Washington Post Expert panel recommends new shingles vaccine that gives increased protectionWashington PostA federal expert panel Wednesday recommended a new and more effective shingles vaccine to protect adults 50 and older from a painful rash that affects 1 in 3 people during their lifetime. In a rare move, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices …CDC Panel … Read more
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Reuters US to promote use of opioid alternatives to treat addictionReuters(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to encourage opioid addicts to use less harmful opioid drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine, a radical shift in policy that could agitate those in the addiction field who believe abstinence …FDA’s Gottlieb calls for greater … Read more
First Coast News Walgreens to offer drug naloxone, which can reverse opioid overdosesABC NewsIn more than 8,000 pharmacies across the U.S., anyone will now be able to walk in and buy the most successful emergency overdose treatment available. Interested in Opioid Epidemic? Add Opioid Epidemic as an interest to stay up to date on the … Read more
Newsweek Your Fruit Is Covered With Nasty Pesticides: Scientists Have Discovered the Best Way to Wash Them OffNewsweekA common kitchen product could supercharge fruit-washing protocols. A new study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry on Thursday, found that baking soda could remove far more pesticide from the surface of an apple than … Read more
CNN 124 dead, nearly 1200 infected with plague in MadagascarCNN(CNN) A plague outbreak in Madagascar has infected 1,192 people since August, with 124 deaths, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Madagascar’s National Bureau of Risk Management and Disaster reported on …World View: Kenya Cuts Migration from Madagascar as Black Plague Epidemic … Read more
Fox News Judge allows parents to force-feed anorexic daughterWashington PostMORRISTOWN, N.J. — A New Jersey judge cleared the way for parents to force-feed their 20-year-old anorexic daughter. The judge on Tuesday ruled the woman, known as S.A., was incapable of making her own decisions and gave her parents the power to …Parents Can Force-Fed Anorexic Adult … Read more
(Natural News) A new study conducted at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington (HealthData.org) and published in The Lancet medical journal finds that a shocking 20 percent of global deaths are caused by toxic foods, junk foods, processed foods and harmful food ingredients. In essence, the study reveals that the… … Read more
(Natural News) The scenario of widespread disease has been slowly but surely infiltrating our society, and whether it was on purpose or by accident, the results have been catastrophic to every living thing on the planet. Whether it is vaccinations, depleted soils, chemically driven agriculture, prescription medications, GMOs, or treated water, we have erroneously believed those… … Read more
(Natural News) President Donald J. Trump looks set to keep an earlier promise to declare the current opioid epidemic a national emergency, and while that decision is not being universally praised by everyone, others think it is a good first step. However, alternative medicine supporters and those who have always advocated for medical freedom say… … Read more
BBC News ‘Incredible’ editing of life’s building blocksBBC NewsScientists have demonstrated an “incredibly powerful” ability to manipulate the building blocks of life in two separate studies. One altered the atoms in DNA to rewrite the human genetic code and the instructions for life. The other edited RNA, which …Scientists announce new gene-editing techniques aimed at … Read more