Author: TruthOpener

We’re Number…One? New CDC Fat Maps Are Out And The U.S. Is Still As Obese As Ever

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We’re Number…One? New CDC Fat Maps Are Out And The U.S. Is Still As Obese As Ever
I’m Not Fat, I’m Big-Boned: The New CDC Numbers For Obesity Rates Is Out–And It Isn’t Good News “I’m not fat! I’m big-boned!” That’s one of many catch-phrases belonging to Cartman, the loveable/hateable character on South Park, the long-running, cutting-edge cartoon about the lives of four foul-mouthed third-graders in Colorado. Despite being a cartoon ostensibly about children, the show does a tremendous job of parodying modern life and culture, skewering everything ranging from politics to religion.… Read the rest

Passing Up The Pills: In A Nation Overrun With Chemicals, Many Are Turning To Alternative Ways To Treat Pain

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Passing Up The Pills: In A Nation Overrun With Chemicals, Many Are Turning To Alternative Ways To Treat Pain
Saying No Thanks To Pain Pills: More People Turning To Alternative Pain Treatments It is hard to describe just how debilitating chronic, unending pain is for those who have never lived with it. We humans are tough creatures, or at least we come from tough stock; we are tougher than our pampered modern existence would lead you to believe. We can take a lot of pain.… Read the rest

Heat And Cold Can Lead To Premature Birth: New Study Says Temp Extremes Endanger Mothers-To-Be

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Heat And Cold Can Lead To Premature Birth: New Study Says Temp Extremes Endanger Mothers-To-Be
Yet Another Problem With Climate Change: Temperature Extremes Lead To Premature Births There was a memorable bit of political grandstanding a couple years ago in the House of Representatives that perhaps even avid political observers will remember. In the middle of a debate about climate change, Rep. James Inhofe (R-OK) brought a snowball onto the floor of the House. Inhofe, a rabid climate change denier and widely known as the dumbest man in Congress was attempting to graphically present one of the stupidest anti-climate change points in their idiotic arsenal: that because winter still exists then the climate must not be changing.… Read the rest

Lethal Combination: FDA Issues New Warnings On Mixing Prescription Drugs As Overdoses Skyrocket

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Lethal Combination: FDA Issues New Warnings On Mixing Prescription Drugs As Overdoses Skyrocket
Overdoses On Drug Cocktails Reach New Record High: FDA Issues New Warning Labels As the scourge of opioid drug abuse continues to ravage the U.S., the fallout and casualties continue to mount. Opioids accounted for more than 47,000 overdose deaths in 2014, and now there are reports of people being hospitalized after taking counterfeit opioid prescription pills. Indeed, one telling statistic notes that more than six out of ten drug overdose deaths involve opioids.… Read the rest

Vitamin A For Your Eyesight And Your–Colon? How Retinoic Acid May Help Fight Colon Cancer

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Vitamin A For Your Eyesight And Your–Colon? How Retinoic Acid May Help Fight Colon Cancer
We May Have A New Weapon In The Fight Against Colon Cancer, And It Comes From An Unexpected Place: Carrots Growing up with the endless reruns of Bugs Bunny cartoons, as kids we were subjected to all manner of reminders: eating carrots is good for your eyesight. We were told in the old World War II propaganda cartoons that Allied pilots would always eat their carrots so they could better fly night missions; much hay was made about Bugs’ preternatural eyesight.… Read the rest

To Sleep, Perchance To…Deal Rationally With Life: How Missing Sleep Can Wreck Your Emotions

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To Sleep, Perchance To…Deal Rationally With Life: How Missing Sleep Can Wreck Your Emotions
Sleep And Sleep Deprivation: How Missing Even A Little Sleep Can Destroy Your Emotional Center We all stay up too late from time to time. Especially in this modern age of being constantly on the move, of feeling constantly challenged to do more with less time, we have surely all skimped our much-needed sleep. But just how much do you need sleep?… Read the rest

Amazing New Breakthrough In Alzheimer’s Study: Antibody Erases All Signs Of The Disease In The Brain

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Amazing New Breakthrough In Alzheimer’s Study: Antibody Erases All Signs Of The Disease In The Brain
Antibody For Alzheimer’s: New Study Shows Tremendous Promise For Ridding The Brain Of The Disease Altogether A remarkable new study has shown tremendous promise for fighting Alzheimer’s disease. It is in fact so promising that the giddy researchers who found it have to pinch themselves; they say they are “…trying not to get too excited.” The way the new potential treatment works is through an antibody derived from an immune cell taken from the blood of an elderly person who has shown no signs of the disease.… Read the rest

Another Country Spoken For: Denmark Documentary Makers Come Out With Powerful Anti-HPV Vaccine Film

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Another Country Spoken For: Denmark Documentary Makers Come Out With Powerful Anti-HPV Vaccine Film
Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark: Danish Filmmakers Create Powerful Doc on HPV Vaxx Damage How much evidence does it take to convince a true non-believer that it might be time to start believing? Of course, the answer depends on what you’re talking about; people develo ppowerful mental calluses and blind spots that won’t allow them to bend one iota for fear of losing the identity they have carved out for themselves, as it is oftentimes based on belief systems.… Read the rest

What Do Those Food Labels Mean Anyway: An Examination Of Words Like ‘Non-GMO,’ ‘Organic, and ‘Natural’

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What Do Those Food Labels Mean Anyway: An Examination Of Words Like ‘Non-GMO,’ ‘Organic, and ‘Natural’
‘Non-GMO, Organic and All-Natural:’ What On Earth Do Our Food Labels Mean Anyway? There’s no two ways around it: we live in a deceitful age. Blame politics, blame advertising, blame the internet–the truth is we can’t escape from a certain amount of flat-out bullshit in our lives. You could go so far as to say that if modern humans were fish, bullshit would be the medium we swim in.… Read the rest