Category: General

Nursing Home Makeover: Doctor Has Crazy Idea To Treat The Elderly As If They Were Human Beings

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Nursing Home Makeover: Doctor Has Crazy Idea To Treat The Elderly As If They Were Human Beings
How One Doc Broke The Law To Bring Dignity–And With It Better Health–To The Elderly Some things you just have to learn the hard way. Here’s a stumper that apparently we still haven’t figured out as a society: The elderly like to be treated like human beings, not patients in a psych ward. Who knew? But all kidding aside, it is hard to overstate the grimness with which most modern American nursing homes are infused–especially those for people of little means.… Read the rest

Safe Schools Have Our Children’s Genitals On The LGBT Chopping Block.

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Safe Schools Have Our Children’s Genitals On The LGBT Chopping Block.
Every parent needs to watch this clear and powerful analysis of the ‘Safe’ Schools Program by George Christensen MP. Please SHARE with all other parents on your networks. Warning: contains graphic content and it’s NSFW. Which makes you wonder… if it’s NSFW, how on earth is it ‘safe’ for schools? Schools told to teach kids that sex varies like the weather NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli.… 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

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

Want to be Smarter? Sleep Naked: How Sleeping in the Buff Can Benefit Your Mental Health

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Want to be Smarter? Sleep Naked: How Sleeping in the Buff Can Benefit Your Mental Health
Naked Lunch–And Naked Midnight Snacks Too: How Sleeping Naked Can Benefit Your Health In this harried age of chronic overwork, job insecurity, and economic disarray, we’ve all been subjected to that dreaded feeling of getting through the day on too little sleep. You start the day bleary, unable to feel as if you’ve ever really women up, hoping that the morning coffee will somehow clear away the cobwebs–to no avail.… Read the rest

Your Scare Tactics Are Bad And You Should Feel Bad: No, Marijuana Is STILL Not A ‘Gateway Drug’

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Your Scare Tactics Are Bad And You Should Feel Bad: No, Marijuana Is STILL Not A ‘Gateway Drug’
No, Virginia, Marijuana Is NOT a Gateway Drug: Here Are 40 Years Of Data Prove It In the wake of the stunningly troglodytic and myopic decision by the Drug Enforcement Administration to keep marijuana on the listing of Schedule 1 drugs–those drugs for which there are supposedly no known medical uses, and which are considered the most dangerous–many observers are shaking their heads in disbelief.… Read the rest

Whose Side Is the CDC Really On: How The Agency Is Talking Out Of Both Sides Of Its Face On Soft Drinks

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Whose Side Is the CDC Really On: How The Agency Is Talking Out Of Both Sides Of Its Face On Soft Drinks
The Sketchy CDC: How The Agency Is Playing Both Sides Of The Fence On Sugary Soft Drinks The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sure seems like it is in disarray these days. There’s the Zika panic, of course, which has launched a series of herky-jerky mandates from the agency, including a door-to-door urine sampling unit that cruised the neighborhood where the Zika-infected mosquitoes were thought to be found, to the travel ban issued for pregnant women going to Miami, to the heavy spraying of naled and other dangerous chemicals in neighborhoods where Zika-carrying mosquitoes are suspected to reside.… Read the rest

As School Year Set To Begin, Utah And Other States Finding Vaccine Refusal Rates Climbing, Cite Education As Key Motivating Factor

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As School Year Set To Begin, Utah And Other States Finding Vaccine Refusal Rates Climbing, Cite Education As Key Motivating Factor
Education Is The Key: Utah And Other States Find Vaccine Refusal Rates Climbing; Both Sides Cite Education As the new school year is upon us, more and more stories are coming out about vaccinations and the kids whose parents refuse to get them vaccinated prior to starting class. Many parents cite reasons ranging from religious objections, to health objections–for instance if a child has an allergy that could be triggered by a vaccine–and also personal objections.… Read the rest

Danger On Your Toothbrush: How Toothpaste May Be The Biggest Silent Health Threat We Face

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Danger On Your Toothbrush: How Toothpaste May Be The Biggest Silent Health Threat We Face
Toxic Mint: How Toothpaste May Be The Most Dangerous Thing You Put In Your Mouth Without Knowing It Ah, that fresh-scrubbed, minty-clean feeling you get right after you brush your teeth–there’s really nothing like it. Of all the ridiculous, overblown commercial images out there, the image of a person getting their mouth hosed out with a torrent of blue or green spray in a toothpaste ad is perhaps one of the most accurate: it really feels like that.… Read the rest