It’s been a confusing couple of weeks for lovers of red wine and longevity. On March 8, Science published a paper demonstrating the mechanism by which certain molecules activate a family of proteins called sirtuins, which are thought to be responsible for some of the benefits of caloric restriction. (Those would include improved metabolism, resistance [...]

Visit the Mercola Video Library By Barbara Loe Fisher It’s that time of the year again when drug companies, doctors, government officials and media conduct a national advertising campaign to sell flu shots to every American.1, 2, 3 You can’t pass by a pharmacy,4 enter a supermarket,5shop in a “big box” store6 or catch a plane7 without seeing the “flu shots [...]

Certain foods and environmental influences can keep the immune system army from doing a good job. Watch out for these threats to your body’s defenses. 1. Lack of exercise During moderate exercising, blood flow increases which promotes the process of expelling toxic waste out of your body. The improved blood circulation also promotes circulation of [...]

Skin cancer is 100% curable and that is a fact, but Big Pharma doesn’t want you to know about it! DISCLAIMER: this video is for information purposes only and is not medical advice. Do go see your doctor if you have concerns about your health, but be sure to make informed decisions about your care. [...]

By Dr. Mercola In the UK, organic food sales have been falling since 2008. The featured commentary1 discusses whether organic is going “out of style,” or if people’s tastes and reasoning for going organic are simply changing. “Sales of organic products have been falling since the credit crunch first bit in late 2008. But thrift alone [...]

PRESCRIPTION methadone is traded for street heroin leaving hundreds like teenager Danielle Scott dead. Danielle Scott was one of many killed by methadone DRUG addicts are selling NHS methadone to buy the heroin it’s meant to wean them off. Hundreds have died taking methadone sold by addicts in a taxpayer-funded cycle of misery. Victims include [...]

By Dr. Mercola Ellen Brown is a civil litigation attorney who has written 11 books on health and the politics of health, including the Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System (which focuses on the money and banking system itself), and Forbidden Medicine, which traces the suppression of natural health treatment back to the corrupting [...]

On May 7, 2012, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was joined by U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia Tim Heaphy, and other federal agencies to announce the $1.5 billion settlement with Abbott Labs for the off-label marketing of its drug Depakote. Here, AG Cuccinelli discusses the cooperative investigation [...]

“I say this in all earnestness and sincerity of a scientist who has spent nearly 20 years research into the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and pathology of fluorides. Any person who drinks artificially fluoridated water for a period of one year or more will never again be the same person.” Charles E. Perkins, research scientist with [...]

In Janssen’s own clinical trials, 43 children developed the abnormal breasts A drug used to treat ADHD children is causing concern in the United States. It is called Risperdal and it is supposed to be used primarily for adults with sever psychological problems. But last year it was prescribed more than 6.5 million times. The [...]