By Haixia Yang, University of Massachusetts Amherst The antimicrobial chemical triclosan is in thousands of products that we use daily: hand soaps, toothpastes, body wash, kitchenware and even some toys. Work in our lab suggests that this compound may have widespread health risks, including aggravating…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor University of Kent Scientists Discovered Novel Method of Getting Vitamin B12 Into Plant-Based Diets Without Using Biotech! Are vitamin B12 supplements really the best way to get this crucial “B” into a plant-focused diet? That’s the wrong question for someone who has opted…
By Dr. Ellis Evans, Natural Blaze Student suicide clusters are occurring globally and we seem to be heading to various peak events i.e. 10 students commit suicide in Bristol University (UK) in an 18 month period and 5 students from the University of York in a six…
Current Administration Putting Profits Ahead of Bees WASHINGTON – The Bee Informed Partnership released results on May 23, 2018 of its annual survey of honeybee colony losses. Beekeepers reported 40.1 percent bee colony losses between April 2017 and April 2018. However, these numbers only represent 6.6 percent…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor “Along with medicine I also prescribe them Charlie Chaplin DVDs so they can watch and be happy.” Have you heard of people who recover from illness with the help of laughter? Maybe you read Anatomy of an Illness and wondered if you could…
By GMI Reporter Let food be thy medicine.  Just don’t let it be thy drug. Can’t resist a slice – or two or three – of pizza? You may well be addicted. Researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan and the…
By ANH-USA Meetings being held between the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and other world bodies to discuss “harmonization” (meaning restriction) of “nutrient intake” recommendations indicate that the answer may be yes.  Action Alert! NAS, which is a United States non-governmental organization that advises the federal…
By Richard Gale and Gary Null, Natural Blaze Wikipedia’s co-founder Jimmy Wales claims to hold high standards of objectivity and balance in the content of the online encyclopedia and the integrity of his volunteer army of editors.  Indeed this is largely true; except when it…
 By Heather Callaghan, Editor California has become the first state to prescribe specific – and presumably healthier – meals to chronically ill patients. The newly launched pilot program will treat low-income and at-risk Medicaid patients with “specially tailored meals that are proven to offer relief from…
By Heather Callaghan, Natural Blaze Probiotics are a Bandage on Colony Collapse Disorder But Cause More Problems – while they have been shown to help bees withstand threats like fungal infection and pesticides – is it worth the price bees pay? Previously, commercial probiotics have helped…
[Editor’s Note: A rising epidemic is growing in this country that no one seems to know how to quell. According to a recent study, there are more mass shootings in the United States than in any other country in the world. Equally as sobering is the fact that Americanstend…
By Markab Algedi, Natural Blaze At Florida’s Indian River County jail, an autopsy report released last week claimed that a man died from a kratom overdose. People who use kratom understand that an overdose on the leaf material is about as impossible as overdosing on weed,…
By Dr. Smith Medical cannabis has a long history as a natural analgesic,1Â and is now legal in 30 U.S. states,2,3Â the majority of which allow limited use of medical marijuana under certain medical circumstances. The medicinal qualities of marijuana are primarily due to high amounts (about…
By Jessica Corbett Farmers, environmental advocates, and community leaders came together in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday to launch a national campaign to outlaw factory farming, in conjunction with a new report that outlines the long list of negative consequences tied to housing hundreds or thousands…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Teacher Accused of Having Students Drown Live Raccoons and an Opossum in Class Only a month after a teacher in Idaho teacher allegedly fed a live puppy to a snapping turtle in front of his class, yet another public school teacher has caused…
Call for First Ever Ban on Factory Farming in New National Campaign – and you can join too! DES MOINES, IA – A group of farmers, advocates and community leaders gathered in Iowa yesterday to announce the launch of a national campaign to ban factory…
By Catherine J. Frompovich The Cochrane Group, once thought and/or regarded as the epitome for exposing or validating scientific research, even about vaccines, announced it has a new support donor, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which donated $1.15 MILLION. What does the Gates Foundation…
By Jon Rappoport Obviously, a false diagnosis of cancer would be a disaster. I’m not talking about all tests for cancer. I’ve only looked into two. This is what I’ve discovered. There is a blood test, which looks for a bio-marker labeled CA125. There are…
By Karen Foster Readers: Did you know that just 3 days of fasting can regenerate your whole immune system? Likewise, a “fasting-like” diet has a profound effect on autoimmune disease. But now it gets better – just 24 hours of fasting will boost the body’s…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Time marches on but it seems that every day the United States seems to be moving backward, particularly with how it treats its most vulnerable. This applies not only to humans but to animals as well. With reports such as those coming…
