Lyme Disease Is Much More Frightening Than You Think: Here’s What You Should Know About A Disease That Is Much More Common Than Zika–And Deadly

Lyme Disease Is Much More Frightening Than You Think: Here’s What You Should Know About A Disease That Is Much More Common Than Zika–And Deadly
The Deadly Truth About Lyme Disease: It Is Much More Common–And Dangerous–Than People Realize Imagine waking up to the sensation of shooting pains in your scalp, as if someone had attached electrodes and was zapping you awake. Your heartbeat races, flashing from 60 beats per minute up to 140 with no warning, your breathing is consequently sped up, and you start experiencing double vision.… Read the rest

Terrifying Government Intrusion: Reports Say That Authorities Are Going Door To Door To Test Residents For Zika In Florida

Terrifying Government Intrusion: Reports Say That Authorities Are Going Door To Door To Test Residents For Zika In Florida
Enter The Government Jackboots: Authorities Going Door To Door Collecting Urine Samples in Florida To ‘Test For Zika’ There are some things we would rightly expect the authorities to go door to door for: searching for a dangerous fugitive on the loose in the area, interviewing people as possible witnesses if a crime occurred in the neighborhood, to enlist the help of neighbors in a search for a lost child, perhaps.… Read the rest

This Could Change Everything: How A New Study Might Overturn Everything We Thought We Knew About Opioids And Pain Management

This Could Change Everything: How A New Study Might Overturn Everything We Thought We Knew About Opioids And Pain Management
Flipping The Script: How A New Study May Overturn Centuries Of Thought On Opioids And Pain Management Opioids have been used by humans in one form or another since literally the dawn of time, at least the dawn of recorded, human time. The poppy was known as a painkiller in ancient civilizations, with everyone from ancient Sumerians and Assyrians to ancient Egyptians, Romans and eventually Chinese at one time or another taking part in using the opium poppy for recreational as well as pain relief purposes.… Read the rest

California Lawmakers And Their Pretzel Logic: Do Vaccines Protect People Or Not? Dr. K.P. Stoller weighs in on convoluted thinking in cali

California Lawmakers And Their Pretzel Logic: Do Vaccines Protect People Or Not? Dr. K.P. Stoller weighs in on convoluted thinking in cali
Confused in California: Dr. K.P. Stoller Weighs In On California State Vaccine Regulation Pretzel Logic There is a war going on in California right now, and if you didn’t already know about it, that may be because–like most of our modern, far-off wars–we like to think that unless it is right in our faces we have no stake in it. Nothing could be further from the truth.… Read the rest

The Fracking Truth: In A Rare Moment Of Honesty, Former Governor Admits His State’s Policies Favored Economics Over Safety During Fracking Boom

The Fracking Truth: In A Rare Moment Of Honesty, Former Governor Admits His State’s Policies Favored Economics Over Safety During Fracking Boom
Fracking Goes Boom: Former Governor Admits Economics Are Routinely Put Above Safety When It Comes To The Fracking Industry Q: What do you call an honest politician? A: Retired. A small joke for you there. And let’s be honest: even that’s not really true. Most retired politicians will say whatever the highest bidder asks them to–perhaps its force of habit, or a genetic predisposition, who knows.… Read the rest

A Shocker: EPA Actually Takes Steps To Protect The Environment, Halting Sales Of Bayer’s Toxic Insecticide Belt

A Shocker: EPA Actually Takes Steps To Protect The Environment, Halting Sales Of Bayer’s Toxic Insecticide Belt
EPA Wins One For The Environment For A Change, Wins Fight To Ban Bayer’s Deadly Insecticide Containing Flubendiamide In these days of captive agencies cravenly cowering before the power of the billion dollar corporations they are supposed to be regulating (for reference, please see Wall Street/SEC, factory farming/USDA, pharmaceuticals/FDA, etc. etc.) it always comes as a shock when a regulatory agency actually, you know, regulates something in such a way that it benefits the people and the environment.… Read the rest

Upping The Ante On Zika In Florida: Authorities Seem To Be Primed To Spread Information That May Or May Not Be True, In True Scare-Mongering Fashion

Upping The Ante On Zika In Florida: Authorities Seem To Be Primed To Spread Information That May Or May Not Be True, In True Scare-Mongering Fashion
Scare-Mongering Or Health Threat: Health Authorities Seem Eager To Jump On The Zika Bandwagon In Florida With Little Room For Questions By now we are all familiar with the stories being spread around about the Zika virus: pregnant women especially are being told to take precautions and avoid traveling to areas where it has been found, due to the reported link between Zika and microcephaly, the horrific condition in which infants are born with underdeveloped skulls and brains.… Read the rest

Profit Over People, As Usual: How Captive Regulatory Agencies Are Allowing A Slow-Motion Epidemic Of Obesity To Threaten The Health Of Billions

Profit Over People, As Usual: How Captive Regulatory Agencies Are Allowing A Slow-Motion Epidemic Of Obesity To Threaten The Health Of Billions
Millions Of People Versus Billions Of Dollars: Who Will Win? According To Regulators The Sugar-Coated Answer Is Simple If you are a regular reader of these pages, you have seen the same stories we have been fascinated with: study after study pointing the way to healthier, happier human species. Studies showing us just how devastating added sugars and high-fructose corn syrup are, how threatening refined foods are to obesity rates, normal development, and a healthy endocrine system.… Read the rest

Letting The Genie Out Of The Bottle: Unauthorized Gmo Wheat Found In Fallow Field In Washington State

Letting The Genie Out Of The Bottle: Unauthorized Gmo Wheat Found In Fallow Field In Washington State
Say Goodbye To Natural Food: GMO Wheat Found Growing In Fallow Field In Washington State Could Be The Beginning Of The End They say you can’t really appreciate something until it’s gone. And the human race may be on the verge of finding out just how true those words really are, when it comes to naturally foods grown in the natural ways they have been for millennia.… Read the rest

Synergy Between Mind And Body: How Adding In A Program Of Meditation Can Build Up Your Feel-Good Endorphins To A Sum Greater Than The Whole

Synergy Between Mind And Body: How Adding In A Program Of Meditation Can Build Up Your Feel-Good Endorphins To A Sum Greater Than The Whole
Gimmee My Endorphins: How Adding A Program Of Meditation And Mindfulness To Your Exercise Regime Can Boost Endorphin Release Most people who run or regularly perform other strenuous physical activity will tell you all about endorphins. They will sometimes go on and on until you’re ready to release a few endorphins of your own–on their face, with your fist. But there is proven truth in the tales of the “runner’s high:” endorphins to the point of euphoria are possible through exercise.… Read the rest