Huffington Post A Few Words About PoinsettiasHuffington PostJanet Bertolus Writer, teller of stories, giver of hugs, singer of show tunes, lover of laughs, dogs, chocolate, travel and motorcycles. I have a very complicated relationship with the holidays and their prerequisite decoration requirements, most …Ask a Master Gardener: Caring for poinsettias and potted Christmas treesNRToday.comECOVIEWS: Are … Read more
Food Safety News Great Value, other mac & cheese brands recalled for SalmonellaFood Safety NewsTreeHouse Foods Inc. joined several other companies caught up in secondary recalls because of Salmonella found in powdered milk has been used in their products. TreeHouse is recalling mac and cheese products — including Wal-Mart’s Great Value …TreeHouse Foods Announces Voluntary Product … Read more
CBS News Report: Florida VA hospital left deceased veteran in shower room for 9 hoursCBS NewsSEMINOLE, Fla. — Staff at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Florida left the body of a veteran in a shower for nine hours after the veteran died and proper pickup procedures to the morgue weren’t followed. The Tampa Bay Times … Read more
Los Angeles Times Scalp Cooler Cuts Hair Loss in Breast CancerMedPage TodaySAN ANTONIO — Use of a scalp-cooling device during chemotherapy reduced the incidence of severe hair loss by 50% in patients with breast cancer, according to a randomized study. Half of the patients who used the electronic scalp cap had moderate or no …Device Helps … Read more
SFGate Marijuana mega-fest draws record 30000 to Wine CountrySFGateA record-breaking estimated 30,000 California medical pot farmers, family, friends and fans swamped Santa Rosa for a gargantuan marijuana festival dubbed “The Emerald Cup” at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds over the weekend. The agricultural …Emerald Cup Pot Fair Draws 30000 To Sonoma County FairgroundsCBS LocalEmerald Cup is early … Read more
New York Times In a Smoky Haze, Turks Cling to Their CigarettesNew York TimesSmokers with cigarettes and water pipes outside a cafe in Istanbul this month. Turkey’s efforts to impose restrictions and counteract its reputation for smoking have made little impact. Credit Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times. ISTANBUL …UP IN SMOKE: For kids, … Read more
Atlanta Journal Constitution Gridlock Guy: Drowsy driving can be as dangerous as drunk drivingAtlanta Journal ConstitutionA new study by AAA shows that an alarming number of Americans drive while drowsy. Photo courtesy of AAA. My crazy work schedule leads to an equally crazy sleep schedule. Typically, I sleep from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday … Read more
(NaturalNews) A citizen journalist named “Chad,” posting under the name “Insurgency Broadcast Network” completely destroys the “fake news” narrative of the fakestream media in a video posted yesterday. Titled “The CIA’s Secret Plan for Donald Trump,” the video features a citizen journalist ripping apart the laughably false narrative of the state-run media (CNN, NYT, WashPost,… … Read more
(NaturalNews) Instead of focusing on stopping the overuse of animal antibiotics, or the mistreatment of animals squeezed into filthy conditions and piles of fecal matter in an animal feeding operation (CAFO), the Silicon Valley technocrats would rather have you not eat meat at all. It’s just too carbon intensive and not good for the environment, they say. So they’re raising and… … Read more
(NaturalNews) The latest in population control technology is being unveiled in Singapore, where the elderly are now being used as human guinea pigs in a collaborative trial to see how effectively humans can be tracked using wireless sensor technology. According to The Straits Times, two senior studio apartments have already been equipped with the technology,… … Read more