By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World Prescriptions for opioids have risen by 300 percent over the past 10 years — a trend that has fueled, if not created a whole new heroin...
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Born and raised in the inner city of Chicago, IL, Dr. Joseph Mercola is an osteopathic physician trained in both traditional and natural medicine. Board-certified in family medicine, Dr. Mercola served as the chairman of the family medicine department at St. Alexius Medical Center for five years, and in 2012 was granted fellowship status by the American College of Nutrition (ACN). While in practice in the late 80s, Dr. Mercola realized the drugs he was prescribing to chronically ill patients were not working. By the early 90s, he began exploring the world of natural medicine, and in 1997 Dr. Mercola founded www.Mercola.com, which is now routinely among the top 10 health sites on the internet. His passion is to transform the traditional medical paradigm in the United States. You can follow Dr. Mercola online at Mercola.com and Facebook.com/doctor.health
Mumps is Being Spread By and Among Vaccinated People
9th June 2016 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World Vaccines are a very lucrative business. Pfizer’s vaccine Prevnar, which targets 13 strains of pneumococcus bacteria, generated...
Medical Errors: STILL the Third Leading Cause of Death
2nd June 2016 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World History tells us it can take decades before a medical truth becomes accepted as fact, and recent headlines are a perfect...
7 Domestic Factors That Can Make or Break Your Health
26th May 2016 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World More than 80,000 man-made chemicals are put into American household products, food, and food packaging each year, a majority of...
Plants Are Smarter Than You Think
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Plants are not simple bystanders in the environment, soaking up sun and otherwise engaging in a passive existence. They’re actually...
How Money From Pharmaceutical Companies Sways Doctors’ Prescriptions
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World If your doctor receives money or gifts from a drug company, be it payment for a lecture or a free meal, does it influence the medications he or...
The Amazing Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World Of all the treats available, chocolate is one of the most popular foods in the world. The first solid chocolate bar, made from cocoa butter...
The Magic Healing Power of Mushrooms
By Dr Joseph Mercola Contributing Writer for Wake Up World There is, perhaps, no other food source surrounded by such magic and mystery as mushrooms. In the videos embedded below, leading mycologist...
Synthetic Forests: The Enormous Risks of Genetically Engineered Trees
By Dr Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World If the biotech industry has its way, 184 million acres of native forests around the world will be bulldozed down and replaced with plantations of...
The Science of Healing Thoughts
By Dr. Joseph Mecola Guest writer for Wake Up World Can your mind heal your body? It may sound far-fetched that the power of your thoughts and emotions could exert physical, biological changes, but...
Vaccine Failures Continue: The One-Size-Fits-All Vaccination Schedule is Not Safe for Every Child
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World We all wish for our children to be healthy and free of disease. We wish the same for ourselves as adults, too. But it’s time to...
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes and Moths Ready to Spread Like Wildfire
21st December 2015 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World While countries around the globe are still assessing the risks – and experiencing the environmental backlash...