Category: Illness & Health

The Solution Might Be Right Under Our Feet: Scientists Suggest Soil May Hold The Key To Climate Change

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The Solution Might Be Right Under Our Feet: Scientists Suggest Soil May Hold The Key To Climate Change
Scientists: Excess Atmospheric Greenhouse Gasses Could Theoretically Be Stored In Soil It’s always in the last place you look. that’s what they used to say whenever you’d lose something as a kid, the joke of which would often go over small heads. But there is also a nugget of truth in the old adage: sometimes solutions to problems are right in front of our noses.… 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

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

Monsanto: Lower Profits, Lower Earnings–High Pressure From Consumers Works!

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Monsanto: Lower Profits, Lower Earnings–High Pressure From Consumers Works!
Fighting Back Against The Machine: Monsanto Earnings Report Shows Lower Profits This is a tough world in which to try to bring up a child with good moral values. It seems like the moral of every story these days always ends up with some reprehensible jackass suffering no consequences for bad behavior. Millionaire rich kids get a slap on the wrist when they run afoul of the law, corporate polluters the same.… Read the rest

Bill Gates wants Africa to embrace GMO foods–is that such a good idea?

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Bill Gates wants Africa to embrace GMO foods–is that such a good idea?
Biotechnology is the key to helping Africans-or so says Bill Gates A not-at-all unexpected advocate for GMO foods has come out in favor of exporting the genetically engineered food technology to Africa, saying that it might not only help poorer African nations feed themselves, but even suggesting that they might be able to produce enough food to export. In a fawning interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gates said, “…GMOs are done by changing the genes of the plant, and it’s done in a way where there’s a very thorough safety procedure, and it’s pretty incredible because it reduces the amount of pesticide you need, raises productivity (and) can help with malnutrition by getting vitamin fortification.”… Read the rest

New report from World Health Organization says environment responsible for one-fourth of all deaths

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New report from World Health Organization says environment responsible for one-fourth of all deaths
Over 12 million people dead each year due to environmental factors There’s an old, not very good joke. One fish says to another: “How’s the water?” The second fish says, “What the hell is water?” Much in the same way, “the environment” by definition is all around us. But like those talking fish in that terrible joke, we often take it for granted.… Read the rest

Alarming Study shows That Smokers And People Who Stay Indoors Avoiding The Sun Have Similar Risk Level For Death

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Alarming Study shows That Smokers And People Who Stay Indoors Avoiding The Sun Have Similar Risk Level For Death
Lay Off That Sunscreen–You’ll Never Guess What Might Be Just As Bad For You As Smoking A shocking new study suggests an outright blasphemy to all the things we’ve been taught about skin health and avoiding cancer: we should be getting more sun, not less. But the findings are too compelling to ignore. The study followed more than 25,500 Swedish women between the ages of 25 and 64 for 20 years, garnering detailed information about their sun exposure habits.… Read the rest

More Machinations Around “Vaxxed” In The Wake Of Bring Pulled From Deniro’s Film Fest

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More Machinations Around “Vaxxed” In The Wake Of Bring Pulled From Deniro’s Film Fest
“Vaxxed” Controversy Never Ending! Outrage Continues As Government Officials Try To Quash Groundbreaking Film You Can Say NO to Vaccine Mandates Here: http://TinyURL.com/VaccinationISViolation “Censorship” is a word a lot of people throw around haphazardly, without actually understanding what it really means. For instance, if you are the host of a television show and your broadcaster/boss decides it doesn’t want you on its payroll anymore, that’s not censorship.… Read the rest

The Bigger, Badder Cousin Of Monsanto: The International Chemical Fertilizer Industry

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The Bigger, Badder Cousin Of Monsanto: The International Chemical Fertilizer Industry
What You Should Know About The Fertilizer Industry–Hint: They’re As Bad Or Worse Than Monsanto. When most people think about fertilizer–and lets face facts: not many of us do at all–we think about manure. Or possibly we think about politics–bah dum tiss. But what most people don’t know and what the fertilizer industry doesn’t want you to know is that it is a chemical-heavy, multi-billion dollar consortium that dwarfs even Monsanto in scope and wealth.… Read the rest