The most serious complications from Saline or Silicone breast implants include toxic shock syndrome, implants breaking through the skin, or skin dying. A few studies have shown that patients have died or had gangrene as a result of breast augmentation surgery. These are rare but they do happen. Many breast augmentation patients need additional surgery within 5 years of getting breast implants. Within 10-12 years, most women will need at least one additional surgery. 4 out of 10 reconstruction patients need additional surgery within three years of getting implants. Breast augmentation may interfere with your ability to breastfeed. There are serious concerns about whether a leaking implant could harm a nursing infant, but no studies have been conducted. 

Breast implants have become a worldwide multi-billion dollar industry based on cultivating women's insecurities about their bodies, while failing to prove that implants are safe over the long-term. In 2006, after a 14 year ban, the Food and Drug Administration approved marketing silicone-gel breast implants to women aged 22 and older. This unfortunate decision was made  despite evidence of serious health riskss. In 1992, the FDA declared a moratorium on sales of silicone breast implants, citing the lack of clinical studies proving their safety. However, the FDA did not say silicone implants were unsafe, hedging, as usual, on the side of manufacturers and against the public, calling lamely for more studies. Yet as early as 1954 an in-house study by Dow Corning, a prime implant manufacturer, found that the silica in silicone has quite a high order of toxicity,according to recently released documentation of that previously suppressed study. 

Toxicity and Complications of Silicone Breast Implants
What You Need to Know Before You Get Breast Implants

BREAST IMPLANTS STORIES:     
Mindy's miraculous recovery from toxicity sickness from her saline breast implants. 

"My name is Mindy and I'm 29 years old.  I wasn't happy with the way I looked and felt about myself so I wanted breast implants. My Aunt and a few other's told me to love myself and don't get these breast implants. My Aunt told me that sometimes your body won't accept foreign objects but I was so stubborn I didn't listen to anyone because Doctors and FDA said the saline were safe. A saline breast implant is a sac (implant shell) made of silicone elastomer (rubber), which is surgically implanted under your chest tissues and/or muscle, and then filled with saline, a saltwater solution, through a valve. They were approved by the FDA in May 2000. 

So on March.31, 2005 I had FDA approved McGan style 68 smooth, round saline implants put into my body with a breast lift and I had surgical drains in for three weeks that measured out a coffee cup of blood a day.  I also had an infection in the left breast.  It was about six months after my surgery I became extremely tired and very depressed. I thought at first maybe it was the stress of the surgery.  Then I got more fatigue, insomnia, depressed, cold and numb hands and feet, dry mouth, dry eyes, night sweats, muscle and breast pain. I started losing my hair by the hand full, I had no sex drive, the worst part it was difficult to hold my children and at one point I needed help to the shower and getting dressed.  I went to numorous doctors from Internists, Rheumatologists, Neurologists, Gynocolgists, Family Practioners and I had brain MRI's, hundreds of blood tests, breast MRI'S and mamograms.  Every single test came back normal so then the doctors would tell me this wasn't the breast implants. Doctors would say; they are made of water they can't harm you. Doctor's would say; they are FDA Approved HA! HA! 

Since I couldn't get any relief from the doctor I had to do something because I felt like I was slowly dying and all the energy in my body left. It felt like the life out of my body had left and I quietly felt like I was a vegetable. Everyone thought I was crazy and no one would believe me about my symptoms and that hurt me the worst. I was always a person full of life and excitement and always smiling and bubbly and my Aunt took some notice because I quit calling her and people in general it was just too exhausting. I kept on trying to fight a fight to find a reason why my spirit my health was going down hill so fast.

 I got some relief from natural medicine but not complete relief so then I tried taking about 20 different vitamins a day but still felt sick to some degree. After my Aunt got involved she did listen to me but my husband didn't believe that it was the implants, so her and my uncle had to listen to both side's but my Aunt was close to me and she said, when something is going on in the body physically and can affect you mentally so she wanted me to start with the depression so I could see through the fog. I knew it was the implants and that hurt so much because I needed some one on my side. My Aunt did believe me but she wanted me to start ruling out things since I have been going to natural doctors and got a little relief. She searched the internet because she was good on the internet and it gave me somewhat hope again and she tried to pick me up but inside I felt like I was looking on the outside and dying on the inside but because someone was helping me now it helped me search again. 

Than I found this doctor in Atlanta and she ordered me a blood test in my State from her office in her State. So I took a mold test called the Alpha MSH TEST and it came back positive for black mold in the summer of 2007. My Aunt wanted me to take some anti depressants and I told everyone I was and just tried to fool them because I knew I wasn't crazy and maybe they would have helped but I wanted nothing but the answers to why my body changed to begin with. I don't smoke I don't drink and I’ve always been an active person and exercised and my whole life changed after these implants were in my body. So with my Aunt's support she help lift me somewhat but I had someone in my corner and believe me that matters when everyone thinks your crazy or you know deep down inside you are dying inside and no-one is listening including the only one that can help you THE MEDICAL DOCTORS. I never felt so hopeless in my life. 

I did some more research on my own and come to find out an Implant shell is made of silicone and there are 40 different TOXIC METALS on the outside shell of every implant: tin, zinc, or platinum lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic just to name a few.  The FDA breast implant advisor said yes the toxic metals are there but in small amounts and aren't harmful to the human body that is such a joke heavy metals are heavy metals they are harmful in any level and are a killer. I told all theses doctors and they all thought I was crazy. So I went to a MD but he believes in Natural Medicine too and he tested me for these metals and My test were off the charts with all high Metals in my body and I had an overgrowth of yeast all over my body too. (click here to view Mindy's blood test result that shows the various levels of toxic metals that had leaked from her silicone breast implants into her body and devastated her health.)

I have so many medical bills from this and my husband lost some of his hair from the 2.5 years of hell we went through.  My children missed out on there happy, bubbly mom and instead had a mom that laid around sick not being able to play with them, hold them, laugh with them. I can’t tell you how many times I felt like fainting, my hair loss was everyday by the handfuls. My husband had to carry me I don’t know how many times. I was disabled and no one could help me. I then decided it was time to rid my body of these horrible things. This cost us our life savings and almost my marriage. My husband was so stressed because I was stressed and I wasn’t the person he married, it created my husbands hair to fall out which ended up turning into an Autoimmune Disease. My children were depressed because they lost their mommy physically because I wasn’t the same person. This affected my whole family. 

My Aunt was doing research to help her ex husband that had cancer. That's when she learned about a powerfull immune booster product and how this natural product can  helps build the Immune system. She witnessed this immune booster product raise this man's white blood cell count dramatically -  it trippled his amount of white blood cells . Doctors at the hospital had never seen anything like this - they were simply amazed because none of their conventional medicine could produce the results that a simple inexpensive natural product, like this product could. 

I took this  immune booster product before the surgery to remove my breast implants. I took double the recommended dosage of 2 capsules a day. I had warned the surgeon that I was a bleeder because of all the blood I lost when I had the implants put in. Because of this immune product,  I experienced very little swelling and the bleeding was minimal. Again, the surgeon was amazed - he could not believe his eyes!  I have healed wonderfully and now I am taking this product for my recovery and I am taking the special cream  to promote the healing of my scar tissue.

Removing those implants on October.2, 2007 was the best thing I could have done for myself. Just a day after surgery I felt like a new person!  No more pain, my energy level and vitality was back. My 13-year-old daughter who had been complaining that I wasn't the same person after the implants,  was overjoyed to have her mom back.  She said: "Mom you have taught me to love myself the way God made me and to never alter my body." 

A study of 56 women with silicone implants and scleroderma (skin thickening which damages tissues) revealed that scleroderma symptoms developed an average of nine years after implantation. Of these, 77% also had Raynaud's phenomenon (extreme skin pallor and coldness in hands and feet), 53% had swallowing difficulties, 47% had lung problems, and 83% had antinuclear antibodies. (Current Topics in Microbiological Immunology 210 [1996], 283-90.) Doctors at the CompreCare Clinic in Houston, Texas, found that 26 women developed a systemic disease with central nervous system involvement (resembling multiple sclerosis) an average of 5.7 years after receiving silicone implants. (Southern Medical Journal 89:2 [February 1996], 179-88.)

Doctors at the Louisiana State University Medical Center at New Orleans examined 300 women (average age, 44) with silicone implants and musculoskeletal complaints. The symptoms developed an average of 6.8 years after receiving the implants; 83% had symptoms highly suggestive of an underlying connective tissue disorder;and 54% met the criteria for a fibromyalgia (chronic muscle pain) diagnosis. (Clinical Rheumatology 14:6 [November 1995], 667-672.) According to Douglas R. Shanklin, M.D., and David L. Smalley, M.D., both professors of pathology at the University of Tennessee at Memphis, there is little if any difference between the effects of direct injection [of silicone] and the effects of gel-filled devices [implants]. In either case, the human body reacts to the presence of this alien substanceî by forming granulomas which then produce a chronic inflammation. Direct injection of silicone into the breast for enlargement was outlawed because it produced serious, toxic effects in women; it is illogical, state Drs. Shanklin and Smalley, that this practice is still permitted via ruptured leaking implants. (Science and Medicine 3:5 [September/October 1996], 22-31.)  more...
List of toxic ingredients in my implants. 

I had a wonderful caring doctor in Dallas Texas who removed my implants . He was honest and compassionate. He understood everything I was going  through. Dr. Melmed MD didn't only care about what I was going through he cared about the way I looked and felt about myself after the removal. He is an artist with his work and he truley cares about the women that suffer from Saline Breast Implants because he knows they have been mislead by the silicone shells that hold the saline. I would highly recommend this doctor no matter what the cost because he cares for the women inside and out. I credit both Dr. Melmed and the powerfull immune booster product  for giving me my life back. I also used  this cream  after the surgery which has helped with any scarring. (Dr. Edward Melmed, M.D  can be contacted at 972-566-7755

Mindy and Patricia, as well as other member of the support group are available for help and support to women who are experiencing the horrific side effects of breast implants, but have little or no hope of recovery because doctors do not listen to them and do not believe them. Mindy and other victims of breast implants are willing to appear on talk shows and tell our stories on Saline or Silicone Implants to the world. If you would like to share YOUR breast implant story, please  or call her at 479-273-1706 or cell 281-772-3269.  If you'd like to share your breast implant story for review and posting on this website,, please include your full name, address and phone number. Your information remains private. We will only use your first name unless you specify otherwise. (NOTE: If the email links above do not work for you, you can use this contact page.)

Dr. Edward Melmed articles: Implants still not safe  ---  Do My Breast Implants Have a Warranty?

Shari's life after saline breast implants

Other Breast Implant Horror Stories:  Gretchen ---  Rose  ---  Jeena  ---  Pam  ---  Tracey  ---  Lisa --- Mary  --- CJ  ---  Justine ---  Cindi ---  Jen ---  Shirl --- Linda  --- Ang ---  Mandy  ---  Ann --- Anna  --- Phyllis --- Lipstick  ---  Rosanne  ---  Donna ---  Pixie ---  Keli --- Mary R.  ---  Kathy R ---  Maria ---  Patty ---  Dawn ---  Tanya ---  Gena ---  Sunny ---  Shari --- AzJay--- Jean  ---  Pam 2  ---  Terri --- Coral  ---  Nikki ---  Kacey ---  Sjeanine ---  Vondell ---  Lynn J --- Beth -- TxJade

Other Breast Implant Sickness Stories
Humantics Foundation Breast Implants: Recovery & Discovery
FDA Breast Implant Consumer Handbook

Dr. Jerry Tennant, MD  - "The high density of nutrients found in marine phytoplankton algae is extremely important to maintain human cell membranes in structure and function. This is vital for cell detoxification, and for the overall metabolism of human cells."

Dr. Ted H Spence, DDS, ND, PhD/DSc, MPH - "Detoxification comes in many forms and refers to many different programs that cleanse the body of toxins. Today, our environment is toxic and the foods we eat, even the air we breathe and the water we drink is laden with chemicals foreign to our system. Therefore, everyone is undergoing some type of detoxification to maintain life and health. Although basic detoxification begins with diet, detox programs may include nutritional fortification for the liver, lungs, kidneys, bowels and blood.  Detoxification for the body may refer to the cleansing of the bowels, kidneys, lungs, the liver or the blood, since these are the organs involved in detoxification of chemicals and toxins from the body. The liver acts as an in-line filter for the removal of foreign substances and wastes from the blood. The kidneys filter wastes from the blood into the urine, while the lungs remove volatile gases as we breathe."

Do you have a question or need guidance?  Mindy Harris volunteers her time to provide guidance and support in your quest to find relevant information.  You can  or call her at 479-273-1706 or cell 281-772-3269 .

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FDA Breast Implants: Complications and Reoperations

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) completed its independent review of past and ongoing scientific research of silicone [both saline-filled and silicone-gel filled] breast implant safety in June 1999

Breast implant manufacturers Inamed Aesthetics and Mentor Corporation were asked by the FDA to conduct research on saline breast implant complications occurring in breast augmentation and reconstruction patients. Here are the Top 10 issues after 5 years.

9% Implant is in a bad position.
10% Loss of nipple sensation.
10% Intense, painful nipple sensation.
12% Asymmetry. (breasts look different from each other)
12% Implant can be felt or seen.
12% Implant replacement / removal for any reason.
11% Capsular contracture. (hardening of breast)
14% Wrinkled appearance of breast.
17% Breast Pain.
26% Needed another operation.

Prospective studies of saline-filled breast implants approved by FDA in May 2000 showed re-operation rates of 13-21% at 3 years and 20-26% at 5 years for augmentation patients. The same studies showed re-operation rates of 39-40% at 3 years and 43-45% at 5 years for reconstruction patients.

Implant Removal Rates
Prospective studies of saline-filled breast implants approved by FDA in May 2000 showed implant removal rates of 8% at 3 years and 12-14% at 5 years for augmentation patients. The same studies showed implant removal rates of 23-27% at 3 years and 28-30% at 5 years for reconstruction patients.

What is a Saline Breast Implant?
A saline breast implant is a sac (implant shell) made of silicone elastomer (rubber), which is surgically implanted under your chest tissues and/or muscle, and then filled with saline, a saltwater solution, through a valve. They were approved by the FDA in May 2000.

Toxic Silicone Poisoning - The TRUE Breast Implant Stories: The TRUTH of the GREATEST TRAVESTY AGAINST WOMEN in the 20th century 

To reveal to the "people" what has actually happened to these women before and after implantation and their sufferings and realizations concerning the manipulation of general opinion and media interests by large corporations and the major cover-up that has taken place in this medical device industry. There are thirty-eight known chemicals in the manufacturing and contents of silicone gel filled breast implants!  These thirty-eight chemicals are all toxic alone if inhaled, ingested, or even handled; some causing cancer, some causing neurological damage; organ damage or tissue damages.  Combined all together; however, they become a “chemical soup” that the F D A, the government, the National Institute of Medicine, the Judicial System, the manufacturers and their public relations’ firms, their lawyers, and the medical community have allowed to be classified as a “medical device” and “suitable for implantation” in the human body!  In the “informed consent” papers one must sign before having the surgery for implantation of these “medical devices” no where does it state any information about this “chemical soup”, no where does it state any of the damage that could take place with these toxic “things” in the human body!

Do you have a question or need guidance?  Mindy Harris volunteers her time to provide guidance and support in your quest to find relevant information.  You can  or call her at 479-273-1706 or cell 281-772-3269 .

450,000 Siliconized Women Sue

Hundreds of thousands of women with breast implants—both silicone and saline—filed lawsuits against implant manufacturers in the 1990s. Yet the implants remained available in clinical trials for the next 13 years so that the manufacturer could gather long-term safety data.

In 1984, setting a precedent for all women with implants and silicone-associated illnesses, a woman named Maria Stern won $1.5 million in damages for autoimmune symptoms produced by her implants. Litigation momentum has been building ever since. By 1995, an estimated 450,000 American women had qualified to be part of a gigantic $4.25 billion class action suit against the silicone implant manufacturers. Many of the injured women fell through the litigation cracks in 1995 when Dow Corning, one of the principal defendants, declared bankruptcy, thereby taking itself conveniently off the fiscal hook. But now that Dow Corning has agreed to a smaller global settlement ($3.2 billion allocated, announced in July 1998), perhaps some injured women will finally receive at least some recompense.

As medical authorities and scientific experts continually downplay the risks of implants and assert that no association between implants and symptoms has been proven, the case for silicone implant toxicity is growing, fueled in large measure by the fact-finding efforts of the Plaintiffís Steering Committee (PSC) for the National Breast Implant Litigation, consolidated in Birmingham, Alabama. This national committee, appointed by U.S. District Court Judge Sam Pointer, is comprised of 17 attorneys from around the country.

The nationally consolidated cases are known as the Silicone Gel Breast Implant Product Liability, Multi-District Litigation Action No. 926.Part of the Committeeís job, according to Karen E. Read, chief staff attorney for the PSC Office of Liaison Counsel, is to gather and organize evidence suitable for use in any and all court actions against the silicone implant makers. In legal terms, itís called discovery. learn more

Since their introduction in 1962, silicone breast implants have been surgically emplaced in an estimated two million American women. Some women get them as part of breast reconstruction therapy following mastectomy for breast cancer, but the majority get them because they want larger breasts. Now, 36 years later, it is alarmingly apparent that bigger, siliconized breasts can be hazardous to your health. We are beginning to see that the real cost of cosmetic breast enhancement may not be the $6,000 in surgical fees to implant them, but a host of autoimmune symptoms and strange illnesses that can crop up, typically within about seven years of implantation.  Breast pain, breast hardness, and numbness in the nipple are common complications that may last for years, and may never go away.  Breast pain, breast hardness, and numbness in the nipple are common complications that may last for years, and may never go away. Scientific evidence proves that:  Silicone breast implants can produce autoimmune illnesses

Science On Trial: The Clash pf Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case
Angell, executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, explores here a preposterous situation: an industrial giant, Dow Corning, forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy by numerous lawsuits filed on behalf of recipients of Dow's silicone breast implants?despite the fact that medical evidence to date shows no link between implants and autoimmune disorders, cancer or any other disease. In a style that ranges from gently didactic to plodding, Angell describes the events leading up to the FDA's ban on implants, the torrent of lawsuits that followed and the implications of the verdicts?overwhelmingly favorable to the plaintiffs and often carrying cash awards in the millions of dollars?for science and industry. Manufacturers have threatened to stop producing heart valves, shunts and other vital medical devices because of the threat of liability; further, suppliers of raw materials for these devices often refuse to sell to American companies for fear of ending up in an American courtroom. The author gives a clear explanation of the way science calculates risk (by considering populations, not individuals) and ably contrasts this with our judicial system, where the focus is on the individual seeking restitution. Angell is an effective champion of the scientific method and does a good job of exposing the chaos caused by a runaway tort system

Silicone Spills: Breast Implants on Trial

"This is a tragic story of big business, disinterested government, a powerful medical profession, and certainly less powerful female consumers....

Arguing that pseudoscientific theories of race from the 19th and early 20th centuries still impact our current standards of beauty and "unhappiness" with our own bodies, prolific critic Gilman (Difference and Pathology) explores plastic surgery as an extension of psychotherapy. He traces the history of aesthetic surgery from its initial function of hiding disease (most particularly syphilis) to its later incarnation as a means of erasing ethnic identity (specifically Jewish identifications by nose shape and size) and creating a more "normal" appearance. Freud and other analysts were instrumental in establishing theories of aesthetic surgery and, Gilman argues, "provided a label for what it cured: inferiority." Several of Gilman's chapters are devoted to tracing this intersection between theories of race, aesthetics and psychology in the works of early psychoanalysts. Although his overarching argument is compelling, Gilman's work relies heavily on technical language. This work will be most useful to the surgeons and therapists who counsel people seeking plastic surgery and to cultural critics interested in tracing mutations in concepts of health, happiness and beauty. (Nov.) FYI: Also due in November is Silicone Spill: Breast Implants on Trial, by Univ. of Nevada sociologist Mary White Weaver, depicting the social, legal and health-care battles fought by women with implant-related health problems. 

Saline and Silicone Breast Implant Toxicity Sickness - How Some Women Recovered Their Health and Their Lives 

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Silicone produces abnormalities in immune system functioning

Silicone elicits antibody responses and immunological abnormalities,according to a study of 40 women who had received implants more than ten years earlier. Among these women, 60% had an elevated ratio of helper T cells to suppressor T cells; 20% had a blockage in particular functions of T cells and natural killer cells. (Toxicology Industrial Health 8:6 [November/December 1992], 415-429.) Scientists at the University of California at Davis reported that evidence suggests that the degradation products of silicone inactivate CD8+ suppressor T cells (key immune cells) and thereby lead to an inflammatory state in the body. (Food and Chemical Toxicology 32:11 [November 1994], 1089-1100.) The activity of natural killer cells is significantly suppressedin at least 50% of women with silicone implants observed in a study; this puts the women at a higher risk of developing cancer. The same effect was demonstrated in animals; it was reversed upon removal of the silicone. (Toxicology and Industrial Health 10:3 [May/June 1994], 149-154.)

Kenneth Bock, MD - "Because transfer factors can function as immune system modulators, they can help to restore immune system balance in many types of clinical situations."Kenneth Bock, MD, best selling author on immune system modulation. 

High levels of anti-nuclear antibodies (ANAs), immune markers associated with lupus erythematosus, were observed in ten of 11 women with implants reporting autoimmune symptoms. (Lancet 340:8831 [November 28, 1992], 1304-1307.) When 500 women with silicone implants were examined, 30% tested positive for ANA levels; those women also had rheumatic symptoms. The results strongly suggested immune activation in women with silicone implants.(Current Topics in Microbiological Immunology 210 [1996], 277-282.) Based on a study of 3,380 breast implant recipients, scientists state there is a sixfold increased likelihood that testing these women will show elevated ANAs; the longer the implant has been in place, the greater the likelihood. (Current Topics in Microbiological Immunology 210 [1996], 337-353.)

In a study of 111 women (with and without implants), those with implants had a statistically significant elevationof anti-silicone antibodies (immune cells focused against silicone as a foreign substance in the body); the highest levels were observed in women with noticeable implant rupture or leakage. (FASEB 7:13 [October 1993], 1265-1268.) Researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison School of Medicine reported that autoantibodies of unclear significance may be found in 5% to 30% of women with silicone breast implants.(Archives of Internal Medicine 153:23 [December 1993], 2638-2644.) Researchers at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria, in Australia, found that women with silicone implants (70 were studied) have elevated levels of autoantibodies to collagen, in a manner highly similar to women with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. (Current Topics in Microbiological Immunology 210 [1996], 307-316.)

Among 310 symptomatic women with silicone implants, there were elevated levels of novel autoreactive antibodies to silicone associated antigens(a specific type of heightened immune response) compared to healthy women without implants. (Current Topics in Microbiological Immunology 210 [1996], 327-336.) Scientists at the Technical University of Munich in Germany examined 239 breast implant recipients and found the following immunological abnormalities: levels of complement C3 were elevated in 42% of the women; complement C4 was elevated in 21%; and antithyroglobulin (an antibody that attacks a substance in the thyroid gland) was higher in 28%. (Annals of Plastic Surgery 36:5 [May 1996], 512-518.) When silicone leaks from implants, immune cells form granulomas (microscopic lumps) around the droplets; the granulomas are capable of severely disrupting the immune system. Silicone plays the role of an adjuvant,providing constant nonspecific stimulation of the immune system.(Journal of Investigative Surgery 9:1 [January/February 1996], 1-12.)

Do you have a question or need guidance?  Mindy Harris volunteers her time to provide guidance and support in your quest to find relevant information.  You can  or call her at 479-273-1706 or cell 281-772-3269 .

Silicone produces a classifiable new disease marked by autoimmune symptoms

Among physicians willing to credit silicone with toxicological and immunological effects, a variety of names for silicone-induced disease have been proposed: siliconosis, undifferentiated or atypical connective tissue disease, silicone related disease, silicone reactive disorder, silicone disease syndrome, and silicone implant disease (SID). Typical symptoms associated with silicone include cognitive dysfunction, short-term memory loss, Sjögrenís syndrome (dryness in glands, such as the mouth, kidneys, eyes, and lungs), scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, severe joint and muscle pain, incapacitating fatigue, swollen lymph glands, skin problems, peripheral numbness, multiple allergies, headaches, hair loss, sunlight sensitivity, central nervous system disorders (similar to multiple sclerosis), and others.

Among 176 breast implant patients examined by doctors at the Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopaedic Institute, in New York City, the most frequently reported symptoms were chronic fatigue (77%), cognitive dysfunction (65%), severe joint pain (56%), dry mouth (53%), dry eye (50%), hair loss (40%), and difficulty in swallowing (35%). (Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatology 24:1 Suppl 1 [August 1994], 29-37.) A study of 50 women with implants revealed that 89% complained of fatigue, 75% of generalized stiffness, 71% of poor sleep, and 78% of joint pain. Positive ANAs were found in 38% of these patients. (Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatology 24:1 Suppl 1 [August 1994], 44-53.)

Richard Bennett, PhD - "The immunity provided by transfer factors is long lived and can help all ages who are suffering from a variety of ailments or those who want to stay well.” 

Saline and Silicone Breast Implant Toxicity Sickness - How Some Women Recovered Their Health and Their Lives 

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Other Horrific Stories of Breast Implants (read Mindy's story above)

Colleen Rose McKenzie's Breast Implants Story   My name is Colleen Rose McKenzie. This is the story of my years of struggle with illness caused by my breast implants. I was an average sized girl with an athletic build and small breasts. Many times I wished I had larger breasts because I thought I would look better, clothes would fit better and I would have higher self esteem. Hearing about saline breast implants, which were supposed to be the safe alternative to silicone gel, seemed like an answer to my prayers. At my consultation with the surgeon, I was told that the worst thing that could happen was that the implants could rupture (which would take the impact of a car crash) and I would have to have them replaced. Also, the implant rupture may cause a small infection that could be quickly cured with antibiotics. It sounded too good to be true...little did I know it was. I was implanted in 1997 at the age of 19 with saline-filled breast implants. I was happy with the way my new breasts looked.

About a year and a half later, I started feeling like I had the flu constantly. I was calling in sick to work and going to the doctor often. I did the best I could at work, where I worked as a graphic designer, and tried to ignore the way I was feeling. I started having extreme fatigue where I would fall asleep at work and some days, couldn't even get out of bed. When I was awake, I was very dizzy and too much activity would cause me to pass out. I was put through all the tests and was diagnosed with depression. I saw a psychologist once a week and was put on two anti-depressants and an anxiety medication. I just got worse and worse and ended up taking a leave of absence from work. I laid in bed every day and cried. I was distraught and suicidal. A member of my family was with me almost all the time taking care of me. I could not function. Eventually, because I was so medicated, I managed to go back to work. I couldn't focus or think and I could barely read. At this time, I was still blaming all of my symptoms of illness on depression, because that was the only diagnosis I had gotten. It was a daily struggle to do my best to concentrate with this fog in my head. I was constantly sick, taking days off for flu or sinus infections. It was so hard not being able to tell my employer why I was so sick all the time, because I really didn't know myself. Then the pain started. My joints, muscles and bones ached all over my body. I started having significant memory loss which greatly affected my work. Soon, working was no longer an option.

I continued to get worse. I couldn't drive, read or do anything that required focus and my body was racked with constant pain. Sometimes, I couldn't even hold a conversation. All I could do was lie in bed every day and wonder if I was going to live through this. For a while, I didn't think I would.

After countless visits to specialists, and too many tests to list, I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Epstein Barr Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. The medicine I was put on did not help my symptoms, and I continued to get sicker. One day, my mom brought up the subject of my implants. I guess the thought that my implants were making me sick was always there in the back of my mind, but I figured that surely the doctors I had seen would have told me if that was a possibility. I did some research on the internet and found most of my symptoms congruent with women who had silicone poisoning. But I had saline implants, not silicone. Further research told me that, yes, my implants contain saline, but the shell is made out of silicone. I contacted an online support group by email asking about tests or some way to know if my implants were to blame for my sickness. The email I received back from the support group referred me to a doctor who had developed a test for silicone poisoning. His name is Dr. Douglas R. Shanklin. They went on to list his contact information. I was shocked and elated to see that his office was in Memphis, where I live! I contacted Dr. Shanklin, who sent me to a pathology lab and had me tested. The results came back positive. Finally, I had an answer! I was happy that I now knew what was making me so sick, but at the same time, so devastated that something I had chosen to do to improve my appearance was the cause. I felt so selfish. My family and I had been through so much suffering because I wanted larger breasts.

My greatest symptoms were:

    * depression
    * extreme fatigue
    * fainting
    * nausea
    * fazes of extreme sleepiness and insomnia
    * constant joint, muscle and bone pain
    * swollen, sore lymph nodes
    * cognitive difficulties including memory loss
    * blurred vision and temporary vision loss in one eye
    * swollen abdomen, face and hands
    * rashes
    * daily fever
    * "flu feeling" constantly
    * hair loss
    * bruising
    * extreme nose bleeds resulting in trips to the ER
    * difficulty breathing
    * weight gain 

Dr. Shanklin referred me to a surgeon who had experience removing breast implants. I had a bilateral capsulectomy with removal of implants on August 22, 2003. Immediately, my vision improved (I could barely make out people's faces before) and the Fibromyalgia pain seemed to be less intense. About three weeks after having my implants removed, I felt like I was on my way to recovery. Through talks with Dr. Shanklin, who I truly believe to be my guardian angel, I know that I may or may not ever recover fully.

My marriage suffered greatly because of my illness. I was really hard for my husband to understand for a long time because we had no diagnosis. He just wanted me to get up, go back to work and be his wife again...but I couldn't and I couldn't tell him. He had to take care of everything around the house and get a second job to barely have enough money to pay our bills. When I began to recover, I realized how much I had changed, My priorities and the way I viewed myself and life in general changed so much. My husband and I grew apart more and more. We decided to file for divorce after seven years of marriage.

It is difficult for me to put into words how much my family and I have suffered. I have lost years that should have been some of the best of my life. I still deal with anger and bitterness toward the implant manufacturers, plastic surgeons and society for it's views of women and the size of their breasts. Also, I have guilt that all these years of pain and suffering were caused by something that I chose to do...I wanted larger breasts and it almost killed me. Worst of all, I put my family through hell. Read the rest of Colleen Rose McKenzie's breast implant nightmare

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Mary McDonough Breast Implant Story - "If I had been told by my doctor that after having implants I might break out in rashes, run fevers, and become sensitive to light, I never would have had implants. If I had been told I would have muscle pain, that I would be stiff, and have chronic fatigue, I never would have had implants. If my doctor had told me that I would wake up feeling like I was hit in the head with a frying pan, that I would have dry eyes, shooting pain in my ribs and chest, and my breasts would ache, I never would have had implants. If he had told me there was even the slightest chance that I might develop connective tissue disease or that I wouldn't be able to pick my daughter up or hold her close, believe me, I never would have made that choice. Within the first 24 hours my chest and back had a terrible rash. The other symptoms developed over the years. I never imagined that the implants were the cause. As I got sicker and sicker, my career went downhill. My illness also put a strain on my marriage." Read the rest of  Mary McDonough's breast implant nightmare

Kacey Long Breast Implant Story - "Immediately after surgery, I began experiencing weird, shooting arm pains. Then slowly, every joint/bone/muscle in my body was in excruciating pain. I was exhausted all of the time, had no energy, experienced hair loss, and had pains in my chest, heart, and ribs. I had trouble remembering things and thinking clearly. The list goes on and on---before implants, I just had allergies. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondilitis (arthritis of the neck and spine), fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome. My doctor thought silicone was the problem. I lived in doctor's offices, I was bed-ridden, and I was disabled. (I've got the handicapped parking pass and am waiting on my lawyer's appeal for my disability claim). My "safe" saline breast implants cost me everything. The surgery to put them in cost $4500, and to take them out was the best $6400 my parents could have spent. Yep, my parents helped me, because I was still paying the cost to have them put in. I never thought about my implants being dangerous. Almost all of my doctors agreed that my health problems were not related to implants. The fact is, these saline implants are encased in silicone, and silicone can be harmful to your body! The silicone shell is enough to cause autoimmune diseases and various health problems. I was tested for silicone poisoning, and I came up positive. My breast implants were removed 6 months ago (in the fall of 2003), and my health has improved dramatically. I feel like I will eventually get my life back, but it won't be without a fight and a continuous struggle." Read the rest of  Kacey Long's breast implant nightmare

Saline and Silicone Breast Implant Toxicity Sickness - How Some Women Recovered Their Health and Their Lives 
Humantics Foundation Breast Implants: Recovery & Discovery
Other Breast Implant Sickness Stories
FDA Breast Implant Consumer Handbook

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Silicone is a biologically active and toxic substance

The original statement by the Dow Chemical Company in the 1940s, repeated hundreds of times since, that silicone is biologically inert and nontoxic, was based on a single one-week study of rats and guineas pigs. (In 1943, Dow Chemical Company and Corning Glassworks formed Dow Corning Corporation to market silicone and silicone implants.)

The basic gel implant fillerñDC 360 silicone fluidñwas once considered worth following upfor development by Dow Corning scientists as a potent insecticide, one of the few known substances capable of killing cockroaches. Dow Corning researchers also studied silicone as a possible better chemical warfare and riot control agent,according to a 1969 internal memorandum obtained by the PSC.

The silicone gel is not a single substance but a fluid comprised of numerous different versions of silicone, such that it is better termed a chemical soup.î
Research collected by the PSC shows that silicone has marked effects on the adrenal glands and liver, induces chronic inflammation, and degrades into smaller molecules, including silica. Silicone fed to rabbits produced widespread toxic effects including kidney and spleen damage within four months. (Stanford Medical Bulletin, 10:1 [1952], 23-26.)

That silicone is toxic in both animals and man is well proven,stated John S. Sergent, M.D., and colleagues in Textbook of Rheumatology (W.B. Saunders Company, 1993). Silicone degrades into silica, usually at the surface of the gel implant, then fragments and subdivides into millions of microdroplets capable of migrating throughout the body (PSC Records No. 1352, 7017: these are documents produced by Dow Corning in national litigation). Silica in the body is a toxic, carcinogenic substance, damaging the immune system, killing cells, and producing silicosis.

Silicone and its contaminants which bleed through its surrounding implant envelope into neighboring tissue have the potential for significant toxicity in the implant recipient.(Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatology 24:1 Suppl 1 [August 1994], 11-17.)  According to research gathered by attorney Richard Alexander, of the Alexander Law Firm in San Jose, California, Dow Chemical and Dow Corning have been aware of the toxic effects of silicone and silica since the 1950s, based on their own studies, but never published the data. They knew these substances were bioreactive, immunogenic, toxic, and inflammatory when introduced into the human body,states Alexander. (Update on Breast Implants,January 1998, website: http://consumerlawpage.com.)

Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine concluded in 1995: From a pathophysiological perspective, silicones should be expected to be bioactive materials and the physico-chemical and immunological data at the experimental level are compelling.(Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition 7:2 [1995], 101-13.

Dr. Jerry Tennant, MD  - "The high density of nutrients found in marine phytoplankton algae is extremely important to maintain human cell membranes in structure and function. This is vital for cell detoxification, and for the overall metabolism of human cells."

Dr. Ted H Spence, DDS, ND, PhD/DSc, MPH - "Detoxification comes in many forms and refers tomany different programs that cleanse the body of toxins. Today, our environment is toxic and the foods we eat, even the air we breathe and the water we drink is laden with chemicals foreign to our system. Therefore, everyone is undergoing some type of detoxification to maintain life and health. Although basic detoxification begins with diet, detox programs may include nutritional fortification for the liver, lungs, kidneys, bowels and blood.  Detoxification for the body may refer to the cleansing of the bowels, kidneys, lungs, the liver or the blood, since these are the organs involved in detoxification of chemicals and toxins from the body. The liver acts as an in-line filter for the removal of foreign substances and wastes from the blood. The kidneys filter wastes from the blood into the urine, while the lungs remove volatile gases as we breathe."

Saline and Silicone Breast Implant Toxicity Sickness - How Some Women Recovered Their Health and Their Lives 

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CHEMICALS FOUND IN BREAST IMPLANTS - THE COMPLETE LIST

1. Methyl Ethyl Ketone
2. Cyclohexanone
3. Isopropyl alcohol
4. Denatured Alcohol
5. Acetone
6. Urethane
7. Polyvinyl Chloride (Liquid vinyl) This ingredient was used in all medical devices made atEdwards Lab, from tubing to gel.
8. Lacquer Thinner
9. Ethyl Acetate
10. Epoxy Resin
11. Epoxy Hardener - both 10 & 11 are chemically known as glycosides Ether of Bisphenol A. 
12. Amine
13. Printing Ink
14. Toluene
15. Dichloromethan (Methylene Chloride) This breaks down in the body so blood cannot carry oxygen: Metabolizes carbon monoxide poisoning. Causes CSN depression.
16. Freon
17. Silicone
18. Flux
19. Solder
20. Metal cleaning Acid
21. Lofol (Formaldehyde)
22. Talcum Powder
23. Color Pigments as Release Agents
24. Oakite (Cleaning Solvent)
25. Eastman 910 glue (Cyanoacyrylates)
26. Ethylene Oxide (ETO)
27. Carbon Black
28. Xylene
29. Hexone
30. Hexanone2
31. Thixon-OSN-2
32. Antioxidant (Rubber)
33. Acid stearic
34. Zinc Oxide
35. Naptha (Rubber Solvent)
36. Phenol
37. Benzene - Known Carcinogen!!!!!  KNOWN TO CAUSE IMMUNE DISEASE!!!!!! 

Abbreviations:

ACGIH -American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ATSDR -Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CDC -Center for Disease Control
IDLH -Immediately dangerous to life and
health. Unless otherwise noted NIOSH
IDLH data is used.
EPA -Environmental Protection Agency
LOAEL -Lowest observable adverse effects level
MG/M3 -Milligrams per cubic meter
MRL -Minimal risk level (non-cancer)
NAS -National Academy of Science
NE -No evidence could be found for the existence of an IDLH
NIOSH -National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NOAEL -No observable adverse effects level
NRC -National Research Council
OSHA -Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OTS -Office of Toxic Substances
PEL -Permissible exposure level
PP/S -Personal protective equipment and/or sanitary measures required for PEL exposure
PPB -Part (s) per billion
PPM -Part (s) per million
REL -Recommended exposure level
TLV -Threshold Value Limits
TN -Trade Name
UG/KG -Microgram per kilogram
UG/DL -Microgram per deciliter Unknown -Lack of data

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 information on numbers 

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HolisticWomen's Health:

• Herbal treatment for Water Retention Edema (Excessive accumulation of fluid in body tissues and cavities.)
• Calcium and Strong Bones: Protecting Your Bones
• Herbal and nutritional treatment for Cystitis (Acute or chronic infection of the urinary bladder.)
• Herbal, homeopathic and nutritional treatment for : Infertility, CANDIDA, Thyroid disorder
• Healthy Bones/Hip Fractures
• Stress Reduction for Relief of Fibroids and Endometriosis
• Homeopathy for Women's Health: Bladder Infections, Cramps, Breast Cancer, Cystitis Hysterectomy, Menstruation, Uterine Fibroids, and much more.
• Herbal program to balance the hormonal system

Nutritional Medicine: Life Stage Programs for Adult Women, for Pregnancy, for Lactation, Vegetarian Diets for Pregnancy, and Life Stage Programs for Menopause and Bone Health Enter
 
• Estrogen's Deadly Truth: a story of deception, betrayal, hidden agendas, propaganda and misinformation. "I saw these patients who were on estrogen and they were getting swollen breasts and fibrosistic breast disease, they were getting fat around their middle, their hips, their abdomen, losing libido and getting depressed." Dr. John Lee
• CANDIDA: Conquering Yeast Infections: The Non-Drug Solution
• Calcium and Strong Bones Study show that women who got the most calcium from dairy products actually broke more bones than women who rarely drank milk
• Infertility and Miscarriage - the holistic approach to infertility.
• Homeopathy for Women's Health
• Natural Weight Loss Programs: drugless approach
• PMS and Menstrual Cramps - Lifting the Curse of PMS

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What Every Parent Should Know BEFORE Their Childen Are Vaccinated! Why are a growing number of parents and health care professionals around the world questioning vaccination? The controversy stems from the thousands of deaths and permanent disabilities attributed to vaccination annually, as well as the many published medical studies, government statistics, congressional testimonies, and other credible sources that directly contradict commonly held assumptions about vaccine safety and effectiveness.

Bart Classen, a Maryland physician, published data showing that diabetes rates rose significantly in New Zealand following a massive hepatitis B vaccine campaign in young children, and that diabetes rates also went up sharply in Finland after three new childhood vaccines were introduced.

More pictures of vaccine damage available to view at the CDC website

In fall 1997, two influential professional magazines featured articles asking the question: Has the decrease of infectious diseases in childhood through the mass use of vaccines been replaced with an increase in chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma? The Economist, a prestigious international magazine read by world leaders in government, business and public policy, and Science News, a magazine read by both health care professionals and the general public, explored the reported links between vaccines and chronic diseases in their November 22, 1997 issues. 

This child died as a result of vaccines (CDC website)

Congressman is calling for criminal penalties for any government agency that knew about the dangers of thimerosal in vaccines and did nothing to protect American children. Congressman Dan Burton (R-Indiana) during Congressional Hearing: "You mean to tell me that since 1929, we've been using Thimerosal, and the only  test that you know of is from 1929, and every one of those people had mennigitis, and they all died?" For nearly an hour, Burton repeatedly asked FDA and CDC officials what they knew and when they knew it. (Thimerosal contains a related mercury compound called ethyl mercury. Mercury is a toxic metal that can cause immune, sensory, neurological, motor, and behavioral dysfunctions.) 
Vaccines: deception and tragedy 
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) or Vaccine-Induced Encephalitis?
Vaccines and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
AUTISM: is there a vaccine connection?
Library - Books and Journals: Vaccine Controversy
Juvenile diabetes and vaccination: the connection
Can vaccines cause immune dysfunction resulting in allergies, asthma and anaphylaxis?

Homeopathy can be used successfully to prevent and treat smallpox, measles, whooping cough, chickenpox, and other ailments.

Would you allow big brother to enforce vaccinations on your kids? Government Enforced Vaccinations Vaccination Tracking Registry - Government programs that limit your choices -and your rights- in health care when it comes to mandatory vaccination. These mandates last for 40 or so years and they're impossible to repeal. Also, learn about Legal Requirements and Exemptions 

Are Vaccines Damaging Our Pets?
Routine Vaccination: Is it really safe and effective?  Most recently, an article appeared in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association entitled "Are We Vaccinating Too Much?" Read about the comments of veterinarians who believe that vaccines are damaging our pets. 

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Natural Health for Women PART 1

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Shirley was once a victim of the never-ending flow of propaganda from the medical establishment who wants to maintain a monopoly on the word "cure" and who wants us to believe that we have no control over our own health and that our only hope to get "well" is with drugs, surgery and radiation.  You can read an account of Shirley's journey into health without drugs, surgery or radiation.
 

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Arthritis Conditions - Natural Treatment
Eyesight Conditions - Natural Solutions
Diabetes Alternative Medicine
Health Issues: Consumer Alert!
Alternative Cancer Therapies
Gulf War Syndrome Causes and Illnesses
Chia Seeds: The Wonder Food with Healing Power
Antibiotic Resitance Crisis - The Prebiotics and Probiotic Revolution
The New Healing Science of Glyconutrients
What is Homeopathy?
Urine therapy: medically proven natural cure
Thyroid Disorder and the fluoride connection
Toxic Environment - Toxic Cosmetics
Detoxification for Optimum Health: Chemicals and toxins are the primary cause of disease and obesity
Glutathione's role in health, aging and cancer
Tonic Herbs for Longevity, Rejuvenation, Immunity
Raw Food and Juice Therapy
Therapeutic Fasting
Healing with Herbs and Other Natural Remedies
Water: the great healer
The acid-alkaline balance's impact on health
Clay Therapy - Our Earth, Our Cure
Bee Pollen: healing from the hives
Magnesium Medical Miracles
Marine plants to enhance health
Profound Life-Giving Properties of Marine Phytoplankton 
Guide to natural treatments for Fibromyalgia
Immune system: the body's defense department
Sunlight to restore health
Cayenne Pepper: the great healer
The acid-alkaline balance's impact on health
Allicin, The Heart of Garlic - Mother Nature's Defender
Wheatgrass juice: nectar of health and rejuvenation
Healing Earth: Fulvic Acid and Shilajit
Stem Cell Physiology -  Supporting Bone Marrow Adult Stem Cell Release Naturally 
A healing crisis: what is it?
Transfer Factor for people and animals
Overcoming stress naturally
Overcoming The Sugar Blues and Getting Off Prozac
Healing shingles/herpes zoster naturally and rapidly
Flaxseed Oil The Wonder Healer
Cholesterol Myth - Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill!
Salt Deficiency: the cause of many serious disease
Radiant, healthy skin: the natural way
Words Of Wisdom Follow Your Dreams!
Dangers of Modern Medicine: Iatrogenic Diseases 
Healing asthma: a drugless approach
Alzheimer's Disease: There is Hope! 
Healing eczema: a drugless approach
Healing psoriasis: a drugless approach
Parasites Infections: Symptoms and Natural Treatment (humans and  pets)
Basic Healing Principles
AIDS/HIV/AZT: truth behind the propaganda
The bitter truth about nutrasweet
Canola oil: how toxic is it?
Bovine Growth Hormones in your milk
Beware of Genetically Engeneered Foods
Radiation Emergencies: Protecting The Thyroid Gland
Weight Loss: natural and healthy solutions 
West Nile Virus - what the media won't tell you
Most Popular Natural Health Products Safe and Effective Remedies  for People and Pets
About the author of this website

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Doctors and parents expose how vaccines are crippling our children. 
Dr. David Ayoub, M.D. lectures on Vaccines, Mercury, Autism and other disease

Vaccines: deception and tragedy
Vaccines and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Shaken Baby Syndrome or Vaccine-Induced Encephalitis?
Misdiagnosed Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Criminal Consequence of Vaccine Injury
AUTISM: is there a vaccine connection?
Criminal Consequence of Vaccine Injury
Anthrax Vaccine Facts and Gulf War Syndrome
Government Enforced Vaccinations: Vaccination Tracking Registry
How To Legally Avoid Unwanted Immunizations Of All Kinds
Tamiflu, Flu Vaccine: Shocking Discovery 
Animals: chronic dis-ease caused by vaccines
Nosodes: alternative to conventional vaccines
Library: Vaccine Controversy books
 

Holistic Children's Health :
Holistic Pediatrics (general)
Holistic Pediatrics (general)
Nutrition for Babies and Children
Attachment Parenting
Ear infections: alternative to tubes and antibiotics
Pshychiatry - betraying and drugging children for profit
Childhood vaccinations: are they really safe and effective?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: astonishing facts
Autism: is there a vaccine connection?
The Circumcision Decision: what I wish I had known...
Understanding your baby's needs
Natural Birth and Home Birth
Ritalin Free Kids: Helping Children, Not Drugging Them
Homeopathy for Children and Infants
Forced Drugging of Children Parents  facing jail over compulsory drug orders.
No longer blind: the story of Shirley's baby born blind and brain-injured
 

Holistic Animal health :
Do You Really Know What's In Your Pet's Food? by Dr. Jane Bicks DVM
Why RAW food?
Food Unfit For Pets
All Natural Healthy Pet Food 
Animal Nutritional Therapy
Natural Animal  Health
Homeopathy for animals
Renal Failure - Urinary Tract condition
Pet Allergies, skin problems, obsessive biting self, chewing paws
Rearing healthy pups and kittens
Saving Shasta's life: a holistic approach
Sample RAW pet food recipes
Toxic environment and your pet's illness
Alternative to antibiotics
Testimonials of amazing animal healing.
Preventing and Healing Animal Cancer without drugs or surgery
Holistic Health for Horses
Feline Holistic Health
Natural diet for pet birds
Vaccinosis: chronic dis-ease caused by vaccines
Nosodes: alternative to conventional vaccines
List of holisitic veterinarians
Managing flea bites and hotspots naturally
Improving your animal's health with kelp
Books and video: holistic animal health
Training Shasta for personal protection
Non-toxic health products and supplies for your pets
 
 
 

Dangerous Side Effects or Flu Vaccine, H1N1, and Tamiflu Drug  NFL cheerleader suffers brain damage after getting flu shot (watch the video). Medical doctors warning about dangerous side effects of flu vaccine and flu drug. more...
 
 
 
 
 

Raising Public Awareness
Most modern maladies are caused by prolonged exposure to a combination of negative lifestyles and toxic environmental factors, including junk food and malnutrition, pesticides, antibiotics, microwaves, chemical pollution of food, water and air, lack of exercise and chronic stress. These factors are further aggravated by the failure of modern medicine to recognize them as agents of dis-"ease" and death and the consequent failure to take preventative measures against them. more
 

Breast Cancer: Causes, Prevention, and Natural Cures

Estrogen's Deadly Truth: a story of deception, betrayal, hidden agendas, propaganda and misinformation. "I saw these patients who were on estrogen and they were getting swollen breasts and fibrosistic breast disease, they were getting fat around their middle, their hips, their abdomen, losing libido and getting depressed." Dr. John Lee

Protecting Your Bones and Reversing Osteoporosis Naturally Contrary to the medical marketing hype, synthetic hormonal drugs, dairy products and most calcium supplements actually weaken the bones and have other harmful effects on health.

PMS: lifting the curse of PMS naturally - the holistic approach

Natural Weight Loss Programs: drugless approach Some causes of obesity and or sudden weight gain may include: disturbance in thyroid function; glandular malfunction.

CANDIDA: Conquering Yeast Infections: The Non-Drug Solution

Thyroid disorder Two main thyroid disorders: Hyperthyroid and Hypothyroid.
Infertility and Miscarriage - the holistic approach to infertility.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: Natural Recovery

Homeopathy for Women's Health
 
 

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Calcium and Strong Bones - Protecting Your Bones"Study show that women who got the most calcium from dairy products actually broke more bones than women who rarely drank milk" 
 
 

Dr Bill Miller - "Why have middle aged women’s stroke rate increased three times in recent years? From 1999 to 2004 nearly 2% of women aged 35 to 54 suffered from a stroke compared to the prior Federal health Surveys from 1994 to 1998 in which less that 1% of women had the same condition.. No risk factors such as smoking, heart disease or diabetes had changed between surveys. What has changed is women’s waistlines! They are two inches bigger. Their body mass index (BMI) rose from 27 to 29. Dr Miller says your shoulders should be 10 inches wider than your waistline. Drink the Holy Tea and dump the toxins. Eat nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables to prevent stoke. And exercise with good hydration. 
 
 
 
 
 

Dr. Miller's Tea

Dr. Jerry Tennant, M.D. says that marine phytoplankton contains almost everything one needs to sustain life and to restore health by providing the raw materials to make new cells that function normally. These nutrients improve mental function, and memory. They reduce depression, harmful effects of stress, and mood swings. Profound Life-Giving Properties of Marine Phytoplankton
 
 
 
 
 
 

A growing number of holistic doctors, pediatricians and veterinarians use transfer factors  as an alternative to, or in conjunction with conventional medicine for their acute and chronic cases, including cancer and other serious health conditions, with excellent outcome. 
Dr. Rob Robertson, MD  - "There is no other product in a nutritional substance, nor a drug, that has this kind of power and ability to affect our immune system. With the increase of killer viruses, mutated germs, super-resistant germs, and food contaminations, our only hope and defense, must lie within our own immune system."   Transfer factors and the immune sytem
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dr. Howard Peiper MD "Our immune systems are under attack from toxic substances that are everywhere - in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. Serious disease doesn't just happen. The accumulation of toxins compromises our immune system and wears the body down leaving us vulnerable to all sorts of maladies. The body has an amazing ability to recover from illness and restore itself if we give it the tools to work with." learn more...
 
 
 
 
 

Teas Are One of The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature's Healing Herbs
Teas can help fight depression and anxiety, heal skin conditions and gastrointestinal disorders, regulate hormone imbalances, improve your sex life, prevent illness, and  help you heal faster.  Many diseases and conditions for which we turn to modern medicine can also be treated naturally with healing herbs. These treatments can be safer, less expensive and possibly even more effective than traditional methods. Dr. Myklebust, MD: "Teas are rich in antioxidants called polyphenols which are plant chemicals that may help prevent cancer, heart disease, and other diseases" More
 
 
 
 
 
 

MagnesiumTherapy Magnesium helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart rhythm steady, and bones strong. Dr. Sidney Baker - "Magnesium deficiency can affect virtually every organ system of the body. With regard to skeletal muscle, one may experience twitches, cramps, muscle tension, muscle soreness, including back aches, neck pain, tension headaches and jaw joint (TMJ) dysfunction." more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton, M.D., Ph.D. reveals the evidence linking diseases and obesity to health damaging chemicals which can upset the balance that helps maintain healthy body weight. Learn about simple, natural, inexpensive and effective approach to cleansing and weight loss programs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SecreSea Nature's Beauty Secret Since the Dawn of Mankind   This skin care line contains timeless offerings from sea and land, using only the highest-quality ingredients, extracts and essential oils to rejuvenate and purify your skin. SecreSea generously nourishes the skin with marine phytoplankton and then adds aloe vera, lavender, CoQ10 and other 100% natural nutrients to support healthy skin.
 
 
 
 

The Ugly Side of Cosmetics Make-up and body care products have been linked to allergic reactions, birth defects, and even cancer. It is a medically recognised fact that our body absorbs significant amounts of what we put on our skin. With Certified Organic food rapidly becoming the nutrition of choice by the health conscious amongst us, why would you accept any less for your skin?. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Subscribe to Dr. Mercola's Free Natural Health Newsletter for the latest natural health news and one of the best natural health solutions! 
 

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Alternative to Ear Tubes Stop Your Child's Ear Infections Naturally Without Antibiotics
 
 
 
 
 

Stressed out? Anxious? Worried? Panic Attack? Insomnia? Today's fast paced living can translate into a highly stressful environment. Our bodies are continually challenged physically and emotionally, in the workplace and in our personal lives. Calmazon helps our body to relieve stress naturally. It produces a calming effect by assisting the body's natural processes and supporting its nutritional needs. learn more
 
 
 
 

Smoking Dependency ? Nicotine Addiction Natural supplements and herbal remedies to help relieve the craving for nicotine.
 
 
 
 
 

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Watch these Videos: 

• ‘We Become Silent" A must see documentary about the threat to medical freedom of choice. The Last Days of Health Freedom' details the ongoing attempts by multinational pharmaceutical interests and giant food companies  to limit the public’s access to herbs, vitamins and other therapies. 
• Prescription for Disaster  in-depth investigation into the relationships between the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, lobbyists, lawmakers, medical schools, and researchers, and the impact this has on consumers and their health care.
• Video library   (whistleblower doctors)

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Optimum Nutrition and Natural Health for Animals   Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Veterinary Medicine 

• Do You Really Know What's In Your Pet's Food? 
• Healing animals without drugs. Holistic Veterinary
• Health Hazard of Routine Vaccination
• Allergies, Hotspots, Fleas and Ticks natural prevention and control
• Preventing and Healing Cancer in Small and Large Animals
• Boosting Animal's Immune System Naturally
• Holistic Health for Horses, for dogs, for Pet Birds, for Ferrets and for Cats   and much more... 

• Candida: Conquering Yeast Infections Naturally
• Infertility and Miscarriage
• What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause
• Myth of Osteoporosis - Protecting Your Bones Naturally
• Autoimmune low-thyroid can cause fatigue, depression, excess weight.
• Estrogen's Deadly Truth: a story of deception, betrayal, hidden agendas, propaganda and misinformation.
• Saline and Silicone Breast Implant Toxicity Sickness How Some Women Recovered Their Health and Their Lives 
• Breast Cancer: prevention and natural solutions

Natural Health for Children:

• Eear infection Alternative to steroids, antibiotics, and ear tubes 
• Adverse effects of vaccines  Immunization, deception and tragedy.
• Drug-Free Alternatives For Attention-Deficit Disorder  Helping Children, Not Drugging Them 
• Forced drugging of children Parents may face jail over compulsory drug orders
• Attachement parenting
• Do you know what happens during circumcision?

 
Men's Sexual Functions - the natural approach
 
• Optimal Prostate Health and Prevention Measure to prostate enlargement.
• Prostate Cancer: a drugless approach
• Homeopathic approach to impotence, bladder infections, prostate problems etc.
• The Male Andropause (like menopause)
• Male Herbs for Impotence

Peter R. Breggin, M.D - "The drugging of children has gotten so out of hand that America is waking up to this. This is a national catastrophe." more

Julian Whitaker M.D - "Class action lawsuits have been filed in Texas, California and New Jersey charging Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, maker of Ritalin, with conspiracy to create the psychiatric disorder known as ADHD in order to fuel the market for their product." more...