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NeuroStar TMS Therapy System
The video above is pretty lame, so if you didn’t watch it, here’s my summary: the TMS Therapy system uses a targeted magnetic field to stimulate an area of the brain associated with mood. Treatment lasts 40 minutes daily for four to six weeks. Neuronetics, the developer of the TMS Therapy, claims the [...]

Million Baby Crawl
Babies have good reason to be colicky. And so do adults. Products that we use every day in our homes are full of toxic chemicals (learn more by watching the “10 Americans” video in an earlier WG post). The problem is that manufacturers of these products go through little [...]

Mysterious Wrist Pain
Mysterious physical pain is frustrating enough– and adding confusion, misdiagnosis and wrong treatment to the mix only amplifies the pain and increases the emotional struggle. It’s a real blessing then when answers come out about these mysterious aches and pains. Here’s a recent discovery:  Dr. Richard Berger, an orthopedic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic, has identified the [...]

Toxic Cleaning in Schools
A study conducted by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) revealed some dirty info about cleaning products used in U.S. schools: EWG’s tests showed that as a group, these 21 products release into the air no fewer than 457 distinct chemicals, some of which are no doubt the source of that nice clean smell. The trouble [...]

NAMI: Big Pharma’s “Grassroots” Organization. Part II.
NAMI has finally admitted (kind of) that they are way too involved with Big Pharma. Click here to read my earlier post on NAMI and why being BFF with Big Pharma is not the best route for advocacy organizations. If you donate money or volunteer with advocacy organizations, this is important info to be aware [...]