| HIV vaccines cause 50 percent false positive rate in HIV tests (NaturalNews) It may come as a big surprise to most people, but HIV tests given to people today don't actually test for the presence of the HIV virus. Rather, they test for the presence of HIV antibodies that the immune system creates to defend... |
| Fish oil reduces risk of breast cancer by a third (NaturalNews) When you look at statistics about breast cancer, it's no wonder that the very mention of the disease causes dread in many women. After all, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) says about 210,000 Americans, almost all females, will be diagnosed... |
| High cholesterol in children may drop naturally on its own over time (NaturalNews) A new study published in the journal Pediatrics has found that children with high cholesterol may not need drug treatments to bring them back to normal, healthy levels. Children who tested with high cholesterol levels initially in... |
| EPA pushing Congress to tax heavy polluter industries (NaturalNews) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is urging the U.S. Congress to reinstate a pollution tax on heavy polluter industries in order to fund the agency's "Superfund program". This program works to clean up the nation's worst uncontrolled... |
| Radiation scan problems only noticed after patients' hair falls out (NaturalNews) New concern over lack of regulation in medical radiation has been spurred by a case in which more than 300 patients received excessive levels of radiation, but doctors only uncovered the problem when patients' hair began to fall out. The... |
| New Cancer Guidelines Reverse Decades of Advice for Patients to Avoid Exercise A new set of national guidelines for cancer patients presented at this year's meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is reversing decades of common mainstream advice for such patients to avoid exercise. Instead, the new... |
| Selenium Defies FDA Mandate by Preventing and Curing Heart Failure The FDA states that only drugs can prevent or cure disease, but fortunately the local medical authorities in areas with low soil selenium levels are taking a more effective path to the prevention and treatment of a serious heart condition... |
| The Moringa Tree: Find a Natural Home Water Purification System One of the big problems in developing countries is the availability of clean drinking water. Is there an inexpensive, natural, home water purification system that will allow poor people access to clean drinking water? Indeed, there is. The... |
| Meat: Choose Organic Not so long ago you could only buy organic products at health food stores, but more and more they are popping up in large retail grocery stores. Organic meats like chicken, turkey and beef are now sitting next to their non organic counterparts... |
| Beet juice lowers blood pressure (NaturalNews) The vegetable known as the beetroot in Great Britain (and usually called the table beet, garden beet, red beet or just plain beet in the U.S.) has been studied in recent years for its health-building properties. For example, scientists have... |
| US military says school lunches are a threat to national security (NaturalNews) A group of retired military officials recently expressed concern that school lunches are a threat to national security. According to them, the food being fed to children at public schools is making them "too fat to fight", leaving a potentially... |
| HIV drug causes liver damage, admits FDA (NaturalNews) The HIV drug Videx (sold generically as didanosine) may cause fatal liver problems, the FDA has warned. Since the drug's initial approval, the agency has received 42 adverse event reports linking Videx and its delayed release version... |
| Poor Nutrition Causes Impacted Wisdom Teeth Wisdom teeth, also called the Third Molars, are the furthest back teeth, erupt between the ages of about 16 and 25 years old and are the last teeth to come in. In a large percentage of the population, these third molars either come in improperly... |
| Grape Seed Extract Offers Many Benefits Used throughout Europe to prevent and treat a variety of health conditions, grape seed extract is a powerful antioxidant that can be used to benefit the body in many ways. Grape seed has antioxidant, antiallergenic, antihistamine, anti-inflammatory... |
| Haitian Farmers Reject Monsanto Earthquake Relief Donation and Burn GMO Seeds In an attempt to backdoor GMO seeds into a new market, Monsanto has taken the opportunity to donate hundreds of tons of GMO seeds to Haiti and is calling it an effort to help the people in Haiti with earthquake relief. However, Monsanto's... |
Today's health headlines from across the 'net
(selected by the Health Ranger for your education and amusement)- Amazon.com says e-books now out-sell hardcovers (but not paperbacks)
- Washington Post exposes ballooning secret government of USA
- TSA conducts "strip search" of 12 year old girl using full body scanner
- Legalizing pot could collapse the Mexican drug cartels
- Stroke risk doubles in first hour after consuming alcohol
- China surpasses USA as world's largest energy user
- Whole Foods steps up enforcement of "organic" claim in body care products
- Wall Street megabanks routinely launder drug cartel money
- Even glass jars can contain BPA chemical due to lid lining
- TIME magazine actually reports on the toxicity of plastics chemicals (April article)
- People no longer have attention span to read full articles
- Radioactive brain scan drugs found to contain impurities
