By Heather Callaghan Recently, disease researchers yet again have discovered an emerging virus. Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medical School and the University of Nebraska stumbled on to chlorovirus ATCV-1, a DNA virus which comes from algae, while doing an unrelated test on throat microbes. Forty-three…
By Heather Callaghan Remember when the Corn Refiner’s Association got mad about all those concerns about high fructose corn syrup? And they came out with those public relations ads where the stupid parent raises a concern and the smart parent says “What? That’s it’s made…
By Heather Callaghan University of Toronto researchers discover why anesthetics cause prolonged memory loss If you ever suspected that things weren’t quite right after going under anesthesia – you were right! Anesthetics are serious business. Students taking their clinical internships who happen to prick their…
By Heather Callaghan If you’re in Michigan, you might want to see this film before you vote if possible. Because the entire story of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ full fledged war on food and farm freedom is one that touches everyone’s right to…
By Heather Callaghan Today, starts the first day of one of the largest, most viral student-led lunchtime boycotts. Farmington High School of Farmington, Connecticut organized the Facebook event to boycott the school lunches for November 3-7th. The peaceful consumer demonstration protests not only the incredibly…
By Heather Callaghan Belgium’s new Health Minister, Maggie De Block is just shy of 300 pounds. This has prompted people to ask, “Would you accept health advice from someone who is morbidly obese?” Chances are, it would shake your confidence a bit. But the point…
By Heather Callaghan The inside of a healthy body has a thriving ecology and a thriving economy in its own right. No less could be said for your blood alone. A factory of 19 billion tiny capillaries, for instance, have the ability to repair you…
By Heather Callaghan And the parent’s response is priceless! What would you do if your child came home with this homework assignment? That is what Onika Nugent was trying to figure out after seeing this homework assignment from her 8th grade son, given in a…
By Heather Callaghan In late September, Dr. Oz made TV waves, openly warning against the EPA’s pending approval of a new, toxic pesticide intended for use on genetically engineered crops like corn and soy – this country’s biggest crops and food ingredients. (One wishes this…
By Heather Callaghan Do you know what an amazing healing food homemade sauerkraut is? According to Dr. Smith’s website, it is the number one probiotic – loaded with the highest amounts of healthy bacteria ready to rescue the gut flora. Gut flora – an important…
By Heather Callaghan Is the same thing that’s destroying the bees also crippling our farmers? When Ginnie Peters’ farmer husband took his own life after a sudden mood shift, she really hit the nail on the head when she said: These chemicals that farmers use,…
By Heather Callaghan Curiosity allegedly killed the cat – but no one ever mentions how satisfaction brought him back. “Curiosity may put the brain in a state that allows it to learn and retain any kind of information – like a vortex that sucks in…
By Heather Callaghan How career dreams are born, and then evaporated. Study shows how to convince those with low self-confidence to pursue their career choice – by first crushing their self-esteem…. What does it take to convince a person that they are qualified to achieve…
By Heather Callaghan A distinct genetic signature has been detected in Canadian “ice storm babies.” Children who were born in the aftermath of the massive Quebec ice storm of 1998. Millions were left without power for days, weeks and even months. The number of days…
By Heather Callaghan Just in time for Halloween – if you hop on a plane to London, you can experience the scrum-didily-umptious taste of human flesh! Get your true-blue zombie fix and actually know what your friends must taste like… A London restaurant-caterer team-up is…
By Heather Callaghan In this write-up about the path of the Peaceful Warrior, the topic of humor was briefly touched upon. It was one of three keys to life spoken in the movie, Peaceful Warrior: Humor – Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself,…
By Heather Callaghan One thing’s for sure: when Dr. Oz speaks, people listen. Many a healthfood store and tea shop owner have saluted him when he mentions their goods on air – and their stores fill up. In the past he has drawn cheers and…
By Heather Callaghan Lunch police: No sharing allowed! Here we have a school that has a policy, not with safety in mind – only as an afterthought – but one that hinges on strict adherence to said policy. Two students were given two different school-prepared…
By Heather Callaghan Bill Gates is continuing “God’s work” in India. By using the new affluence of social networking to exhale the old affluence of social custom and belief. Researchers applying the program are seeking to categorize people and collect information on them about who…
Credit: University of Edinburgh, via the Wellcome Trust By Heather Callaghan In “She Used to Be In A Wheelchair – The TED Talk That Comes With a Warning” I showcase Dr. Terry Wahls who successfully reversed her debilitating multiple sclerosis with the application of nutrients…
