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Natural alternatives to OTC drugs for your survival medicine cabinet

August 09, 2023 -

It is worth noting that there are natural alternatives to OTC drugs when SHTF events disrupt their availability. Explore some of the key options you can stockpile.Analgesics

Affordable and available in every pharmacy, acetaminophen, ibuprofen and aspirin are OTC analgesics that relieve minor pain from headaches, muscle aches, toothaches and menstrual cramps and reduce fever as well. Ibuprofen and aspirin are both classified as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)....

Plastic bags four times better for environment than “green” paper bag alternatives, study finds

7 days ago -

New research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology reveals that in 15 out of 16 applications of plastic covering 90 percent of global volume, non-plastic alternatives actually produced more greenhouses gases than plastic otherwise would.

"And not just more, but significantly more," writes Chris Morrison for The Daily Sceptic.

"Over their lifetime cycle, paper bag substitutes produce at least four times more GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions than their ...

This science-backed NATURAL ANTIBIOTIC cocktail is known to help fight off infections

February 14, 2024 -

Here is an example of a natural remedy that can be of great help to you all year round. Science has proven that the four natural antibiotics that make up this now-viral remedy can offer sufficient protection against common infections.The power of ginger, honey, turmeric and vanilla as natural antibiotics

The miracle remedy shared by TikTok star Armen Adamjan of "creative explained" – a concoction made of ginger, turmeric, honey and vanilla – has been hailed as the "most ...

Study: Air pollution could be linked to antibiotic resistance and infectious bacterial diseases

August 10, 2023 -

Details of the study were published in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health. Antibiotic resistance and air pollution

With the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the whole world experienced the terrifying potential of new diseases to infect many people. The role that environmental changes play in worsening new diseases also became clear.

While research about the links between these factors is still ongoing, findings from recent studies suggest that there ...

Squeaky clean and green: Use non-toxic alternatives to avoid toxic chemicals in commercial cleaning products

2 months ago -

After all, maintaining cleanliness at home doesn't just help protect against external threats like infections and diseases, it also helps support your overall well-being. (h/t to Lung.org)Commercial cleaning products often contain harmful chemicals

While cleaning products and disinfectants are useful and effective, it is best to avoid commercial products because many commercial cleaning supplies sold in stores can cause adverse effects, such as eye and throat irritation....

Antibiotic contamination of U.S. food supply increasing as Big Pharma pushes more drugs for animals

2 months ago -

Believe it or not, most antibiotics sold in the United States are administered to livestock used in the meat industry. And they are typically given to healthy animals for purposes other than treating sickness – this includes for prophylactic and growth promotion purposes.

As of 2020, upwards of 69 percent of the U.S. antibiotic supply is found in meat that people and other animals eat for sustenance. Since the drugs often persist in meat tissue, many people are thus consuming ...

Entire hospital ICU in China gets completely overtaken by antibiotic-resistant superbugs, putting patients at serious risk

May 11, 2023 -

British researchers recently reported on a hospital in Hangzhou, China, that became completely overrun with a particularly virulent antibiotic-resistant "superbug" that ended up infecting one in three patients.

Known as carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, or CRAB, the superbug in question found its way into the hospital's intensive care unit (ICU). From there, it spread through HVAC ventilation ducts, plumbing, and shared equipment, infecting both patients and ...

Shortage of ANTIBIOTICS could worsen SYPHILIS epidemic in the U.S.

July 12, 2023 -

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced in a June 12 letter that the long-acting injectable antibiotic Bicillin L-A, formally penicillin G benzathine, currently has low supply. The same problem also applied to another kind of antibiotic called penicillin G procaine.

According to the company, the shortages were caused by a significant increase in demand triggered by the rising rate of syphilis infections. Bicillin's recent use as an alternative to the more common amoxicillin ...

UN report warns that SUPERBUGS could kill up to 10M people each year by 2050

August 03, 2023 -

The UN Environment Program (UNEP) sounded the alarm about superbugs in a report, adding that antimicrobial resistance – an umbrella term for bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that are evolving to evade our medicines – could be responsible for an additional 10 million deaths each year by 2050.

Drug-resistant infections already directly kill millions of people around the world. In the U.S., more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections are reported each ...

The ANTIBACTERIAL potency of honey: A natural alternative to prescription antibiotics

September 26, 2023 -

The medicinal importance of honey is documented in the world’s oldest medical literature. It is known for its potent antimicrobial properties.Inherent characteristics of antibacterial honey

According to studies published in the Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences and the journal Antibiotics, various honey components contribute to the antibacterial efficacy of honey. The following elements are present at different concentrations, depending on the bee type, source of ...

Recommended antibiotics are shockingly ineffective for common childhood illnesses, study finds

November 03, 2023 -

In the study, which was published in The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, researchers from the University of Sydney looked at the resistance rates among kids in 11 countries from 2011 to 2021. They examined antibiotics recommended by the World Health Organization’s most recent guidelines on antibiotic usage. They found that many of those recommended by the WHO to treat common infections such as meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia had efficacy rates of less than 50 percent....

MILLIONS die every year from superbug infections because the medical establishment won’t dare talk about CHLORINE DIOXIDE, which kills superbugs

August 04, 2023 -

Now one of the leading causes of death in America, superbugs have captured the attention of scientists who say they have no idea what to do about them, even though there are natural solutions that the establishment ignores.

(Related: Check out our recent coverage about how chlorine dioxide is a powerful remedy against MRSA and other hospital superbugs.)

"That resistance out there is actually now one of the leading causes of death in the world," says Dr. Chris Murray, ...

ALARM as more than 30,000 Europeans die annually from SUPERBUGS triggered by pharmaceutical overuse and abuse

November 29, 2023 -

Researchers estimate that anywhere between 31,000 and 39,000 Europeans succumb to death by superbugs, often due to overdependence on and abuse of pharmaceutical antibiotics, which are a leading cause of superbugs.

Antibiotic overuse both in human and veterinary medicine has caused deadly bacteria to become "smarter," effectively outsmarting even the most advanced antibiotics designed to destroy them.

The hardest-hit countries, according to data compiled by statistician ...

What they don’t want you to know about lab-grown meat

June 14, 2023 -

(Article by Dr. Joseph Mercola republished from TakeControl.Substack.com)

While the fake meat industry is being touted as an environmentally friendly and sustainable way to feed the world, the true intent is to recreate the kind of global control that Monsanto and others achieved through patented GMO seed development.

In the end, lab-created meats are worse for the environment than livestock and will undoubtedly deteriorate human health ...

Gays and other “love is love” LGBTs are creating and spreading drug-resistant diseases like SYPHILIS and CHLAMYDIA

October 08, 2023 -

According to the latest data, there has been a 74 percent increase in syphilis cases over the past five years, including 2,800 new cases of congenital syphilis in 2021 alone. That same year, 220 infants died from exposure to the LGBT-spread disease, even though these precious babes did nothing to warrant contracting it except that they were somehow exposed to the "love is love" crowd.

Chlamydia rates are also off the charts, having reached their highest levels since ...

FDA: Basic antibiotics shortage ongoing since Q4 last year, some medicines to completely run out by end of June

June 23, 2023 -

The FDA cited amoxicillin, a common antibiotic used to treat a broad range of conditions, to be short in supply. As per the agency, the antibiotic's oral solution was in its drug shortage database, which relies on reports from manufacturers. The oral solution is an anti-infective used with pediatric patients.

And just recently, Big Pharma company Pfizer announced that several types of penicillin will completely run out later this year. Penicillin, a beta-lactam antibiotic, ...

Hungry and angry: “Hangry” bacteria could be spreading toxins that make you sick

May 12, 2023 -

The research was conducted by scientists from the University of North Carolina (UNC) and published in the journal Nature Microbiology.Some cells in a bacterial community can cause illness

Adam Rosenthal, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UNC, and his colleagues from Harvard University, Princeton University and Danisco Animal Nutrition discovered that "genetically identical cells within a bacterial community have different functions....

Plant-based fast foods NO HEALTHIER than their regular counterparts, study reveals

January 15, 2024 -

According to a paper published in the journal Nutrition, there were "no clear health benefits of ordering plant-based servings instead of meat options."

The team of researchers from the Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS) in Poland collected more than 2,400 meal records from 50 fast food chains in five countries – Poland, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. They collected specific information on allergens, calorie count, fiber, macronutrients ...

Brave search engine officially cuts ties with Bing, wants nothing to do with Big Tech

May 04, 2023 -

As part of an effort to stop relying on any technology solutions controlled by what has come to be known as Big Tech, Brave Search will instead use its own solutions exclusively to ensure users are given full and accurate search results, no matter the topic or query.

"By default, Brave Search users will now receive 100% of results from the Brave Index, giving users fully independent results," Brave announced in a blog post. "As always, our results will preserve user privacy....

GlaxoSmithKline is pulling a longstanding, life-saving asthma inhaler from the market, putting asthmatic children at risk

January 07, 2024 -

Starting on January 1, 2024, GSK will discontinue making its asthma inhaler, Flovent HFA, and their inhalation powder, Flovent Diskus. Flovent has been the most commonly used inhaler medication over the past twenty-five years. Flovent is also the most commonly prescribed treatment for children who suffer from a chronic allergic inflammatory condition of the esophagus called EoE. Doctors are worried that dwindling supplies of Flovent will have serious consequences for asthmatic ...