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Cancer Cosmetics - Toxic Personal Care

Contaminated Children's and Infant's Tylenol Products Recalled

U.S. Government Ignores Natural Swine Flu Remedies

Kiss Of Death: Lead Levels in Many Lipsticks Higher Than Reported

Monsanto & Cancer Milk: Fox News Kills Story & Fires Reporters

French Confirm the Obvious: Organic is more nutritious

Food Is Power and the Powerful Are Poisoning Us

The way we eat is trashing the fragile conditions that make human life possible

Renewed call from Health Experts to Ban Aspartame

How broccoli can protect your arteries

The Not-So-Happy Meal: What's in Fast Food?

What's Pure, White and Deadly and Not Cocaine?

It’s Time to Throw Out the Throwaway Economy

How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass?

Food for the Soul

Pandemic H1N1 Swine Flu FAQ

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified (GM) foods!

Cut back... way, way back on extra sugar

Toxins in Lake Michigan fish linked to diabetes

Drugged to Death

Building your Natural Immunity against the Swine Flu

Flow: For Love of Water

Money and Debit Determines Your Weight

Secret Toxins Lurking in Your Food, and How to Avoid Them

Rate of severe childhood obesity up sharply in U.S.

Consumerism is 'Eating the Future'

The Future of Food

Millions Of U.S. Children Low In Vitamin D

Cholesterol levels tied to increased risk for dementia

Pesticide link to childhood leukemia

Tanning Salons' Sunbeds as harmful as cigarettes

Eating Fish May Ward Off Dementia

A Chemical Reaction - Trailer of Lawn Chemical Documentary

Statin Drugs vs. Red Yeast Rice

Is child obesity, child abuse?

The Psychological Benefits of Gardening

Preventing Gardasil Vaccine Injuries & Deaths

Living A Nightmare - Animal Factories in Michigan

Parkinson's linked to high levels of pesticide in the body

Urgent Action Needed to Ensure that the FDA Does Not Create a Monopoly for Weight Loss Supplements!

Obesity emerges as new risk factor for severe flu

Early Alzheimer's: Not Remembering What Is Important To Remember

Suicide Warning Ordered on Anti-Smoking Drugs

The Whole Truth About Milk

New Bill (HR2749) Gives FDA Unheard-of Power over Small Farmers, Food and Supplement Producers

Vitamin D Deficiency Is Widespread And On The Increase

Eco-Innovation: Growing Produce Almost Everywhere

Fewer calories equals a longer life

High Carbohydrate Foods Can Cause Heart Attacks

Is it a heart attack, cardiac arrest or stroke?

Green tea could delay prostate cancer: U.S. study

New Evidence That Vinegar May Be Natural Fat-fighter

Broccoli Antioxidant Again Found to Help with Digestive Health

Farmers markets bloom at hospitals

Canadian farmers opposed to GM wheat: survey

Lycopene in Tomatoes May Ward Off Heart Disease, Stroke, and Prostate Cancer

Ginseng: Nature's Anti-inflammatory?

Suppress the Science, Ban the Natural Substances, Sell the Drugs

Stopping Diabetes Damage With Vitamin C

Hormone experts worried about plastics, chemicals

Food, Inc.

Vitamin D May Halt Lung Function Decline In Asthma And COPD

Compound In Turmeric Spice May Stall Spread Of Fat Tissue

Physiologists And Microbiologists Find Link Between Sitting And Poor Health

Just in Time for Cookout Season: The Pros and Cons of Condiments

Healthy Lifestyles Are On Decline In U.S.

Car-driven society poses a risk to Americans' health

How Plants Protect Us From Disease

What's in a cough? 20,000 viruses!

ACLU sues over patents on breast cancer genes

Eating Fish, Nuts And Olive Oil May Be Associated With Reduced Risk Of Age-related Blindness

Advance Toward Producing Biofuels Without Stressing Global Food Supply

The power of music: It's a real heart opener

Green Tea Found to Help Gum Health

B-Vitamins Help with Digestive Health

What if we had no law protecting our supplements?

United To Charge Heavier Passengers Twice To Fly

Scientists uncover genetic risks for stroke

Big Belly And Obesity Linked To Increased Risk Of Restless Legs Syndrome

UK drug shows early promise against Alzheimer's

Music Reduces Stress In Heart Disease Patients

Home Tooth Bleaching Reduces Enamel Strength

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Guard Against Advanced Prostate Cancer

Group finds carcinogens in kids bath products

Shopper's Guide to Pesticides

Bills Would Ban BPA From Food and Drink Containers

Fish may be brain food for teenage boys

Traffic Jams Harm the Heart

Niacin Lowers Cholesterol Better than Prescription Drugs
A new study out shows vitamin B3, also known as niacin, lowers bad cholesterol more effectively than common statin drugs.

Mirafit FBCx Reduces Caloric Absorption
Mirafit fbcx is a soluble fiber derived from corn that reduces human body absorption of consumed fat.

Lower Cholesterol Equals Lower Cancer
Low total cholesterol is associated with 60 percent lower risk of prostate cancer while higher levels of good cholesterol HDL may protect against lung, liver cancers.

Autism Spikes, Toxins Suspected
As the national focus on the H1N1 pandemic rages, additional evidence of a more insidious epidemic has emerged, with an all-too-expected shrug from the mainstream media. Results from two federal studies announced in October say parents have a 1-in-100-or-greater chance of having a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Chemicals, Cancer, and Conflict of Interest
A new documentary looks at some of the major chemical makers – including Dow Chemical, Bayer, Dupont, Monsanto – and how they produce cancer causing chemicals that pollute our environment, while at the same time, they are developing cancer treatments and profiting from the very disease their products are causing.

A Glass of Wine Every Day May Be Good in Six Ways
Wine in moderation might help you lose weight, reduce forgetfulness, boost your immunity, and help prevent bone loss.

The New Religion of Consumerism
Our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction and our ego satisfaction in consumption.

Decreasing Alzheimer's Agitation with Lemon Oil
A medical study funded by the Alzheimer's society, has concluded that there are therapeutic benefits in aromatherapy for psychiatric disorders. Alzheimer's disease was included in the study.

Autism, Mercury and Vaccines
Thimerosal... is directly related to the Autism epidemic. And it could have been prevented if the FDA was not alseep at the switch because of misplaced protectionism of the pharmaceutical industry.

Life Support Systems on Earth Failing
By some estimates, 12,000 species go extinct every year, and the rate is accelerating. Akin to a cataclysmic asteroid, pollution, logging, over-exploitation, consumption, land use changes and engineering projects have produced the planet's sixth great extinction of species.

Red Palm Oil - Ancient Healing Power
For generations, red palm oil has been revered as both a nutritious food and a valuable medicine. Even now, scientists are beginning to recognise the value of the prized plant in the treatment and prevention of several diseases.

Low-Level Mercury Exposure, Zinc Deficiency and Learning Disabilities
Child learning and behavioral disorders are on the rise. Increasingly, diet-related factors like synthetic food dyes, mercury contamination and mineral deficiencies are being linked to these problems.

Curry Kills Cancer
A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment.

Stomach Flu... Or Industrial Meat?
The CDC has estimated there are 76 million cases of food-borne illness that happen in America each year. And in all likelihood, most were was created by factory farming.

Children Lacking Vitamin D at Risk for Health Problems
Millions of children could be at risk for health problems because they lack vitamin D.

Cheap Food... Is Neither
The industrial food system fills us up but leaves us empty — it's based on selective forgetting. But what we eat — how it's raised and how it gets to us — has consequences that can't be ignored any longer.

High Fructose Corn Syrup, When Heated, Can Become Downright Dangerous
Government researchers have found that high-fructose corn syrup, which is used as a sweetening agent in thousands of products, creates potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance when heated.

Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
By examining the intricate relationship between humans and four plants (apples, potatoes, tulips, and marijuana), Botany reveals how certain plant species have used us to their advantage and proliferated exponentially by offering attractive qualities to us.

Top Ten Swine Flu Protection Supplements
Here are the top ten, natural Swine Flu Protection Supplements for those looking to protect themselves without the experimental vaccine.

Planting Hemp on the Lawn of the DEA Farmers are Arrested
Unlike governments in Canada, Europe and China, the DEA will not allow "industrial" hemp to be cultivated in the United States. $360 million dollars must be spent on imports.

Does the Vaccine Really Even Matter?
Now some flu experts are challenging the medical orthodoxy and arguing that for those most in need of protection, flu shots and antiviral drugs may provide little to none. So where does that leave us if a bad pandemic strikes?

Boosting the Value of Compounds that Fights Alzheimer's
The polyphenols found in red wine are thought to help prevent Alzheimer's disease, and new research from Purdue University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine has shown that some of those compounds in fact reach the brain.

Brain Damage from Mobile Phone Radiation Approaching Epidemic
One: There is a risk of brain tumors from cell phone use; Two: Telecom funded studies underestimate the risk of brain tumors; Three: Children have larger risks than adults for brain tumors

Possible 75% Cancer Mortality Rate Reduction with Vitamin D
It has been reasonably established that adequate serum vitamin D metabolite levels are associated with substantially lower incidence rates of several types of cancer, including those of the breast, colon, and ovary, and other sites.

The Genetic Conspiracy
Numerous studies claim genetically modified plants can cause allergies and cancers. However, commercial and political interests are determined to make genetic engineering the norm.

Swine Flu Protection with Probiotics
There is plenty of evidence that probiotics are good for the immune system. When the immune system is strong, it is in a much better position to fight off viruses, like the swine flu.

Rigged Medical Research
The bedrock of healthcare reform has been that our nation’s medical care will improve, and money will be saved by implementing a government plan utilizing prescription drugs and procedures shown to be the most effective - but now we learn that the medical research is rigged.

Black Elderberry and Swine Flu Pandemic
During a pandemic, it is critical that people use common-sense hygiene practices, good nutrition, and appropriate, safe supplements to boost their immunity and prevent viral infections from taking hold or becoming life-threatening.

Vaccine Nation
Vaccines actually have never been proven to be safe and effective for anyone... ever. A groundbreaking film by Gary Null.

Health Care Reform, Without Natural Medicine, Isn't.
Since the drug companies began using their power for profit, health care has gone spiraling down the tubes, and so has the general population's well being.

Growing AIR - recycle indoor air 100%
Three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in measurably cleaner indoor air.

Amount of People with Alzheimer's to nearly double every 20 years
By 2010, an estimated 35.6 million people around the world will be living with dementia. The number is expected to hit 65.7 million in 2030 and 115.4 million in 2050.

Astragalus Protects Against H1N1 (Swine) Flu Virus
Astragalus has shown antiviral properties, it can be used to help protect against the H1N1 (Swine) Flu virus. Watch Astragalus Video.

Ice Cream and Burger Brain Control
One particular type of fat -- palmitic acid which is found in beef, butter, cheese and milk, shuts down the appetite-suppressing signals from the brain.

Hand Washing Not a Silver Bullet for Flu
According to some experts, you can wash your hands all you want, and it won't do much to stop the spread of influenza, including the H1N1 variety.

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TOXIC PRODUCTS

FDA: Psoriasis drug could cause deadly brain infection

New Study of Splenda Reveals Shocking Information About Potential Harmful Effects

The Aspartame/NutraSweet Fiasco

Study Finds High Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury

BPA Plastic May Stay in Body Longer

Cured Meats tied to Childhood Leukemia Risk

FDA: Peanut Plant Knew Product was Tainted with Salmonella

EPA Veils Hazardous Substances

USDA Unable to Weed Out Unapproved Modified Foods

Kellogg Warns Not to Eat it's Peanut Butter

Vicks VapoRub Linked to Infant Breathing Problems

FDA Comspired with Chemical Industry to Declare Bisphenol-A Harmless

Children in Danger From Bisphenol A

Use of Cleaning Products Increase Risk of Asthma in Young Children

FDA: Tiny Amount of Melamine Not Harmful to Adults

Are Energy Drinks Threatening Our Kids?

Aspartame Study: 67% of Female Rats Developed Visible Tumors

FDA Criticized Over Plastic Chemical

Warnings About the Safety of Chemicals in Plactics

Air "Fresheners" Actually Releasing Toxins into Your Home

Cell Phone Radiation Found to Distrupt Sleeping

Pharmaceuticals in Our Drinking Water

Cloned Meat and Milk to be Approved

Is Fluoride Poison?

Food Additives Altering Children's Behavior

Parkinson's Disease and Chemical Exposure

Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products
and What's At Stake for American Power

Chemicals used in Teflon, Scotchgard, Found in Human Milk

Devra Davis: The Secret History of the War on Cancer

What Happens When You Use A Cell Phone

What Happens When You Drink a Coke

Lead Poisoning: Symptoms and Elimination

HERBS AND SUPPLEMENTS

Universal Vaccine for the Flu? Look No Further Than Vitamin C and Zinc

Vitamins: It's Dose That Does It

New Anti-Cancer Components of Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

Broccoli Antioxidant Found to help Breast Health

Old Rats Shape Up with L-Carnitine

Garlic 'Prevents Common Cold'

Vitamin B1 May Reduce Risk of Kidney Disease

Niacin May Benefit Mental Health

Vitamin D Continues To Show Promise for Mental Health

Report: Kids Should Get More Vitamin D

Olive Oil Compound May Fight Disease, Act Like Painkiller

Vitamin E Shown to Benefit Eye Health

FDA Gives Thumbs Up for Vegetable Irradiation

Vitamin D May Prevent Breast Cancer Spread

Chia: Another Great Grain

Vitamin C Shows Promise as Cancer Treatment

The Critical Brain Nutrients Folate and Vitamin B-12

Vitamin D Extends Your Lifespan

Beta-Carotene Risks Still Unproven

Omega 3 Fatty Acids May Enhance Mood As Well

Vitamin D Your Sunshine

Rhodiola Defeats Stress

Pass That Bottle of Wine

Want to Live Longer? Take Vitamin D

Krill Oil

Garlic Is Great!

Honey VS Over-The-Counter Drugs

Fe, Fiber, Fo, Fum. I Smell the Blood of a Health One

OBESITY & WEIGHT LOSS

Cutting Calories May Boost Your Memory

Eating Nuts May Combat Metabolic Syndrome

When Money's at Stake, Dieters Have More Weight-Loss Success

Obese Children At Risk for Liver Damage

20 Diseases and Conditions Directly Attributed to Being Overweight

Doctors Unlikely to Tell us We're Fat

Exercise in a Pill? Not So Fast.

Study: Most Kids' Fast-food Meals Have Too Many Calories

Common Chemicals Part of the Obesity Epidemic

Anti-Diet Supplement Alpha-Fibe FBCx Gaining Lots of Attention

Skinny Up: Small Changes that Work for Weight Loss

Big Increase in Middle-Aged Women's Strokes Linked to Belly Fat

Top Ten Weight Loss Supplements

Hang Out at the Tavern After Your Workout - Alcohol and Weight Loss

Big Waistline Means Big Danger

Slim up For Summer

Inches Trump Pounds

Alarming Obesity Figures

Sea Vegetables and the Elmination of Fat Cells

Drinking to Obesity

Obesity Strongest Risk Factor For
Colorectal Cancer Among Women, Greater Than Smoking

Obesity and Sleep

AUTISIM

Autisim and Nutrition

DIABETES

Type 2 Diabetes Found to More than Triple Heart Disease Risk

U.S. Diabetes Rate Nearly Doubles in a Decade

Cost of Diabetes Care Has Doubled

Chocolately Good Diabetes Care

Common Cooking Spice Found to Combat Diabetes, Obesity

Skyrocketing Diabetes Rates Among Americans

Vitamin D Lowers Risk of Diabetes

HEART HEALTH

New Study Confirms Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk

Less Sleep in Older Adults Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Chlorella Lowers Blood Sugar and Cholesterol

Biggest Danager for Hungers? Heart Attack, Not Stray Bullet

Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA) Fouind to Reduce Risk of Heart Attack

Heavy Snoring Is An Independent Risk Factor for Carotid Atherosclerois

Vitamin C Beneficial in Lowering Stroke Risk

Big Increase in Middle-Aged Women's Strokes Linked to Belly Fat

Snoring Linked to Cardiovascular Disease

Purely Positive Pomegranete Juice

Japanese Diet Rich in Fish May Hold Secret to Healthy Heart

Cats Calm Cardiovascular Risk

DASH Diet Reduces Heart Attack and Stroke

Reduced Risk of Heart Attack and Cancer from Eating Nuts

Preventing Heart Attacks with Red Yeast Rice

Natural Blood Pressure Control

Zelnorm Sales Suspended Because of Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events

GENERAL HEALTH

Beat the winter blues: 6 ways to boost mind, mood and prevent depression

Maryland Eyes Artifical Food Color Ban

Panasonic's Pandemic-Related Move Fuels Questions

Too Much Tube Time for Kids Can Lead to Behavior Problems

NY Governor Paterson Proposes Soft Drink "Obesity Tax"

Secret of Flawless Skin and Makeup Techniques Revealed

Study Establishes Link Between Diet and Stress Induced Cancer

Google Tool Uses Search Terms to Detect Flu Outbreaks

Statins: Can Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Fight Pneumonia Too?

Money Worries Rob Workers of Sleep, Study Shows

How to Have a Healthy Halloween

Study: 8 out of 10 Americans Stressed Because of Economy

Colds Hate Positive People

Drugging Our Children for Behavior Control

Study: Can more sleep help fight off colds?

Coffee Drinking... Good or Bad?

Flu Season Getting Worse

Glyconutrients: The Sugar Building Blocks

A peel A Day Keeps Disease Away

New Study Provides More Evidence of Links Between Sleep Habits and Health

BIG PHARMA

FDA says India Plant Falsified Generic Drug Data

Gardasil Vaccines: Side Effects and Death

Wyeth's Use of Medical Ghostwriters Questioned

More Kids Are Taking More Meds Than Ever Before

Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans Than Illegal Drugs

Links Between Cholesterol Drug Vytorin and Cancer

Ban on Gifts to Doctors Sought

U.S. Lawmaker Questions FDA, Cites Industry Ties

Drugging Grade Schoolers With Statins

Allergy Drug Singulair Linked to Suicides

Contaminated Blood Thinner Causing Death

Deliberate Heparin Contamination

Toxic Tamiflu

ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY

Can Algae Save the World... Again?

New Country-Of-Origin Labeling Laws
Tell You Where Most of Your Fresh Food Comes From

Pharmaceuticals in Our Drinking Water

The World According to Monsanto - A Documentary that Americans Won't Ever See

Toxic Soup of Plastic Debris, Twice the Size of Texas,
Discovered in the Pacific Ocean

Get Rid of the Lawn, Plant Your Own Vegetables

Summer to Close on COOL Note

Waking From a 70 Year Dream: Thinking, Eating, Shopping

ALZHEIMER'S AND AGE RELATED

Early Alzheimer's: Not Remembering What Is Important To Remember

UK drug shows early promise against Alzheimer's

Vitamin D and Memory Decline: A Possible Link?

Soybean Product Fights Abnormal Protein Involved In Alzheimer’s Disease

Elderly Patients at Risk of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospital

Education Blunts Effects of Alzheimer's: Study

The Antiperspirant Alzheimer's Link

Sugary Beverages May Increase Alzheimer's Risk

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