NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - November 12. 2009

Join reader action to educate the Associated Press about natural remedies, alternative medicine (NaturalNews) The Associated Press continues its assault on alternative medicine, led by writer Marilynn Marchione who writes attack pieces on everything under the sun (including the sun itself) related to alternative medicine and natural therapies. The...

When Antibiotics Fail, Nurses Turn to Maggots And Manuka Honey to Beat Superbugs (NaturalNews) Faced with a growing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, hospitals in the United Kingdom are adopting traditional medicinal techniques to fight infection, such as maggots and honey. Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus...

Antioxidant in Ginkgo may protect cells from radiation damage (NaturalNews) According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), the Ginkgo biloba (G. biloba) is one of the oldest types of trees in the world. Ginkgo herbal treatments have been used in traditional Chinese medicine...

Milk lobby initiates marketing campaign at kids to keep chocolate milk in schools (NaturalNews) The commercial milk industry is planning to initiate a nationwide marketing campaign on Monday designed to keep chocolate milk in schools. Soda, candy, and other junk foods have been undergoing criticism recently for contributing to childhood...

Acupuncture produces amazing results in reversing infertility (NaturalNews) Of all the available treatments for infertility, acupuncture isn't one that people usually think of first. But as you'll see here, it's actually one of the safest and most effectiveness treatments for infertility known to modern science...

Avon under fire over carcinogenic and estrogenic ingredients (NaturalNews) There are many toxins in commercial cosmetics. Aluminum is common in most under arm deodorants, for example. Many fragrances contain harmful additives as well. Dr. Samuel Epstein, Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and author of...

Greenwashing Celebration: Eco-Business Awards a Farce (NaturalNews) Business in the Community's 2009 Responsible Business Awards for ecological responsibility were dominated by companies that have made their fortunes exploiting the Earth, writes Guardian columnist Fred Pearce in his series "Greenwash...

Don't Chop Your Carrots Until After Cooking (Or Better Yet, Just Eat Them Raw) (NaturalNews) Carrots may contain 25 percent more cancer-fighting power when they are cooked whole and then chopped, rather than being chopped up before cooking, according to a study conducted by researchers from Newcastle University. Carrots are known...

The Cervical Cancer Vaccine may Not Work, but Broccoli Does Gardasil, a vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer in women, has recently been the target of debate about its safety and efficacy. While young girls have been dying and key researchers are saying the vaccine doesn't work, there are dozens...

Over Eighty Percent of Suspected Swine Flu Cases were Not Flu, CBS News Reports In July 2009, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC) ceased tracking individual cases of H1N1 Swine flu, CBS News has reported. The CDC advised states to stop testing for the virus in the middle of an international pandemic...

Vegetables Provide the Best Diabetes Defense for Your Baby Why do pregnant women crave foods? Ask nutritionists this question, and they'll probably tell you that it's the body's way of telling the mother that it's "craving" a particular vitamin or nutrient. While this explanation certainly sounds...

Detox with the Ancient Ayurvedic Practice of Oil Pulling Oil pulling or oil swishing, in alternative medicine, is a procedure that involves swishing oil in the mouth for oral and systemic health benefits. It is mentioned in the Ayurvedic text Charaka Samhita where it is called Kavala Gandoosha...