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Health-News« Previous EntriesThe Foods That Are Most Affected by PesticidesMonday, October 6th, 2008By Sheryl Walters | By now most of us know that buying organic is absolutely essential if we want to put the best food possible into our bodies. It is just plain and simply better for our health and better for the environment, which are inextricably linked anyway.s Study after study show that organic food has a higher nutritional content than conventionally raised food. A study published in the Journal ... tagged Health-NewsFDA Approved Human Medical Experiments with Artificial Blood; Hundreds DiedTuesday, September 30th, 2008By David Gutierrez | The FDA allowed tests to proceed on new varieties of artificial blood even though it should have been aware that the products drastically increased patients' risk of heart attacks and death, according to a review conducted by the National Institutes of Health and Public Citizen, and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "It's hard to understand," lead researcher Charles Natanson said. "They already ... tagged Health-NewsBuy Your Poison - Aspartame, Diet Soda, SplendaWednesday, September 24th, 2008Dr. Leo Rebello | Chemist James Schlatter was working on an anti-ulcer drug candidate in the labs of G.D. Searle & Company. He was recrystallizing aspartame from ethanol when the mixture spilled on to the outside of the flask he was using. Some of the powder stuck to his fingers. When he licked his finger later, he realised the sweetness of aspartame. The first report of the discovery of the artificial ... tagged Health-NewsCoca-Cola to Phase Out Toxic Sodium Benzoate in the U.K.Tuesday, September 16th, 2008By David Gutierrez | The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it is in the process of phasing out the use of food additive sodium benzoate in the United Kingdom, after a number of studies have linked it to a wide variety of health problems. Coca-Cola said that it had begun removing the chemical from its new batches of Diet Coke in January, and that the process would be complete by the ... tagged Health-NewsHow industry money protects killer chemicalsTuesday, September 9th, 2008It happens almost every time. When a study is published linking a workplace chemical to serious disease, a scientist working for the industry disputes the findings. David Michaels, author of ‘Doubt is their product’, exposes industry’s dangerous tactics to protect its toxic favourites. By David Michaels | This strategy of “manufacturing scientific uncertainty” comes directly from the tobacco industry’s playbook. In fact, many of the same scientists who manufactured doubt ... tagged Health-NewsU.S. Food and Water Supply Poisoned by PerchlorateThursday, September 4th, 2008By Joanne Waldron | According to a report by the Organic Consumers Association, a toxic chemical that is a byproduct of rocket fuel is rapidly poisoning the food and water supply in the United States. Known as perchlorate, this chemical has been found in 93% of the nation's milk and lettuce supply in a recent FDA study. It has also been found in the drinking water for at ... tagged Health-NewsLSD, Ecstasy Tested on Terminally Ill PatientsThursday, September 4th, 2008Researchers are exploring the use of hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and ecstasy as a form of “psychedelic psychotherapy” for terminally ill patients, London’s Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. A clinical trial involving LSD began in Switzerland, in June. Eight patients were given 200 micrograms of LSD and four patients were given 20 micrograms. They will be assessed for anxiety levels, quality of life and pain levels. Scientists are also looking into the possibility ... tagged Drugs, Health-News and UK-NewsBisphenol A Chemical in Plastic Bottles Harms Children, Feds ConcludeWednesday, August 27th, 2008By David Gutierrez | For the first time, a branch of the U.S. government has admitted that the common industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may pose a health risk. BPA is a crucial ingredient in the hard, clear polycarbonate plastic found in water and baby bottles. It is also used to make liners for food and infant formula cans. BPA has been shown to seep out of these containers and into ... tagged Health-NewsL.A. City Council Decides to Outlaw New Fast Food RestaurantsThursday, August 21st, 2008By Joanne Waldron | The City Council of Los Angeles, in an effort to combat the problem of the rapidly increasing number of obese citizens, has voted to put a moratorium on building new fast food restaurants in the area for a period of one year, according to an Associated Press report. For purposes of the moratorium, fast food restaurants are defined as those that fail to offer ... tagged Health-NewsMarijuana gave cancer sufferer her life backWednesday, August 20th, 2008Legalise Cannabis Alliance | A BREAST cancer victim made medical history recently, as the first person in Scotland to be prescribed cannabis as a treatment for chronic pain. Former National Health Service nurse Jeanie Rae, 57, has been taking a purified extract of the controversial drug to treat the agonising nerve damage in her right arm caused by an operation and radiotherapy to beat her cancer. The pain left her virtually imprisoned ... tagged Health-NewsChildren as Big Pharma Guinea PigsTuesday, August 19th, 200898 Percent of Drug Trials on Children Have no Safety Checks By David Gutierrez | Fewer than 2 percent of drug trials conducted on children have independent safety advisory boards, a review published in the journal Acta Paediatrica has found. Researchers from Nottingham University reviewed reports on 739 international drug trials that had been published between 1996 and 2002. They found that although 74 percent of studies described their safety monitoring ... tagged Health-NewsVictims of the Drug War Are Forced to Resort to Bizarre Legal DefensesTuesday, August 19th, 2008By Kevin Carey | On November 16, 2005, Willie "Bo" Mitchell and three co-defendants -- Shelton "Little Rock" Harris, Shelly "Wayne" Martin, and Shawn Earl Gardner -- appeared for a hearing in the modern federal courthouse in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The four African American men were facing federal charges of racketeering, weapons possession, drug dealing, and five counts of first-degree murder. For nearly two ... tagged Drugs, Health-News and USA-NewsWhat’s on Tap and What You Need to Know About Drinking WaterThursday, August 14th, 2008By Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D. | The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental action organization, recently conducted an in-depth study into the quality of drinking water across the United States. Reviewing the tap water quality data for 19 major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, they compiled their findings and made them available to the public in June of 2003. 11 contaminants were labeled to ... tagged Health-NewsDrinking Caffeine During Pregnancy Doubles Risk of MiscarriageMonday, August 11th, 2008NaturalNews | Drinking as little as 10 ounces of coffee per day may double a pregnant woman's risk of miscarriage, according to a new study conducted by Kaiser Permanente researchers and published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Researchers interviewed 1,063 pregnant women, including 102 who had already suffered a miscarriage, about their caffeine intake. The median length of pregnancy for the women at the time of interview was 71 ... tagged Health-NewsMedia Censorship at Olympics in China Mirrors FDA Censorship of Health Product Claims in AmericaMonday, August 4th, 2008NaturalNews | The U.S. media is loudly protesting the censorship of their reporters at the Olympics in Beijing. Betraying its promise to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), China has blocked reporters' access to "sensitive" websites, including those that mention human rights violations, the suppression of the Falun Gong religious group, the Tiananman Square uprising and other similar topics the Chinese government would like to imagine never happened. In ... tagged Censorship and Health-News« Previous Entries |
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