The Miraculous Milk Thistle Protocol
Every year hundreds of people eat bad mushrooms. By bad, we mean mushrooms that can make you deathly ill and potentially require a liver transplant. However, a doctor in Santa Cruz, California may be very close to applying for FDA approval for a treatment that eliminates the need for a liver transplant and can save lives every year. Folk Remedy...
Maternal Gluten Sensitivity and Schizophrenia
In a recent study out of Johns Hopkins, the question of the connection between gluten sensitivity and the development of schizophrenia raised an intriguing question – what role does food sensitivity and food allergies of a birth mother play in the future mental health of children? With the increased numbers of people being diagnosed with gluten sensitivity, the research...
Foodborne Illness on the Rise Despite Statistics
Statistics can be misleading, even when they are put out by government agencies. Even though recent statistics regarding the rates of Foodborne illness released recently by the Centers for Disease Control appear to imply that the problem is getting better, they only tell a small part of the story when it comes to food safety. Increased Forms of Food Contamination Not...
Not All Sun Exposure is Bad
Most people are familiar with the fact that over-exposure to sunlight can increase the risk for skin cancer. However, with the right precautions, exposure to the UV rays in sunlight can actually decrease the risk of developing other types of cancer. Sunlight and Cancer Exposure to sunlight without protection and during the times of day when UV rays are the most...
Yogurt And Probiotics – It Might Provide You With Good Health and Some Sexual Swagger
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology set out to study the benefits of eating a diet rich in probiotics and made some startling and amusing discoveries. As it turns out, eating yogurt may help more than your digestion. The Vanilla Yogurt Surprise The study, led by Susan Erdman and Eric Alm, set out to study the effects of probiotics on...
Emergency Responders May Have a New Tool to Help With Heart Attacks
Having a heart attack can be a frightening experience. The majority of heart attacks occur outside of a hospital setting and the more tools first responders have to lessen the effects of cardiac events, the better off patients are in terms of survival. Although aspirin has long been recognized as beneficial in those first few minutes of a heart...
Fertility Treatments May Raise Risk for Birth Defects
In a recent study from Australia, researchers discovered that certain types of infertility treatments may raise the risk of birth defects. While infertility can be a cause for desperation to conceive, the risks are something to be aware of. Risky Infertility Treatments If your approach to infertility is the old-fashioned at-home method of collecting sperm and injecting it with a turkey...
Degenerative Brain Disorders Could Be Turned On By Switches
As simple, and as complicated, as it sounds, researchers have recently discovered one of the keys to why degenerative brain disorders occur. Medical researchers have long been baffled by what starts these types of devastating illnesses. However, with a new understanding of what starts disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, there is hope that a method of preventing the...
Report: Monkeys Subjected To Vaccines Develop Symptoms of Autism
For years, the Centers for Disease Control and doctors have sworn up and down that childhood vaccines have no connection to the development of autism in children. However, recent research findings from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are now throwing those assertions into question. Monkeys and Vaccines The Centers for Disease Control never required vaccine makers to conduct rigorous research...
Botox May Not Be The Cure For Headaches and Migraines
Recent health news reports about the uses of Botox for headaches have started cropping up. However, while Botox may be popular among celebrities to help them keep those wrinkles away, is it really all that effective for curing headaches? Let’s take a look at what researchers are really saying. Not All Headaches are the Same The most common types of headaches...
