Mainstream Media Plays Catch-Up on Chemicals

Mainstream Media Plays Catch-Up on Chemicals

CNN finally pays a little attention to the massive amounts of untested, unregulated chemical compounds being dumped daily into our waterways, our soil and our bodies.

It has taken mainstream media quite a while to finally getting around to paying a little attention to chemicals. Untested chemicals that have been rushed to the marketplace and have found their way into our ecosystem.

The past fifty years has seen an unbridled amount of chemical use and chemical pollution. Sadly, we really have no idea what these synthetic chemicals might do to our health, or the health of the planet. It appears that we have created an experiment of historical proprotions and now we are beginning to see the results.

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What is Natural?

What is Natural?

As more products hit the shelves and call themselves 'natural', an industry group is trying to clarify what the term means.

AlterNet | Anjali Athavaley | A growing number of home-cleaning products that call their ingredients "natural" are hitting store shelves. Now, an industry group is trying to clarify what the term means and whether manufacturers are using it appropriately.

The Natural Products Association, a Washington-based group representing manufacturers and retailers including Clorox Co. and Whole Foods Market, plans to release new standards Thursday for natural home care products. The group is issuing the guidelines out of concern that products like household cleaners and detergents say on labels that they are natural when they are made mostly of synthetic ingredients, says Daniel Fabricant, the association's vice president for scientific and regulatory affairs. Products that meet those standards will be able to display the association's seal.

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Moods and the Immune System

Moods and the Immune System

Every doctor who's working with patients has a frame of reference that he or she uses to understand the manifestations of a person's illness. For the vast majority today, the frame of reference is one of materialistic science.

Weston Price Foundation | Thomas Cowan, MD | I remember a poignant and pivotal moment when I was in medical school back in the early 1980s. I was doing gastroenterology with a proctologist, a doctor who treats diseases of the anus and rectum. The patient was a farmer who had a frank way of talking. He told the proctologist that he had an itchy butt.

The doctor then explained that there would be a number of causes of his condition. It could be parasites, it could be ulcerative proctitis, it could be cancer of the rectum or anal region, and that he would have to order some tests. So he ordered a stool test, he ordered a blood test, and he did a sigmoidoscopy and a colonoscopy of the lower GI, which is a barium X-ray of his lower bowel. And all this cost about ten thousand dollars and took a couple weeks.

Then the farmer came back to his office and the doctor said, "I've found out what's the matter with you. You have pruritus ani." Pruritus ani in Latin means "itchy anus." I started to laugh, which probably wasn't a good thing for my grade. I knew a little bit of Latin at the time and I said, "But he told you that."

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Tumors and Death by Cell Phone

Tumors and Death by Cell Phone

A new debate is raging over whether prolonged cell phone use poses serious health side effects.

AlterNet | Daniela Perdomo | In the debate over cell phones, there doesn't appear to be any consensus on what, exactly, the harmful health effects on cell phone users may be. Unfortunately, the scary truth is that no one knows the full extent of problems caused by these must-have consumer electronics, because they've only become ubiquitous in recent years.

Nevertheless, at least one group of people who has been using cell phones longer than the rest of us has started to draw some connections.

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Top Ten Natural Heart Health Supplements

Top Ten Natural Heart Health Supplements

Here are the top ten, natural Heart Health Supplements based on popularity.

1. FISH OIL - OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS
Fish Oil contains the highest amount of Omega-3 Fatty Acids... and Omega-3 fatty acids benefit the heart of healthy people, and those at high risk of — or who have — cardiovascular disease. Research has shown that omega-3 fatty acids decrease risk of arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeats), which can lead to sudden death. Omega-3 fatty acids also decrease triglyceride levels, slow growth rate of atherosclerotic plaque, and lower blood pressure.
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2. CoEnzyme Q-10 (COQ10)
The beneficial effect of CoQ10 in the prevention and treatment of heart disease is due to its ability to improve energy production in cells, inhibit blood clot formation, and act as an antioxidant. Multiple studies have found that people who received daily CoQ10 supplements within 3 days of a heart attack were significantly less likely to experience subsequent heart attacks and chest pain. In addition, these same patients were less likely to die of heart disease than those who did not receive the supplements.
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3. GARLIC
Scientists have studied garlic fairly extensively as it relates to the treatment of hypertension and hyperlipidemia and it seems to be effective in lowering blood pressure and cholesterol in individuals

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