(Natural News) You don’t have to be as popular as Lance Armstrong to get away with illegal sports doping for many years. A study conducted on behalf of the World Anti Doping Agency reveals that 30 – 45 percent of world athletes engage in doping, even though biological screening methods only detect it .5 to… … Read more
(Natural News) High pesticide exposure may negatively affect birth outcomes in pregnant women, a study published in Nature Communications showed. Previous research on the link between pesticide exposure and birth defects showed ambiguous results. To address this, a team of researchers at the University of California – Santa Barbara examined birth outcomes in San Joaquin Valley. The… … Read more
(Natural News) For almost four years, a building located in an eastern Missouri floodplain has served as the illegal dump site for thirteen million pounds of hazardous waste. This shocking information was revealed in federal and state documents, reported STLToday.com. The publication added that one federal indictment filed at St. Louis was against companies based… … Read more
(Natural News) Amazon’s “Echo,” the handsfree, voice-controlled speaker for the uber-lazy, plays music, harnesses the abilities of the virtual assistant “Alexa” to phone or message on your behalf, can recognize voice commands from across a room, answers questions, delivers the latest traffic report, can give you the latest sports scores and reads to you, among… … Read more
(Natural News) In this day and age, it has become the norm to see someone glued to their mobile phones, especially teenagers. In fact, it may seem that teenagers are really addicted to that rectangular handheld device. In 2017, a study which observed 1,500 families composed of teenagers living at home with their parents concluded… … Read more
CNN Boy whose heart stopped after bite of hot dog found to have rare conditionCNN(CNN) A 9-year-old boy who was enjoying a hot dog took an overly big bite — and went into cardiac arrest. But choking wasn’t the cause, according to a case study published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics. The terrifying incident had … Read more
The Hindu HPV researchers, Planned Parenthood win prestigious Lasker medical awardsWashington PostThis post has been updated. The Lasker Awards, among the most prestigious in medicine, will go to two National Cancer Institute researchers whose work led to the development of vaccines that prevent cervical cancer, and to Planned Parenthood for …Lasker Prizes Go to Planned Parenthood … Read more
Los Angeles Times After California got rid of personal exemptions for vaccines, medical exemptions went way upLos Angeles TimesThe rate of medical exemptions for immunizations for incoming kindergartners rose sharply the year after California eliminated the personal-belief exemption, a new study finds. The results, published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., hint …Another … Read more
Chicago Tribune How to donate breast milk to moms in HoustonChicago TribuneAt milk banks, donors are screened, their blood is tested and a doctor has to sign off on the mother’s health. The milk is tested and pasteurized. (Anda Chu / Contra Costa Times 2011). Nara SchoenbergContact ReporterChicago Tribune. Human milk can …Center provides breast milk … Read more
Slate Magazine Later School Bell Could Boost US Economy by $83 Billion Over DecadePhilly.comTUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Delaying the start of the school day until 8:30 a.m. and letting students sleep a little longer would contribute $83 billion to the U.S. economy within 10 years, according to a new study from the … Read more