by Kimberly Hartke
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Please Unshackle the Farm Economy, Vote Yes for HP0263
a Commentary by Kimberly Hartke
A bill to promote agritourism, home kitchen entrepreneurship, and direct commerce between friends and neighbors is now before the Maine State legislature. Recently, the town of Sedgewick, Maine voted unanimously to allow unregulated direct sales […]
By Jef Feeley and Gary Henderson
Bloomberg Businessweek
March 21 (Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson executives deceived South Carolina doctors about the safety of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, and the drugmaker should be held liable for that deception, a lawyer said. J&J made misleading claims about Risperdal’s health risks and effectiveness in a […]
by Megan Heimer
(NaturalNews) One might be quick to dismiss the age-old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” as a mere attempt to get children to eat their fruits and vegetables, but what if this simple fruit really can prevent that trip to the doctor’s office?
Apples have been consumed since ancient times, […]
by Sherry L. Ackerman, Ph.D.
(NaturalNews) Given the rapidity with which critical global events are unfolding, preparedness just makes good sense. The question isn’t whether or not to be prepared – it’s what to be prepared for? Earthquakes, nuclear accidents, tsunamis, power outages and gasoline shortages have been on this week’s menu. Each, of course, […]
from Living On Earth
Forty-five million different chemicals are commercially available around the world — and many of these chemicals go untested. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Professor Patricia Hunt from Washington State University who wrote a letter in the journal Science, calling for more stringent review of chemicals. Her letter was co-signed by scientific […]
By Dr. Mercola
The 130-page document linked below explains in detail why the American Cancer Society may be far more interested in accumulating cash than curing any disease. The ACS has close ties to the mammography industry, the cancer drug industry, and the pesticide industry. It is riddled with conflict of interest.
And in fact, according […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Mr. Thomas reminds us that the geological data with all of its earthquake fault lines, and the recent events in Japan showing the destructive nature of water, leads to a more logical conclusion that catastrophic events in earth’s history led to current geological structures, rather than trying to fit […]
Dr. John Briffa
for the Cholesterol Truth
Two weeks ago my post focused on the lack of evidence for a link between saturated fat and heart disease risk. One of the reviews I quoted was published in 2009, which came out of an ‘expert consultation’ held jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and […]
by Dr. Peter Breggin
huffingtonpost.com
On Saturday morning April 9th of this year, a panel discussion will be held for the public and professionals on the theme of “Psychiatric Drug Tragedies: Personal, Legal and Medical Perspectives.”
The two-hour presentation focuses on suicide and murder potentially caused by antidepressant medications. It is part of the international […]
by Raphael Brion
Eater
Here’s a preview of season two of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution premiering April 12 on ABC: After being denied access to schools by the Los Angeles Unified School District, Jamie Oliver declares, “It’s war.”
And this show’s got everything: Jamie Oliver dressed up as a strawberry doing gang signs, Jamie Oliver filling a school bus with sand, and of […]
Photo from orionmagazine.org
BY SANDRA STEINGRABER
Orion Magazine
WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I SET OUT to find a nursery school for our daughter, Faith, nearly ten years ago we took the decision seriously. I looked at large parent-run cooperatives and visited small home-based operations. Jeff studied the pink towers and chiming bells at the Montessori school on […]
by Coral Beach
The Packer
Joining the Northwest Horticulture Council in opposing genetically engineered, non-browning apples from Canada, the board of the U.S. Apple Association voted unanimously at its March 12 meeting to ask the USDA to not allow the fruit into the U.S.
Nancy Foster, president of the association based in Vienna, Va., said the vote to […]
by Monica G. Young
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Drug company corporate websites tell us of their integrity and utmost commitment to people’s health and well-being. The American Psychiatric Association’s website begins with “Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives” and asserts the “highest ethical standards of professional conduct.” Yet a mountain of evidence points to an entirely different picture.
Most recently, […]
by David Rostollan
(NaturalNews) Chocolate. It’s bad for us, right? Not even close. The list of cardiovascular benefits from cocoa consumption is extensive and well-documented in the medical literature. In addition to this, a recent 2011 study in theJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistryhas shed new light on a mechanism that helps to explain some […]
by Barbara Loe Fisher
On February 22, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court shielded drug companies from all liability for harm caused by vaccines mandated by government when companies could have made a safer vaccine. 1
From now on, drug companies selling vaccines in America will not be held accountable by a jury of our peers in […]
by Dr. Mercola
Not long ago, researchers studied the heart health of a group of very fit older athletes — men who had been part of a national or Olympic team in distance running or rowing, and runners who had completed at least a hundred marathons. The results were unsettling — half of these lifelong athletes […]
by Armelle Lören
Coconut Oil has been used by many different cultures around the globe for years! It’s multi-functional use makes it a great, all-around ingredient for food, hair and your overall health. People have used this tropical food for everything from a digestion aide, heart health and as a skin and hair conditioner.
Aside from stress […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Europeans are way ahead of the United States when it comes to genetically modified foods. They have had a food labeling law in place since the 1990s, while the US still has none. They also ban GM products imported from the US. But now consumers in Europe are going […]
by John Phillip
(NaturalNews) As the population of American baby boomers continues to swell, age related afflictions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and complications such as blindness are growing at a similar pace. The number of people aged 65 or older will double over the next 20 years creating an epidemic of chronic conditions that perpetuate […]
by Ethan A. Huff
(NaturalNews) Protecting yourself in the event of a serious radiation event involves much more than simply loading up on potassium iodide and various other iodine supplements. While high levels of iodine do protect the thyroid and glandular systems from radiation poisoning, they do not necessarily protect the rest of your body […]
