By Mike Maharrey Today, a new law that will help facilitate healthcare freedom in Nebraska goes into effect. Sen. Merv Riepe (R-Omaha) introduced Legislative Bill 817 (LB817) back in January. The new law specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do…
By Catherine J Frompovich Ever since anyone can remember, the allopathic paradigm (conventional medicine with its prescription drugs, surgical procedures, chemotherapy, etc., et al) has been at odds with all holistic and/or complementary/natural modalities and their approach to healing and health. The American Medical Association…
By Heather Callaghan Today is the 43rd anniversary of Bruce Lee’s passing. It was a day of remembrance for people around the world as they tuned in to a Live Facebook video, given by the late martial artist and actor’s daughter, Shannon. The fascination with…
By Michelle Goldstein Bill Gates, with his wife Melinda, started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a charitable organization that has donated an estimated $28 billion to help address world health problems and educational needs. One of the programs supported by the foundation is a…
By Vandita Nintendo’s Pokémon Go, a new “augmented reality” game released on Android and iOS in the United States, Australia and New Zealand last week, has gone viral — it has racked up more than 2 million downloads on iOS devices in the U.S. alone,…
By Derrick Broze A controversial bill that will prevent states from creating their own labeling standards for genetically engineered foods has passed the House of Representatives and now heads to President Obama’s desk. On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure aimed at…
By Amanda Froelich In 2015, honey bee populations in the state of Maryland declined by 61%, according to the USDA. That startling statistic is two times higher than the national average, which is why beekeepers are celebrating the state’s recent decision to ban neonicotinoids, pesticides…
By Brandon Turbeville New research coming from the Salk Institute in California and published in the Aging and Mechanisms of the Disease journal is suggesting that cannabis compounds may hold the key to a cure for Alzheimer’s. The research is being presented as work that…
By Derrick Broze In response to recent studies which show dangerous levels of lead in public drinking water, over 60 members of Congress have signed a letter calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lower the federal standard for lead in drinking water. Members…
By Neenah Payne Emergency room nurse Sally Pacholok says in her book Could It Be B12?: An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses, “Very rarely in medicine can such a severely debilitating and potentially life-threatening disorder be so easily diagnosed, and so easily and inexpensively treated.” The article…
By Jon Rappoport The entire platform of “proof” that the Zika virus causes a birth defect called microcephaly has descended into gibberish. I’m not going to recapitulate all my Zika-hoax articles here. Suffice to say, researchers have only established a very weak correlation between the…
By Justin Gardner A new scientific study carried out by the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) is casting doubt on the assumed connection between the Zika virus and microcephaly. The study was prompted by the fact that no similar epidemics of microcephaly are being…
By Brandon Turbeville For years Kris Kristofferson was told he was suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and would simply have to get used to a failing memory that would only continue to get worse. Kristofferson had been having trouble with his short-term memory for…
By Brandon Turbeville The police state has struck again – this time in the state of Arkansas. In what has become an increasing trend across the country, the natural pain killer, stress reliever and recovery assistant known as Kratom has been added to the list…
By Mike Maharrey Today, a Tennessee law that will help facilitate healthcare freedom in the Volunteer State went into effect. Sen. Kerry Roberts (R-Springfield) introduced Senate Bill 2443 (SB2443) on Jan. 21. Known as the “Health Care Empowerment Act,” the legislation specifies that direct primary…
By Amanda Froelich Carrots are part of a healthy diet, right? Well, if they’re organic, haven’t been processed, or dipped in chemical cleaners, absolutely. Carrots are an incredibly nutritious root vegetable to consume as they’re rich in fiber and vitamins A and C. Of course,…
By Ellen Brown In April, Pennsylvania became the 24th state to legalize medical cannabis, a form of the plant popularly known as marijuana. That makes nearly half of US states. A major barrier to broader legalization has been the federal law under which all cannabis…
By Matt Agorist Should the parents of a child who sought out a homeopathic treatment instead of traditional medicine for their son’s illness be punished if that treatment fails? An Alberta court says, ‘yes.’ Judge Rodney Jerke sentenced David Stephan to four months in prison this…
By Christina Sarich Most students eager to get a college degree will accept a few bucks from anywhere they’re offered. Except Hannah Rousey. This stand-out student has refused a rather large chunk of change offered by the Nestlé Corporation in the form of a scholarship,…
By Cassius Kamarampi (Era of Wisdom) Police and DEA agents raided a Northern California dispensary that specialized in medicinal CBD oil on June 15th, detaining 9 and arresting 1 on “suspicion of felony drug manufacture for his role in cannabis oil production,” according to Alternet….
