Today’s Feature Stories:
Six Baby Bottle Manufacturers Quietly Agree to Remove Bisphenol-A (BPA) from Baby Bottles
(NaturalNews) After years of insisting Bisphenol-A (BPA) posed no threat to the health of babies, six larger manufacturers of baby bottles have announced they will stop shipping new baby bottles made with the chemical. No existing baby bottles are being...
Obesity Isn’t Genetic, It’s Taught: Kids Learn Food Habits From Parents
(NaturalNews) Children as young as two years old notice what foods their parents are bringing into the house and tend to mimic those food choices, according to a study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth Medical School and published in the Archives...
Anti-Vitamin C Study Seriously Flawed and Misleading
A recent study published in Cancer Research (2008; 68:8031-8038) warned that high doses of vitamin C could harm cancer patients by making chemotherapy drugs ineffective. But now a detailed report in the current issue of the journal...
BPA Plastics Chemical Linked to Neurological Problems
(NaturalNews) In the first direct evidence that bisphenol A (BPA) can be harmful primates, the chemical was observed to produce neurological problems in monkeys, in a study conducted by researchers from Yale School of Medicine and published in the
Acupuncture Your Way to Health
Acupuncture is considered one of the oldest healing therapies in the world. It has been practiced for thousands of years across the world. Its beginning was in China thousands of years ago. Acupuncture is one of the main therapies of Traditional...
Violent Video Games and Certain Internet Use Cause Aggression and Other Negative Outcomes
Young people today are spending less time playing outdoors and interacting with fellow human beings, and they are spending an increasing amount of time on electronic devices, gaming or surfing the internet. There are even portable gadgets...
Cold Ointments with Menthol Pose Risk to Children
Many of us grew up with vapor rubs slathered on our chests anytime we had a cough or cold, often much to our protest to the smell that seemed to singe our nostrils. This old-fashioned cold treatment is still common today, and you can even...
Researchers Speculate Alzheimer’s is New Diabetes Type
Some researchers and doctors are now saying Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the new diabetes. Beware of any pharmaceutical claims and check the dietary hints at the end of this article first. Though there are similarities between the two disorders...
Antibiotics Given During Labor Cause Cerebral Palsy
(NaturalNews) The use of antibiotics during premature labor may increase an infant’s risk of developing cerebral palsy, according to a study conducted by researchers from Oxford University. “This highlights the importance of fully understanding both...
Ocean “Dead Zones” Spreading Rapidly as Humans Pollute the Planet
(NaturalNews) The number of “dead zones” in coastal regions around the world continues to rapidly increase, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the University of Gothenberg, and published in...
The Dumbest Fundraising Event Ever? American Cancer Society Joins BBQ Meat “Cook Off” to Raise Money for Cancer Research
(NaturalNews) Texans living in Navarro County are about to win a collective award for being the dumbest people in the world when it comes to diet and nutrition: They are hosting a BBQ meat cook-off to raise money for — get this — cancer research...
Processed Meats Raise Leukemia Risk, Vegetables Lower It
(NaturalNews) A diet high in cured meats may lead to a 74 percent higher risk of childhood leukemia, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and published in the journal BMC Cancer. Researchers...
Eat Like the Mediterraneans and Lower Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Cognitive Impairment
The good news about the Mediterranean diet just keeps coming. New studies have shown that eating like the Mediterraneans lowers the risk of having metabolic syndrome and stroke. It also lowers the chances for mild cognitive impairment, and...
Multiple Sclerosis Caused by Vitamin D Deficiency
(NaturalNews) Researchers from Oxford University and the University of British Columbia have discovered that Vitamin D deficiency affects a section of the human genome already linked with multiple sclerosis (MS) risk, adding further weight to theories...
Excessive Television for Teens Raises Risk of Depression as Adults
Teenagers today are spending more and more time slouched on a couch in front of the electronic box - although nowadays it’s rather too flat to really be called a box anymore - called a television. And a recent University of Pittsburg and...
Wine Slashes Risk of Barrett’s Esophagus
According to the Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Barrett’s Esophagus is a condition marked by intestinal metaplasia. This means the tissue lining the esophagus (the muscular tube that runs from the...
Bisphenol-A Lingers in the Body Longer than Previously Thought, Reveals Research
(NaturalNews) The endocrine disrupting chemical bisphenol A remains in the body significantly longer than scientists had previously believed, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Rochester and published in the journal...
Regards,
- Mike Adams
The Health Ranger
Editor,
Having to do some speed reading here - I was out of town since last Wednesday and look what you’ve done! (You and your friends, that is)
500 more posts to read!
But I did look forward to checking this thread and see what was new. ;)