Thursday, December 17, 2009

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Aspartame alert: Diet soda destroys kidney function
(NaturalNews) Scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have revealed results from a study outlining some of the effects of artificial sweeteners on the body. Conducted on a group of 3,000 women, the results indicated that those who drank...

Green tea nutrients prevent and treat brain disorders
(NaturalNews) The December issue of Nature Chemical Biology contains a study that reveals the powerful effect of the green tea component EGCG in preventing and treating serious brain disorders like Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases...

Small Community Cancer Cure Crushed by Big Pharma, Part I
A small Canadian community's success with curing cancer naturally was recently crushed, forcing its provider into exile in Europe. Rick Thompson had discovered a cure for himself and then had shared it at no cost with others in the small...

New research: long-term physical activity slows aging on the cellular level
(NaturalNews) Telomeres, regions of DNA which protect the ends of chromosomes from destruction, have made big news in 2009. In fact, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded this year to researchers who investigated the nature of telomeres...

Eight Hundred Thousand Misdiagnosed in Swine Flu Farce
This week, Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that only one in five people who were diagnosed with swine flu actually had the disease and that four fifths were instructed to take Tamiflu unnecessarily. The Government agency...

Cement Factories Release Huge Quantities of Toxic Mercury Into the Air
(NaturalNews) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is targeting cement plants in California as a major source of mercury and other toxic emissions. The agency has issued new proposed regulations for Portland cement kilns that it says would reduce...

Senator Grassley Calls for Financial Disclosure from Medical Groups
Republican Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) has asked 33 medical groups, most of them patient advocacy non-profits, to disclose the financial backing they receive from the pharma, medical device and insurance industries. According...

Lead Contributes to Depression
Lead exposure was thought to be a thing of the past, but it is more common today than most realize. A recent study in the Archives of General Psychiatry (December issue) found that individuals with lead levels of 2.11 ug/dL or more had 2...

FDA dupes Interpol to achieve illegal kidnapping and deportation of herbal formulator Greg Caton
(NaturalNews) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today stands accused of taking part in the kidnapping and illegal extradition of a permanent resident of Ecuador, in violation of both international law and Ecuadorian law. Greg Caton, owner and operator...