On February 13, 2007 the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations opened hearings lambasting the FDA regarding the safety of drugs. The opening statement by Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) set the tone, “It is clear … that the FDA is badly broken. I expect that before we finish this investigation, which is just...

Thursday, September 8, 2011, is the national call in day to members of Congress to protest the draconian FDA NDI regulations for dietary supplements, regulations that will retroactively remove many dietary supplement ingredients from the market – while driving up prices. This is a very serious issue. A grassroots call-in campaign has been organized for...

Critics of the FDA and Big Pharma have for years complained that the FDA stifles needed health warnings so as to allow pharmaceutical companies to gain market share and profits at the expense of human health. This is certainly the case with antidepressants, ADHD drugs, and atypical antipsychotics. A classic example of this problem has come to light as...

In the face of overwhelming evidence that the diabetes drug Avandia causes heart attacks, the lead-footed FDA finally removed the dangerous drug from most of the U.S. market while European health officials totally removed it from the market. By leaving it on the market as a diabetes drug of last resort in the U.S. the FDA was seeking to throw...

Magnesium and vitamin B1 work together for health.

Mitochondrial damage is something that consumers need to be aware of. Many age-related and seemingly unrelated disorders occur as a result of cumulative damage to mitochondria. Unfortunately, the list of medications damaging mitochondria function continues to expand. Are your medications damaging your mitochondria and putting your health at risk?

Obesity is associated with sensorineural hearing loss in adolescents.

Markers of inflammatory status are associated with hearing threshold in older people: findings from the Hertfordshire Ageing Study.

Relationship of Type 2 diabetes to the prevalence, incidence and progression of age-related hearing loss.

Influence of lecithin on mitochondrial DNA and age-related hearing loss.

Age-related hearing loss in C57BL/6J mice is mediated by Bak-dependent mitochondrial apoptosis.

A combination antioxidant therapy prevents age-related hearing loss in C57BL/6 mice.