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New research is determining exactly how honey can help fight serious skin infections. Although people have made use of honey's antibacterial properties for centuries, scientists are just now discovering how it works. And what they are finding is that...
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A new study sought to evaluate the intensity of oxidative stress and the levels of neurotransmitters in the brains of fetal rats chronically exposed to radiation from to cell phones. Four groups of pregnant rats were exposed to different intensities of...
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For a period spanning 20 years, a Monsanto chemical plant in West Virginia produced the herbicide 2,4,5-T. 2,4,5-T is a component of Agent Orange, the defoliant sprayed over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Monsanto now faces a class-action lawsuit...
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Three common chemotherapy drugs cause DNA mutations. But a study on mice found that the mutations did not just occur in the animals that received the treatment, but also in their offspring. This may mean that the genome in treated mice became destabilized...
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Pfizer has just recalled a million packs of birth control pills because a fault in their manufacture means they could actually increase your chances of getting pregnant. The affected pills include Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol...
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In what amounts to an outrageous power-grab, the U.S. FDA is saying that the stem cells within your own body are drugs. They further claim that stem cell therapy counts as interstate commerce because it affects the profits of FDA-approved drugs in other...
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A large number of Americans are currently suffering and dying avoidable deaths, directly as a result of the health care system. Although America spends more per person on health care than any other country, it is not getting what it pays for. The U.S...
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Scientist Chris Shaw and his colleague Lucija Tomljenovic recently published a carefully researched and thoroughly peer reviewed paper on the topic of vaccine safety. But despite the cautious and professional tone of the paper, which describes possible...
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The USDA has prepared the way for approval of a new product from Dow Agrosciences -- a corn strain that can withstand Dow’s herbicide 2,4-D. The company plans to sell the corn to industrial farmers whose fields are choked with weeds that have developed...
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In a recent essay, researchers have pointed out that there is a major discrepancy in claims regarding the safety and efficacy of HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix. One major concern is the claim that HPV vaccines are an important tool in preventing cervical...
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A new study has shown that drinking diet soda results in an increased risk of vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. The researchers found that people who drank diet soft drinks daily were 43 percent more likely to have suffered...
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Challenges to a child’s immune system during early development, including those induced by vaccines, can lead to permanent and detrimental alterations of brain and immune function. Evidence also shows that as few as two or three vaccine adjuvants, simultaneously...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the personal e-mail of a group of its own scientists and doctors. The monitored employees were ones who had warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that posed unacceptable...
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Bryan Ganey weighed 577 pounds when he collapsed on June 20, 2010. He had suffered from a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot that had traveled to his lungs, and was hospitalized for six days. Several doctors tried to persuade Bryan to undergo weight-loss...
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A new study has shown that exposure to sunlight boosts fertility in both men and women by increasing their levels of vitamin D. Vitamin D balances sex hormones in women and improves sperm count in men, according to the research. In women, vitamin D boosts...