Category: Health Freedom

Doctor Claims BPA Caused Him And His Colleagues To Contract Type-1 Diabetes

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Doctor Claims BPA Caused Him And His Colleagues To Contract Type-1 Diabetes
Forget Hormone Disruptors–Now A Doctor Claims BPA Gave Him Diabetes. We’ve known about the dangers of bisphenol-A for a long time. The hormone disrupting quality of the once-popular component of water bottles, food cans and even children’s sippy cups has long been known to mimic estrogen, at least one male sex hormone, and thyroid hormones. As such it is known to be capable of disrupting bodily systems all over the place: it’s been connected to reproductive problems, developmental problems, brain damage and even cancer.… Read the rest

Fungicides May Cause Damage To Brain, Mimic Effects Of Autism, Neurodegenerative Disorder

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Fungicides May Cause Damage To Brain, Mimic Effects Of Autism, Neurodegenerative Disorder
This Is Your Brain On Fungicides: How An Increasingly Common Crop Treatment May Be Damaging Us Worse Than We Thought. Its getting harder and harder to keep up with all the chemicals that are sprayed on our food sources. Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide has been in the news lately as scientists learn more and more about the damage it can do to humans and the ecosystem as a whole.… Read the rest

Study Shows Coffee Drinkers Not At Increased Risk For Cardiac Arrest

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Study Shows Coffee Drinkers Not At Increased Risk For Cardiac Arrest
New Study Shows That Cardiac Problems Are Probably Not Linked To Caffeine Intake After All For diehard caffeine addicts, it can be an alarmingly common occurrence: you’re halfway through your third cappuccino on an especially busy morning. You feel fine, alert, engaged, sharp as a tack. Bring on the next meeting. You take one more sip and–there it is. A little slippage in the chest, a little flutter.… Read the rest

First In A Promised Cascade Of Charges Stemming From Flint Water Crisis, Three Michigan Officials Face Criminal Sanctions

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First In A Promised Cascade Of Charges Stemming From Flint Water Crisis, Three Michigan Officials Face Criminal Sanctions
Three Michigan Officials Are First To Be Charged In Flint Water Crisis–Prosecutor Says They Won’t Be The Last In what prosecutors promise is the first in a long line of criminal charges against various officials linked to the Flint water crisis, three state and local officials were formally charged on Wednesday for their roles in the catastrophe. The officials face multiple felonies and misdemeanor charges accusing them of misconduct, tampering with evidence, and “willfully” misleading federal officials.… Read the rest

Thanks For Nothing: 56 Pennsylvania Kids Contract Whooping Cough–All Were Vaccinated

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Thanks For Nothing: 56 Pennsylvania Kids Contract Whooping Cough–All Were Vaccinated
Philadelphia-Area County Has Massive Outbreak Of Whooping Cough–All Kids Who Were Vaccinated Against It You Can Say NO to Vaccine Mandates Here: http://TinyURL.com/VaccinationISViolation There are certain things it is only reasonable to expect: when you go to a water park in the summertime, you expect there to be water. If there isn’t, it might be fair if you were a little miffed.… Read the rest

A New Strain Of Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea May Be Reaching “Untreatable” Status In UK

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A New Strain Of Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea May Be Reaching “Untreatable” Status In UK
“Untreatable” Gonorrhea Spreading Across UK Flying cars, the five-hour work week, 30-minute intercontinental commercial rocket travel–this was the future we were told was coming soon, back in the heady days of post-moon landing America. Where’s my jet-pack, indeed? Of course, the Disney/Jetsons version of the future might yet be around the corner, who knows. One thing we can know for sure is this is one thing they never talked about when they discussed the wonders the future might one day bring us: untreatable gonorrhea.… Read the rest

Flint Water Crisis May Be Just The Tip Of The Iceberg–America’s Deteriorating Water Infrastructure

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Flint Water Crisis May Be Just The Tip Of The Iceberg–America’s Deteriorating Water Infrastructure
From Flint To Your Kitchen Sink: How America’s Deteriorating Water Systems Are About To Collapse. “Water, water every where, not any drop to drink.” –Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” If you’ve ever traveled overseas, you know that one of the first questions you ask upon landing in a new country is: how is the water? In the US we take it for granted that turning the kitchen tap will result in a clean, drinkable glass of water with nothing to fear in the way of bacteria or toxins, but with aging water systems rapidly deteriorating, that might soon be a thing of the past.… Read the rest

Deaths From Antibiotic-Resistant “Superbugs” Will Outpace Cancer Deaths By 2050

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Deaths From Antibiotic-Resistant “Superbugs” Will Outpace Cancer Deaths By 2050
The Coming Superbug Attack: Deaths From Antibiotic-Resistant Infections To Outpace Cancer Deaths By 2050 O, antibiotics, how we loved thee. And how we mourn thee. There was a time when we thought there was nothing they couldn’t do: people would demand them for head colds–despite the fact that rhinovirus is unaffected by them–and doctors handed them out like candy. But the sad fact is in our demand for antibiotics, we have pretty much loved them to death.… Read the rest

Where You Live Could Have A Tremendous Impact On Your Cardiac Health

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Where You Live Could Have A Tremendous Impact On Your Cardiac Health
One In Ten Americans At Elevated Risk For Cardiac Disease Simply Based On Geography The great dream of total interconnectedness amongst the majority of the people of the world has largely reached fruition in the internet age. But there was an earlier version of that dream of connection, the American dream of the highway. The great interstate highway system had its detractors and its issues, but one thing is undeniable, highways connected Americans to one another in ways that could not even have been imagined just a hundred years previously.… Read the rest