by Katherine Smith | 24 Jan, 2017 | Children's Health and Development, News, Vaccination
Website editor’s note: The text below was adapted from a special message from Patrick Gentempo from “Vaccines Revealed”, a fantastic docu-series*.
This docu-series is not currently available, but if you sign up at the Vaccines Revealed website by clicking HERE you will be notified of future viewing opportunities.
Update: January 26 (4 PM NZ time):
There is a live Q&A about vaccines on right... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 21 Jan, 2017 | Education, Training and Professional Development, News
A NZ medical student and researcher is working on a documentary on the use of medicinal cannabis. The primary audience for her documentary is the medical profession.
In a recent interview, Victoria Catherwood (pictured) says that the medical profession generally lacks knowledge about the medicinal uses of cannabis and that this a problem her film is intended to... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 20 Jan, 2017 | Environmental Health, News
Website editor’s note: The information below comes from a recent newsletter from Fluoride Action Network.
Fluoride Action Network is based in the USA but assists activists in other countries in their efforts to end water fluoridation.
New Zealand’s own fluoride organisation is Fluoride Free NZ.
If you would like to make a submission (due by February 2) on the bill that the government intends to use... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 20 Jan, 2017 | Environmental Health, News
Website editor’s note: The information below comes from a recent newsletter from Fluoride Free NZ.
(If you need some background information on this issue you may want to read this link https://naturalmedicine.net.nz/news/background-information-call-submissions-fluoride-bill/)
Words Minus Action = Zero
If you are a regular reader of these newsletters you will know that Peter Dunne, Associate Minister of... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 14 Jan, 2017 | Education, Training and Professional Development, Events, News
US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Robert F Kennedy to lead a new commission on the safety of vaccines. Robert F. Kennedy is the author of a book Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak about the mercury-based preservative which is still used in some vaccines. .
Robert F. Kennedy Jnr. is also one of the featured speakers in the online event “Vaccines Revealed” which is currently FREE online. ... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 7 Jan, 2017 | News, Vaccination
Prior to receiving a vaccination (a dTpa shot) Australian father-of-five Ben Hammond (pictured below with his newborn baby boy) was fit and healthy and working to support his family.
The photo above shows Mr. Hammond in hospital following his life-threatening adverse reaction.
As you can read below (in text which is sourced from a recent newsletter of the Australian... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 29 Dec, 2016 | Children's Health and Development, News, Vaccination
Website editor’s note: The information below has been adapted from a recent newsletter from the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network (AVN) an organisation that supports parents’ rights to make informed choices about vaccination for their children without any type of coercion.
The AVN has been organising screenings of the documentary Vaxxed in different cities around Australia. More screenings of... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 29 Dec, 2016 | News
Website editor’s note:The information below comes from Fluoride Free NZ which is working to end water fluoridation in NZ in the face of government plans to introduce mandatory fluoridation by stealth. More information about fluoride may be found at this link or on Fluoride Free NZ’s excellent website or you can click HERE to see the archive of fluoride-related articles in the Environmental Health... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 24 Dec, 2016 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Events, Vaccination
Website editor’s note: In January 2017, Patrick Gentempo and team brought us “Vaccines Revealed“, a fantastic docu-series about which you can read below.
This docu-series is not currently available, but if you sign up at the Vaccines Revealed website by clicking HERE you will be notified of future viewing opportunities.
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Update 24 January 2017: There is a free replay for... Read More | Share it now!
The annual Community Mental Health Day (organised by The NZ Healing Assocation, Inc., Psychiatric Survivors and Clockwise Healthcare) is taking place in Auckland on Wednesday December 14 2016.
The venue and times are below:
Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Rd, Western springs
14 December 2016
9.00am – 4.00pm
More information including speaker profiles may be found by downloading the... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 13 Dec, 2016 | Education, Training and Professional Development, Events
The annual Community Mental Health Day (organised by The NZ Healing Assocation, Inc., Psychiatric Survivors and Clockwise Healthcare) is taking place in Auckland on Wednesday December 14 2016.
The venue and times are below:
Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Rd, Western springs
14 December 2016
9.00am – 4.00pm
More information including speaker profiles may be found by downloading the... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 7 Dec, 2016 | Children's Health and Development, Education, Training and Professional Development, Events, Vaccination
Website editor’s note: The text below is a press release from the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network (AVN), an organisation that promotes parents’ rights to make a free and informed choice about vaccination for their children. The AVN is also fundraising for a legal challenge against the No Jab No Pay legislation.
For future screenings of Vaxxed in Australia, please see this link of the AVN... Read More | Share it now!
Introducing Issue 23 of The New Zealand Journal of Natural Medicine
Cardiovascular disease – NZ’s biggest killer – is considered to be irreversible by conventional medicine.
But is it, really? Perhaps not.
In this issue we feature articles that cover prevention and treatment options for this condition, ranging from traditional herbal... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 30 Oct, 2016 | News, Subscriber updates
Introducing Issue 23 of The New Zealand Journal of Natural Medicine
Cardiovascular disease – NZ’s biggest killer – is considered to be irreversible by conventional medicine.
But is it, really? Perhaps not.
In this issue we feature articles that cover prevention and treatment options for this condition, ranging from traditional herbal... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 28 Oct, 2016 | News
This is a bit of a departure from the usual sort of news and the articles we share on this website but there is a healthy hemp house currently for sale in New Plymouth.
The bouse has had a special mesh (that greatly reduces the amount microwave radiation that reaches the inside of the home) incorporated into it at the time of its construction, thus helping to create... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 19 Oct, 2016 | Environmental Health, News
Website editor’s note: The following information comes from a recent newsletter from Fluroride Free NZ.
Our TV ads are going back on TV3, this time with On Demand, available to watch on the internet. The package we bought gives us 9,100 views of the advert before shows such as Story, 6 O’clock News and Paul Henry. We are able to do this because we had some money left over from the great... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 18 Oct, 2016 | Environmental Health, Events
The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine is proud to be a sponsor of the annual Natural Health Expo that takes place in the pavilion in the centre of Hamilton’s beautiful Hamilton Gardens.
This year’s event is on November 19-20 and its theme is mindfulness.
The expo website is http://www.naturalhealthexpo.co.nz/
Entry to the expo is $9 (for an adult) and then all the speakers are FREE.
There is a great... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 18 Oct, 2016 | Children's Health and Development, Events, News, Vaccination
Australian readers who have an interest in children’s health may wish to attend up-coming presentations by Judy Wilyman, PhD and Wendy Lydall.
Judy Wilyman’s PhD thesis focused on the evidence base for Australia’s vaccination policy. Her website is http://vaccinationdecisions.net/
Wendy Lyall is the author of Raising a Vaccine Free Child. Her website is http://www.vaccinefreechild.com/
Details... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 17 Oct, 2016 | Environmental Health
Website editor’s note: The following invitation comes from Georgina Blackmore from the Spray Freed Streets campaign. There is also a petition that may be signed at this link: Ban the use of carcinogenic chemical on Auckland’s roads and parks – NOW
Spray Free Streets Campaign Meet-Up: Part Two
Saturday, 29 October 2016 at 9:00 AM
8 Mount Eden RdAuckland, Auckland, 1023New Zealand
Dear... Read More | Share it now!
by Katherine Smith | 14 Oct, 2016 | Cancer Prevention and Treatment, Education, Training and Professional Development, Events
Why is it that when someone is diagnosed with cancer in New Zealand, practically the only options ever offered through our tax-payer funded public health system are surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy?
How did these treatments come to be the treatment of choice for people with cancer?
While in some cases, these treatments can be helpful or lifesaving, many people do not substantially benefit from these... Read More | Share it now!