(Natural News) Thousands of baby Chinook salmon have lost their lives to a faulty wiring mishap that cut off their water supply. Officials from the Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the electrical issue caused a necessary pump to switch “off” and caused the flow of water to stop at the Thermalito hatchery. Initial… … Read more
(Natural News) Super-sized ambulances are now being used to accommodate the growing number of obese patients in England. From 52,000 obesity-related admissions in 2006, the figures have ballooned to 520,000 admissions in 2016, reported BBC.com. In a report by the Telegraph.co.uk, ambulance trusts were said to have spent at least 1.3 million British Pounds on… … Read more
CNN ‘Kissing bug’ disease more deadly than thoughtCNN(CNN) The nickname given to the insects that spread Chagas disease is somewhat bittersweet: kissing bugs. Their name stems from the fact that they like biting humans around their lips and faces as they sleep, after which they defecate into the wound …The ‘kissing bug’ disease found in … Read more
(Natural News) The younger generation may or may not know this, but at one time there were hundreds of video stores across the country called Blockbuster. On a Friday or Saturday night, it was common for people to go to Blockbuster and rent a VHS movie in a way that was similar to how one… … Read more
(Natural News) Medical cannabis may be effective in managing chronic pain and inflammation and in treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s. It is also said to be a viable treatment for epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, for sleep disorders, and chronic cancer pain, among other maladies. Although research is ongoing, marijuana reportedly works with the… … Read more
(Natural News) Liberal academia is all about catering to special interest groups, at least until such groups find themselves at odds with one another in pushing their respective agendas. Such a scenario recently occurred at DePaul University in Chicago, where school faculty had to decide between defending the free speech rights of a gay speaker… … Read more
(Natural News) After a 15-month hard-fought legal battle, a family in San Diego will finally see the District Attorney’s office return the $100,000 seized from them in a marijuana raid in January 2016. No criminal charges were ever filed after drug enforcement agents swooped down on Med-West Distribution, a Kearny Mesa company that supplied cannabis… … Read more
(Natural News) Carbon dioxide has been vilified as the harbinger of climate change for years now, but it seems that this belief may have been misguided. Indeed, carbon dioxide may be what saves the planet as opposed to what destroys it. The media has done a brilliant job of putting carbon dioxide (CO2) at the… … Read more
(Natural News) A groundbreaking study from Rutgers University-New Brunswick debunks a 19th century myth that humans’ sense of smell is inferior to dogs and other rodents. Neuroscientist John McGann, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences, says that humans can discriminate maybe one trillion different odors. Researchers previously believed that… … Read more
CNN Pool party poopers: CDC warns of parasitic infection, toxic gasCNN(CNN) Beware of contaminated pool water: Outbreaks of a parasitic diarrhea-causing infection linked to pools and water playgrounds doubled in the United States from 2014 to 2016, according to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report issued Thursday by …CDC says diarrhea-inducing parasite on rise in US … Read more