Kidney Damage May Be The Resulting From Use Of Commonly Prescribed Reflux And Ulcer Meds

Kidney Damage May Be The Resulting From Use Of Commonly Prescribed Reflux And Ulcer Meds
Chronic Kidney Disease May Be The Final Result Of Using Commonly Prescribed Ulcer And Reflux Meds New research shows that commonly prescribed drugs that are used to treat ulcers, heartburn and acid reflux may be having a severe and permanent effect on the kidneys of patients using them. The study focused on patients who were using a class of drugs called proton pump inhibitors, which reduce the production of gastric acid, and thus reduce symptoms of people who suffer from the aforementioned types of gastric distress.… Read the rest

Brazil Approves Use Of Hemp Cannabidiol As A Cancer Treatment

Brazil Approves Use Of Hemp Cannabidiol As A Cancer Treatment
Hemp Cannabidiol Approved For Use As A Cancer Treatment In Brazil; Big Pharma Reaction: <Silence> In a breakthrough legal step forward in the establishment’s acceptance of cannabis products as the beneficial health products they have long been known to be, the government of Brazil has approved the use of hemp cannabidiol as a treatment for cancer. The product, which goes by the brand name Real Scientific Hemp Oil had previously been approved by Brazil for treatment of epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and chronic pain.… Read the rest

Eat Your Fat: Study Shows Full-Fat Diet Lower In Carbohydrates Better For Overall Health And Reduced Risk Of Diabetes

Eat Your Fat: Study Shows Full-Fat Diet Lower In Carbohydrates Better For Overall Health And Reduced Risk Of Diabetes
Long-Heeded Advice To Increase Health By Lowering Natural Fats Intake Debunked: Link Shown Between High Fat Diet And Reduced Risk Of Diabetes There are some things we hear so often they become not only a part of the tapestry of the culture, they become internalized in us as individuals–regardless of their truth. Some examples: Don’t swallow your gum; it stays in your stomach for seven years.… Read the rest

Del Monte, Nestle Join Ranks Of Other Major Food Companies Pledging To Switch To Non-GMO Ingredients

Del Monte, Nestle Join Ranks Of Other Major Food Companies Pledging To Switch To Non-GMO Ingredients
The People Have Spoken: Del Monte and Nestle to Join Dozens Of Major Food Corps In Going Non-GMO For all the talk the elites generate about “market forces” and “the invisible hand” and how these things are basically like forces of nature–despite the manifest facts of the system being fiercely protected and rigged in favor of said elites–there are actually moments where it works as advertised in our high school textbooks.… Read the rest

Talk About Cheese-Heads: Scientists Show That Addiction Centers Of Brain React The Same Way To Drugs As Well As Processed Foods

Talk About Cheese-Heads: Scientists Show That Addiction Centers Of Brain React The Same Way To Drugs As Well As Processed Foods
Sir, Step Away From The Cheese And Put Your Hands Up: Fatty Foods Found To Have Similar Addictive Effects On The Brain As Drugs Turns out cheese heads are a real thing. No, not the rabid Packers fans who take over Wisconsin every fall wearing their trademark plastic wedges of swiss cheese atop their head. No, this is something very different.… Read the rest

A Green Party Stunt To Draw Attention To The Ubiquity Of Glyphosate Shows That 48 Members Of European Parliament Had Glyphosate In Their Urine

A Green Party Stunt To Draw Attention To The Ubiquity Of Glyphosate Shows That 48 Members Of European Parliament Had Glyphosate In Their Urine
Shocking Rate Of Glyphosate Found In Urine Tests Of 48 Members Of European Parliament–100 Percent Of Those Who Were Tested. Recently a group of members of the European Parliament volunteered to take a urine test to see if glyphosate was in their system, and the results were illuminating to say the least. The ubiquitous herbicide that was recently designated by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer as “probably carcinogenic to humans” has recently been found in German beer, California wine and a host of food products.… Read the rest

Nebraska Farmers Stricken With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma File Lawsuit Against Monsanto For Lack Of Labeling On Roundup

Nebraska Farmers Stricken With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma File Lawsuit Against Monsanto For Lack Of Labeling On Roundup
Nebraska The Latest Battleground In The War Against Glyphosate: Four Farmers Sue Monsanto Over Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma-Roundup Link The latest salvo in the war against glyphosate has come straight out of corn country, the agricultural heartland of the US, where most people are expected to lean pro-pesticide, pro-herbicide, pro-whatever it takes to increase crop yield in the increasingly challenging life and career of a farmer.… Read the rest

Are Smartphones Giving All Of Us The Symptoms Of ADHD? Recent Study Suggests The Distraction Problem Might Be Worse Than We Thought

Are Smartphones Giving All Of Us The Symptoms Of ADHD? Recent Study Suggests The Distraction Problem Might Be Worse Than We Thought
From Butt Dialing To Phantom Vibrations: How Smart Phones Giving Us All The Symptoms Of ADHD? One Study Says Yes. There is a game some friends play when they go out to eat together: everyone at the table has to put his or her cell phone in the center of the table face down at the beginning of the evening. Dinner proceeds as normal, drinks, appetizers, entrées–the only difference is the conversation is uninterrupted by people constantly checking their phones, texting, calling, or posting political rants on social media sites.… Read the rest

Snoring May Be More Dangerous To Your Arteries Than Obesity, Smoking Or High Cholesterol

Snoring May Be More Dangerous To Your Arteries Than Obesity, Smoking Or High Cholesterol
The Risks Of Snoring Are Far Greater Than Your Spouse Threatening To Leave You: Study Shows Heightened Risk Of Artery Damage We like to think of snoring as a joke, a silly thing that old grandpa does when he falls asleep in front of the football game on the couch after Thanksgiving dinner. But the truth of the matter is that snoring can pose a significant health risk if left unattended.… Read the rest

In The Wake Of All The Reflection Five Years After The Fukushima Disaster, No One Has Paid For Their Mistakes. One Man’s Idea For Rectifying That.

In The Wake Of All The Reflection Five Years After The Fukushima Disaster, No One Has Paid For Their Mistakes. One Man’s Idea For Rectifying That.
They Got Away With It: One Man’s Idea For How Those Responsible For Mishandling The Fukushima Disaster Can Pay For Their Mistakes It’s just over five years down the road from the massive, horrific meltdown at power company TEPCO’s Fukushima Daaichi nuclear power plant, releasing radiation into the atmosphere and the ocean, unleashing god knows what long-term effects on the planet, the people and the animals who happen to live here.… Read the rest