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Doctor's Diary: When getting a second opinion pays off
If you're unhappy with the first explanation, get another one, says James Le Fanu
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
'Proof of Heaven' documents existence of afterlife, multiverse, intelligent life beyond Earth, multidimensional realities
There's a secret that's much bigger than politics, health freedom, science or even the entire history of the human race. That secret remains entirely unacknowledged -- even condemned -- by the scientific community, and yet it is the single most important secret about...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Have CdLS? Did your mom's poor diet damage your DNA?
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, or CdLS, an increasingly less rare genetic disorder affecting one in 10,000 to 30,000 newborns, may have ties to mom's bad food choices.
Meet SamanthaOn March 22, 2002 Samantha was taken from the womb a month early and was held in the NICU...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
STAND up for your health: The scary truth about sitting
In today's workplace, the majority of people sit for eight or more hours per day. Think your desk job isn't affecting your health? Think again. A sedentary lifestyle, at home or work negatively impacts your health in multiple ways. Smoking, alcohol, lack of exercise...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Natural medicine therapies significantly benefit arthritis sufferers
A new study published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing found that almost 25 percent of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis used a procedure known as complementary and alternative therapy (CAT) to help them better manage...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Crust formed on overcooked foods can triple the risk of heart disease
Be careful the next time you order that hamburger and fries cooked on an open grill or over flames. Not only do you have to be especially cautious of hydrogenated and trans fats infused during cooking, but the crust formed on these foods, and many others, from grilling...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Medical products company to pay feds $30 million to settle lawsuit over whistleblower kickbacks
As the healthcare industry becomes more regulated, more expensive and less enticing to would-be physicians and other providers, expect to continue to see fraud and other abuses of trust rise, all in the name of turning a dollar.
The latest example involves a Nevada...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Incidence of gluten sensitivity skyrocketing in the U.S. - Are GMOs to blame?
Gluten intolerance has reached epidemic proportions -- a staggering 40 percent of the U.S. population now suffers from it in one form or another. Celiac disease alone strikes one in every 133 Americans. Taking into account the fact that gluten sensitivity has risen sharply...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Top-secret, deadly chemical tests done in St. Louis during the Cold War by Army prove deadly years later
As new details begin to surface about secret chemical tests performed on American citizens in St. Louis during the 1950s, we here at Natural News can only shake our heads in disgust and ask the obvious question: How many more of these kinds of tests were done without...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Yes on 37 refuses to challenge vote fraud!
(NaturalNews)Lying down on the road in front of a truck isn't the best way to end a political campaign, but that's what the YES ON 37 forces are doing.
In an email sent out on Nov. 9, the PR people for 37 wrote: "They [the leaders of YES ON 37] assume these [millions of uncounted]...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Women left at the mercy of untested prescription drugs as most drugs are only tested on men
Whilst doctors whine on about the dangers of alternative medicine, they has admitted that trials of major drugs are only carried out on men. This has led to up to one million women being admitted to hospitals every year with side effects from nausea and high blood pressure...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Doctors' warning to women: Don't take antidepressants during pregnancy
Autism, birth defects, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) -- these are among the many serious health conditions newborn babies face whose mothers take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and certain other antidepressant drugs during pregnancy...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
California hoodwinked by big business, Prop 37 fails - Here's how to continue the battle for safe food
Big money wins yet again -- this time defeating Prop. 37 in California. Monsanto, DuPont and others contributed $45 million to keep the American public in the dark about genetically modified organisms. Even though the failure of this ballot measure is a blow to those...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Deceptive doctors trick Sharon Osbourne into having double mastectomy due to 'bad breast cancer gene'
One of the last things any woman would want to hear is that she may be carrying a gene that commonly leads to breast cancer. But is just the possibility of developing such a cancer worth having both of them removed?
Sharon Osbourne, wife of rocker Ozzie Osbourne and...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Prop 37 vote-fraud update: 3.3 million votes still uncounted
When the networks and other media outlets made the early call on election night, claiming Prop 37 had gone down to defeat, there were millions of votes still uncounted.
I just checked the California Secretary of State's website, which is the official center for vote...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Huge fluoride victory in Wichita: Voters put their foot down and say no to the water supply chemical additive
Regular readers know that Natural News has been closely watching a situation in Portland, Ore., where city officials are pushing to add dangerous fluoride to the water.
City officials in Portland have done everything they can - openly and behind closed doors - to...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Chia seeds are the ultimate survival food for long-term storage
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, there's a lot of renewed interest in preparedness. One thing we all learned from the disaster is that when the power grid goes down, starvation isn't too far behind for those who have failed to store food.
It's easy to store a...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 11, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Ten Health Ranger predictions about December 2012 and the first half of 2013
Obama's re-election has set a number of things in motion behind closed doors that are about to emerge before the Summer of 2013. If anything, Obama's victory has accelerated the timeline of financial collapse that's now a foregone conclusion for the United States of...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 11, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
End-of-Life Decisions for Loved Ones with Alzheimer's Disease
As a social worker, I've had the privilege to speak with many people with dementia as well as their families about end-of-life care. Some people have everything planned and written out, and have distributed copies of their directives to their physician, attorney and family members. Others have not even considered what they want the medical community to do if their health significantly declines. This may be because it's uncomfortable and hard to think about, they're already overwhelmed with daily decisions, or they're not even aware of the different choices they have.
One of the decisions people face when they're admitte...
Source: About Alzheimers Disease - November 11, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
November is Family Caregivers Month
When a member of the family has breast cancer, the rest of us are so focused on trying to make sure that the patient has all that she needs, at all times, that we sometimes forget that the caregive
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. Source Type: news
Use local handshaking customs to meet and greet when traveling abroad
Handshaking and other simple gestures are used by all people as a greeting method worldwide. Every country has its own unique cultural signals that people send with the shake of a hand or nod of their head. An acceptable gesture in your home country can turn into an...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Everything you need to know about self-confidence
Do you need greater self-confidence to pursue the life you want?
You can have it, regardless of past failures or how much you doubt yourself in the present.
How can I be so sure? Because I understand the cornerstone principles upon which self-confidence is based...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Cocoa butter is not just for chocolate anymore - Discover the healthy secrets behind this sensuous food
Need another reason to love the cacao bean? As it turns out, cocoa butter has its own set of health enhancing properties apart from cocoa. External use of the butter clears everything from psoriasis to dermatitis to eczema, while conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Top four therapeutic herbs for sciatic pain
Sciatic pain, or sciatica, occurs off and on with many people. Sometimes it's mistaken for lower back pain or leg cramps. When it does, the tendency is to stay in bed and gulp down some ibuprofen or other OTC (over the counter) pharmaceutical.
But sciatica is a symptom...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Role of chiropractic in managing seizures in children with autism
Over a decade ago, Pistolese presented the results of a thorough chiropractic literature review that out of the 17 papers reviewed, 15 epileptic patients out of 15 reported positive outcomes resulting from subluxation-based chiropractic care. Since his paper, several...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Five amazing and unusual uses for algae - From healing your gut to fueling your car
The simple, single celled algae that comprise superfoods such as chlorella, spirulina, marine plankton, or blue-green algae (which some now consider a bacteria) are self-feeding photosynthetic (needing sunlight) organisms that grow in lakes, man-made pools, and the ocean...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
ZMA: Naturally boost testosterone levels
Low testosterone levels in men can result in muscle deterioration, diminished sex drive, depression, low energy, infertility and loss of hair among various other consequences. Slightly elevated testosterone levels on the other hand, will promote muscle growth, energy...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Millions of taxpayer dollars wasted on cloned 'Frankencow' that produces GM milk nobody will ever drink
It might look like normal milk, but the milky white substance produced by "Daisy," the infamous cloned cow developed by New Zealand-based AgResearch using $50 million taken directly from taxpayers, is actually genetically-modified (GM), imitation milk geared towards...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
New York blasted with toxic influx of sewage and other dangerous industrial chemicals in Sandy's wake
Embattled with several feet of flood waters in some areas, persistent power outages, and rot and decay throughout tattered streets, many areas of New York and New Jersey that were hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy are also now suffering the consequences of a massive influx...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Vote fraud: who destroyed Prop 37 on election night?
(NaturalNews)"So look, there are fifteen million votes out there we haven't counted yet. What do you want to do?"
"How long have the polls been closed?"
"Let's see. Two hours."
"The hell with it. Let's call it a defeat for Prop 37."
"Okay."
This isn't over.
We're...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Massive surveillance nation: Police now using license plate scanners to collect intelligence on cars, no crime necessary
The newest version of the popular video game, "Assassin's Creed," is set in 1775, "a time of unrest in the American colonies." The theme is, of course, the Revolutionary War and it evokes thoughts of the colonists' struggle for freedom and independence from Great Britain...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Is Chicory Good for You?
I've discovered that chicory is in several food products that I use and have read that this ingredient may have some effects on glucose control as well as some diuretic properties. Should chicory be avoided?
Source: Dr. Weil Q and A - November 9, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Fall 2012 MedlinePlus Magazine Now Available
Read the latest issue of the NIH MedlinePlus Magazine. Highlights include: Steady Advances Against Cystic FibrosisDiabetes ComplicationsElectronic Health Records: Permanent, Private and InformativeFinding Answers in a Beauty Shop
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - November 9, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Obama's economic policies explained for Earthlings: Debt multiplication, the quantum multiverse and transdimensional accounting
In case you haven't noticed, the U.S. populace -- as well as its delusional political leadership -- has resigned itself to the intellectual lazy-ism of "Let's just SPEND our way out of this mess!"
The mind-numbing re-election of President Obama in the wake of trillions...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 9, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Prickly Pear: A Cactus Cure?
I have been told that prickly pear can be used to help control diabetes and reduce cholesterol levels. Is this true? If so, what can you tell me about it?
Source: Dr. Weil Q and A - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
3 ways to improve memory and boost brain power
Perhaps the greatest threat to brain function is chronic stress. Challenged by fear and anxiety, the body will produce excessive amounts of cortisol, the "stress hormone", which eventually damages the brain's memory center. And, although cortisol is a necessary hormone...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
The holistic benefits of meditation from boosting immune response to mending relationships
Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years as a pathway to enlightenment and greater understanding of the universe. Until scientists are able to quantify and prove the spiritual effects of meditation, we will never see trials that prove spiritual benefits;...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Overweight and obesity are shown to increase cancer risk by up to 50 percent
It doesn't take much more than a casual glance around you to know that overweight and obesity rates have risen during the past half century, specifically skyrocketing over the past five to ten years. An overabundance of highly processed, fructose-infused convenience...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Big victories under the radar Tuesday night
Okay, so we saw Obama and Romney go head to head and grab the headlines Tuesday night. Clown puppet A beat clown puppet B. The real winner was big federal government, and that was a foregone conclusion before a single vote had been cast or rigged.
Big gov was going...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Bush-era political leaders used 9/11 attack as false justification for war with Iraq
An elaborate, well-sourced blog posting alleges that Bush-era officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney, may have used the 9/11 attacks as a false justification to strike the late Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
The Washington's...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Next up on the list of ridiculous jabs: A 'bad fat-battling' vaccine
There are a variety of reasons why Americans in particular tend to struggle with weight issues -- a heavily-processed, high-grain diet tainted with all sorts of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and synthetic additives is just one reason among many why as many as...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Seven ways to supercharge your immune system fast
In a 2002 Jon Rapoport interview of a retired vaccine industry researcher turned whistleblower, the whistleblower, whose identity is protected, dismisses the false premise of vaccinations creating immunity by stimulating antibodies.
Here is part of what he told Jon...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Divine brain food - Sharpen your thinking with chocolate
Most people don't need an excuse to eat chocolate -- its creamy texture and delicious taste are reason enough. Yet, here is another compelling reason to savor chocolate: it helps your brain work better. Flavonols present within chocolate may be the key to this enhanced...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Four ways to use pumpkin as a healing superfood
Look again. There's more behind the funny face of that festive winter squash still sitting on your front porch than you might think. When it's not moonlighting as a jack-o-lantern or as a centerpiece for random fall decor, pumpkin is actually an undercover superfood...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Slay hunger and stay warm after disaster: Build a DIY rocket stove
After a disaster when power is out, the two most important things people yearn for are heat and food. A rocket stove is a useful survival tool because it produces a very hot flame and needs very little fuel. These stoves are highly efficient. Woodstoves, which can also...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Dangerous state of military housing making service members sick across the U.S
The U.S. military is equipped with the finest, deadliest and most technologically advanced gear on the planet. Satellites from space can spot bad guys on the ground, while drones guided by pilots in remote locations 9,000 miles away direct missile fire towards the unsuspecting...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Did Prop 37 really lose or was it vote fraud?
Hold your horses.
On election night, not long after the polls closed in California, the announcement came out: Prop 37 was losing. A little while later, it was all over. 37 had gone down to defeat.
But is that the whole story? No.
As of 2:30PM today, Thursday...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Three-year-old boy arrested for peeing in his front yard, mom gets $2,500 ticket
Judging by the cost of the ticket and the inflexible attitude of the police officer issuing it, you'd think Piedmont, Okla. had a huge problem with toddlers running all over the place urinating on anything and everything in their paths.
Only, it doesn't. In fact,...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Obama decision puts America on trajectory toward financial mega-disaster
The re-election of Obama was more than the mere selection of one man over another; it was an endorsement of a set of economic policies that are now launching America into a trajectory that can only end in economic disaster.
With the election now etched in the history...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Why is my lower back so angry?
Whenever an episode of lower back pain strikes, we question, "What brought this on?" Our mind wanders to the physical things we have done over the last few days, which many times are not out of the ordinary, and in fact, frankly innocent sounding when that sharp, shooting...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

