By Sara Tipton In the event of a grid failure, would you be prepared? Many who prep save extra food and water, but have no idea what actually going “off the grid” would entail. But there are some tips and tricks to preparing so you…
By Karen Foster Are People Who Are More Prone To Guilt More Trustworthy? If you have a guilt complex…relax… New research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business finds that when it comes to predicting who is most likely to act in a…
By Melinda Cafferty, Natural Blaze Farai Chinomwe didn’t set out to bring awareness to bee decline, but his life has changed drastically in the last decade. He always enjoyed marathon running and eventually was inspired to run backward. Meanwhile, he made one very life-changing decision that most people…
By Sara Tipton Tea tree essential oil is one of the most well-known of all the essential oils, for its powerful antiseptic and healing properties. Tea tree oil, also known as Melaleuca, is a quick and easy addition to your prepper gear too since there are…
By Lisa Egan “Sugar causes diseases: unrelated to their calories and unrelated to the attendant weight gain. It’s an independent primary-risk factor. Now, there will be food-industry people who deny it until the day they die, because their livelihood depends on it.” – Dr. Robert Lustig **** In…
By Jesse Grady, Mississippi State University “Just how old do you think my dog is in dog years?” is a question I hear on a regular basis. People love to anthropomorphize pets, attributing human characteristics to them. And most of us want to extend our…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Please consider this a “public service announcement,” if you will, because the mainstream, lamestream media probably will not report on the growing Chinese vaccine scandal and huge protests against vaccines made and administered in China. However, as a personal caveat, I feel…
By Catherine J. Frompovich What are Schwann cells, you probably are asking? As per the graphics below, Schwann cells are cells inside the myelin sheath’s protective cover for cells in the peripheral nervous system. Demyelination of the myelin sheath has been considered the probable cause…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor The state of Virginia wants to encourage bee populations. After all, bees are said to be responsible for one out of every three bites of food. To get beekeepers started, Virginia is going to give away up to three hives and other equipment…
By Lisa Egan I admit it: I’m a little bit addicted to the stuff. I know it’s terrible for my health, but sometimes I need a fix. And…the more I have, the more I want. I used to believe that I was weak…that I simply lacked…
A variety of bentgrass, genetically engineered by Scotts Miracle-Gro and Monsanto to tolerate the glyphosate herbicide Roundup, escaped from an experimental field planting in Eastern Oregon 15 years ago, and continues to plague area farmers. Bentgrass is prized by those who maintain golf course greens because of…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Recent news of two toddlers dying after receiving vaccines in Samoa absolutely rocked the Internet – especially the non-vax communities. But even more recently is the news that Samoa has responded to the incident by immediately seizing all MMR vaccines. In addition, it…
By Catherine J. Frompovich It’s happened in Brazil: A medical doctor has been arrested for performing a medical procedure on a young woman who died, apparently resulting from his practice! Brazilian celebrity surgeon Denis Cesar Barros Furtado, aka as “Dr. Bumbum,” was arrested along with…
Have you ever wondered what the secret to staying happy is? There’s no golden rule that defines permanent happiness but if you understand the basic science behind joy and ecstasy, you won’t have to feel cranky about a bad day at work or a frayed…
By Annie Holmquist and Rosalinda Rosales Designer babies are looking more and more like a reality whose time is imminent. Piggybacking on recent research which allows scientists “to rewrite the DNA bound up in living cells,” an ethics panel in the U.K. just released a…
By Rosanne Lindsay Can people live in a free society without informed consent? Most people would say no. Informed consent infers that at every fork in the road you have a choice. Most Americans want choice, right? Wrong. [do_widget id=text-16] In 2010, Obamacare forced American…
Las Vegas, Nevada – July 18, 2018 – With many of the largest kratom vendors in attendance at the Champs Trade Show in Las Vegas, the American Kratom Association (AKA) reaffirmed its commitment to providing consumers with safe kratom products, by announcing the AKA Good Manufacturing…
By Carey Wedler (CW) — Over the last several years, CBD (cannabidiol) has increasingly been shown to aid in the treatment of seizures, particularly in children. The evidence is so strong that the FDA, an organization notoriously opposed to cannabis, approved the first CBD-based medication for one particular seizure disorder…
By Phillip Schneider It’s no secret that kids in America don’t eat as many vegetables as they should. As non-processed fruit and vegetable intake have been linked to a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, obesity, and hypertension in adulthood, the importance of childhood vegetable consumption is becoming…
By Timothy Summers, University of Maryland What state should you move to based on your personality? What character on “Downton Abbey” would you be? What breed of dog is best for you? Some enormous percentage of Facebook’s 2.13 billion users must have seen Facebook friends…
