our health.   This enlightening episode delves into the unique methods that set integrative doctors apart from traditional practitioners who only treat symptoms. Dr. Kim Millman presents four compelling case studies of post-menopausal women diagnosed with Osteoporosis at different stages of life. These case studies are crucial in understanding the disease and its treatment, and each patient had additional health conditions that may or may not directly impact their Osteoporosis healing journey.   Discover the essential tests and treatment protocols for each participant and witness the profound impact of Dr. Millman's innovative healing protocol that serves as a beacon of hope for all of us.   Uncover a path to healthier bones and a brighter future in today's Happy Bones, Happy Life podcast episode! “I love it when someone turns things around and feels so much better, and they're actually seeing some improvements.” - Kim Millman, MD     In this episode: - [03:11] - Case Study #1: 63-year-old female diagnosed with Osteoporosis in 2016, with a family history of Osteoporosis - [22:04] - Case Study #2: 72-year-old female diagnosed with Osteoporosis in 2007, took Fosamax for a short period but discontinued it because of GI side effects, began strength training in 2023 - [30:00] - The Millman Clinic Interactive Testing Tool - [33:35] - What is included in the Restore & Rebuild - 100 Days to Healthier Bones Program? - [37:16] - Case Study #3: 67-year-old female diagnosed with Osteoporosis in 2015, with a significant drop in bone density from 2018 to 2021, had a history of a renal leak on a diuretic and kidney stones - [49:25] - Case Study #4: 64-year-old female diagnosed with Osteoporosis in 2019 came in with a Gut Zoomer showing parasites and low Akkermansia that were untreated and a history of IBS for 10 years   Resources mentioned - Dr. Millman's Free Interactive Testing Tool - https://themillmanclinic.com/bonestesting - Dr. Millman's Course - Restore & Rebuild: 100 Days to Healthier Bones - https://themillmanclinic.com/randr (Use coupon code HAPPYBONESF24, and you will get $100 off the $697 early bird price) - Margie's Free Osteoporosis Exercises to Strengthen Your Bones and Prevent Fractures handout and videos - https://www.happyboneshappylife.com/osteoporosis-exercises-to-strengthen-your-bones-and-prevent-fractures   More about Margie - Website - https://margiebissinger.com/  - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/p/Margie-Bissinger-MS-PT-CHC-100063542905332/  - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/margiebissinger/?hl=en    DISCLAIMER – The information presented on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. It is not intended to replace consultation with your physician or healthcare provider. The ideas shared on this podcast are the expressed opinions of the guests and do not always reflect those of Margie Bissinger and Happy Bones, Happy Life Podcast.   *In compliance with the FTC guidelines, please assume the following about links on this site: Some of the links going to products are affiliate links of which I receive a small commission from sales of certain items, but the price is the same for you (sometimes, I even get to share a unique discount with you). If I post an affiliate link to a product, it is something that I personally use, support, and would recommend. I personally vet each and every product. My first priority is providing valuable information and resources to help you create positive changes in your health and bring more happiness into your life. I will only ever link to products or resources (affiliate or otherwise) that fit within this purpose.

Welcome back to another enlightening episode of The Hormone Prescription Podcast! This week, we dive deep into a topic that resonates with so many of us: bone health. We often think we're doing enough by following generic health programs, but what if those programs fall short when it comes to bone health? What if there's a better way to ensure stronger, healthier bones?

How rare are the bisphosphonate class of osteoporosis drugs' devastating side effects, which ironically include bone fractures?

Thanks again for all the wonderful questions, Osteoporosis has been our most listened to playlist and videos on youtube. Today we will discuss what you can do now to prevent osteoporosis and if you are in your 50's and 60's like me, what you can do to gain bone health through supplementation, diet and exercise. It's never too late to make a better change. As we have been discussing Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis are dangerous. The most serious side effect can be to lose all your teeth from osteonecrosis it can cause the bone to die. Originally bisphosphonates like Boniva, Reclast, Fosamax just to name a few work to keep the "old" bone around. This can have an appearance of more bone on a bone density test, however, it is deceiving. Listen today to learn options to protect your bones and mobility and we will build on Part I, II and III. Your Everyday Health Hacker is Liza Leal, M.D. and her patient co-host Mike Herzing of "Let's Talk Wheels" a nationally syndicated program. Together we discuss topics from emails from around the world to help educate, inspire and be the resource for the latest medical dental topics. Write to us via email at info@everydayhealthhacker or call us at  281-265-6565 Meridian Medical Dental Healthcare (Dr. Duncan Foulds) powered by Meridian Health Institute in Sugar Land, Texas. Stay Tuned, Like, Comment and Subscribe https://everydayhealthhacker.com

Doctors and patients alike vastly overestimate the power of bisphosphonate drugs to prevent fractures.

Thank you for all the questions regarding osteoporosis, biphosphonates and protecting your teeth. In Part 6 of osteoporosis and biphosphonates we will discuss protecting your bones naturally and what you can do now to prevent osteoporosis. Mobility is life and we want to keep you moving with a beautiful intact smile. Biphosphonates for Osteoporosis are dangerous. The most serious side effect can be to loose all your teeth from osteonecrosis it can cause the bone to die. Originally biphosphonates like Boniva, Reclast, Fosamax just to name a few work to keep the "old" bone around. This can have an appearance of more bone on a bone density test, however, it is deceiving. Listen today to learn options to protect your bones and mobility and we will build on Part I learning prevention is key to healthy bones and a healthy smile. Keep a look out for part III and IV coming soon! Mobility is Life, so many patients share I hurt all over I must be getting old. No, it's inflammation and we need to halt the inflammation to better protect the one body we have. As a medical dental practice, we see new patients who were referred to us for teeth that are moving. While there can be multiple causes: infection, medication, poor hygiene, poor lifestyle and more we must educate that many medications prescribed by their doctor can be the cause. One being biphosphonates. Today we will discuss alternatives including weight bearing exercise, hormones and a medical dental approach to keep your bones healthy. Your Everyday Health Hacker is Liza Leal, M.D. and her patient co-host Mike Herzing of "Let's Talk Wheels" a nationally syndicated program. Together we discuss topics from emails from around the world to help educate, inspire and be the resource for the latest medical dental topics. Write to us via email at info@everydayhealthhacker or call us at  281-265-6565 Meridian Medical Dental Healthcare (Dr. Duncan Foulds) powered by Meridian Health Institute in Sugar Land, Texas.

Thanks again for all the wonderful questions, Osteoporosis has been our most listened to playlist and videos on youtube. Today we will discuss what you can do now to prevent osteoporosis and if you are in your 50's and 60's like me, what you can do to gain bone health through supplementation, diet and exercise. It's never too late to make a better change. As we have been discussing Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis are dangerous. The most serious side effect can be to lose all your teeth from osteonecrosis it can cause the bone to die. Originally bisphosphonates like Boniva, Reclast, Fosamax just to name a few work to keep the "old" bone around. This can have an appearance of more bone on a bone density test, however, it is deceiving. Listen today to learn options to protect your bones and mobility and we will build on Part I, II and III.  Your Everyday Health Hacker is Liza Leal, M.D. and her patient co-host Mike Herzing of "Let's Talk Wheels" a nationally syndicated program. Together we discuss topics from emails from around the world to help educate, inspire and be the resource for the latest medical dental topics. Write to us via email at info@everydayhealthhacker or call us at  281-265-6565 Meridian Medical Dental Healthcare (Dr. Duncan Foulds) powered by Meridian Health Institute in Sugar Land, Texas. Stay Tuned, Like, Comment and Subscribe https://everydayhealthhacker.com

Biphosphonates for Osteoporosis are dangerous. The most serious side effect can be to loose all your teeth from osteonecrosis it can cause the bone to die. Originally biphosphonates like Boniva, Reclast, Fosamax just to name a few work to keep the "old" bone around. This can have an appearance of more bone on a bone density test, however, it is deceiving. Listen today to learn options to protect your bones and mobility and we will build on Part I learning prevention is key to healthy bones and a healthy smile. Keep a look out for part III and IV coming soon! Your Everyday Health Hacker is Liza Leal, M.D. and her patient co-host Mike Herzing of "Let's Talk Wheels" a nationally syndicated program. Together we discuss topics from emails from around the world to help educate, inspire and be the resource for the latest medical dental topics. Write to us via email at info@everydayhealthhacker or call us at  281-265-6565 Meridian Medical Dental Healthcare (Dr. Duncan Foulds) powered by Meridian Health Institute in Sugar Land, Texas. Stay Tuned, Like, Comment and Subscribe https://everydayhealthhacker.com @everydayhealthhacker IG and FB

Biphosphonates for Osteoporosis are dangerous. The most serious side effect can be to loose all your teeth from osteonecrosis it can cause the bone to die. Originally biphosphonates like Boniva, Reclast, Fosamax just to name a few work to keep the "old" bone around. This can have an appearance of more bone on a bone density test, however, it is deceiving. Listen today to learn options to protect your bones and mobility and we will build on Part I learning prevention is key to healthy bones and a healthy smile. Keep a look out for part III and IV coming soon! Mobility is Life, so many patients share I hurt all over I must be getting old. No, it's inflammation and we need to halt the inflammation to better protect the one body we have. As a medical dental practice, we see new patients who were referred to us for teeth that are moving. While there can be multiple causes: infection, medication, poor hygiene, poor lifestyle and more we must educate that many medications prescribed by their doctor can be the cause. One being biphosphonates. Today we will discuss alternatives including weight bearing exercise, hormones and a medical dental approach to keep your bones healthy. Your Everyday Health Hacker is Liza Leal, M.D. and her patient co-host Mike Herzing of "Let's Talk Wheels" a nationally syndicated program. Together we discuss topics from emails from around the world to help educate, inspire and be the resource for the latest medical dental topics. Write to us via email at info@everydayhealthhacker or call us at  281-265-6565 Meridian Medical Dental Healthcare (Dr. Duncan Foulds) powered by Meridian Health Institute in Sugar Land, Texas. Stay Tuned, Like, Comment and Subscribe https://everydayhealthhacker.com

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/5T2aHV2jLqQ   Loss of bone calcium and structural integrity is a scourge of aging that particularly affects women.  The common treatment stops bone dissolution with bisphosphonate drugs like Fosamax or Actonel.  The more direct approach is the stimulation of bone formation which usually requires repeated injections of parathyroid hormone.  Now endocrinologists at Harvard's Mass. General Hospital have identified a small molecule SK-124 that, when administered orally, has parathyroid hormone-like effects including raising blood levels of calcium and vitamin D leading to new bone formation.  SK-124 works in mice and will be developed into a drug for humans in collaboration with the Radius Health pharmaceutical company.   https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2214396119   #osteoporosis  #parathyroidhormone #bisphosphonates #osteoclasts  

Dr. Martin answers questions sent in by our listeners. Some of today's topics include: Keeping herpes dormant Thyroid Balance Formula Baker's cyst behind knee Limits on eating liver Fosamax for osteoporosis Eosinophilic esophagitis Oil of oregano Causes of polyps Barometric pressure changes Prolapse bladder  

New research unveils an autoimmune mechanism for Osteopenia and Osteoporosis driven by gut dysbiosis. Calcium is the the answer for bone loss.

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Alendronate is a bone resorption inhibiting bisphosphonate. The most common brand name is Fosamax. There is a dosage form specific Binosto which is a tablet that dissolves in a solution. The main indication is in the treatment of osteoporosis. Some considerations to make for patients is the supplementation of Ca and Vitamin-D if there is inadequate dietary intake. When taking the tablet it should be administered with water and taken 30 minutes before the first meal or medication of the day. It's also very important to avoid lying down for 30 minutes after taking it. The common dosing is 70 mg PO qd. There is an alternative dosing for osteoporosis which is 5-10 mg po qd. The most common side effects are heartburn, upset stomach and nausea. When monitoring patients the bone mineral density (BMD) should be taken at baseline and periodically thereafter. Amazon Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/31OkKVe for NAPLEX Math Review: The Foundation of a Logical NAPLEX Prep Strategy. FREE Drug Card Sheet is available for this episode at DrugCardsDaily.com along with ALL past FREE drug card sheets! Please SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, and RATE on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever your favorite place to listen to podcasts are. I'd really appreciate hearing from you! Leave a voice message at anchor.fm/drugcardsdaily or find me on most all socials @drugcardsdaily or send an email to contact.drugcardsdaily@gmail.com to leave feedback, request a drug, or say hello! DISCLAIMER: This content may contain sponsored content or the use of affiliate links. Partnerships, sponsorships, and the use of affiliate links provide monetary commissions for Drug Cards Daily at no cost to you! This is done in order to keep providing as much free content to everyone that comes to Drug Cards Daily. Thanks for your support! Drug Cards Daily provides drug information for educational and entertainment use. The information provided is not intended to be a sole source of drug information that is to be acted upon for patient care. If there are drug-related patient care concerns please contact your primary care Physician or local Pharmacist. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drugcardsdaily/message

See all the Healthcast at https://www.biobalancehealth.com/healthcast-blog/ Osteoporosis is a side effect of aging and is one of the diseases that affects aging women more than aging men.  Osteoporosis can lead to fractures of fragile bones, spinal stenosis, chronic back pain, and inability to walk or take care of ones-self. In the aging population it is one of the diseases that leads to women being admitted to nursing homes. The disease occurs in women more than men for two reasons. Bone thickness is stimulated by the hormones estradiol and testosterone, and testosterone builds bone better than estradiol. Men have ten times as much of it than women!  Therefore, men have stronger bones to begin with, before their testosterone starts to drop, and men never totally lose testosterone like women do!  The second reason is that women lose both testosterone and estradiol earlier and more completely than men lose testosterone, so their bones start to thin over a decade before men.  Osteoporosis is a women's disease and the cause of many women's deaths. A bit about how bones grow: Your bones are dynamic and always growing and breaking down.  When we are young our bones grow at a much more rapid rate than they break down.  They are under the stimulation of growth hormone and low doses of sex hormones as well.  After age 40 the breakdown process occurs at a faster rate than the building of bone unless testosterone and estradiol are replaced. I bet you thought your bones stopped growing when you reached your adult height, and were static…doing nothing until they started to dissolve? When I went to medical school, (late 1970s) we knew that hormone loss was the cause of osteoporosis, but it was not such an epidemic as it is today. In the 70's, women were routinely given estrogens when they went through menopause and stayed on them for years, which counteracted their loss of bone. Result? No osteoporosis! We didn't even need to look for a solution for osteoporosis because women didn't get it!  The reason the use of estrogens ended was that they were given without progesterone, and some women got uterine cancer from un-opposed estrogen. It is a generally a very treatable cancer, but the use of estrogen was banned because like all governmental medical decisions, the US government overreacted to a small subset of women getting uterine cancer instead of looking for a way to give estradiol safely.  The resultant ban of the use of estrogen resulted in a current epidemic of osteoporosis.   In the 1990's the people that control medicine in the US realized the danger of osteoporosis to women and the drug companies created drugs to treat it!  Instead of using the best treatment for osteoporosis, estrogen and now we know testosterone, they reinvented the wheel and created bisphosphonates, Fosamax an Alendronate.  These drugs have many side effects, but we have found over time that the only thing that these drugs do for bones is to make them look denser on Xray, but they are NOT stronger!  What a mess!  This disease is very slow to cause fractures therefore finding out that bisphosphonates don't work to prevent fractures!  The drugs however did make billions of dollars for the pharmaceutical companies! Now we are in another century, and we have discovered that treating women with Estradiol and testosterone is the best treatment to prevent fracture!  An old trick that should have been found decades ago and saved many lives. My patients can improve their bone density in 2-3 years on E2+ T pellets, from osteopenia (mild thinning of the bones) to normal.  It takes a little longer with patients who have overt osteoporosis, but it works.  Some patients depend on Vitamin D3 and Vitamin K2 to treat their osteoporosis after menopause.  That is really just fooling yourself!   These two nutrients are necessary for bone growth and should be taken with the two hormones, but after menopause without hormones, they don't make bone.  It is like putting plant food in the potted plant and putting the plant in the closet.  Hormones are the sun that make bones grow. I know about this problem intimately because my mother the herbalist refused to take estradiol after menopause.  She literally died in excruciating pain because her vertebrae collapsed and there was no bone left to repair her.  She had to wait for death in hospice because her bones had dissolved. So, what if you are under the delusion that because you have dark eyes, dark skin, and dark hair you have great bones?  Nope….your coloring doesn't necessarily determine your bone density! My mother had osteoporosis and was blond with blue eyes, however I look like my dad but have my mom's bones! Add Lupron for endometriosis, too many diet cokes, and no Vitamin D3 in my diet and you get Osteoporosis in my 40s!  At age 47 I was treated with T and E2 pellets and two years after that my hormones built my bones back to normal density!  I knew bisphosphonates didn't work so I never would have taken them…I also didn't prescribe them unless I couldn't treat a patient with anything else! So, if you think that you can use supplements to build bone after age 40, or that you are immune because of what you look like, or your heritage, think again.  The only guarantee to prevent osteoporosis and dying like my mom or of a broken hip is to replace the hormones that you had when you were young!

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Osteoporosis: The myths and facts in diagnosis, new developments in screening technology, and the pros & cons of current treatment options Key Discussion Points: 1. What are some ideas and strategies to keep your bones strong and healthy? 2. What are some ways to be safe in your house and with your everyday activities to try to prevent debilitating falls? 3. What is osteoporosis? 4. Why is bone density difficult to measure? 5. What is a DXA scan? How are DXA scans interpreted? 6. What is a Trabecular Bone Score (TBS)? 7. Why should Trabecular Bone Score software be used to interpret the results of your DXA scan? 8. What is osteopenia, and why is this a controversial diagnosis? 9. What are the pros and cons of current medicines being prescribed for osteoporosis, including biophosphonates such as alendronate (Fosamax), etidronate (Didronel) & zoledronic acid (Zometa), and monoclonal antibodies, such as denosumab (Prolia)? 10. How has pharmaceutical company research & marketing impacted and influenced medical diagnosis and treatment of bone density and osteoporosis? Guest: Cindy Pearson, the former Executive Director of the National Women's Health Network of Washington, D.C. She is one of the nation's best-known advocates for women's health, and is well known for her leadership in bringing grassroots organizations together to press for accountability from the government and other powerful entities. Cindy Pearson often testified before Congress, the National Institutes of Health and the FDA, and was frequently featured in the news as a consumer expert on women's health issues. Website of Interest: National Women's Health Network About the host: Rhonda Feiman is a nationally-certified, licensed acupuncturist practicing in Belfast, Maine since 1993. She primarily practices Toyohari Japanese acupuncture, using gentle and powerful non-insertion needle techniques, and also utilizes Chinese acupuncture and herbology. In addition, Rhonda is a practitioner of Qi Gong and an instructor of Tai Chi Chuan in the Yang Family tradition. The post Healthy Options 8/4/21: Osteoporosis: Myths and Facts first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

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Merck's History of Crimes and Misdemeanors   Richard Gale and Gary Null Progressive Radio Network, March 18, 2021     As the Covid-19 pandemic wears on past a full year, several of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies have dominated the world headlines, notably Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, along with the smaller start-ups such Moderna and Novavax. Each is now vying to usurp the coveted Covid-19 vaccine market. Prior to the pandemic, the vaccine market worldwide was only a small slice of the overall $1 trillion pharmaceutical market at about $24 billion annually. Now sales of the new generation of vaccines to fight the pandemic are poised to exceed global vaccine sales exponentially. Ronny Gal at the market analysis firm Bernstein estimates that Covid vaccine sales will reach $40 billion this year. We believe this is a very conservative estimate as newer vaccines come on line and with companies making efforts to outdo each other on its efficacy and safety profile. Moderna and Pfizer together are expected to earn $32 billion this year and we are not taking into account Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine and now five approved in China. The frenetic race is underway to vaccinate billions of human beings naively standing in line after drinking from the government health agencies’ and the mainstream media’s cattle trowels of vaccine hype and propaganda. What is certain is that a new era of drug discovery has begun and all will be driven by the surge in vaccines’ new celebrity status. The very definition of a vaccine is now being redefined and it is clearly predictable that we will be witnessing prophylactic and therapeutic drugs being reevaluated as vaccines to leap-frog regulatory hurdles and to escape legal actions for product injury and death.    It may be surprising that the world’s second largest vaccine maker Merck is missing from the Covid vaccine cash cow. Along with the other two of the top three global vaccine makers, Glaxo and Sanofi, Merck exited the Covid vaccine arena after its candidates flopped in generating sufficient neutralizing antibodies in Phase 1 trials. Instead the company has shuffled its resources to develop two new novel drugs that will target serious risks of the body’s over-reactive immune response to SARS-CoV2 infection. Although we will not likely see a Merck Covid vaccine any time in the coming years, it has nevertheless lucratively reaped rewards after selling its Moderna stock late last year when the price went out the roof. Merck has also partnered with J&J to increase production of the latter’s vaccine in order to meet demand.   Merck's legacy of lawsuits for crimes and misdemeanors goes back at least to the 1960s. In 1975, it was busted by the SEC for illegal payments to foreign government officials from "approximately" 36 nations. The scam was orchestrated through personal bank accounts with the sole purpose of advancing drug approvals through foreign nations' regulatory medical agencies.     One of the largest scandals in modern medical history was the company's anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx that resulted in fines above $4.8 billion for causing over a minimum 60,000 deathsfrom sudden heart attacks and over 120,000 serious medical injuries. At its height, Vioxx was earning over $2 billion in revenues annually and it is estimated that 25 million patients were prescribed the medication. The securities class action suit against Merck alone reached $1 billion, placing it in the top 15 securities lawsuits in US corporate history. The main criminal charge was Merck's intentional withholding of scientific data about the drug's adverse cardiovascular side effects.    Years after the settlement, Ron Unz, the publisher of The American Conservative, undertook his own investigation to validate Vioxx's death toll. Analyzing the drug's adverse effects over a longer time period, Unz estimated Merck may have been responsible for nearly half a million premature deaths in elderly patients, the drug's primary target group. That is roughly the same number of total civilian, military and terrorist deaths from the US's military escapades in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan combined.    Merck's settlement of 47,000 pending lawsuits for personal injuries and 265 class action cases was a small pittance for the harm Vioxx left in its wake. Merck executives were never properly punished for willingly concealing the drug's dangers in order to assure FDA approval.    In Australia, Merck's efforts to increase Vioxx profits employed other forms of malfeasance. The Australian government launched a class action suit against the drug maker on charges that employees allegedly schemed a fake scientific paper that was ghostwritten for a medical journal in order to put Vioxx into a positive light. Testimonies during the trial stated data was completely based upon "wishful thinking." Merck also founded the peer-reviewed journal Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine. The journal was a fraud; it was not properly peer-reviewed and its primary purpose was to promote Vioxx on the Australian continent.    Moreover, the class action lawsuit contained Merck emails accessed by Australian officials. The company's internal communications allegedly ordered select employees to draft up a hit list of physicians who were critical of Vioxx. According to the documents, these physicians were targeted to be "neutralized" or "discredited." Some, including Dr. James Fries at Sanford University's medical school, were clinical investigators who happened to speak out about the drug's shortcomings. One email stated, "We may need to seek them out and destroy them where they live..."     But Merck's troubles with the dangers of its products, falsifying data about drugs' efficacy and safety and exaggeration of medical claims go back sixty years. In the 1960s, the FDA discovered that the drug maker's arthritis medication Indocin had not been properly tested for efficacy and its adverse effects were being completely ignored.  In the 1970s, Merck's drug dietheylstilbestrol (DES) prescribed for the prevention of miscarriages caused a flurry of vaginal cancer cases and other gynecological disorders. Merck had all along known that DES was carcinogenic based upon its own animal clinical trials. In 2007, its cholesterol drug Zetiawas shown to increase liver disease. Again Merck had known about Zetia's liver risks but withheld the clinical trial's damning results.    It would also appear that Merck has managed to hijack US courts. This includes an early 2019 ruling by Trump's corporate-friendly US Supreme Court to side with the drug maker and squash hundreds of lawsuits for failing to issue warnings that its osteoporosis drug Fosamax's may contribute to debilitating bone fractures. A federal court in California found that Merck committed perjury for lying in a patent infringement case against Gilead Sciences over the latter's blockbuster Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi. The judge ruled that Merck carried out a "systematic and outrageous deception in conjunction with unethical business practices and litigation misconduct."  It turned out that Merck's patent claims were a sham and orchestrated by its legal division.   Besides pushing through the FDA dangerous medications onto the market, the company has also found itself in the courtroom on many occasions for allegedly price-fixing, routinely defrauding and overbilling states' Medicare and Medicaid programs, and violating the Anti-Kickback Statute. In 2006, the IRS went after Merck for owing almost $2 billion in back taxes. According to the Wall Street Journal, Merck partnered with a British bank to create an offshore subsidiary in tax-friendly Bermuda to divert taxable revenue on its bestselling cholesterol drugs Zocor and Mevacor through a patent scheme. The company ran the operation for ten years before the FDA uncovered the racket.    Merck is America's leading vaccine manufacturer. Despite public perception and the ruse that vaccines are somehow safer and more effective than pharmaceutical drugs in general, it is the same industry and corporate culture that manufactures both. Currently Merck markets vaccines for Haemophilus B, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B (individually and in combination), human papilomavirus (Gardasil), Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR), pneumococcal, rotavirus, varicella (chickenpox) and Zoster virus (for shingles). In 2010, Merck obtained exclusive rights to MassBiologics’ vaccine portfolio. The consequence is that Merck's Adult Vaccine Portfolio expanded to include 9 of the 10 vaccines on the CDC's adult immunization schedule. The company now holds almost a full monopoly on the government's recommended vaccines   On its website, the FDA assures the public that "Vaccines, as with all products regulated by the FDA, undergo a rigorous review of laboratory and clinical data to ensure the safety, efficacy, purity and potency of these products."  However, not a single one of Merck's vaccines has ever been tested in a scientifically viable double-blinded placebo controlled trial. In each case, the placebo in the control group was not inert, such as the use of sterile saline. Rather Merck only tested its vaccines with the viral component against a faux placebo containing the same ingredients, including aluminum, but minus the virus. Known as a "carrier solution," the standard scientific protocol does not designate it as a proper placebo for measuring the efficacy and disease risks of a drug. And in the case of Gardasil, the trial was statistical trickery to mask Gardasil's adverse effects. One placebo group received the company’s proprietary adjuvant amorphous aluminum hydroxyphospate sulfate (AAHS), a known neurotoxin. The adjuvant has yet to be properly tested for safety. One of the more serious risks of aluminum adjuvants is the triggering of an extreme autoimmune response, what Israeli immunologist Yehuda Schoenfeld has called “autoimmue/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants.”   In the Cochrane Database Collaboration’s 2016 analysis of Merck's Gardasil, the investigators were so alarmed they filed a complaint against the European Medical Agency for failing to adequately assess the vaccine's neurological harms. More recently, a meta-analysis published in Systemic Reviews journal concluded “HPV vaccines increased serious nervous system disorders and general harms.”   Robert Kennedy Jr is currently taking steps to sue Merck over the Gardasil deception. Kennedy's in-depth investigations through his Children's Health Defense organization has uncovered evidence that the vaccine increases birth defects in children conceived of HPV-vaccinated moms; miscarriages have increased 2000 percent above normal, and girls are experiencing serious reproductive complications, including infertility, at approximately ten-fold above the normal rate. During an interview on the Progressive Radio Network, Kennedy noted that there was 10 times greater risk of dying from cervical cancer among Gardasil trial participants compared to the general public. There is a 10-fold increase for ovarian failure, and 1 in 37 girls who receive the vaccine will experience an autoimmune disease after 6 months of receiving the series of injections. When we consider that 1 in 37,000 women have a chance of dying from cervical cancer, it puts HPV vaccines into a completely different light. Sadly, across the nation, politicians from both sides of the aisle in state legislatures, notably Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York, are seemingly doing Merck's bidding to mandate Gardasil for all girls and boys upon entering school.    Based upon Kennedy's research and documents received from Freedom of Information Act filings, during Merck's own Gardasil clinical trials, 2.3 percent of girls and women between the ages of 9 through 26 developed a serious autoimmune disease and crippling neurological disorders within seven months of vaccination. The most frequent adverse effects were arthritis and anthropathy, autoimmune thyroiditis, celiac disease, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, Raynaud's Phenomenon, rheumatoid arthritis and uveitis. In other words, it was the aluminum adjuvant responsible for this enormous suffering. He stated that according to Merck's own statistics, girls are one hundred times more likely to experience a serious adverse effect from the vaccine than to be protected from cervical cancer.    In a 2012 article published in the Journal of Law and Medical Ethics, researchers at the University of British Columbia wrote that ever since Gardasil was approved in 2006, Merck has engaged in an "overly aggressive marketing strategies and lobbying campaigns aimed at promoting Gardasil as a mandatory vaccine."  One strategy Merck has employed is to take advantage of FDA loopholes to fast track its drugs. In the case of its expanded Gardasil-9 for adults between the ages of 27 to 45, the company applied for fast tracking two days after the Journal of Toxicological and Environmental Health published a study that the HPV vaccine was lowering the probability of pregnancy for women in their 20s.   Unfortunately, the media has indiscriminately colluded with Merck. Drug companies, according to Kennedy, pay $4.5 billion to the major media networks and publications to promote their drugs. And none of the media outlets are willing to sacrifice their profits for advertising drugs on moral and ethical grounds.    Another scandal erupted within Merck's vaccine business in 2010 after two whistleblowers gave testimony that the mumps' component in its Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine was based on fraudulent data about it's efficacy, and the company knowingly proceeded in order to corner the mumps vaccine market. Merck had been defrauding the US government, which purchases the MMR, for over a decade. The government and two Merck whistleblowers, virologists Stephen Krahling and Joan Wlochowski, filed a lawsuit against Merck for being in violation of the False Claims Act. According to the charges, Merck had "falsified its mumps vaccine test results to hit an efficacy rate of 95 percent. The company achieved this by adding "animal antibodies to a blood sample to give the impression of increased antibodies." This would certainly explain why mumps outbreaks in summer camps and on college campuses are found to occur among those vaccinated.    Merck has gained enormous political and social influence over the national perception about vaccines.  One example is Merck's behind the scenes aggression against the flim Vaxxed.  When the documentary film was officially selected to screen during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan, we discovered in an earlier report that Merck left its fingerprints on the film's removal and censorship. The Alfred Sloan Foundation is the festival's largest sponsor; pro-vaccine advocate Bill Gates is also a notable contributor. One of the leading persons on the Foundation's board of trustees was Dr. Peter Kim.  Kim happens to be the former president of Merck's Research Laboratories who was directly responsible for the launch of Gardasil and Merck's other vaccines for the Zoster virus and rotavirus. The film presents a harsh indictment against Dr Julie Gerberding, the former head of the CDC who allegedly coordinated the cover up of data that confirmed thimerosal's role in the onset of autism. After managing the agency's operations to mine sweep the data and generate new studies with public funds to suggest thimerosal's safety, Gerberding accepted her reward from the pharmaceutical industry by becoming the head of Merck's vaccine division. In addition, according to the whistleblowing of a senior CDC scientist, Dr. William Thompson, Gerberding was allegedly responsible for destroying the CDC's research that showed African American boys were at a substantially higher risk of becoming autistic from Merck's MMR vaccine. Fortunately, Dr. Thompson, who was present during the order to shred documents, saved copies which he subsequently turned over to Congressman Bill Posy and an independent biologist Prof. Brian Hooker. Since then, Congress has refused to hold hearings thereby supporting the cover-up.    All told, these examples of Merck's culture of greed, deception, political maneuvering and aggression has collectively injured countless people. Its prime directive is selling drugs; its history of crimes and misdemeanors should indicate the company holds little integrity in its commitment to prevent and treat disease. The full extent of the casualties from Merck's drugs and vaccines may never be properly calculated. For firms such as Merck, Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson, injuries and deaths are the necessary collateral damage of getting poorly tested products on the market and as fast as possible.    Can we really trust such a company with such a criminal reputation to be forthright about its product’s safety records? Therefore we recommend people to support the efforts of Bobby Kennedy and the Children's Health Defense in its lawsuit against Merck's Gardasil. A victory may well weaken the entire edifice of vaccine pseudoscience and the public will realize that for decades it has been little more than a house of cards.

Merck’s History of Crimes and Misdemeanors Merck’s History of Crimes and Misdemeanors   Richard Gale and Gary Null Progressive Radio Network, Which private corporation has likely been responsible for the deaths of more innocent people than any terrorist organization or military regime change in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and elsewhere?  For us, the answer is evident:  Merck and Company. Iatraogenic medicine, or medical error, is now the third leading cause of death in the US after cardiovascular disease and cancer. The majority of these deaths are caused by FDA approved drugs’ adverse effects and from patients taking multiple medications without thorough clinical research to determine the safety of their synergistic effects.  Consequently our health agencies’ oversight and monitoring of drugs on the market is dismal.   One of the worst corporate deals the US government may have ever made in modern history was to acquire the American subsidiary of the German pharmaceutical firm Merck and Company during the first world war. Later in 1953, Merck acquired a competitive drug maker Sharp and Dohme, thereby establishing itself as America’s largest drug developer and manufacturer. Since then this corporate Medusa has ensnared thirteen other drug firms, including Scherring Plough, which it acquired for $41 billion. The two pharmaceutical giants had earned $47 billion in combined sales at the time the merger was finalized in 2009.   Merck’s life of criminal behavior was observed back in the 1970s. In 1975, it was busted by the SEC for illegal payments to foreign government officials from “approximately” 36 nations. The scam was orchestrated through personal bank accounts with the sole purpose of advancing drug approvals through foreign nations’ regulatory medical agencies.   One of the largest frauds in recent medical history was the company’s anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx that resulted in fines above $4.8 billion for causing over a minimum 60,000 deaths from sudden heart attacks and over 120,000 serious medical injuries. At its height, Vioxx was earning over $2 billion in revenues annually and it is estimated that 25 million patients were prescribed the medication. The securities class action suit against the company alone reached $1 billion, placing it in the top 15 securities lawsuits in US corporate history. The centerpiece of the crime was Merck’s intentional withholding of scientific data about the drug’s adverse cardiovascular side effects.   Years after the settlement, Ron Unz, the publisher of The American Conservative, undertook his own investigation to validate Vioxx’s death toll. Analyzing the drug’s adverse effects over a longer time period, Unz estimated Merck may have been responsible for nearly half a million premature deaths in elderly patients, the drug’s primary target group. That is roughly the same number of total civilian, military and terrorist deaths from the US’s military escapades in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan combined.   Merck’s settlement of 47,000 pending lawsuits for personal injuries and 265 class action cases was a small pittance for the harm Vioxx left in its wake. Merck executives were never properly punished for willingly concealing the drug’s dangers in order to assure FDA approval.   In Australia, Merck’s efforts to increase Vioxx profits employed other forms of malfeasance. The Australian government launched a class action suit against the drug maker on charges that employees schemed a fake scientific paper that was ghostwritten for a medical journal in order to put Vioxx into a positive light. Testimonies during the trial stated data was completely based upon “wishful thinking.” Merck also founded the peer-reviewed journal Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine. The journal was a fraud; it was not properly peer-reviewed and its primary purpose was to promote Vioxx on the Australian continent.   Moreover, the class action lawsuit contained Merck emails accessed by Australian officials. The company’s internal communications ordered select employees to draft up a hit list of physicians who were critical of Vioxx. According to the documents, these physicians were targeted to be “neutralized” or “discredited.” Some, including Dr. James Fries at Sanford University’s medical school, were clinical investigators who happened to speak out about the drug’s shortcomings. One email said, “We may need to seek them out and destroy them where they live…”   Efforts to target critics for harassment is not limited to Merck. Earlier, Monsanto earned a similar reputation. The Monsanto’s parent company Bayer had to release a public apology for the discovery of a Monsanto hit list of 200 French journalists and politicians who opposed glyphosate and its GMO crops. It has acted similarly in other countries including the US, according to veteran journalist Carey Gillam.  The list originated from the multinational public relations firm Fleishman Hillard. Merck has also employed Fleishman Hillard as well as Monsanto’s other notorious PR firm Ketchum. One of Merck’s Executive Directors, Ian McConnell, earlier served as a vice president at Fleishman. The PR firm’s senior adviser on healthcare Dr. Lukas Pfister, was at Merck for 25 years in its government affairs unit. Merck’s revolving door is not limited to our federal health agencies, but also fully infiltrates some of the world’s most shadowy international PR firms that specialize in whitewashing the public images of executive elites, corporations and in the case of the PR firm Burson-Marsteller even dictators. Following the Vioxx case, Merck had hired B-Marsteller to clean up its public image. MSNBC reported back in 2009, “When evil needs public relations, evil has Burson-Marsteller on speed dial.”   But Merck’s efforts to conceal the dangers of its products, falsify data about drugs’ efficacy and safety and exaggeration of medical claims go back sixty years. In the 1960s, the FDA discovered that the drug maker’s arthritis medication Indocin had not been properly tested for efficacy and its adverse effects were being completely ignored.  In the 1970s, Merck’s drug dietheylstilbestrol (DES) prescribed for the prevention of miscarriages caused a flurry of vaginal cancer cases and other gynecological disorders. Merck had all along known that DES was carcinogenic based upon its own animal clinical trials. In 2007, its cholesterol drug Zetia was shown to increase liver disease. Again Merck had known about Zetia’s liver risks but withheld the clinical trial’s damning results.   It would also appear that Merck has managed to hijack US courts as well. This includes an early 2019 ruling by Trump’s corporate-friendly US Supreme Court to side with the drug maker and squash hundreds of lawsuits for failing to issue warnings that its osteoporosis drug Fosamax’s may contribute to debilitating bone breaks. A federal court in California found that Merck committed perjury for lying in a patent infringement case against Gilead Sciences over the latter’s blockbuster Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi. The judge ruled that Merck carried out a “systematic and outrageous deception in conjunction with unethical business practices and litigation misconduct.”  It turned out that Merck’s patent claims were a sham and orchestrated by its legal division.   Besides pushing through the FDA dangerous medications onto the market, the company has also found itself in the courtroom on many occasions for price-fixing, routinely defrauding and overbilling states’ Medicare and Medicaid programs, and violating the Anti-Kickback Statute. In 2006, the IRS went after Merck for owing almost $2 billion in back taxes. According to the Wall Street Journal, Merck partnered with a British bank to create an offshore subsidiary in tax-friendly Bermuda to divert taxable revenue on its bestselling cholesterol drugs Zocor and Mevacor through a patent scheme. The company ran the operation for ten years before the FDA uncovered the racket.   Merck is America’s leading vaccine manufacturer. Despite public perception and the ruse that vaccines are somehow safer and more effective than pharmaceutical drugs in general, it is the same industry and corporate culture that manufactures both them. Currently Merck markets vaccines for Haemophilus B, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B (individually and in combination), human papilomavirus (Gardasil), Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR), pneumococcal, rotavirus, varicella (chickenpox) and Zoster virus (for shingles). More recently it has jumped into the coronavirus vaccine race. In 2010, Merck obtained exclusive rights to MassBiologics vaccine portfolio. The consequence is that Merck’s Adult Vaccine Portfolio expanded to include 9 of the 10 vaccines on the CDC’s adult immunization schedule. The company now holds almost a full monopoly on the government’s vaccines   On its website, the FDA assures the public that “Vaccines, as with all products regulated by the FDA, undergo a rigorous review of laboratory and clinical data to ensure the safety, efficacy, purity and potency of these products.”  However, except for Gardasil, not a single one of Merck’s vaccines has ever been tested in a scientifically viable double-blinded placebo controlled trial. In each case, the placebo in the control group was not inert, such as the use of sterile saline. Rather Merck only tested the vaccine with the viral component against a faux placebo containing the same ingredients, including aluminum, but minus the virus. Known as a “carrier solution,” the standard scientific protocol does not designate it as a proper placebo for measuring the efficacy and disease risks of a drug. And in the case of Gardasil, the trial was statistical trickery to mask Gardasil’s adverse effects. Therefore the FDA’s claim is patently false. None of Merck’s vaccines have ever undergone a “rigorous review” prior to regulatory approval.   Although not completely innocent from internal unfairness and conflicts of interest, the Cochrane Database Collaboration arguably remains the most reliable resource for analysis of drugs, vaccines and medical devices in the evidence-based medical establishment. In its 2016 analysis of Merck’s human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil, the investigators were so alarmed they filed a complaint against the European Medical Agency for failing to adequately assess the vaccine’s neurological harms.   As we have recently witnessed with Monsanto’s Roundup and Bayer’s settlement of $10 billion to cover 80,000 lawsuits, Gardasil may very well become the company’s Achilles heel. The Gardasil scandal may very well begin to topple the vaccine regime and raise the public’s already increasing awareness and distrust in the official mantra that vaccines are safe and effective. The development, scientific rationale, fraudulent clinical trials and data reporting, and inside negotiations with federal health officials to market the vaccine to pre-teen and teen girls and boys, is a story riddled with misconduct. Today it is Merck’s third largest revenue-generating drug after its cancer drug Keytruda and diabetes drug Januvia, earning $3.1 billion in 2018. Its MMR vaccine is fifth having earned $1.8 billion. Gardasil’s success has nothing to do with the prevention of an urgent national health need. Instead it was a business strategy through Merck’s influence over our nation’s regulatory agencies and state politicians whose election campaigns it funds.   In 2018, a French oncologist, Dr. Gerard Delepine, stumbled upon a correlation between the increase of cervical cancer rates with the rising rates of Gardasil vaccinations. Delepine also compared France, which was deliberating on whether to mandate HPV vaccination, with other countries that relied upon pap smears as a preventative measure against cervical cancer. He observed that in all countries that prioritized pap smears, cervical cancer rates were decreasing; whereas, in those countries with higher HPV vaccination compliance, the rates increased. In his letter to the French government in defiance of Merck’s lobbying efforts, Delephine stated:   “A compulsory health measure should not be based on faith in vaccination or hidden conflicts of interest, but on proven facts, verifiable by every citizen. However, the facts established by the official records of cancer registries show that HPV vaccination does not protect against invasive cancer of the cervix, but seems rather to maintain its frequency at a high level and sometimes even increase it.”   An article published in the French journal Agoravox noted that other national health ministries are coming around to acknowledge that Gardasil is an extremely unsafe vaccine. Japan, Austria and Denmark no longer promote it due to is trail of injuries with fatal consequences. Public demonstrations against Merck’s Gardasil have occurred in Japan, Colombia, and Ireland.   Yet none of these efforts to warn the public about Gardasil’s risks have reached the American media. Hopefully this may change. Medical researchers at the University of South Alabama presented their paper at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s annual conference. There is great disparity between HPV vaccine compliance across Alabama counties, which range anywhere between 33 and 66 percent. Yet the epidemiological data suggests there is no evidence that Gardasil lowered cancer rates in counties with higher vaccine uptake. Moreover, there is zero chance of pre-teens and teens getting cervical cancer. The average age for the onset of the cancer is 50 years. Nor has the vaccine been on the market long enough to determine whether it protects a woman when she reaches even close to that age. Its product insert for physicians states the vaccine “may not result in protection in all vaccine recipients” and it “has not been demonstrated to prevent HPV-related CIN 2/3 [abnormal pre-cancerous cervical cells] or worse in women older than 26 years of age.” Consequently, there is no scientific rationale for states to mandate the HPV vaccine for schoolchildren let alone even vaccinating them in the first place. In addition, the federal agencies and Merck market the vaccine under a false pretext that HPV infection is the leading cause of cervical cancer; correctly, only a third of cervical cancer cases are caused by the virus.   Robert Kennedy Jr is currently taking steps to sue Merck over the Gardasil deception. Merck’s first effort to have the class action suit dismissed was overturned by the court. Kennedy’s in-depth investigations through his Children’s Health Defense organization has uncovered evidence that the vaccine increases birth defects in children conceived of HPV-vaccinated moms; miscarriages have increased 2000 percent above normal, and girls are experiencing serious reproductive complications, including infertility, at approximately ten-fold above the normal rate. During an interview on the Progressive Radio Network, he noted that there was 10 times greater risk of dying from cervical cancer among Gardasil trial participants compared to the general public. There is a 10-fold increase for ovarian failure, and 1 in 37 girls who receive the vaccine will experience an autoimmune disease after 6 months of receiving the series of injections. When we consider that 1 in 37,000 women have a chance of dying from cervical cancer, it puts HPV vaccines into a completely different light. Sadly, across the nation, politicians from both sides of the aisle in state legislatures, notably Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York, are doing Merck’s bidding to mandate Gardasil for all girls and boys upon entering school.   Based upon Kennedy’s research and documents received from Freedom of Information Act filings, during Merck’s own Gardasil clinical trials, 2.3 percent of girls and women between the ages of 9 through 26 developed a serious autoimmune disease and crippling neurological disorders within seven months of vaccination. Among the 10,700 who received the actual vaccine, 245 (2.3%) had an autoimmune disorder; among the 9,412 who received either an “AAHS Control” — the aluminum hydrophosphate sulfate adjuvant solution with other ingredients minus the HPV virus vectors, there were 218 (2.3%) life-threatening injuries. The most frequent adverse effects were arthritis and anthropathy, autoimmune thyroiditis, celiac disease, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, Raynaud’s Phenomenon, rheumatoid arthritis and uveitis. In other words, it was the aluminum adjuvant responsible for this enormous suffering. He stated during the Progressive Radio Network broadcast that according to Merck’s own statistics, girls are one hundred times more likely to experience a serious adverse effect from the vaccine than to be protected from cervical cancer.   In a 2012 article published in the Journal of Law and Medical Ethics, researchers at the University of British Columbia wrote that ever since Gardasil was approved in 2006, Merck has engaged in an “overly aggressive marketing strategies and lobbying campaigns aimed at promoting Gardasil as a mandatory vaccine.”  One strategy Merck has employed is to take advantage of FDA loopholes to fast track its drugs. In the case of its expanded Gardasil-9 for adults between the ages of 27 to 45, the company applied for fast tracking two days after the Journal of Toxicological and Environmental Health published a study that the HPV vaccine was lowering the probability of pregnancy for women in their 20s.   Unfortunately, the media has indiscriminately colluded with Merck’s scam. Drug companies, according to Kennedy, pay $4.5 billion to the major media networks and publications to promote their drugs. And none of the media outlets are willing to sacrifice their profits for advertising drugs on moral and ethical grounds.   Another scandal erupted within Merck’s vaccine business in 2010 after two whistleblowers gave testimony that the mumps’ component in its Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine was based on fraudulent data about it’s efficacy, and the company knowingly proceeded in order to corner the mumps vaccine market. Merck had been defrauding According to the charges, Merck had “falsified its mumps vaccine test results to hit an efficacy rate of 95 percent. The company achieved this by adding “animal antibodies to a blood sample to give the impression of increased antibodies.” This would certainly explain why mumps outbreaks in summer camps and on college campuses are found to occur among those vaccinated.   Merck’s has gained enormous political and social influence over the national perception about vaccines.  One example is Merck’s behind the scenes aggression against the flim Vaxxed.  When the documentary film was officially selected to screen during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan, we discovered in an earlier report that Merck left its fingerprints on the film’s removal and censorship. The Alfred Sloan Foundation is the festival’s largest sponsor; pro-vaccine advocate Bill Gates is also a notable contributor. One of the leading persons on the Foundation’s board of trustees was Dr. Peter Kim.  Kim happens to be the former president of Merck’s Research Laboratories who was directly responsible for the launch of Gardasil and Merck’s other vaccines for the Zoster virus and rotavirus. The film presents a harsh indictment against Dr Julie Gerberding, the former head of the CDC who coordinated the cover up of data that confirmed thimerosal’s role in the onset of autism. After managing the agency’s operations to mine sweep the data and generate new manipulated studies with public funds to suggest thimerosal’s safety, Gerberding accepted her reward from the pharmaceutical industry by becoming the head of Merck’s vaccine division. In addition, according to the whistleblowing of a senior CDC scientist, Dr. William Thompson, Gerberding was responsible for destroying the CDC’s research that showed African American boys were at a substantially higher risk of becoming autistic from Merck’s MMR vaccine. Fortunately, Dr. Thompson, who was present during the order to shred documents, saved copies which he subsequently turned over to Congressman Bill Posy and an independent biologist Prof. Brian Hooker. Since then, Congress has failed to hold hearings.   All told, these examples of Merck’s culture of greed, deception, political maneuvering and illegal aggression has collectively injured countless people. Merck is a global corporation. Its products, like Monsanto’s glyphoste, are marketed globally. To better understand Merck, the company should be perceived foremost as a cash cow for Wall Street. Its prime directive is selling drugs; its history of misdemeanors and criminal activities should indicate the company holds little integrity in its commitment to prevent and treat disease. The full extent of the casualties from Merck’s drugs and vaccines may never be properly calculated. For firms such as Merck and Monsanto, injuries and deaths are the necessary collateral damage of getting poorly tested products on the market and as fast as possible. A black box should be slapped on the Merck logo.   What is important at this moment is that many corporations are fast-tracking, without sufficient long-term animal and human clinical trials, Merck is now aggressively making efforts to beat out its competition with a Covid-19 vaccine.  Do we really want to trust such a company with this reputation with a Covid vaccine? Therefore we recommend people to support the efforts of Bobby Kennedy and the Children’s Health Defense in its lawsuit against Merck’s Gardasil. A victory may well weaken the entire edifice of vaccine pseudoscience and the public will realize that for decades it has been little more than a house of cards.

Merck's History of Crimes and Misdemeanors   Richard Gale and Gary Null Progressive Radio Network, June 1, 2020 Which private corporation has likely been responsible for the deaths of more innocent people than any terrorist organization or military regime change in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and elsewhere?  For us, the answer is evident:  Merck and Company. Iatraogenic medicine, or medical error, is now the third leading cause of death in the US after cardiovascular disease and cancer. The majority of these deaths are caused by FDA approved drugs' adverse effects and from patients taking multiple medications without thorough clinical research to determine the safety of their synergistic effects.  Consequently our health agencies' oversight and monitoring of drugs on the market is dismal.    One of the worst corporate deals the US government may have ever made in modern history was to acquire the American subsidiary of the German pharmaceutical firm Merck and Company during the first world war. Later in 1953, Merck acquired a competitive drug maker Sharp and Dohme, thereby establishing itself as America's largest drug developer and manufacturer. Since then this corporate Medusa has ensnared thirteen other drug firms, including Scherring Plough, which it acquired for $41 billion. The two pharmaceutical giants had earned $47 billion in combined sales at the time the merger was finalized in 2009.   Merck's life of criminal behavior was observed back in the 1970s. In 1975, it was busted by the SEC for illegal payments to foreign government officials from "approximately" 36 nations. The scam was orchestrated through personal bank accounts with the sole purpose of advancing drug approvals through foreign nations' regulatory medical agencies.     One of the largest frauds in recent medical history was the company's anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx that resulted in fines above $4.8 billion for causing over a minimum 60,000 deaths from sudden heart attacks and over 120,000 serious medical injuries. At its height, Vioxx was earning over $2 billion in revenues annually and it is estimated that 25 million patients were prescribed the medication. The securities class action suit against the company alone reached $1 billion, placing it in the top 15 securities lawsuits in US corporate history. The centerpiece of the crime was Merck's intentional withholding of scientific data about the drug's adverse cardiovascular side effects.    Years after the settlement, Ron Unz, the publisher of The American Conservative, undertook his own investigation to validate Vioxx's death toll. Analyzing the drug's adverse effects over a longer time period, Unz estimated Merck may have been responsible for nearly half a million premature deaths in elderly patients, the drug's primary target group. That is roughly the same number of total civilian, military and terrorist deaths from the US's military escapades in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan combined.    Merck's settlement of 47,000 pending lawsuits for personal injuries and 265 class action cases was a small pittance for the harm Vioxx left in its wake. Merck executives were never properly punished for willingly concealing the drug's dangers in order to assure FDA approval.    In Australia, Merck's efforts to increase Vioxx profits employed other forms of malfeasance. The Australian government launched a class action suit against the drug maker on charges that employees schemed a fake scientific paper that was ghostwritten for a medical journal in order to put Vioxx into a positive light. Testimonies during the trial stated data was completely based upon "wishful thinking." Merck also founded the peer-reviewed journal Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine. The journal was a fraud; it was not properly peer-reviewed and its primary purpose was to promote Vioxx on the Australian continent.    Moreover, the class action lawsuit contained Merck emails accessed by Australian officials. The company's internal communications ordered select employees to draft up a hit list of physicians who were critical of Vioxx. According to the documents, these physicians were targeted to be "neutralized" or "discredited." Some, including Dr. James Fries at Sanford University's medical school, were clinical investigators who happened to speak out about the drug's shortcomings. One email said, "We may need to seek them out and destroy them where they live..."     Efforts to target critics for harassment is not limited to Merck. Earlier, Monsanto earned a similar reputation. The Monsanto's parent company Bayer had to release a public apology for the discovery of a Monsanto hit list of 200 French journalists and politicians who opposed glyphosate and its GMO crops. It has acted similarly in other countries including the US, according to veteran journalist Carey Gillam.  The list originated from the multinational public relations firm Fleishman Hillard. Merck has also employed Fleishman Hillard as well as Monsanto's other notorious PR firm Ketchum. One of Merck's Executive Directors, Ian McConnell, earlier served as a vice president at Fleishman. The PR firm's senior adviser on healthcare Dr. Lukas Pfister, was at Merck for 25 years in its government affairs unit. Merck's revolving door is not limited to our federal health agencies, but also fully infiltrates some of the world's most shadowy international PR firms that specialize in whitewashing the public images of executive elites, corporations and in the case of the PR firm Burson-Marsteller even dictators. Following the Vioxx case, Merck had hired B-Marsteller to clean up its public image. MSNBC reported back in 2009, "When evil needs public relations, evil has Burson-Marsteller on speed dial."   But Merck's efforts to conceal the dangers of its products, falsify data about drugs' efficacy and safety and exaggeration of medical claims go back sixty years. In the 1960s, the FDA discovered that the drug maker's arthritis medication Indocin had not been properly tested for efficacy and its adverse effects were being completely ignored.  In the 1970s, Merck's drug dietheylstilbestrol (DES) prescribed for the prevention of miscarriages caused a flurry of vaginal cancer cases and other gynecological disorders. Merck had all along known that DES was carcinogenic based upon its own animal clinical trials. In 2007, its cholesterol drug Zetia was shown to increase liver disease. Again Merck had known about Zetia's liver risks but withheld the clinical trial's damning results.    It would also appear that Merck has managed to hijack US courts as well. This includes an early 2019 ruling by Trump's corporate-friendly US Supreme Court to side with the drug maker and squash hundreds of lawsuits for failing to issue warnings that its osteoporosis drug Fosamax's may contribute to debilitating bone breaks. A federal court in California found that Merck committed perjury for lying in a patent infringement case against Gilead Sciences over the latter's blockbuster Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi. The judge ruled that Merck carried out a "systematic and outrageous deception in conjunction with unethical business practices and litigation misconduct."  It turned out that Merck's patent claims were a sham and orchestrated by its legal division.   Besides pushing through the FDA dangerous medications onto the market, the company has also found itself in the courtroom on many occasions for price-fixing, routinely defrauding and overbilling states' Medicare and Medicaid programs, and violating the Anti-Kickback Statute. In 2006, the IRS went after Merck for owing almost $2 billion in back taxes. According to the Wall Street Journal, Merck partnered with a British bank to create an offshore subsidiary in tax-friendly Bermuda to divert taxable revenue on its bestselling cholesterol drugs Zocor and Mevacor through a patent scheme. The company ran the operation for ten years before the FDA uncovered the racket.    Merck is America's leading vaccine manufacturer. Despite public perception and the ruse that vaccines are somehow safer and more effective than pharmaceutical drugs in general, it is the same industry and corporate culture that manufactures both them. Currently Merck markets vaccines for Haemophilus B, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B (individually and in combination), human papilomavirus (Gardasil), Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR), pneumococcal, rotavirus, varicella (chickenpox) and Zoster virus (for shingles). More recently it has jumped into the coronavirus vaccine race. In 2010, Merck obtained exclusive rights to MassBiologics vaccine portfolio. The consequence is that Merck's Adult Vaccine Portfolio expanded to include 9 of the 10 vaccines on the CDC's adult immunization schedule. The company now holds almost a full monopoly on the government's vaccines    On its website, the FDA assures the public that "Vaccines, as with all products regulated by the FDA, undergo a rigorous review of laboratory and clinical data to ensure the safety, efficacy, purity and potency of these products."  However, except for Gardasil, not a single one of Merck's vaccines has ever been tested in a scientifically viable double-blinded placebo controlled trial. In each case, the placebo in the control group was not inert, such as the use of sterile saline. Rather Merck only tested the vaccine with the viral component against a faux placebo containing the same ingredients, including aluminum, but minus the virus. Known as a "carrier solution," the standard scientific protocol does not designate it as a proper placebo for measuring the efficacy and disease risks of a drug. And in the case of Gardasil, the trial was statistical trickery to mask Gardasil's adverse effects. Therefore the FDA's claim is patently false. None of Merck's vaccines have ever undergone a "rigorous review" prior to regulatory approval.    Although not completely innocent from internal unfairness and conflicts of interest, the Cochrane Database Collaboration arguably remains the most reliable resource for analysis of drugs, vaccines and medical devices in the evidence-based medical establishment. In its 2016 analysis of Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil, the investigators were so alarmed they filed a complaint against the European Medical Agency for failing to adequately assess the vaccine's neurological harms.    As we have recently witnessed with Monsanto's Roundup and Bayer's settlement of $10 billion to cover 80,000 lawsuits, Gardasil may very well become the company's Achilles heel. The Gardasil scandal may very well begin to topple the vaccine regime and raise the public's already increasing awareness and distrust in the official mantra that vaccines are safe and effective. The development, scientific rationale, fraudulent clinical trials and data reporting, and inside negotiations with federal health officials to market the vaccine to pre-teen and teen girls and boys, is a story riddled with misconduct. Today it is Merck's third largest revenue-generating drug after its cancer drug Keytruda and diabetes drug Januvia, earning $3.1 billion in 2018. Its MMR vaccine is fifth having earned $1.8 billion. Gardasil's success has nothing to do with the prevention of an urgent national health need. Instead it was a business strategy through Merck's influence over our nation's regulatory agencies and state politicians whose election campaigns it funds.    In 2018, a French oncologist, Dr. Gerard Delepine, stumbled upon a correlation between the increase of cervical cancer rates with the rising rates of Gardasil vaccinations. Delepine also compared France, which was deliberating on whether to mandate HPV vaccination, with other countries that relied upon pap smears as a preventative measure against cervical cancer. He observed that in all countries that prioritized pap smears, cervical cancer rates were decreasing; whereas, in those countries with higher HPV vaccination compliance, the rates increased. In his letter to the French government in defiance of Merck's lobbying efforts, Delephine stated:   "A compulsory health measure should not be based on faith in vaccination or hidden conflicts of interest, but on proven facts, verifiable by every citizen. However, the facts established by the official records of cancer registries show that HPV vaccination does not protect against invasive cancer of the cervix, but seems rather to maintain its frequency at a high level and sometimes even increase it."   An article published in the French journal Agoravox noted that other national health ministries are coming around to acknowledge that Gardasil is an extremely unsafe vaccine. Japan, Austria and Denmark no longer promote it due to is trail of injuries with fatal consequences. Public demonstrations against Merck's Gardasil have occurred in Japan, Colombia, and Ireland.    Yet none of these efforts to warn the public about Gardasil's risks have reached the American media. Hopefully this may change. Medical researchers at the University of South Alabama presented their paper at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology's annual conference. There is great disparity between HPV vaccine compliance across Alabama counties, which range anywhere between 33 and 66 percent. Yet the epidemiological data suggests there is no evidence that Gardasil lowered cancer rates in counties with higher vaccine uptake. Moreover, there is zero chance of pre-teens and teens getting cervical cancer. The average age for the onset of the cancer is 50 years. Nor has the vaccine been on the market long enough to determine whether it protects a woman when she reaches even close to that age. Its product insert for physicians states the vaccine "may not result in protection in all vaccine recipients" and it "has not been demonstrated to prevent HPV-related CIN 2/3 [abnormal pre-cancerous cervical cells] or worse in women older than 26 years of age." Consequently, there is no scientific rationale for states to mandate the HPV vaccine for schoolchildren let alone even vaccinating them in the first place. In addition, the federal agencies and Merck market the vaccine under a false pretext that HPV infection is the leading cause of cervical cancer; correctly, only a third of cervical cancer cases are caused by the virus.    Robert Kennedy Jr is currently taking steps to sue Merck over the Gardasil deception. Merck's first effort to have the class action suit dismissed was overturned by the court. Kennedy's in-depth investigations through his Children's Health Defense organization has uncovered evidence that the vaccine increases birth defects in children conceived of HPV-vaccinated moms; miscarriages have increased 2000 percent above normal, and girls are experiencing serious reproductive complications, including infertility, at approximately ten-fold above the normal rate. During an interview on the Progressive Radio Network, he noted that there was 10 times greater risk of dying from cervical cancer among Gardasil trial participants compared to the general public. There is a 10-fold increase for ovarian failure, and 1 in 37 girls who receive the vaccine will experience an autoimmune disease after 6 months of receiving the series of injections. When we consider that 1 in 37,000 women have a chance of dying from cervical cancer, it puts HPV vaccines into a completely different light. Sadly, across the nation, politicians from both sides of the aisle in state legislatures, notably Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York, are doing Merck's bidding to mandate Gardasil for all girls and boys upon entering school.    Based upon Kennedy's research and documents received from Freedom of Information Act filings, during Merck's own Gardasil clinical trials, 2.3 percent of girls and women between the ages of 9 through 26 developed a serious autoimmune disease and crippling neurological disorders within seven months of vaccination. Among the 10,700 who received the actual vaccine, 245 (2.3%) had an autoimmune disorder; among the 9,412 who received either an "AAHS Control" -- the aluminum hydrophosphate sulfate adjuvant solution with other ingredients minus the HPV virus vectors, there were 218 (2.3%) life-threatening injuries. The most frequent adverse effects were arthritis and anthropathy, autoimmune thyroiditis, celiac disease, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, Raynaud's Phenomenon, rheumatoid arthritis and uveitis. In other words, it was the aluminum adjuvant responsible for this enormous suffering. He stated during the Progressive Radio Network broadcast that according to Merck's own statistics, girls are one hundred times more likely to experience a serious adverse effect from the vaccine than to be protected from cervical cancer.    In a 2012 article published in the Journal of Law and Medical Ethics, researchers at the University of British Columbia wrote that ever since Gardasil was approved in 2006, Merck has engaged in an "overly aggressive marketing strategies and lobbying campaigns aimed at promoting Gardasil as a mandatory vaccine."  One strategy Merck has employed is to take advantage of FDA loopholes to fast track its drugs. In the case of its expanded Gardasil-9 for adults between the ages of 27 to 45, the company applied for fast tracking two days after the Journal of Toxicological and Environmental Health published a study that the HPV vaccine was lowering the probability of pregnancy for women in their 20s.   Unfortunately, the media has indiscriminately colluded with Merck's scam. Drug companies, according to Kennedy, pay $4.5 billion to the major media networks and publications to promote their drugs. And none of the media outlets are willing to sacrifice their profits for advertising drugs on moral and ethical grounds.    Another scandal erupted within Merck's vaccine business in 2010 after two whistleblowers gave testimony that the mumps' component in its Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine was based on fraudulent data about it's efficacy, and the company knowingly proceeded in order to corner the mumps vaccine market. Merck had been defrauding the US government, which purchases the MMR, for a decade. The government and the two Merck whistleblowers, virologists Stephen Krahling and Joan Wlochowski, filed a lawsuit against Merck for being in violation of the False Claims Act. According to the charges, Merck had "falsified its mumps vaccine test results to hit an efficacy rate of 95 percent. The company achieved this by adding "animal antibodies to a blood sample to give the impression of increased antibodies." This would certainly explain why mumps outbreaks in summer camps and on college campuses are found to occur among those vaccinated.    Merck's has gained enormous political and social influence over the national perception about vaccines.  One example is Merck's behind the scenes aggression against the flim Vaxxed.  When the documentary film was officially selected to screen during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan, we discovered in an earlier report that Merck left its fingerprints on the film's removal and censorship. The Alfred Sloan Foundation is the festival's largest sponsor; pro-vaccine advocate Bill Gates is also a notable contributor. One of the leading persons on the Foundation's board of trustees was Dr. Peter Kim.  Kim happens to be the former president of Merck's Research Laboratories who was directly responsible for the launch of Gardasil and Merck's other vaccines for the Zoster virus and rotavirus. The film presents a harsh indictment against Dr Julie Gerberding, the former head of the CDC who coordinated the cover up of data that confirmed thimerosal's role in the onset of autism. After managing the agency's operations to mine sweep the data and generate new manipulated studies with public funds to suggest thimerosal's safety, Gerberding accepted her reward from the pharmaceutical industry by becoming the head of Merck's vaccine division. In addition, according to the whistleblowing of a senior CDC scientist, Dr. William Thompson, Gerberding was responsible for destroying the CDC's research that showed African American boys were at a substantially higher risk of becoming autistic from Merck's MMR vaccine. Fortunately, Dr. Thompson, who was present during the order to shred documents, saved copies which he subsequently turned over to Congressman Bill Posy and an independent biologist Prof. Brian Hooker. Since then, Congress has failed to hold hearings.    All told, these examples of Merck's culture of greed, deception, political maneuvering and illegal aggression has collectively injured countless people. Merck is a global corporation. Its products, like Monsanto's glyphoste, are marketed globally. To better understand Merck, the company should be perceived foremost as a cash cow for Wall Street. Its prime directive is selling drugs; its history of misdemeanors and criminal activities should indicate the company holds little integrity in its commitment to prevent and treat disease. The full extent of the casualties from Merck's drugs and vaccines may never be properly calculated. For firms such as Merck and Monsanto, injuries and deaths are the necessary collateral damage of getting poorly tested products on the market and as fast as possible. A black box should be slapped on the Merck logo.    What is important at this moment is that many corporations are fast-tracking, without sufficient long-term animal and human clinical trials, Merck is now aggressively making efforts to beat out its competition with a Covid-19 vaccine.  Do we really want to trust such a company with this reputation with a Covid vaccine? Therefore we recommend people to support the efforts of Bobby Kennedy and the Children's Health Defense in its lawsuit against Merck's Gardasil. A victory may well weaken the entire edifice of vaccine pseudoscience and the public will realize that for decades it has been little more than a house of cards.

With everyone today concerned about maintaining a strong immune system, whey protein, which is one of the primary proteins in dairy products—a byproduct in cheese processing—provides significant amounts of essential amino acids to support muscle structure, wound healing, and immune function.According to a 2004 monograph—Whey Proteins and Immunity—from the U.S. Diary Export Council in Arlington, Virginia—“whey proteins are unique in their ability to optimize a number of key aspects of immune function, although the exact mechanisms are not yet fully understood, whey proteins appear to modulate immune function by boosting glutathione (GSH) production in various tissues and preserving the muscle glutamine reservoir.”GSH is the centerpiece of the body’s antioxidant defense system that regulates many aspects of immune function. Muscle glutamine is the essential fuel of the immune system, says the Dairy Export Council.Our immune system—a complex network of cells, organs and molecules—work together to defend the body against foreign microorganisms, such as bacteria, parasites and viruses. It can recognize millions of foreign invaders that trigger an immune response—antigens. This antigen defense involves the recruitment of the B cells and T cells (lymphocytes)—with the T cells remembering how to conquer past invaders, and therefore form the basis of our vaccines.With advanced age, this antigen response may be weakened—immunosenescence—especially if the immune system must contend with diseases such as, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer, while simultaneously being exposed to viruses like the flu.Whey protein, notes the monograph, “is a collective term that encompasses a range of fractions including the major bovine proteins alpha- lactalbumin and beta-lactoglobulin, and minor fractions, such as serum proteins, lactoferrin, immunoglobulins, and tissue growth factors. Individually, these fractions are established immune-enhancing constituents that modulate a range of immune functions.”Whey protein concentrates (WPC) and isolates (WPI) are fast acting—absorption—providing essential amino acids to organs and tissue, especially after intense exercise or stress, as in wound healing or immuno-challenges. Another form is hydrolyzed (acid digest) WPI, which, “increased intracellular GSH by 64% and protected cells from oxidant-induced cell death.” A high concentration of GSH in cells boosts cellular antioxidant defenses that promote carcinogen detoxification.Dietary sources of whey protein include cow’s milk (preferably low fat or skim), goat milk, yogurt, Ricotta cheese, other cheeses, cottage cheese, and whey protein powders, to name a few.There are potential contraindications to whey consumption, according to Mayoclinic.com. Whey protein taken with Albenza, a parasite killing drug, Fosamax to prevent or treat osteoporosis, and certain antibiotics like tetracycline, may affect absorption rates. Best to check with your prescribing physician, as to any medication conflicts.My 5 locally operated GNC franchise locations—designated, as others, by the US Homeland Security Department as essential businesses—are open, offering online ordering for grab and go, along with full access to our sanitized stores. For those who desire product to be shipped, please email spencer@mackienutrition.com with your requests.Check mackieshilstone.com for store locations and hours of operation.

In my interview with the foremost authority on Magnetic Field Therapy, Dr. William Pawluk, we discuss Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMFs) and the benefits to our health, our bones, and osteoporosis.LIMITED TIME FREE ACCESS-->Click Here For Your FREE 7-Day Osteoporosis KickstartEpisode Timeline:4:32  Who is Dr. William Pawluk5:48  What are Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMF)?8:39  Magnetic fields can travel through our bodies and bones. These fields are safe and non-toxic.10:48  With PEMF's, the magnetic fields move in and out of the body, and it's varying in intensity and time. It's dynamic.11:06  Inverse square law. A magnetic field drops off in intensity very rapidly as you move away from the source of the stimulus.11:38  Why all magnetic fields aren't bad. EMF's vs. PEMF. PEMF's don't heat tissues. That's why there is no risk. 15:14  What happens to our cells when we expose them to PEMF's? What benefits come from exposure?18:45  Specifically as it relates to osteoporosis and low bone density how can PEMF help?19:44  PEMF helps heal non-union fractures.22:14  PEMF's decrease osteoclast activity (bone breakdown) and increase osteoblast activity (bone formation)23:44  What do the research and studies say about PEMF therapy and osteoporosis?27:22  Study. PEMF's as effective as Alendronate in treating osteoporosis?29:35 What Dr. Pawluk has found in his clinical practice by tracking patients with osteoporosis who are using PEMF?30:05  PEMF is not a standalone therapy. It's a complement to your other efforts (i.e. nutrition, hormones, etc.)31:38  How do you actually use a PEMF device to reap the benefits?34:03  The higher the intensity the better.36:10  What is the right intensity of PEMF treatment for osteoporosis?36:55  Minimum intensity 70 gauss. 500 gauss is ideal but cost of device may be prohibitive.40:57  Duration and frequency of PEMF therapy for osteoporosis treatment. 30min-1hour 2X day.43:36  Identify the cause of your osteoporosis and whether or not you're actively losing bone before you start treatment.***Resources Mentioned:--->Go to bonecoach.com and claim your FREE 7-Day Osteoporosis Kickstart--->Book your Bone Health Accelerator Session™ Here!Show notes and resources mentioned at bonecoach.com/pemfDr. Pawluk's Website: https://www.drpawluk.com/Dr. Pawluk's post on osteoporosisDr. Pawluk's book: Power Tools For HealthDr. Pawluk's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/DrPawluk/Study: PEMF's promote bone formation and activityStudy: PEMF's on postmenopausal osteoporosisCreditsMusic from https://filmmusic.io "Werq" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)*** What can you do to support your bone health and this podcast?Subscribe. Leave a review. Tell a friend. :) Thank you!

Osteoporosis occurs when the body loses too many bones. It causes the bones to become weak and brittle, resulting in pain even with mild stress to the body. Osteoporosis affects men and women, but older women who are past menopause are at the highest risk because menopause is accompanied by lower estrogen levels. Magnesium deficiency is always associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis. Today we're joined by Kristen Bowen, the founder of Living the Good Life Naturally. They help their clients live a healthier life with handmade magnesium products.  Listen to how Kristen managed to shift her mindset about health and her experience in battling her autoimmune disorder. Tune in to this podcast and listen as we guide you to finding out how powerful proper nutrition and an adequate amount of magnesium are for the body.  Let's go through the discussion points of this episode: (03:53) The three components of transformation for women undergoing menopause (05:24) How nutrition can nourish the soul (07:18) What is an autoimmune disorder? (08:14) Kristen talks about the side effect of the Fosamax medication she took for osteoporosis. (09:24) What happens to the body during osteoporosis (13:26) Sugar cleanse and food emotional triggers. (19:00) Kristen talks about the transition after stopping Fosamax intake. (20:07) Kristen talks about what triggered the change in her bone density and her bladder tie-up and surgery experience. (23:10) Oral magnesium was introduced to Kristen after her immense weight loss and seizures after the surgery. (28:52) What is cortisol? (30:48) What is bone broth? (32:37) Soaking in magnesium and magnesium RBC test. (36:03) How magnesium became a game-changer for Kristen's condition. (38:52) Where do people get magnesium chloride? (40:28) Explaining the magnesium RBC blood test; what is the normal level of blood serum? (42:32) The link between nutrition and depression. (50:07) Difference between drinking smoothies and eating vegetables. (56:14) Motivation comes from action. That's it for today's episode. I hope you learned a lot about how you can battle bone pains such as osteoporosis with the proper diet, magnesium uptake, and the correct surgical process. You can reach Kristen and buy magnesium and other magnesium-boosted products on her website, Living The Good Life Naturally.  Kristen has kindly offered 10% off magnesium products to listeners of this podcast, simply enter code ‘DrG' at checkout!  Books mentioned in this episode: Deep Nutrition by Cate Shanahan. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy. For more help and guidance on healthy living in your menopause years, check my website. Join our Facebook community at Menopause Movement With Dr Michelle Gordon. Follow me on Facebook at Dr Michelle Gordon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Osteoporosis occurs when the body loses too many bones. It causes the bones to become weak and brittle, resulting in pain even with mild stress to the body. Osteoporosis affects men and women, but older women who are past menopause are at the highest risk because menopause is accompanied by lower estrogen levels. Magnesium deficiency is always associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis. Today we're joined by Kristen Bowen, the founder of Living the Good Life Naturally. They help their clients live a healthier life with handmade magnesium products.  Listen to how Kristen managed to shift her mindset about health and her experience in battling her autoimmune disorder. Tune in to this podcast and listen as we guide you to finding out how powerful proper nutrition and an adequate amount of magnesium are for the body.  Let's go through the discussion points of this episode: (03:53) The three components of transformation for women undergoing menopause (05:24) How nutrition can nourish the soul (07:18) What is an autoimmune disorder? (08:14) Kristen talks about the side effect of the Fosamax medication she took for osteoporosis. (09:24) What happens to the body during osteoporosis (13:26) Sugar cleanse and food emotional triggers. (19:00) Kristen talks about the transition after stopping Fosamax intake. (20:07) Kristen talks about what triggered the change in her bone density and her bladder tie-up and surgery experience. (23:10) Oral magnesium was introduced to Kristen after her immense weight loss and seizures after the surgery. (28:52) What is cortisol? (30:48) What is bone broth? (32:37) Soaking in magnesium and magnesium RBC test. (36:03) How magnesium became a game-changer for Kristen's condition. (38:52) Where do people get magnesium chloride? (40:28) Explaining the magnesium RBC blood test; what is the normal level of blood serum? (42:32) The link between nutrition and depression. (50:07) Difference between drinking smoothies and eating vegetables. (56:14) Motivation comes from action. That's it for today's episode. I hope you learned a lot about how you can battle bone pains such as osteoporosis with the proper diet, magnesium uptake, and the correct surgical process. You can reach Kristen and buy magnesium and other magnesium-boosted products on her website, Living The Good Life Naturally.  For more help and guidance on healthy living in your menopause years, check my website. Join our Facebook community at Menopause Movement With Dr Michelle Gordon. Follow me on Facebook at Dr Michelle Gordon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thank you for joining us for our 2nd Cabral HouseCall of the weekend! I’m looking forward to sharing with you some of our community’s questions that have come in over the past few weeks… Let’s get started! Lauren: Hi Dr Cabral, First, thank you! You continue to help me daily! This question is for my sister. She is 32 and after doing a month of whole 30 she found out she has a mild case of crohns in the tail of small intestine. She only got ct scan and colonoscopy with biopsy. The gastro told her to take lialda 1.2 (2tablets a day) and budesonide 3mg (3times a day) for two weeks while she is overseas and then come in to discuss treatment. I am very anti this as the doctor never discussed why she has all this inflammation in the first place. For background she also found out she had HSV-2 3 years ago right after she randomly got shingles. for the HSV2, she takes valtrex as she thinks its the only way. She has also been on birth control for 15 years. I believe since she started Valtrex, her stomach has been in shambles and her hair appears to be thinning. The doctor took her blood work and said everything seems 'fine' but she has elevated testosterone. First, Can you please recommend what she should do for crohns as well as what foods she should eat/avoid .. I want her to see a nutritionist to see what she can eat and/or a functional doctor or better yet you despite living in NY, to test for food sensitivities, organic acid test, heavy metals, thyroid etc. Secondly, can you please recommend the absolute necessary testing she should get done and how she can go about NOT taking these harsh treatment drugs doctors typically prescribe. I have a feeling her immune system already is poor and those treatments will make it worse and lead to later bigger problems. Third, could the valtrx and birth control and HSV2 in general be something causing the crohns? I want her off those medicines but I figured she may respond better to you rather than me telling her! Thanks in advance!! I really want to help her as she is overwhelmed and needs direction on what exactly to do/eat etc. Lori: Hi Dr. Cabral. I’m so glad I found your podcast. I tell everyone about it and love passing on information to them that I think will help them - I have a question about my loud stomach. My stomach seems extremely loud after I eat, but there’s even times when I haven’t eaten anything and it is still making gurgling noises. I drink a smoothie every morning using your daily nutritional support, and I just ordered the fruit and vegetable blend. I tried using the probiotic in the daily protocol but it made me so bloated and uncomfortable that I stopped taking it. My diet is okay. It could be better but I don’t eat red meat, have occasional chicken, and eat mostly fish. I don’t eat a lot of processed food, and I do some form of exercise every day, either rowing, elliptical, weights or yoga (my favorite). I also try to meditate daily. I do get heatburn and maybe 5 years ago I was put on Zantac every day. I went off after a year or two because I felt I didn’t need it anymore. Ironically, I was put on high blood pressure meds a few years ago even though I am not overweight and have no other risks factors other than high bp readings at dr.’s office. I’m 5’7”, 135, workout daily, limit salt, no red meat. In your podcast 108, it said low stomach acid could be a cause. I monitored my bp for one month at home and had very good readings. I brought that info to my pcp and he said I could possibly stop, which I did. I’ve been monitoring and am having good readings. It’s been almost 4 months that I’ve been off all medication, not even over the counter Tylenol. I’m wondering if you think my loud stomach is because of an overgrowth and should I give the probiotics another try? It really made me very bloated and it was very uncomfortable. Thank you for your help. I look forward to hearing what you think I should do. Deb: Dr. Cabral, I am a new 'convert' to your wealth of health insights thanks to friend Lisa. I am 68 female with Hashimoto's who has osteoporosis in both hips and osteopenia in spine. I have resisted taking any of the bisphosphonates or Prolia in the 15+ years I've experienced bone loss due to all the side effects. I eat healthy mostly Mediterranean diet (and no gluten, soy, or GMOs, eat organic 90%) and focus on exercises that will strength butt muscles and take 'all the right supplements.' A functional medicine osteoporosis expert proposes (while not a fan particularly) I take Prolia for 1 year and follow it up with a year on Fosamax reasoning that Prolia DOES build bone BUT if you stop it you are at greater risk of fracture. My integrative PCP is proposing Prolia and does not like bisphosphonates. What is your advice please? Sarah: Hi Dr. Cabral, I recently got introduced to your podcast through your interview on Jay Ferruggia's podcast and I've been tuning in often to your podcast ever since! I've also been sharing it with my friends and colleagues and family members when I hear something on your podcast that might help them! So thankful for your insights and simple, straight-forward approach to healing. Over the last year I worked with a nutritionist in the Ottawa, Canada area (I also got him hooked to your podcast). Together we identified many food sensitivities (through electrodermal testing) and I changed my diet and approach to food drastically since then. (I'm trying to get my family on board but that has been a bit more challenging. But that is a topic for another day!) I saw immediate and ongoing amazing results. I am 5'4", athletic body type although small, and when I was a teenager weighed around 105-110 lbs), but after my 2nd child I kept gaining weight and couldn't lose it even though I kept increasing my exercise and work-outs and considered myself to eat very healthy. I had reached over 130 lbs, felt tired all the time, and was experiencing early signs of depression. Removing the foods I was sensitive to, I lost 18 lbs in around 3 months, and I recently lost that last stubborn 5 lbs after a bout of the flu (I am now back to 108-110lbs!). I have more energy and more zest for life, etc. Among my food sensitivities are the usual culprits but also a curious list of fruits and vegetables: gluten, oatmeal, corn, soy, dairy, pork, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, zucchinis, all legumes, papayas, mangos, kiwis, bananas, coconut products (except oil), sesame oil and seeds, garlic, food additives and stevia, etc. But I still experience frequent bloating and gas and sometimes constipation after having a "cheat meal" no matter how small the "cheat" ingredient is (which is on my food sensitivity list). The funny thing also is that my food sensitivities seem to change every few months. I also still struggle with psoriasis on my scalp - that has not gone away (had it for nearly 10 years now) and still is itchy even after 14 months of being on my program. I recently eliminated caffeinated coffee (still have decaf) and alcohol but this didn't seem to do anything. I have sugar maybe once a week in a larger amount, usually it is a teaspoon or less per day. I eat vegetables and protein every meal (usually meat protein since I can't do legumes) and do starch for lunch and dinner. I recently stopped eating between dinner and bedtime (and changed my bedtime routine based on your diurnal rhythms podcast episode. I go to bed close to 10pm and I naturally wake up close to 6am sometimes before. Whereas before I was so tired no matter how late I slept in!) I take magnesium glutamate (2 capsules before bed), a Vit B12 supplement (bought at pharmacy, Jamieson brand - my physician had identified low B12 levels through blood work before I started my diet change), and a Vit D3 supplement (also bought at pharmacy). I also take a probiotic capsule every day (mix of bifido and lacto) that my nutritionist gave me specifically for IBD-type of symptoms. I take the odd digestive enzyme before a cheat meal, and during periods of more cheating (e.g. holidays) I take glutamine powder every day. Wondering if you have any specific recommendations on how to figure out the problem around my digestion and my psoriasis (I suspect they are related). I listened to your previous podcasts on psoriasis and also on food sensitivities and digestion related. However, I am not clear what is the best protocol to start with: candida yeast overgrowth protocol, or the detox, and should I do the 7 or 14 or 21 day detox? and then what? (weight loss is not my goal). And, based on my body type, should I be eating a different proportion of macro nutrients? Also, my nutritionist's method did not identify the severity of food sensitivities, so I don't have a good sense for which foods to really remove completely and which ones are ok to cheat once in a while (other than dairy and gluten, they give me constipation for 3 days).Lent has started so this is a perfect opportunity to reset my body and my mind! Look forward to your suggestions. thank you so much. Thank you for tuning into this weekend’s Cabral HouseCalls and be sure to check back tomorrow for our Mindset & Motivation Monday show to get your week started off right! - - - Show Notes & Resources: http://StephenCabral.com/821 - - - Get Your Question Answered: http://StephenCabral.com/askcabral  

A low reading on a bone density scan does not equal a Fosamax deficiency. Healthy bones aren’t hard, they are rigid living tissue, but they also have a certain amount of flexibility. They designed to bend and absorb shock and stress, and in fact one of the ways that bones become stronger is by challenging and surprising them. We have all heard that exercise and movement is good for the bones. But specifically what kinds of exercise, and which movements are helpful? Our guest in this episode took on the challenge of finding out how to live and move your way into healthy bones after a diagnosis of osteoporosis before the age of 30. There are many ways to naturally use movement to strengthen the bones. And there are a lot of movements that you might not even consider as being beneficial, as they seem so simple. But the bones like to be surprised! And they like it when we give them a varied diet of motion and challenge. Listen in and learn how not only to improve the health of your bones, but inhabit a more capable and resilient body.

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In a recent decision, the Third Circuit held that hundreds of state-law claims alleging that bone fractures were caused by an osteoporosis medication were not preempted by federal law. While defendants argued, and the district court agreed, that the record showed that the FDA would not have approved stronger warnings in the product labeling, the Third Circuit concluded that the record raised factual issues that should go to a jury. In doing so, the court rejected defendants’ contention that preemption was a purely legal issue for the court to decide and suggested that the evidence must show that there was a “high probability” that the FDA would have rejected stronger labeling in order to invoke preemption. Was the appellate court correct? How does its decision fit with other recent preemption cases? Jay Lefkowitz and Doug Smith joined us to discuss these and other issues relating to the court’s decision. -- Featuring: Jay P. Lefkowitz, P.C., Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Douglas G. Smith, P.C., Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

I discuss the dangers of the infamous bone deteriorating osteoporosis drug, Fosamax. I also dust the dangers of the pancreatitis/cancer causing Type-2 Diabetes medications Januvia, Janumet, Byetta, and Victoza.

I discuss the dangers of the infamous bone deteriorating osteoporosis drug, Fosamax. I also dust the dangers of the pancreatitis/cancer causing Type-2 Diabetes medications Januvia, Janumet, Byetta, and Victoza.

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Huge advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis (and its new cousin, osteopenia) in recent years, but they are not without controversy and side effects.  Guests: Medicine Information Insititute President Dr. Jim Rybacki (author The Essential Guide To Prescription Drugs); Dr. John Cannell (executive director of the Vitamin D Council); Dr. Kim Millman (director of The Millman Institute); nutritionist Mira Calton (recovered from advanced osteoporosis at age 30 through micronutrients) with Dr. Jayson Calton of Calton Nutrition; Lisa Anniston, research director for aprovenproduct.com); and osteoporosis prevention coach Irma Jennings, founder of Food For Healthy Bones.

Fosamax has been linked with Osteonecrosis of the Jawbone. Osteonecrosis refers to death of a bone; the bone tissue rots and dies due to lack of blood supply. In Osteonecrosis of the Jawbone, parts of the jaw bone rot and may fail to heal following oral surgery or dental work. Patients taking Fosamax are at a higher risk for developing Osteonecrosis of the Jawbone. Did you or a loved one suffer side effects while taking Fosamax? If so, you have legal rights. Women taking Fosamax or who took it in the past are urged to contact Mark & Associates P.C. today for a FREE legal consultation. In many cases, our defective drug lawyers are able to win compensation for patients who suffered complications such as Osteonecrosis of the Jaw as a result of taking the osteoporosis drug. Mark & Associates P.C. takes NO legal fees whatsoever unless we win or settle your Fosamax case. Call 1-866-50-RIGHTS (1-866-507-4448) to speak with a lawyer today, or fill out our case review form on youhaverights.com and someone will contact you.

Fosamax has been linked with Osteonecrosis of the Jawbone. Osteonecrosis refers to death of a bone; the bone tissue rots and dies due to lack of blood supply. In Osteonecrosis of the Jawbone, parts of the jaw bone rot and may fail to heal following oral surgery or dental work. Patients taking Fosamax are at a higher risk for developing Osteonecrosis of the Jawbone. Did you or a loved one suffer side effects while taking Fosamax? If so, you have legal rights. Women taking Fosamax or who took it in the past are urged to contact Mark & Associates P.C. today for a FREE legal consultation. In many cases, our defective drug lawyers are able to win compensation for patients who suffered complications such as Osteonecrosis of the Jaw as a result of taking the osteoporosis drug. Mark & Associates P.C. takes NO legal fees whatsoever unless we win or settle your Fosamax case. Call 1-866-50-RIGHTS (1-866-507-4448) to speak with a lawyer today, or fill out our case review form on youhaverights.com and someone will contact you.

On this edition of Coast to Coast, find out more about personal injury lawsuits and class actions being filed against Merck by women who took the drug, Fosamax. Many now suffer severe medical and dental problems. Co-hosts & Attorneys J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi explore what's going on with Fosamax with the lawyer taking the lead nationwide in Fosamax litigation - Attorney Tim O'Brien at the firm of Levin, Papantonio,Thomas, Mitchell, Ecshner & Proctor in Pensacola.

We discuss osteoporosis, which will ultimately impact one out of every two women and one out of five men in America.  Find out what you can do to improve the health of your bones.  A separate study raises a red flag about a potential side effect of the drug Fosamax, which millions of women are taking to help prevent or treat osteoporosis.    What about generic drugs?  Are they something the Dr. Cooper recommends?    No phone calls taken.