Dr. John Abramson, a clinical instructor at the Harvard Medical School, discussed his book Overdosed America, which explains how the American health care system has been hijacked by pharmaceutical companies searching for increased profits.

Abramson said drug companies have infiltrated all legitimate sources of medical information, allowing them to produce "the knowledge that makes us believe we need their products." He estimated that 70-80% of medical journal articles are strongly influenced by commercialized drug interests. According to Abramson, research sponsored by pharmaceutical companies is five times more likely to show a given drug favorably.

As an example, Abramson cited a study conducted by drug manufacturer Merck of its own arthritis medicine Vioxx. He claimed Merck knew in 2000 that Vioxx increased heart attack and stroke risk in patients taking the drug, and caused 21% more serious complications than older rival drug Naproxen (sold under the name Aleve). Despite their findings, Merck spun the results and heavily marketed Vioxx to consumers until numerous Vioxx-related cardiovascular complications forced them to recall the drug, Abramson reported..

Physician: Medicine and the Unsuspected Battle for Human Freedom. The former chief editor of “Alternative Medicine Digest” asserts that the struggle between conventional and alternative medicine is a matter of politics, philosophy, and economics, rather than real medical effectiveness. ISBN: 1571741682

The Truth About Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What To Do About It. According to Abramson, Americans are overmedicated and overmedicalized as a result of the commercialization of health care. Falling prey to marketing campaigns, we demand unnecessary and expensive drugs and procedures, believing they constitute the best possible medical care. ISBN: 0375760946

Racketeering in Medicine: The Suppression of Alternatives. How the AMA, FDA and pharmaceutical industry has for years tried to discredit natural, less expensive, less invasive and often times more effective modalities of treatment. ISBN: 187890132X

Overdose: The Case Against the Drug Companies - Prescription Drugs, Side Effects, and Your Health. FDA regulations, kickbacks to doctors from pharmaceutical companies, ghostwritten articles commissioned by pharmaceutical companies and attributed to independent doctors in trusted medical journals. ISBN: 1585421235

Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs. In the U.S. alone, between 45,000 and 200,000 people die annually of reactions to legal drugs (2 to 9 percent of the 2.3 million Americans who die each year) versus the 5,000 to 10,000 who die of illegal drug use. This book exposes how (and why) the FDA and drug companies are indifferent. ISBN: 055337852X

The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers. A meticulously reported expose uncovers exactly how the drug industry boosts sales and bilks consumers in the most lucrative prescription drug market in the world. ISBN: 1586481851

Prescription for Disaster: The Hidden Dangers in Your Medicine Cabinet. There is no such thing as a safe drug,” asserts Thomas J. Moore, who researched drug safety as a senior fellow in health policy at George Washington University. ISBN: 0684829983

The Cancer Conspiracy: Betrayal, Collusion, and the Suppression of Alternative Cancer Treatments. The book deals with the medical and drug company collusion in the United States. But this same dangerous collusion is worldwide. ISBN: 1885273126

The Cancer Cure That Worked: Fifty Years of Suppression. The book describes the work of Royal Rife and of other great pioneers like Dr Arthur Kendall and Dr Edward Rosenow, and how their work was suppressed by certain individuals who at that time were in positions of power in organizations such as the American Medical Association, the Rockefeller Institute and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. ISBN: 0919951309

The Healing of Cancer: The Cures, The Cover-Ups, and The Solution Now. “The Healing of Cancer” is a challenge to the doctors, bureaucrats and businessmen who are letting thousands die of cancer each week while a cure exists. It is also a challenge to the average citizen to stop being silent while so many innocent victims undergo torture because of medical profiteering, outmoded thinking and a good deal of corrupt politics. ISBN: 0919951449

A Cancer Therapy: Results of Fifty Cases - A Summary of Thirty Years of Clinical Experimentation. Max Gerson M.D., cured more than a few terminal cancer patients with food. Some people who were supposed to die 50 years ago are still alive. ISBN: 0882681052

Living With Environmental Illness. A practical guide to multiple chemical sensitivity. ISBN: 087833968X

An Alternative Approach to Allergies: The New Field of Clinical Ecology Unravels The Environmental Causes of Mental and Physical Ills. This book is the first one of its kind to accurately describe the extent of food and environmental allergy symptoms. ISBN: 0060916931

Diet for a Poisoned Planet: How to Choose Safe Foods for You and Your Family. This is a reference for anyone interested in understanding what goes into the food that they eat, and how to make informed choices about their diet. It discusses the toxicity of processed food. ISBN: 0345374657

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. ISBN: 0060938455

A Symphony in the Brain: The Evolution of the New Brainwave Biofeedback. Can you fix your own neurologic problems without resorting to drugs? Science writer Jim Robbins suggests that some such conditions–like epilepsy, autism, and depression–could yield to a recently developed technique called neurofeedback. ISBN: 0802138195

Schatz convincingly urges readers to eschew refined and processed foods and replace them with organic fruits, vegetables and lean proteins. Her transformational nourishment incorporates Japanese and Chinese medicine with philosophy, naturopathic nutrition and herbal medicine. …There is an important, useful message at this book's core, and Schatz …offer[s] a unique approach to nutrition.

Into The Blue:
A Fathers Flight and a Daughters Return
by Susan Edsall

Four years ago lifelong aviator Wayne Edsall was enjoying life's golden years, rebuilding antique airplanes and flying them over the Big Sky country of Montana. In a fleeting moment, a massive stroke suddenly left him unable to read, write, speak, perform normal functions and worst of all, he couldn't fly. The doctors gave his family a dire prognosis. The family knew that if Wayne Edsall couldn't fly he would rather not exist at all. Throwing conventional medical rehabilitation to the wind, Susan Edsall and her sister Sharon decided the best therapy for their Dad was one that would eventually lead him back into the cockpit of his biplane and into the air. Susan Edsall's memoir of their journey together, INTO THE BLUE: A FATHER'S FLIGHT AND A DAUGHTER'S RETURN, chronicles how the Edsall family proved the experts wrong in order to keep Wayne Edsall's cherished dream alive. This is a thrilling, beautiful and uplifting book - a miraculous story that will bring tears and laughter to all aviation pilots and enthusiasts.

Kate Adamson survived on-in-a-million odds to enjoy the success she has today. For every challenge we face, Kate's story teaches us how to meet those challenges with grace and valor. When Kate experienced a double brain-stem stroke her bright tomorrow turned into a dark timeless tunnel. The lessons she learned are a model for anyone who feels their goals are just out of reach. Kate's story connects the fragility of life with the power of the human spirit.

Natural coconut oil - as opposed to the hydrogenated version often found in processed foods - is a saturated fat, but not the kind your doctor has warned you about. Studies have shown that this uniquely curative oil actually has innumerable health benefits, ranging from disease prevention to anti-aging. Use coconut oil to: lose weight, prevent heart disease, cancer and diabetes, strengthen the immune system, beautify skin and hair