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…rise in breast cancer included exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals, pesticides, household cleaning products, personal care products, and some pharmaceuticals. Other known risk factors include the use of oral…

…NVIC, people at high risk for getting hepatitis B disease (which is transmitted by coming into direct contact with an infected person’s body fluids) are IV drug users, prostitutes, prisoners,…

…priming them for asthma attacks. Consider cranking these facts into the medical intervention risk/benefit equation for your child. The use of antibiotics in very young children, particularly during the first…

…flood of evidence in the medical literature saying this just isn’t so? Midwife-attended births for low to moderate risk pregnancies (the majority of pregnancies), whether in the home or in…

…concludes that the schedule of 20 vaccines before the age of two does not increase a child’s risk of contracting type 1 Diabetes, it is inconclusive as to whether the…

…find if children were at risk of being over-medicated. The recent Melbourne (Australia) study found more than half of all primary school children take some sort of medication at least…

…healthcare benefits but was instead a throw back to the 1960’s rhetoric that preceded the Wilk’s decision. In 1969 Ralph Lee Smith produced a book entitled “At Your Own Risk,”…

…No matter that birthing has always been an inherently low risk, completely normal and natural human process for at least nine out of ten pregnancies. No matter that midwives have…

…against smallpox. Many doctors and nurses have refused to participate saying the risks outweigh the benefits. For months we heard that the risks were about as follows… “For every 1…

…who were taking vitamin E. Incredibly, those who were 65 and over, women who are statistically at greater risk of heart attacks, saw death rates drop an amazing 49 percent,…

…sign-in sheet or nursing station whiteboard. The HIPAA Privacy Rule is not intended to impede these customary and essential communications and practices and, thus, does not require that all risk…

…increasing their risk of developing kidney failure. According to a new study, the pain reliever ibuprofen apparently blocks the heart protecting effects of aspirin. This may have major implications for…

…life? – sadly, no, many reports indicate there is no correlation between Early Detection and greater life extension – so is there any success addressing risks and prevention… 4) 80%…

…used in the process. No one should minimize the potential for injury, secondary infection and related complications that attend the administration of the injections process. Those risks are obviously proportional,…

…significant health risks involved with taking the drug. Those health risks include, but are not limited to: rapid heart beat, high blood pressure, unusual or irregular heart beat (arrhythmia), heart…

…Needed to Know if Risk Is Real.” The article focuses on research done in Italy regarding the Hepatitis B Vaccine and suggests that “children who get the hepatitis B vaccine…

…trying to change the very nature of the profession, and in the process minimizing the profession’s unique role in health care and possibly placing the public at risk. Founded as…

…immunization campaign using the MMR vaccine in a city in Brazil, had resulted in an outbreak of aseptic meningitis following the mass campaign. The report found that “An elevated risk…

…junkie and copious amounts of reading about risk/reward ratios for birth led me to seek a natural birth with my first child. When things went poorly in the hospital, I…

…children are more at risk for measles and pertussis than vaccinated children. (Abstract available by clicking here.) They went on to claim that “exemptors” put the public at risk because…

…Risk of Back Pain: Study Anthrax Drugs Pose Superbug Threat More news on the risks of taking antibiotics in our already over drugged society. MSNBC: Anthrax drugs pose superbug threat…

…companies accountable for failing to appropriately test and improve vaccines they sell to the public so that health risks from using the product can be eliminated or at least significantly…

…of time and not be at risk of suddenly putting the weight back on again. Not to mention the risks and side effects associated with taking weight loss drugs. Just…

…best choices for you. It doesn’t hurt to be well-informed and aware of all viewpoints. Search through Google News for flu shot benefits and flu shot risks throughout the 2007…

…U.S. While according to the article, the risk is small, it was stated that “the greatest risks for Americans ‘in addition to a tainted blood supply’ come from vaccines and…

…for this condition, the drugs are not needed. Not only are they not needed, but antibiotic overuse poses grave risks to society. According to an ABC News article, an infectious…

…be advised of the risks of cholesterol lowering drugs, which are understandably downplayed by drug companies who racked up sales of $22 billion in 2005 for statin drugs. Cholesterol is…

…allowed to question vaccine utilization. Liability issues, boards of medical examiners and the policies of HMOs govern the doctors’ recommendations. Step outside this set of rules, and they risk their…