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Nov 11

Health: Gardasil Linked to Seventy-Eight Outbreaks of Genital Warts The Gardasil vaccine has been linked to 78 outbreaks of genital warts, according to an article in The Fiji Times entitled "Are our girls guinea pigs?" by Matelita Ragogo....

Health: FDA Set to Approve Genetically Engineered Animals Genetically Engineered grains have been in existence for several years, amidst many concerns from various organizations and individuals. Now, the FDA is set to approve Genetically Engineered Animals to be introduced into the food chain. Ever...

Health: Pomegranate Extracts Found to Inhibit Inflammation (NaturalNews) Pomegranate extract may inhibit the chronic inflammation linked with a variety of health problems such as heart disease and arthritis, according to a study conducted by researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and published...

Health: New Study Shows Niacin-Bound Chromium Benefits Diabetics (NaturalNews) Nicacin-bound chromium (Cr-N) provides significantly more heart health benefits than chromium picolinate (Cr-P), the form more commonly found in supplements, according to a study presented at the 68th Annual Scientific Session of the American...

Health: Prevent Fatty Liver Disease with Exercise A press release by the University of Missouri reports that a new study shows that it doesn't take long for someone who stops exercising and becomes...

Health: Improve Your Health and Well-Being with Raw Chocolate Kit Kats, Snickers, Cadbury. We all know that chocolate is bad for us right? Wrong! Chocolate is actually one of the healthiest foods on the earth! Research is continually proving that chocolate is actually a super food. The problem is that...

Health: Pet Food Recipe Changes and Challenges If you haven't seen it yet with your brand of dog food or cat food, you probably will soon. Prices of pet food ingredients are rising just like the prices of your groceries in recent months. Many pet food manufacturers are scrambling to stay...

Health: Mouth Piercings Increase Risk of Gum Disease (NaturalNews) Teenagers who get oral piercings are at a significantly higher risk for gum disease and tooth fractures, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Israeli army and the School of Dental Medicine at Tel Aviv University, and published...

Health: Fasting, Losing Weight and Quitting Smoking, with Dr. Gabriel Cousens This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Fountain of Youth Summit, which can be found at http://fountainofyouthworldsummit.com. In this excerpt, Dr. Gabriel Cousens answers questions about the safety of fasting, losing weight and...

Health: Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans than Illegal Drugs (NaturalNews) A report by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission has concluded that prescription drugs have outstripped illegal drugs as a cause of death. An analysis of 168,900 autopsies conducted in Florida in 2007 found that three times as many...

Health: Pharmaceuticals in the Water: Why Medication Contamination is a Danger to Our Health and the Environment (transcript) (NaturalNews) Welcome everyone. I'm the Health Ranger, Mike Adams. Today we're talking about the dangers of chemicals in your tap water. The Associated Press has done a study, and they're reporting today that all kinds of chemicals are found in...

Health: Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Fails to Bring Desired Benefits When we are told by our medical doctors that we need surgery, many of us would assume that the procedure would fix the health problem which we have - that is only natural. And that is all the more so when a particular surgical procedure is...

Health: Acupuncture Offers Benefits in Alleviating Breast Cancer Treatment Side-Effects A 2008 American study, which appeared in the September issue of The International Journal of Radiation Oncology, examined the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating women coping with the side effects of conventional breast cancer...

Health: Natural Therapies for Asthma Asthma is a serious, sometimes life-threatening respiratory disease that affects the quality of life for millions of Americans. Asthma causes swelling and irritation in your airways, making it hard for you to breathe. Asthma costs in Eastern...

Health: Seaweed: Age-Old New Food and Fuel of the Future Seaweed has played a large part in the staple diet of many Eastern countries for centuries. In the West we have only just begun to wake up to the wonderful nutritional value of seaweeds as well as their variety, flavour and health-giving...

 Nov 09 

Health: Review of the Best New Natural Appetite Suppressant Supplements, Including Pine Nut Oil (NaturalNews) Natural appetite suppressants have come a long way since the days of hoodia gordonii. Today's natural appetite suppressants are more effective, more honest and even more affordable than most hoodia supplements, and they provide health-conscious...

Health: Niacin May Lower the Risk of Heart Disease (NaturalNews) Researchers may have discovered the mechanism by which the vitamin known as niacin or B-3 raises the body's levels of HDL cholesterol, thus decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. "Although niacin has been commonly used to increase...

Health: Simulin from Fruits Protects People From Diabetic Effects of Dietary Sugars (NaturalNews) Researchers from ATM Metabolics say they have isolated a chemical, naturally occurring in fruits and vegetables, that protects the body from the diabetes-producing effects of sugars. ATM Metabolics is a research company specializing in...

Health: A Review of RAWvolution: Gourmet, Organic, Vegan Food Delivered to Your Door While people have different ideas about what it means to be a "raw foodist" (rawist), most people concerned with health and nutrition would agree that it is very important to include lots of fresh, raw, unprocessed foods into one's diet....

Health: Food Label Literacy - Identifying Products With Excellent Nutrition Each and every day, we consume products that have mandatory food labels -- Nutrition Facts. These labels are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are designed to inform the consumer of the actual components of the...

Health: Belly Fat Linked to Dementia, Alzheimer's Later in Life (NaturalNews) People with large waistlines in middle age have three times the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia later in life, according to a study conducted by researchers from Kaiser Permanente and published in the journal...

Technology: Could Risky Meat By-Products Be Turned Into Energy? I have discovered a possible means for the inferior garbage that gets dumped into pet food to be turned into valuable energy. Something that seems to be a far better method to discard of left over animal waste materials than becoming dog...

Health: How to Get and Apply Ormus This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Renegade Water Secrets, which can be found at (http://www.renegadewatersecrets.com) . In this excerpt, Barry Carter shares on getting and applying ormus. Renegade Water Secrets with Barry...

Health: Harvard Psychiatrists Hide Millions of Dollars Received from Drug Companies (NaturalNews) A congressional investigation has revealed that a group of Harvard psychiatrists, instrumental in pushing the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and its off-label treatment with antipsychotics, concealed from university officials...

Health: New Study Shows Omega-3s Reduce Appetite (NaturalNews) Omega-3 fatty acids can help dieters feel full longer and eat less, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Navarra, University of Iceland and University College Cork and published in the journal Appetite...

Health: Drive-Thru Flu Shots Now on The Menu at Many Hospitals It's not uncommon to see mothers taking their children to the local drive-thru for fast food fare on the way to school. Hoping that more people will get flu shots if they make it just as convenient as ordering a kiddie meal, some hospitals...

Society: Threat to Liberty: Constitution Free Zone Covers Two-Thirds of Americans The extraordinary authority that the U.S. government possesses at its borders is spilling into regular American streets, affecting large populations of its citizens. Nearly two-thirds of the entire population of the country now lives within...

Health: People with Depression Prone to Diabetes (NaturalNews) People who are depressed or more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, while those who are diabetic are more likely to become depressed, according to a study conducted by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and published in...

Technology: Children Pump Clean Water While Playing on the Merry-Go-Round PlayPumps International, a US non-profit organization, has come up with a very innovative way to help Africans obtain clean water for their families. The PlayPump is a sustainable, patented water pump that gets its power from children. The...

Health: More Children on Drugs Than Ever: Chronic Prescriptions Increase Dramatically Are your kids on drugs? Did they get them from your doctor? You`re not alone. A new study published in the November issue of Pediatrics Journal shows that the trends for chronic medication in children are way up. The three year...

Health: Hypnotherapy as a treatment for Atopic Dermatitis in Adults and Children Many people don't know that skin is the largest organ on the human body. Its many functions incorporate every other system in our bodies. Though skin disorders are often the easier maladies to treat, there are some instances when it takes...

Health: Surrounding Your Self with Success and Dealing with Negativity This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Fountain of Youth Summit, which can be found at http://fountainofyouthworldsummit.com. In this excerpt, Ryan Lee shares on dealing with negative relationships or circumstances. The Fountain...

Nov 8

Health: New Study Shows Fruit Reduces Risk of Esophageal Cancer (NaturalNews) A diet high in fruits and vegetables may significantly decrease a person's risk of esophageal cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers from Kaiser Permanente Northern California and published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology...

Health: Why Hydrogenated Oils Should be Avoided at All Costs If you're really concerned about getting healthy and staying that way, then you have to be very concerned about what you're putting into your body. This means not only avoiding fast foods and other known junk foods, but it means that you...

Health: Asthma Attacks Can Be Reduced by Using This Russian Breathing Technique Anyone who has endured an asthma attack or watched their child suffer as they gasped for breath knows the helpless feeling that can grip you as powerfully as the attack itself. There are approximately a million and a half asthmatic sufferers...

Health: Prostate Diagnosis and Treatment Lags, but Research on Lifestyle Yields Clues More than 27,000 men will die from prostate cancer this year, yet remarkably little progress has been made in our knowledge of the biochemistry of the prostate over the past decade. We still don't even know for sure which hormones are high...

Environment: Air Pollution Has Negative Effects on Heart Health It would be natural to think that microscopic particles in polluted air would do damage to one's lungs, nose and throat. However, recent research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association has reported that...

Health: How to Protect Yourself From West Nile Virus this Year (NaturalNews) The best way to prevent against contracting West Nile virus is to take several simple measures that reduce your risk of being bitten by mosquitoes, according to recommendations from the Newton County, Missouri, Health Department. West...