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  • Hot on the heels of a landmark decision from a US court that fluoride poses an “unreasonable” health risk to children, comes a new review from the Cochrane Library. The authors of the review conclude that there is no longer sufficient evidence to support the continued fluoridation of water to prevent dental caries in children
  • Having been told it was safe by health authorities, people switched from smoking to vaping. Now, new research, published in Lancet Public Health suggests that around one million adults in England, that have never smoked, now vape. Numbers have grown exponentially between 2021-2024, coinciding with the introduction of disposable vapes, largely driven by young adults. There is no long-term data on the health harms of vaping but more and more research is showing it’s potentially as harmful, if not more so, than smoking.

>>> Vapour Obscura – new truths about the risks of vaping

  • Vaping causes as much damage to young people’s lungs as smoking according to new research presented at the European Respiratory Society’s (ERS) recent Congress. The research raises yet more serious doubts about health authorities claims that it’s a safe alternative to smoking, which according to the 2015 editorial in The Lancet, is based on extremely shaky ground
  • New proposals from the UK’s National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) could see weight-loss injections prescribed on the NHS as rates of obesity continue to soar. The groundwork for making obesity an accepted disease designation is laid out in a new study undertaken for the Subcommittee on Public Health (SANTE), as the EU tries to stem the rising tide of obesity-related chronic disease
  • Approvals of lab-grown foods in the UK has taken a step closer to being fast-tracked. The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been awarded £1.6 million to develop a sandbox programme to help companies build their case for approval and guide them through
  • The power of sound to heal is underpinned in a recent paper published in European Psychiatry. Chronic pain patients, dealing with insomnia, listened to a specially designed soundtrack using tuning forks over a 6-week period. Participants reported improvement in their sleep, a reduction in levels of anxiety, depression and pain, with no reported side effects
  • A top US scientist from the National Institutes of Health has been found guilty of research misconduct. Dr Eliezer Masliah is accused of falsifying images in key papers, throwing the neuroscience research community into disarray as many of Masliah's studies underpin drug development programmes
  • An intensive diet and lifestyle programme is offering hope for slowing the progression of early-stage Alzheimer’s. The small randomised control study, published in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, led by Dr Dean Ornish, used a vegan diet with regular exercise, stress management and relaxation techniques along with a robust supplement programme. The intervention resulted in improvements in cognition and function and other relevant biomarkers in the intervention group compared to the control group.

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ANH-USA update

  • PFAS chemicals continue to spread across the environment whilst the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) twiddles its fingers and collects data to help it decide just how dangerous they are and what they should do. Help us call for a complete ban on these highly toxic chemicals
  • A US court handed a momentous victory to anti-fluoride campaigners as it ruled that fluoridation of water poses an unreasonable risk to children’s health. It’s now up to the EPA to respond with appropriate regulatory measures. We’ll be monitoring the EPA’s next steps and keeping you updated. Find out more...
  • ANH-USA’s General Counsel, Johnathan Emord, delivered a powerful keynote address at the recent Health Freedom Expo, held in Indiana. The event brought together advocates for natural health to discuss the critical issues impacting individual rights to choose how we look after our health. Read more about Emord’s presentation and panel discussion on the day.

Covid related Update

  • French scientist, Didier Raoult, is making headlines again as the French Medical Council hands down a punishment for daring to conduct an 'unauthorised' study on the use of hydroxychloroquine for covid patients. Initially he was effectively given a slap on the wrist but now, in the interests of making an example of him to others, he’s been banned from practising medicine for a two year period from February 2025. The additional punishment was instigated following a complaint made by a Maths Professor, Guillaume Limousin, who is now boasting about his achievement on X
  • Pathologist, Dr Clare Craig, comments on the most recent Pfizer safety report, which shows a massive safety signal related to cardiovascular issue. Pfizer admits in the documents that there is a signal in one of the databases but also suggests there is a plan to make it disappear.

 

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