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Prominent agriculture figure says GMOs do not belong in Africa, organic biodiversity is the wayBy Ethan A. Huff, July 26 2011
(NaturalNews) Genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) do not belong anywhere on the continent of Africa, and the only groups pushing for their implementation are multinational biotechnology companies like Monsanto whose insatiable lust for new "frankencrop" markets is never satisfied. These are essentially the words of Anne Maina, advocacy coordinator for the international charity organization African Biodiversity Network, in response to recent proposals by stakeholders of the Zambian government to...
 UK nurse arrested for allegedly murdering hospitals patientsBy J. D. Heyes, July 26 2011
(NaturalNews) When you check into a hospital, you do so with the intent of getting well, and you rely on the hospital staff to help get you back on your feet. So, needless to say, it's more than just a little disturbing to to find out that your healthcare professional may be trying to kill you.
Police in the United Kingdom have been investigating the deaths of three patients - Tracey Arden, 44, George Keep, 84, and Arnold Lancaster, 71 - as well as the treatment of 14 others who they say were...
 Amazing food facts: The seed of a peach contains an almond-like nut containing the anti-cancer medicine laetrileBy Mike Adams, July 25 2011
(NaturalNews) Peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots and almonds are all closely related fruit trees with very similar pits. In all these fruits, the pit must be broken open to reveal the almond-shaped kernel within. In fact, this is what almonds actually are: the kernel within the pit of the fruit of the almond tree!
The kernels of all these species contain high concentrations of a chemical known as laetrile. It's also known as amygdalin or vitamin B-17. Research has shown that laetrile induces...
 Dangerous levels of lead found in many garden hosesBy Christina Luisa, July 25 2011
(NaturalNews) Allowing your kids to play with the garden hose, filling the inflatable kiddie pool, nourishing your garden with hose water -- these all seem like harmless activities. However, research is now proving otherwise.
Many commercially bought water hoses contain dangerously high levels of lead which leech into the water flowing through them. In fact, according to Consumer Reports, water sitting in a garden hose that has been left in the sun can contain a level of lead that reaches 100...
 Gardening activities reduce lung cancer risk by 50%By J. D. Heyes, July 25 2011
(NaturalNews) Not only is having a green thumb a great way to stay healthier and happier, but new research shows it can actually protect you from cancer.
Noted cancer treatment and research center M.D. Anderson, at the University of Texas, found in a study that time spent gardening once or twice a week can reduce the risk of cancer by 50 percent in lifelong nonsmokers. Moreover, researchers found, the same level of gardening activity by former smokers can reduce cancer risk by as much as 40 percent...
 Cookware chemical linked to causing arthritisBy Jonathan Benson, July 25 2011
(NaturalNews) Sometimes the technological innovations that appear to make our lives a lot easier are the same ones that are now destroying our health. A new study out of West Virginia University's (WVU) School of Medicine has found that people with the highest blood levels of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), a chemical used in non-stick and stain-resistant coatings, are 40 percent more likely to develop arthritis than people with the lowest blood levels.
For their study, Dr. Kim Innes and her team from...
 Gates Foundation partner forces vaccines on Malawian children at gunpoint, arrests parentsBy Ethan A. Huff, July 23 2011
(NaturalNews) Get your shots, or else get shot. That is the message being sent by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its partners in Africa that are helping the organization achieve its goal of vaccinating every single child on the planet (http://www.naturalnews.com/032900_Bill_Gates_vaccinations.html).
According to a recent report in the Malawi Voice, at least 131 Malawian children were vaccinated this week at gunpoint after having previously fled the country with their parents to avoid...
 Denied: DEA refuses to reclassify marijuana, claims it's as dangerous as heroinBy Ethan A. Huff, July 25 2011
(NaturalNews) The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has finally acknowledged a nine-year-old petition filed by The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis to reclassify marijuana as a schedule III, IV, or V drug, rather than its current, and more-serious, schedule I classification.
The acknowledgment, however, was an official denial of the petition based on claims that there are no studies to prove the medicinal value of marijuana, and that the plant is basically as unsafe as heroin.
Back in May...
Interview with "Pesticide Sheriff" about deadly pesticidesBy Christina Luisa, July 25 2011
(NaturalNews) Between the beans, bread and peanut butter sections in your local supermarket, there could be serious and life-threatening dangers lurking in the form of supposedly "harmless" household pesticides.
The Health Ranger recently interviewed Dr. Mitch, the "Pesticide Sheriff" from AlwaysEco (www.AlwaysEco.com/products), regarding the serious dangers of chemical pesticides and the availability of safer, plant-based, more natural bug-killing products. In the interview, Dr. Mitch speaks...
 TSA introduces breast cancer screening procedure as new benefit of airport security pat-downs (satire)By Mike Adams, July 24 2011
(NaturalNews) What's better than receiving a free groping by the TSA? How about getting your breasts checked for cancer at the same time? That's the new offering from the TSA, which says that squeezing and twisting your breasts during security pat-downs is now a "medical procedure" and that it's all being done "to protect the health of Americans." Men, meanwhile, will now receive a free prostate exam as part of their screening procedure.
Before administering the new procedure, TSA agents will...
 Book review: Doctors Are More Harmful Than Germs by Dr. Harvey Bigelsen M.DBy J. Doran, July 24 2011
(NaturalNews) If you are like the average American, you have led a life filled with Western medical policies, procedures, drugs and quick-fixes. As one of the biggest businesses in the United States, modern medicine may be costing you more than just a high insurance premium each month.
According to Harvey Bigelsen, M.D., author of Doctors Are More Harmful Than Germs: How Surgery Can Be Hazardous to Your Health And What to Do About It, these practices could be costing you your natural right to...
 Study: Drinking diet soda actually causes weight gain, blood sugar spikesBy Ethan A. Huff, July 24 2011
(NaturalNews) Contrary to popular belief, diet soda and other foods and beverages made with artificial sweeteners like aspartame are not healthy, and they do not bring about weight loss.
A landmark new study out of Texas confirms this, having found that not only do diet sodas not help with weight loss, but they actually cause both weight gain and health problems.
Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) at San Antonio gathered ten years worth of data on 474 participants...
 Studies confirm link between cholesterol drugs and higher rates of diabetesBy Ethan A. Huff, July 24 2011
(NaturalNews) Seven years after the American Diabetes Association urged all diabetics, regardless of whether or not they had high cholesterol, to take statin drugs because they "may have some other qualities that have not been tested," (http://www.naturalnews.com/001110.html), a new analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that statin drugs actually cause diabetes.
The findings also confirm the general ineptitude of American disease and medical groups that continually...
 Produce pillaging on the rise in California as farm thieves nab fruits and veggies, farm equipment, copperBy Jonathan Benson, July 24 2011
(NaturalNews) California's Central Valley, which has long been considered the nation's breadbasket, has also become a new hotbed for property crime. Except instead of stealing things like cars and high-dollar electronics, thieves there are stealing fruits and vegetables from farms, as well as farm equipment, and even the copper used to power water systems.
Dismal economic conditions, fewer rural law enforcement officers, and the continued influx of illegal aliens, have all contributed to a sharp...
 Unplugging from The Man, part oneBy Sherry L. Ackerman, Ph.D., July 24 2011
(NaturalNews) In the words of T.S. Elliot, "so how should I presume" to draw a line in the sand? There are, actually, as many ways as there are grains of sand, but the way that seems most accessible to me is Unplugging from The Man. Scott Nearing put it succinctly when he wrote that he "must reduce wants and even needs to a minimum; wherever possible, serve myself, raise and prepare my own food, wash my own clothing, do my own building and repairing, maintain the best of health to avoid the heavy...
 How to live with all the passion of a worn out shoeBy Mike Bundrant, July 24 2011
(NaturalNews) You only have one precious life to live, so I'd advise you to do as the mysterious and macho Dos Equis beer man says: Make it Enough! So, if you heed the following prescription for all the health and happiness you really deserve, you are sure to bounce through life with all the vitality of a blown out sneaker, which will make it easier to embrace death. After all, this is as good as it gets, folks! Here are seven timeless tips for generating all the passion for living that can possibly...
 Laws of physics must be rewritten: Mysterious sun particles alter radioactive decay on EarthBy Sally Oaken, July 24 2011
(NaturalNews) The scientific process, as any experienced researcher can attest, provides a kind of road map through the forest of the natural world. By developing hypotheses and designing methods by which to test them, we use the scientific process to make the abstract world more concrete.
Once we clarify our questions about matter, time, and reality, we can move forward from one conclusion to another in a logical attempt to answer them. But the path in front of us often extends into kind of fog...
 A real Planet of the Apes? UK scientists secretly grew human-animal hybrids in laboratory experimentsBy Mike Adams, July 23 2011
(NaturalNews) One hundred and fifty animal-human hybrid embryos have been produced by mad scientists in the UK -- with full government approval -- under the 2008 Human Fertilisation Embryology Act. The UK's Daily Mail newspaper is reporting that a committee of scientists recently blew the whistle on the operation and expressed alarm over the possibility of the experiments going "too far" and resulting in a real Planet of the Apes scenario, where animals escape from the lab and begin reproducing in...
 Antidepressants increase the risk of breast cancerBy J. D. Heyes, July 23 2011
(NaturalNews) Women who take an SSRI - selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor - antidepressant have a higher risk of developing breast cancer, according to a meta-analysis of 61 separate studies indicated.
"Reviewing the evidence is a critical public health issue in light of the increasing prevalence of antidepressant use, especially among women, and in light of the fact that one in eight women will be diagnosed with cancer of the breast during their lifetime," said the study, according to a report...
Hungary destroys illegal GM corn fields, plans to make distributing GMO seeds a felonyBy Ethan A. Huff, July 23 2011
(NaturalNews) Earlier in the week it was announced that every crop field in Hungary that was known to contain genetically-modified (GM) corn has been plowed under and destroyed. According to reports, GMO seeds are illegal in Hungary, and authorities have been working hard to ensure that no illegal plantings or sales of GMO seeds take place in the nation.
Hungary's deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar announced that, upon the recent discovery of roughly 1000...
 Hundreds of beef cattle contaminated by Fukushima radiation have been shipped all over Japan, inspection findsBy Jonathan Benson, July 23 2011
(NaturalNews) The Fukushima Prefecture, a roughly 5,300 square mile region in Japan where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility is located, recently conducted an area-wide inspection of local farms after discovering levels of radioactive cesium three-to-six times higher than maximum safety thresholds in some beef cattle. To their surprise, they also found that 14 different farms throughout the region had shipped 554 heads of cattle across Japan that had eaten highly-radioactive rice straw...
Authorities revoke medical license from doctor who performed hundreds of unnecessary surgeriesBy Jonathan Benson, July 23 2011
(NaturalNews) Victims of serious medical fraud are rejoicing after the Maryland Board of Physicians (MBP) announced that it is revoking the medical license of Dr. Marc Midei. According to an 88-page report of the investigation, Midei performed hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on patients, including putting stents in patients that did not even have blocked or hardened arteries.
A CBS Baltimore report explains that after investigating the situation, which began as a result of hundreds of lawsuits...
Clear vision: Two principles for eye rejuvenationBy Angelo Druda, July 23 2011
(NaturalNews) Oriental Medicine teaches us that the opening of the liver channel is in the corner of the eyes. The liver channel runs vertically from the bottom to the top of the body and opens in the eyes. Whatever effects the liver also directly effects the eyes.
The subtler functions of the liver root deeply into our emotional and psychic energies and thus the liver and our eyesight are impacted by excessive emotional stress. Any inflammation localized in the liver channel will cause inflammation...
 Earth Shaking instead of Shaking EarthBy Mark Sircus., AC, OMD, July 23 2011
(NaturalNews) The quake in Japan that caused the Fukushima disaster caused a rift 15 miles below the sea floor that stretched 186 miles long and 93 miles wide moving the areas closest to the epicenter of the quake a full 13 feet closer to the United States, geophysicist Ross Stein at the United States Geological Survey said. As climate catastrophes, harvest failures, droughts, dust and fire storms rage on the surface of the planet under our feet we face an increasing unstable earth.
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 NaturalNews releases downloadable report on resveratrol that reveals stunning medical secrets of this miracle nutrientBy Mike Adams, July 22 2011
(NaturalNews) Resveratrol is one of the most amazing nutrients known to modern science. Known as a longevity nutrient that gives red wine it's amazing benefits on heart health, resveratrol continues to be widely studied for applications in treating cancer, diabetes, and even chronic inflammation. Several drug companies have already attempted to copy the resveratrol molecule and turn it into a "miracle drug" that would be patented and sold at huge profit margins.
Today, in cooperation with the...
 The mass overmedication of foster children with psychiatric drugsBy Sally Oaken, July 22 2011
(NaturalNews) For a long list of reasons, the day-to-day life of a child in foster care can be challenging. Foster parents are often stretched thin and overburdened, foster children often wrestle with emotional issues that can go misdiagnosed, unrecognized or misunderstood, and qualified medical care for this vulnerable population is constantly in short supply.
These challenges are now being compounded by an additional concern: the over-administration of psychotropic drugs. Psychotropic medications...
 No felony charges to be filed against American hero who gave TSA agent an 'enhanced' pat downBy Jonathan Benson, July 22 2011
(NaturalNews) Yesterday, NaturalNews reported that 61-year-old Yukari Miyamae had been taken into custody after allegedly giving a US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent an "enhanced" pat down of her own.
A true American hero, Miyamae will reportedly not have felony charges filed against her, according to a CBS 4 Denver report, however she could still face local misdemeanor charges in her hometown of Longmont, Colorado.
Upon being assaulted by several TSA agents for refusing...
 Growing Nashville suburb may end water fluoridationBy Ethan A. Huff, July 22 2011
(NaturalNews) The city of Spring Hill, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville located roughly 37 miles south of the Music City's central core, is reconsidering the use of toxic fluoride chemicals in its public water supply. After being asked by numerous individuals why the city still fluoridates its water, Spring Hill water superintendent Caryl Giles is now asking the same question to members of the city's Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
"Is it truly necessary that we continue to fluoridate water in this day...
Check out the National Heirloom Exposition in Santa Rosa from September 13-15, the 'World's Fair' of pure foodBy Ethan A. Huff, July 22 2011
(NaturalNews) If you have ever wanted to learn more about heirloom farming and gardening -- and sample a treasure trove of heirloom produce from all 50 US states -- then the National Heirloom Exposition taking place in Santa Rosa, Calif., from September 13 - 15, 2011, is where you want to be.
This bountiful event will feature more than 250 natural vendor booths, 55 nationally-recognized experts and speakers, numerous workshops and educational exhibits, and, of course, an amazing presentation of...
What happened and what do we face in Fukushima?By Len Saputo, July 22 2011
(NaturalNews) What happened in Fukushima, Japan on March 11, 2011 may be the most sinister global disaster in the recorded history of our planet. The repercussions of this historic disaster will remain for centuries to come. The manifestations of nuclear radiation from the meltdown of the reactors in Fukushima will haunt humanity in ways that we'll only discover over time. The obvious poisoning of our food, water, and air is just the beginning of what is happening to humanity, animal and plant life...
How To Take Down A Giant (Opinion)By Hesh Goldstein, July 20 2011
(NaturalNews) Before getting into the crux of this update, something first needs to be said. While I may be speaking about Hawaii, please understand that this not only applies to Hawaii but every place where YOU live.
Hawaii is our aina (land) of which we are an integral part. It doesn't matter if we are white, brown, black, yellow, or whatever. We defend and protect our aina and do not let outsiders take our islands' special and unique qualities and destroy them on a mass wholesale basis.
We...
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