NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - October 19, 2009

Pfizer to pay $1.3 billion criminal fine for misbranding its drugs (NaturalNews) In the largest criminal fine ever levied against any drug company in the world, a unit of U.S.-based Pfizer, Inc. was sentenced to pay...

Natural remedies for acid reflux disease (GERD) (NaturalNews) What exactly is "acid reflux disease?" Health consumers are quite familiar with the term (and the symptoms, in many cases), but few have a solid grasp of its underlying causes. For one thing, the term "disease" doesn't really apply to...

Will the world end on December 21, 2012? The Mayan calendar, the Higgs boson particle and fabric of reality (NaturalNews) I don't claim to be able to see the future through any sort of powers of premonition, but when it comes to December 21, 2012, I'll offer an armchair prediction that deserves some discussion: The world will not end. But this doesn't...

Probiotics prevent asthma (NaturalNews) Did you know that probiotics help prevent asthma? It's not one of those immediately obvious connections, but the more you look into it, the more you'll see why it works. Asthma is often the result of systemic inflammation caused by

How to Avoid Health Harming Parasites Technically a parasite is any organism that lives off another organism, so this could include bacteria, fungi and viruses. However for the purposes of health, when talking about parasites we are referring to protozoa (single celled organisms...

Scientists find lack of vitamin K could cause age-related diseases (NaturalNews) Here's a compelling reason to eat a variety of green, leafy vegetables regularly, including cabbage, cauliflower, Swiss chard and spinach: they could slow down the aging process and prevent a host of serious, life threatening diseases. The...

Japanese Judo Industry Devastated by Contagious Skin Fungus (NaturalNews) The All Japan Judo Federation is sounding a warning that an epidemic of a skin- and hair-affecting fungus may ruin the traditional Japanese martial arts of judo and sumo. "The federation has become worried about the situation," said dermatology...

The Wisdom of Symptoms: Respect the Intelligence of the Body to Heal Have you ever wondered what is that stuff coming out of your nose when you have a common cold? Such nasal discharges are composed of dead viruses that were killed by the body`s defenses, dead white blood cells that were killed as a result...

Ghee: Stove Top Super Food from Mother of All Health Systems Ghee for thee is much better than butter for you. Ghee, made from butter, is considered a health food in Indian Ayurvedic (pronounced Ah-your-vadic) medicine, which has a 5000 year history predating even Chinese medicine. Ayurveda is continually...

Treat Phobias with Hypnosis and the Rewind Technique Phobias are fairly common. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that approximately 8-18% of the American population suffers from a phobia. They are the most common form of an anxiety disorder. Among women of all ages, phobias...