Townsend Letter Podcast – S1, E3 – Healthcare Reform
In this episode, Ben Moss talks with legendary radio host and author Dr. Gary Null about deep-rooted corruption in the...
Benjamin Moss, Gary Null, PhD Mar 27, 2025
Perspectives
Do Vaccines Cause Autism?
The official denial of a vaccine-autism connection has become entrenched dogma, unsupported by a single gold-standard study definitively disproving such a link. Meanwhile, the health of American children continues to decline, as federal agencies remain unwilling to conduct comprehensive safety studies to prove safety of vaccines and current vaccine schedules.
How the Power of No Supports Health and Healing
Saying “No” does not mean you are unwilling to help; it simply means that, at this moment, you are listening to yourself. When we listen to ourselves and act accordingly, we enhance our immune competence and self-healing.
Universal Healthcare is the Solution to a Broken Medical System
HealthCare should be valued as a public service and not considered a commodity. With the right reforms, we could restore financial health to our country and also deliver the kind of healthcare system that citizens have long deserved.
Building a Thriving Practice
The team at Origins Incubator is hosting a webinar on how to grow your practice, including the Six Essential Steps To Building A Thriving Practice With Strategy Growth And Sustainability.
The Case Against HPV Vaccines
Gardasil, one of the most poorly studied vaccines, is being administered to tens of millions of boys and girls, adolescents and young women across the nation, and it is incumbent for parents and individuals to educate themselves about this vaccine.
From Conflict to Calm: Reframing Stress and Finding Peace with Difficult People
When we face trigger situations, our automatic defense response reduces our ability to think rationally, but there are things we can do help ourselves recenter, and regain a sense of calm. We have a choice, and though it is challenging, we can choose to move past these events, and this article lists a number of helpful suggestions.
The Nature of Change: Embracing Growth and Taking Action
Change feels difficult because it is difficult. But struggle doesn’t mean you’re failing—it’s part of moving toward something different, and perhaps better. Understanding how the brain resists change, cultivating a growth mindset, and implementing small, sustainable steps, makes transformation not just possible, but inevitable.
Is RFK Jr. the Cure for the CDC’s Bureaucratic Pathology?
Reliance on private donations has created a system where corporations like Merck, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, and Johnson & Johnson – and of course the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — can fund CDC projects, potentially shaping the agency’s priorities in ways that align with their commercial interests.
Nature’s Medicine Through Time
The Nature’s Medicine Through Time website is a large and growing guide to the history of medicine, which focuses on the naturopathic profession and highlights the evolving worldview, therapeutic lineages, and institutional formation.
The Little Book of Doctors’ Rules
In this unique book, Dr. Meador, who believes in treating a patient, not just a patient’s disease, provides simple and concise suggestions to humanize the practice of medicine, sharing, with both compassion and humor, nuggets of advice from his nearly 60-year medical career.
Secular Naturopathy?
This article reflects on the challenges of defining naturopathic medicine while acknowledging its historical roots and evolution. It discusses key figures, the integration of plant-derived drugs, and the ongoing relevance of naturopathic principles in modern medical practice, emphasizing the flexibility needed to incorporate both traditional methods and contemporary treatments.
American Healthcare: Corrupt, Broken and Lethal
For a nation that prides itself on being the world’s wealthiest, most innovative and technologically advanced, the US’...
Thoughts About the “New” Townsend Letter
In 1973 I became interested in the possibility that dietary modifications, nutritional supplements, and other natural remedies could be useful for preventing and treating various physical and mental illnesses.
Change Happens
Willingness to adapt as new information comes along is good, and it’s important to make sure your source of information is reliable as well as honest.
Work Worth Doing
Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” The publication of Townsend Letter has been “work worth doing.” I will be forever grateful to have been part of it.
A Thousand Mile Journey
I’m excited to step into the role of Publisher at Townsend Letter, where our focus on innovative health continues to thrive…
Saying Goodbye and Introducing Ben Moss
At the time when the Townsend Letter was started, there was no internet, no email, no fax, no cell phone, and, most importantly, no magazine or journal dedicated to natural and alternative medicine.
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Where are your Clinical Trials?
It has proven to be difficult, if not impossible, to proceed to full-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for most of the natural methods that cannot be patented or otherwise monopolized.
Uncovering Hidden Health Issues: The Role of Food Sensitivities in Chronic Inflammation and Gut Health
By addressing food sensitivities through targeted testing and personalized dietary interventions, individuals can take a significant step toward reducing inflammation, improving gut health, and enhancing overall well-being.
A Renewed Focus on Self-Help for Healing
As the producer of The Moss Report, the year leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic was filled with anticipation and excitement. We had invested years of hard work and significant resources into two major projects: our feature film, Immunotherapy: The Battle Within, and...
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2026 AzNMA Annual Conference – Building Brain Resilience
Strengthening Cognitive Health Across the Lifespan The Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association (AzNMA) is excited to invite you to our 2026 CME Conference, happening November 6–8, 2026, at Sonoran University of Health Sciences in Tempe, Arizona. We look forward to welcoming you for an inspiring weekend of learning and connection. We are putting together an outstanding lineup of expert speakers who will share the latest insights, practical strategies, and clinical approaches to building brain resilience and supporting cognitive health throughout life. Sessions will feature engaging presentations, each including relevant clinical case discussions. 2026 AzNMA Annual Continuing Medical Education Conference
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