NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - December 4, 2009

NaturalNews to publish year-end discounts and specials from health product companies (NaturalNews) On December 28th, NaturalNews will publish a guide to be distributed to all readers, featuring year-end discounts and specials from health-related companies of all kinds.

Warning: drug ads are harmful to your health (NaturalNews) If you watch TV or ever flip through a glossy magazine, you are bound to have seen ads conjured up by Big Pharma working with slick advertising agencies. As it turns out, what they are selling isn't necessarily health -- or the truth. They...

Study finds new method of using bone marrow stem cells to rapidly heal complex bone fractures (NaturalNews) Researchers from Hebrew University (HU) in Jerusalem have discovered a new technology that isolates a person's bone marrow stem cells for use in quickly healing complicated bone fractures. In an article published in the acclaimed journal...

Cereal ads found to promote childhood obesity (Natural News) According to a study by the Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy, marketing trumps nutrition when it comes to selling sugar-laden, empty calorie cereals to America's children. Kelly Brownell, the author of the Yale study, charges...

Learn Why You May Need More Vitamin B12 A deficiency in vitamin B12 often goes unrecognized until it has progressed to the point of anemia. A mild or moderate B12 deficiency may not cause outright anemia, but it's still linked to symptoms such as: - fatigue - lightheadedness ...

Scientists create protein to help probiotics work more effectively (NaturalNews) Researchers from the Institute of Food Research (IFR), part of the Institute of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Council, have materialized a protein that works with probiotic bacteria to help bind them to the gastrointestinal tract...

Glucosamine and Omega-3s are a Winning Com-bone-ation Glucosamine has a virtual monopoly in the joint health market, but a recent study from Germany shows that glucosamine would be wise to make room for another joint health jewel: omega-3s. Omega-3 fatty acids have been heralded for their...

Number of Prescriptions Written in UK for Antidepressants Nearly Equals Entire Population (NaturalNews) There were 36 million issued for antidepressant drugs in the United Kingdom in 2008, nearly one for every adult in the population, according to numbers obtained by the Liberal Democrat party. The number is 2.1 million higher...

Potential of Pterostilbene in Human Health is Promising You may not have heard of pterostilbene (pronounced "tero-Still-bean) yet. No, it's not a paleontologist' 160 million year-old dream discovery along with Triceratopsan. It is exciting news nonetheless. Resveratrol grabbed our attention a...

Foot Reflexology Massage Relieves Stress and Back Pain Reflexology is the exerting of pressure on targeted areas of the feet (or hands) using the acupressure points found on a reflexology foot chart. The art is said to have originated in the lands of China, Egypt and India and has its basis in... Today's health headlines from across the 'net (Hand-picked by the Health Ranger for your education and amusement) Big Brother "pre-crime" quiz used on children Social workers take baby boy after mom refuses to feed him processed junk food Lady Gaga songs are like junk food for the brain, says panel Prince Charles calls for alternative medicine to be formally embraced by government Woman killed by chemotherapy Call for ban on BPA chemical in baby bottles See all Top Headlines...