CNN Climate, not just genetics, shaped your nose, study saysCNN(CNN) Though you undoubtedly inherited your distinctive nose from your parents, its shape was sculpted over time by adaptations to your ancestors’ local climate, suggests a study published in the journal PLOS Genetics on Thursday. There’s a great …Nose form was shaped by climateEurekAlert (press release)Ancestral … Read more
Fox News Rare strep infection costs Michigan dad his hands and feetFox NewsA Michigan father whose seemingly ordinary stomach pains turned out to be an extremely rare case of strep throat is now facing a series of procedures to amputate his hands and feet. Kevin Breen, 44, first landed in the emergency room in December … Read more
Leafly Fate of cannabis?The Spokesman-ReviewThe newly appointed attorney general is an outspoken opponent of legalized cannabis. After the economic bump Washington has experienced because of legal cannabis sales, with so many individuals having invested their hard-earned dollars into …Jeff Sessions’ Praise for the Cole Marijuana Memo Is Not a Promise of RestraintReason (blog)Parent of epileptic child … Read more
(Natural News) More and more people are waking up to the astonishing fact that the EPA functions as an extension of the chemical pesticide industry. The USDA is an extension of the biotech herbicide and GMO industry, and the FDA is really little more than an extension of the prescription drug cartels. Far from serving… … Read more
North Country Public Radio NIH faces steep cuts after making gains last yearWashington ExaminerPresident Trump’s budget would cut the National Institutes of Health’s budget by nearly $6 billion, erasing gains from a bipartisan law signed just three months ago. Trump’s proposal would cut the NIH’s funding by 20 percent compared to the agency’s …America First … Read more
Greenville News Concerns mount over spike in young colon cancer patientsGreenville NewsStephanie Breit was just 28 when the symptoms first began. Worried and scared, she went to three different doctors. But they assured her she was too young to have colon cancer. At 33, when the problem hadn’t resolved, she saw a gastroenterologist who …Fighting cancer, … Read more
(Natural News) Most people know that nutrition is at least somewhat important, but the true necessity of nutrition for health is often not realized until its almost too late. The “standard American diet” is comprised of too many calories, and especially too many calories from added sugar and fat — and it’s not really a… … Read more
(Natural News) For the first time in decades, bottled water has beaten soda as the leading choice of beverage for Americans to drink. Bottled water consumption in the U.S. reached 39.3 gallons per capita in 2016, while carbonated soft drinks slipped to 38.5 gallons. The change in public opinion and the research into the adverse… … Read more
(Natural News) Mumps outbreaks have been on the rise, but not among those who are unvaccinated. In what appears to be a rather ironic twist, it seems that the majority of people affected by the disease are those who have received inoculations to “protect” them from mumps. In 2016, more than 5,000 cases of mumps… … Read more
(Natural News) In March 2015, science teacher Timothy Sullivan approached public health nurses administering vaccines to high school students at his school in Waterford, Ontario, Canada and asked whether they had appropriately informed the students about the potential risks of the shots they were giving. He noted that the teenagers were required to give informed… … Read more