By Heather Callaghan, Editor Triclosan, and to a lesser extent, other antiseptics, have gone through a well-deserved pruning process with the FDA. But it’s not quite over yet. In 2015, the FDA determined that anti-bacterial soaps were no more effective than regular soap. In fact, triclosan – the former active ingredient in […]
By Jason Erickson Science is once again documenting much of what the natural health community has touted for ages. In this case, it’s the power of garlic to aid in healing even chronic infections. Of course we at Natural Blaze have provided a veritable mountain of supporting evidence, both scientific […]
By Heather Callaghan, Editor More emphasis needs to be placed on antibiotic stewardship…Otherwise, new drugs will fail rapidly and be lost to humanity. The first team of researchers ever to discover that the world’s most popular pesticides and herbicides increase the antibiotic resistance crisis have conducted another study to prove once and […]
By Aaron Kesel, Natural Blaze Eating tilapia can be toxic to your health and can cause all sorts of health problems. Here are at least 5 reasons why you should probably avoid consuming the the 4th most consumed fish in America according to the National Institute of Fisheries. 1.) Eating tilapia is worse […]
Keep Antibiotics Effective Act makes Maryland the second state to restrict agricultural use of antibiotics Annapolis, Md – The Keep Antibiotics Effective Act (SB422/HB602) will become law without a signature from Governor Larry Hogan, making Maryland the second state in the country after California to meaningfully address the widespread misuse […]
By Heather Callaghan, Editor [easy-tweet tweet=”…what we do to the bees we do to ourselves…” user=”natural_blaze” hashtags=”#bees” url=”https://naturalblaze.com/2017/04/antibiotics-bees-latest-threat.html”] Likewise, “it seems that what we do to ourselves we are more than happy to carelessly inflict on any other living thing, including our bees,” says an editorial campaign by NYR Natural News. […]
Anders P Håkansson, Lund University Imagine a future where common infections and minor injuries such as small cuts could actually kill you. This is far from an apocalyptic fantasy made up by Hollywood scriptwriters, but a very real possibility for the 21st century according to a 2014 report by the […]
By Health Tips Now We are all slowly but certainly becoming pill poppers. In the last 12 years, the percentage of people taking five or more prescription drugs has almost doubled, from 8% to 15%. About 60% of American adults take at least one drug daily. That’s up from 51% […]
By Mitchelle Stephenson Good news: The Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee has passed the Keep Antibiotics Effective Act on a vote of 7-4. Supporting the bill in Committee were Chairwoman Joan Carter Conway and Senators Paul Pinsky, Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, Cheryl Kagan, Barbara Robinson, Ron Young and Craig Zucker. Later […]
By Katlyn Clark Antibiotic resistance isn’t an easy thing to understand. You probably know not to take antibiotics for a virus, like a common cold. But, did you know that scientists are concerned that the effectiveness of antibiotics we use to treat infections in humans is diminishing? It’s in part because […]