July 06, 2008
Mother's junk food 'harms child' - "Eating a poor diet when pregnant or breastfeeding may cause long-lasting health damage to the child, animal studies suggest. Dr Stephanie Bayol, one of the researchers, said: "It seems that a mother's diet whilst pregnant and breastfeeding is very important for the long-term health of her child. "We always say: 'You are what you eat', but in fact it may also be true that you are what your mother ate." Read full article
May 19, 2008
Warning: Using a mobile phone while pregnant can seriously damage your baby - "Women who use mobile phones when pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with behavioural problems, according to authoritative research. A giant study, which surveyed more than 13,000 children, found that using the handsets just two or three times a day was enough to raise the risk of their babies developing hyperactivity and difficulties with conduct, emotions and relationships by the time they reached school age." Read full article
April 11, 2008
Additives DO harm children - and a ban could cut child hyperactivity by a third, say scientists - "The researchers believe that removing artificial colours from children's foods, including cakes, drinks and sweets, would bring significant health and social benefits. Thousands of children would avoid the blight on their education caused by hyperactive behaviour, which can mean they are labelled slow and disruptive. Removing the chemicals could also help reduce anti-social behaviour in teenagers, according to the researchers from the University of Southampton, led by Professor Jim Stevenson. " Read full article
April 11, 2008
Cosmetic chemicals found in breast tumours - "Preservative chemicals found in samples of breast tumours probably came from underarm deodorants, UK scientists have claimed. Their analysis of 20 breast tumours found high concentrations of para-hydroxybenzoic acids (parabens) in 18 samples. Parabens can mimic the hormone estrogen, which is known to play a role in the development of breast cancers. The preservatives are used in many cosmetics and some foods to increase their shelf-life.." Read full article
April 06, 2008
Food additives 'could be as damaging as lead in petrol' - "Artificial food colours are set to be removed from hundreds of products after a team of university researchers warned they were doing as much damage to children's brains as lead in petrol." Read full article
April 04, 2008
Norway Becomes First Country to Ban Amalgam Fillings - " Effective January 1st of this year, Norway has become the first nation to legislate a sweeping ban on the use of amalgam fillings in dental work...the new law is the first to forbid the use of the toxic metal without exemption. Mercury has also been banned from all other products produced, imported, exported, sold, and used in the country." Read full article
March 30, 2008
Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking' - " Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take "immediate steps" to reduce exposure to their radiation." Read full article
March 30, 2008
Pesticide Parkinson's link strong - "There is strong evidence that exposure to pesticides significantly increases the risk of Parkinson's disease, experts believe." Read full article
February 29, 2008
Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - "After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims. The doctors conceded that the child was healthy and developing normally until her 18-month well-baby visit, when she received vaccinations against nine different diseases all at once (two contained thimerosal - mercury). Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of illnesses and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of autism" Read full article
February 16, 2008
Cell phone-cancer link found by Tel Aviv University scientist - "An Israeli scientist, Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, has found a link between cell phone usage and the development of tumors. Dr. Sadetzki, a physician, epidemiologist and lecturer at Tel Aviv University, published the results of a study recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology, in which she and her colleagues found that heavy cell phone users were subject to a higher risk of benign and malignant tumors of the salivary gland." Read full article
February 15, 2008
Natural medicines – the safest way to avoid death - "A report just released by the Acting Chair of the Coroner’s Council has shown natural medicines have the lowest fatality rate of all medical treatments in New Zealand. Despite extensive research, coroner Dr Wallace Bain found no deaths have occurred ... due to natural medicines such as vitamins, minerals and herbal products." Read full article
February 09, 2008
Heavy cell phone use tied to poor sperm quality - "On average, the more hours the men spent on their cell phones each day, the lower their sperm count and the greater their percentage of abnormal sperm." Read full article
February 08, 2008
Plastic Bottles Release Potentially Harmful Chemicals (Bisphenol A) After Contact With Hot Liquids - "Scott Belcher, PhD, and his team found when the same new and used polycarbonate drinking bottles were exposed to boiling hot water, BPA, an environmental estrogen, was released 55 times more rapidly than before exposure to hot water." Read full article
February 07, 2008
Fatal and Vital Foods - Popular Nutrition Myths Exposed - "There’s a lot of information out there but it’s often fragmented and, even worse, contradictory." Read full article
January 26, 2008
Meat, diet soda linked to heart disease: studys - "People who eat two or more servings of red meat a day are much more likely to develop conditions leading to heart disease and diabetes, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday." Read full article
January 26, 2008
Alert over jab for girls as two die following cervical cancer vaccinations - "A jab that could be given to hundreds of thousands of schoolgirls this autumn was at the centre at a safety scare last night following the deaths of two young women." Read full article
January 25, 2008
Researcher links asthma, early vaccinations - "Children who have their routine vaccinations delayed by two months or more cut their risk of asthma by half, a University of Manitoba researcher has found." Read full article
January 25, 2008
Vitamin E 'helps older people move' - "A diet rich in olive oil, nuts and green leafy vegetables could help to slow physical decline in the elderly, scientists say." Read full article
January 24, 2008
Chemical Food Additives - Are They Slowly Killing Our Children? - "The study shows that when the nerve cells were exposed to MSG and Brilliant Blue or Aspartame and Quinoline Yellow the additives stopped the nerve cells from normal growth and interfered with proper signalling systems." Read full article
January 21, 2008
Coffee 'raises miscarriage risk' - "Pregnant women should consider avoiding caffeine say researchers who found even moderate consumption in early pregnancy raises the risk of miscarriage." Read full article
January 20, 2008
Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep - "Phone makers' own scientists discover that bedtime use can lead to headaches, confusion and depression.... Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep, and causes headaches and confusion, according to a new study." Read full article
January 17, 2008
Orange to remove mobile mast from 'tower of doom', where cancer rate has soared - "The United Kingdom's largest study on the safety of cellular phones has failed to rule out the possibility of long-term cancer risk, and concluded that parents should continue to limit use of cell phones by children over the age of seven and disallow it for younger children." Read full article
January 16, 2008
Mobile Phones Linked to Brain Tumors after Long Term Use - "The United Kingdom's largest study on the safety of cellular phones has failed to rule out the possibility of long-term cancer risk, and concluded that parents should continue to limit use of cell phones by children over the age of seven and disallow it for younger children." Read full article
January 02, 2008
'Second Thoughts about Fluoride,' Reports Scientific American - "Some recent studies suggest that over-consumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders affecting teeth, bones, the brain and the thyroid gland," reports Scientific American editors" Read full article
December 30, 2007
Health Professionals Call for End to Water Fluoridation - video - "As detailed in this ABC News Story, over 600 (now over 1,200) professionals are urging Congress to stop water fluoridation until all Congressional hearings are conducted. They cite new scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is ineffective and has serious health risks. " View video
December 18, 2007
How moods affect our health - "Laughing is good for your heart – but anger sends your blood pressure soaring. Anastasia Stephens explains." Read full article
December 18, 2007
Cell Phone Use Increases Likelihood of Mouth Cancer - "Five years of heavy use increased the chances of developing a tumor by around 50 percent compared with people who had never used a mobile phone, scientists found." Read full article
December 17, 2007
The top ten things food companies don't want you to know - "Here are ten things the food corporations, whose products dominate grocery store shelves across the United States and other countries, absolutely do not want you to know." Read full article
December 11, 2007
Darker fruits and vegetables found to fight colon cancer - "Dark-colored fruits and vegetables may provide a colon-cancer-fighting effect, according to a study presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston." Read full article
December 11, 2007
Berries and Onions Slash Pancreatic Cancer Risk By Up To 59 Percent - "A high intake of the flavonols found in certain fruits and vegetables can decrease the risk of developing pancreatic cancer a quarter in non-smokers, and more than twice that in smokers, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology." Read full article
December 10, 2007
Psychotropic Drug Prescriptions to Children Skyrocket 400 Percent in Ten Years - "Prescriptions of psychiatric drugs in the United Kingdom to children under the age of 16 have more than quadrupled since the mid-1990s, according to figures recorded by the government. In the mid-'90s, general practitioners wrote 146,000 such prescriptions, while in the most recent fiscal year they wrote 613,000.." Read full article
December 6, 2007
Cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil sparks reactions - "ALMOST 500 girls have had adverse reactions such as seizures, rashes and paralysis after taking cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil in Australia since it was released in April." Read full article
December 6, 2007
21st-century breakfast' of sweets and crisps means trouble in class - "SWEET-TOOTHED children are spending £413 million a year on chocolate, crisps and fizzy drinks on their way to school in the mornings, according to a survey of family eating patterns." Read full article
December5, 2007
Study finds acrylamide link to cancer in women - "Fresh fears have been raised over the safety of cooked foods as a wide-ranging study found for the first time that a common chemical caused by frying, roasting or grilling can double the risk of cancer in women." Read full article
December 1, 2007
Abundant Evidence to Warn People Against GE Crops - "There is irrefutable evidence that GE foods are unsafe to eat...Working with more than 30 scientists worldwide, I documented 65 health risks of GE foods. There are thousands of toxic or allergic-type reactions in humans, thousands of sick, sterile, and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ and system studied in lab animals." Read full article
December 1, 2007
Study: CT scans raise cancer risk - "Millions of Americans, especially children, are needlessly getting dangerous radiation from "super X-rays" that raise the risk of cancer and are increasingly used to diagnose medical problems, a new report warns." Read full article
Vaccines
Schoolgirls to get 'cancer jab'.
Schoolgirls in Britain will be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer from September 2008, ministers have announced Read full article
Unvaccinated Survey.
"We surveyed over 9,000 boys in California and Oregon and found that vaccinated boys had a 155% greater chance of having a neurological disorder like ADHD or autism than unvaccinated boys." Read full article
Flu shots are virtually worthless, says new British Medical Journal analysis
Flu vaccines are largely ineffective in the populations for which they are most highly recommended, according to a new study published in the Oct. 28 issue of the British Medical Journal. Read full article
Toxins
Toxic Chemicals Contribute To Weight Gain.
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton suggests the root cause of all weight gain is directly related to our own natural weight control system being overloaded and poisoned with toxic chemicals that we encounter through our skin care, food, cleaning products and general environment. Read full article
The great thimerosal cover-up: Mercury, vaccines, autism and your child's health
Thimerosal contains 49.6 percent mercury. Mercury, or more precisely, ethylmercury, is the principle agent that kills contaminants. Unfortunately, mercury also kills much more than that. Read full article
Low-dose pesticide exposure boosts Parkinson's risk by 70 percent.
According to a study published in the July issue of Annals of Neurology, people who have been exposed to pesticides run a 70 percent higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease than people who aren't exposed to pesticides. Read full article
General Health
Working nights cited as 'probable' cancer risk
NIGHT shift workers may face an increased risk of cancer, say researchers. The World Health Organisation is to classify shift work as a "probable" carcinogen, suggesting it poses a similar risk to agents such as anabolic steroids, ultraviolet radiation and diesel engine exhaust. Read full article
Sunbathing 'slows ageing process
"Sunbathing can slow the ageing process by up to five years, according to new research. Scientists have found that people who avoid the sun, or have inadequate vitamin D in their diet, are subject to genetic damage associated with ageing and age-related illnesses" Read full article
Diet
Is anything safe to eat? Cancer report adds bacon, ham and drink to danger list.
The World Cancer Research Fund says the evidence is now strong enough for it to recommend that people stop eating all processed meats, whether they have been smoked, cured, salted or preserved with chemicals. Read full article
Children's characters used to sell products laced with suspect additives..
Chemicals identified as causing hyperactive behaviour in healthy children were found in 95 per cent of top-selling cakes and hundreds of sweets, fizzy drinks and processed foods. Read full article
Eating a high-salt diet increases the risk of ulcers'.
A species of bacteria that has been linked to both peptic ulcers and gastric cancer becomes more virulent in the presence of higher salt concentrations, according to a study presented at the conference of the American Society for Microbiology. Read full article
Additives 'a risk to children's health'
"Parents have been warned to remove food additives linked to hyperactive behaviour from children's diets by the EU's leading expert on the issue" Read full article
Surprise Ingredients In Fast Food
"Most of the meat from any of the major chains has anything but a simple ingredients list. They add emulsifiers, preservatives, MSG, artificial colors, trans fats, and hidden ingredients under generic labels such as spices, or natural and artificial flavors." Read full article
Mobile Phones & EMF
Mobile phones boost brain tumor risk by up to 270 percent on side of brain where phone is held.
Using a cell phone regularly – even a modern one – raises the risk of developing a brain tumor for many users, a new Finnish study published online in the International Journal of Cancer. Read full article
EU watchdog calls for urgent action on Wi-Fi radiation
Europe's top environmental watchdog is calling for immediate action to reduce exposure to radiation from Wi-Fi, mobile phones and their masts. It suggests that delay could lead to a health crisis similar to those caused by asbestos, smoking and lead in petrol. Read full article
Renowned Scientists Issue Wake-up Call on EMF and RF Radiation Hazards
An international working group of renowned scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals (The BioInitiative Working Group) has released its report on
electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and health. Read full article
Skin care
Lipsticks contain lead, consumer group says.
Lipsticks tested by a U.S. consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L'Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others Read full article
I'll Have My Cosmetics with a Side of Infertility, Please
Carcinogens in cosmetics? Petrochemicals in perfume? If only this were an urban legend. Unfortunately, it's a toxic reality, and it's showing up in our bodies. Read full article
Body absorbs 5lb of make-up chemicals a year
Women who use make-up on a daily basis are absorbing almost 5lb of chemicals a year into their bodies, it is claimed. Read full article
Common shampoo ingredients found to harm memory cells
Women who use make-up on a daily basis are absorbing almost 5lb of chemicals a year into their bodies, it is claimed. Read full article
Cosmetics With Banned and Unsafe Ingredients
484 products contain ingredients banned in other countries Read full article
Nutrition
Microwave ovens destroy the nutritional value of your food
Microwave ovens heat food through a process of creating molecular friction, but this same molecular friction quickly destroys the delicate molecules of vitamins and phytonutrients naturally found in foods. One study showed that microwaving vegetables destroys up to 97% of the nutritional content Read full article
Goji berries: The new superfruit
This fruit, which is about 2cm (1in) in diameter with a mild, sweet liquorice flavour, has recently been rated No 1 on the ORAC scale (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) by the US Department of Agriculture. Read full article
Those squirrels can't be wrong: Walnuts boost body, flavor Superfood — in a nutshell
Research shows that walnuts are a true superfood, capable of helping people manage weight, hold off aging, improve digestion, promote good sleep patterns and even fight cholesterol. Read full article
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