by Jeffry John Aufderheide A recent post on the Great Mothers (and others) Questioning Vaccines Facebook page is starting to gain a lot of attention. According to the post, a mother who made a trip to the emergency room at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital was…
by Dr. Victor Marchione Your gallbladder is a little sac located just under your liver. When your liver produces bile, it is stored in the gallbladder. This bile helps your body to digest fats. Normally, your gallbladder releases bile into the upper portion of the…
by Alex Pietrowski Some will blame the doctors who are swift to prescribe pharmaceuticals; others will blame patients and their desire for a quick fix; perhaps some will think the over-use of antibiotics in factory farms and dairy products is mostly to blame. Likely, it…
by Daisy Luther After 3 months of careful budgeting, shopping, food preservation, repackaging, and stockpiling, we now have a one-year food supply. This doesn’t mean that we don’t have to shop for a year, but it does mean that we have a cushion against disaster,…
By Heather Callaghan Cancer is a word…not a sentence. It’s been said that a good book lets us know about the author, but a truly good book knows you. A reader of Catherine Frompovich’s book A Cancer Answer will understand why. Hers is a real-time…
by Catherine J. Frompovich What is tobacco-science? you may be asking. Well, for those who don’t know the history of marketing cigarettes in the 1950s when, according to some researchers the apparent detrimental facts of tobacco use were known to that industry, cigarette makers used…
By Heather Callaghan Have you been following the story of 10-year-old Sarah Hershberger? She is the fully recovered Amish girl who is willing to (physically) fight if forced back back onto experimental chemotherapy. The threat of court-ordered chemotherapy still looms over the family as sheriffs…
By Heather Callaghan Cargill Inc., among the world’s biggest beef processors, is taking the road less traveled and has decided to disclose ingredients for their version of what consumers and media call “pink slime.” Rival pink slime producer, Beef Products Inc., nearly shut down in…
by Rady Ananda Tuesday’s vote on whether certain foods containing genetically modified ingredients should be labeled failed in early returns. However, the mail-in ballots have not yet been counted. Of nearly a million votes cast, only 445,730 reportedly voted for food labeling. Pundits are declaring…
By Dr. K.J.McLaughlin Arthritis is a very common condition that most of us will encounter as we age. The most common form is the age-related type where you get up in the morning and your joints are achy and tight. The more common areas affected…
By Brad Jordan If the state succeeds in taking Mark Baker’s, yours is next The cool, moist, strip hit the hot cast-iron pan with a sizzle. The air around me immediately filled with a smoky, savory aroma. Bacon. It must be the world’s finest food….
By Marco Torres Geoengineering technologies are the stuff of Hollywood catastrophe flicks. It seems scientists want to play God with our climate and nothing will stop them. Researchers have recommended sending out a giant glass sunshade into space to reflect light; the eruption of artificial…
By Karen Foster A moist and decadent raw chocolate cake by Chris Anca of Tales of A Kitchen complete with a layer of gooey caramel and a sprinkling of cacao nibs and cacao powder for that perfect finishing touch.Each bite delivers a firm yet creamy…
by Gaye Levy There is something simply enchanting about the herb rosemary. Perhaps it is the the aromatic woodsy fragrance and the simple beauty of its feathery fronds. Or perhaps it is the delicate taste that rosemary lends to soups, stews and brewed teas. For…
by Dr. Victor Marchione The health benefits of guava juice are impressive. Forget about apple and orange juice—it’s time to add a little guava juice to your diet. Guava juice is very high in vitamin C—the highest of all fruits, in fact. It’s estimated that…
by Dr. K.J. McLaughlin I have always been interested in anti-aging medicine because of its inherent philosophy that a healthy lifestyle can lead to successful aging. The research regarding aging and the control we have over this process has simply skyrocketed in the last two…
by Margie King You may know microgreens as the delicate, colorful garnish on your overpriced and undersized meal at an upscale restaurant. Yes, they’re visually appealing but aren’t they pointless decoration? Some aficionados have claimed superfood status for these tiny edible greens produced from vegetable,…
by Sayer Ji Compelling reasons to stop smoking far outnumber effective ways to do so. Even with recent revelations that tobacco is contaminated with the highly carcinogenic radioisotope polonium-210, the addictive hold it maintains on millions of smokers worldwide who already know it causes premature…
by Heather Callaghan A first-grade field trip to one of the top-ten U.S. zoos led us to a prehistoric bee display. It was much bigger than my little fist. It was like a radish on top of turnip but dark brown with faded yellow stripes…
by Dr. David Juan Joint supplements are some of the most commonly taken complementary and alternative medicines. And by far, the most commonly used of these is the tag-team glucosamine and chondroitin. Despite the huge popularity of these supplements, evidence for their effectiveness remains mixed….
