NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - April 12, 2010

If mainstream medicine really works, why are Americans so unhealthy? (NaturalNews) Did you ever wonder why such an alarmingly high percentage of Americans are obese, diabetic, depressed and suffering from cancer, heart disease, kidney disorders and skin problems? Now consider the fact that Americans pay more per capita...

Procter and Gamble to reduce 1,4-dioxane levels in Herbal Essences shampoos (NaturalNews) A recent press conference hosted by the Green Patriot Working Group (GPWG) included an announcement that Procter and Gamble (P&G) will be reducing the levels of toxic 1,4-dioxane in its Herbal Essences line of hair care products. P&G has...

Some US hospital patients exposed to 700 percent excess radiation from CT scans (NaturalNews) The FDA has launched an investigation into how patients at several different hospitals were exposed to as much as eight times more radiation than they were supposed to receive while undergoing computed tomography (CT) scans of their brains...

Central Figure in CDC Vaccine Safety Studies Investigated for Fraud One of the central figures in the Center for Disease Control`s (CDC) claims about vaccine safety is reported to be under investigation by Danish police after almost $2 million turned up missing that was supposed to have been spent on research...

Battery Breakthrough Technology Could Power Homes for Pennies Per Kilowatt Hour (NaturalNews) Scientists with Ceramatec, the research and development arm of CoorsTek, say that they have developed a new kind of deep-storage battery that, when coupled with on-site power generation mechanisms like wind and solar electricity, could power...

Turmeric is the Anti-Aging, Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Inflammatory Super Spice Curcumin's anti-inflammatory properties have been known in Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicines for thousands of years. It is the active ingredient of turmeric, which is a component of the curry preparations used daily in Indian and other South...

Junk Food Found to Deteriorate Pleasure Center of Brain A new study just found that a diet with unlimited junk food desensitizes the pleasure centers of the brain. As a consequence, more and more junk foods were required to feel the same level of pleasure. The study used rats, but since rats and...

Qi Stimulation without Needles: Acupressure Brings Healing Acupressure has become increasingly popular in the west in recent years, though it has been used for centuries as a natural treatment for various diseases. A traditional technique of Chinese medicine, it is similar to acupuncture but less...

Health Ranger thanks NaturalNews readers for their support (NaturalNews) I've just completed three weeks of touring in California where I got the chance to meet literally hundreds of NaturalNews supporters face to face at four different events. Although the schedule was quite demanding, being able to meet and...

Today's health headlines from across the 'net

(selected by the Health Ranger for your education and amusement)

• Oops: Almost a million dead people may have their organ donation wishes violated
• FDA concerned about dangers of triclosan, the chemical used in antibacterial soaps
• Johnson & Johnson, criminal drug pushers and exploiters of senior citizens
• Coca-Cola documentary exposes corporate-sponsored murder in Colombia
• Target to install recycling stations at all its 1,740 stores in the U.S.
• Western doctors claim type-1 diabetes is incurable... But then they suddenly claim a vaccine can cure it!
• Sunscreen company infuses its creams with vitamin D to overcome sunscreen-induced deficiencies
• Johnson & Johnson caught up in massive conspiracy, fraud lawsuit
• Rheumatoid arthritis increasing in white women (due to vitamin D deficiency)
• Texas produces far more wind power than even California
• FDA says it will require basic nutritional information on the FRONT labels of packaged foods
• First creatures found that can live without oxygen

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