by Brian Thomas, M.S.
Institute for Creation Research
Certain classes of antibiotics can no longer eliminate a resistant strain of common skin-covering bacteria. This new strain can now cause infections as it grows amidst the non-resistant strains that are killed by the antibiotic. Although some observers claim this represents upward evolutionary development, amazing results from an […]
By GARDINER HARRIS
New York Times
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Nearly one in seven elderly nursing home residents, nearly all of them with dementia, are given powerful atypical antipsychotic drugs even though the medicines increase the risks of death and are not approved for such treatments, a government audit found.
“Government, taxpayers, nursing home residents as well as their families […]
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ScienceDaily (May 8, 2011) — The so-called “bad cholesterol” — low-density lipoprotein commonly called LDL — may not be so bad after all, shows a Texas A&M University study that casts new light on the cholesterol debate, particularly among adults who exercise.
Steve Riechman, a researcher in the Department of Health […]
by PRWEB
People taking statins may be surprised to learn that, according to a California cardiologist, cholesterol levels have nothing to do with whether a person develops heart disease or has a heart attack.
“Everybody has atherosclerosis to one degree or another,” states Dr. Ernest N. Curtis. “It is simply a biological […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments:
Members of the Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy (EBCALA), along with parents and children who received federal vaccine injury compensation, held a press conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday (5/10/2011) announcing a study published in the Pace Environmental Law Review that looked at actual cases of brain […]
Health Impact Editor Comments: Welcome to Kelli Jennings, a Sports Nutrition blogger who is also a Registered Dietitian. Kelly follows the evidence that exists for coconut oil and finds out along the way that she has been misled on conventional dietary wisdom regarding saturated fats. Welcome to the Coconut Oil revolution Kelly!
by Kelli Jennings, RD
Fuel […]
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by David E. Gumpert
The Complete Patient
If Minnesota foodies and farmers occasionally get the feeling they’re being watched closely by Big Brother, maybe it’s because they are.
Last Thursday, the day before the Third Annual Raw Milk Symposium was due to get under way at the Embassy Suites Hotel in […]
by Dr. Mercola
Many Americans take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs — including half of men aged to 65 to 74, and nearly 40 percent of women aged 75 and older.
In fact, a grand total of one in four Americans aged 45 and older are taking a statin. That means there are almost 32 million Americans taking […]
by Ethan A. Huff
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) The Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School (CHCCS) district in North Carolina has launched a shocking new vaccination contest that offers prize incentives to students who get vaccinated. According to the CHCCS district website, for each vaccine a student receives, he or she will also receive an entry into a […]
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by Autism Action Network
A two-year investigation of the records of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has shown that the feds have compensated many, many cases of vaccine injury where autism was one of the injuries. The results of the investigation will be […]
by Dr. Jonny Bowden
jonnybowdenblog.com
The American Dietetic Association is at it again, working tirelessly to make sure that the only nutrition information you get is from members of their union.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it now: I consider the American Dietetic Association one of the most destructive influences on eating behavior in America.
They […]
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
New York Times
WASHINGTON — When it comes to spending cuts, members of Congress like to say that “everything is on the table.” Except, generally, food. But now federal farm subsidies, long decried by policy makers as wasteful and antiquated but protected by powerful political interests, appear to be in serious danger.
This week, […]
by Brian Shilhavy
And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia… They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. (1 […]
by Brian Thomas, M.S.
Institute for Creation Research
A new study published in The Open Evolution Journal described a paradox that particles-to-people evolution has failed to resolve. Called the “mutation protection paradox,” it could be an intractable problem that would leave creation as the only viable origins hypothesis.
Study researchers observed that both living organisms and computer […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: This is a very good article with supporting evidence and video showing the danger of sugar in our diet. One needs to always be cautious, however, with labeling a entire food group as a “toxin” or as “poisonous.” Sugar is a component of almost all whole foods, and cannot […]
by Aloka Mehta Gambhir
THE TIMES OF INDIA
In a previous post on PCOS we established that insulin resistance is one of the root causes of PCOS.
Both men and women can be resistant to insulin but, though it impacts women more directly causing problems in the reproductive system, it is no less important for men to be weary […]
by Dr. Mercola
Widely used fragranced products, including those that claim to be “green”, can give off chemicals not listed on the label. Some of these chemicals have been classified as toxic.
Twenty-five commonly used scented products were found to emit an average of 17 chemicals each. A total of 133 different chemicals were detected — nearly […]
by Matthew Heller
FairWarning.org
High levels of drug-resistant strains of bacteria that cause staph infections are present in nearly half of the meat and poultry sold at U.S. grocery stores, a study says. And researchers found that the food animals themselves — rather than processing or storage practices — generally are the source of the contamination.
Experts from the Translational Genomics Research […]
by Ina May Gaskin
The Daily Beast
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Ask your average American what a midwife is and you’ll probably get a puzzled stare in return. Midwife? Isn’t that a kind of witch doctor, discarded by society with the dawn of modern medicine? Do midwives still exist today?
They do, of course—and I am living proof. Midwives have attended women […]
by Cooking Up a Story
I ran over to Jean Ann Van Krevelen the other day – she had put out a shout for any veggie starts. Since she had been traveling she hadn’t had the chance to do much early planting this season. Since we don’t live too far from each other and I had […]
