Posted on March 17th, 2010 by Hengest
A report published in the International Journal of Microbiology has verified once again that Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) crops are causing severe health problems. A legal challenge issued against Monsanto forced the multi-national agriculture giant to release raw data revealing that animals fed its patented GM corn suffered liver and kidney damage within just three months.
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Posted on March 17th, 2010 by Hengest
A Philadelphia jury has found drug giant Pfizer Inc. guilty of deliberately ignoring evidence that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drug Prempro increased women’s risk of breast cancer, ordering it to pay unspecified damages to defendant Connie Barton.
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Posted on March 13th, 2010 by Hengest
Britain is the worst country in which to raise children, while Australia is the best, a study has found.
The survey of expatriates living in six different countries found there was a better standard of living Down Under, and a better quality of family life.
A massive 78 per cent of children who moved there from countries such as the UK spent more time outdoors than they did before, and the majority ate more healthily.
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Posted on February 26th, 2010 by Hengest
It’s unfortunate that food labels, which are ideally designed to help you make educated purchasing decisions, have deteriorated over time into little more than deceptive advertising.
Here are nine of the most common ways food labels lie, so you can prepare before your next trip to the grocery store.
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Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Hengest
There is no evidence to support the contention that the influenza vaccine administered to the over 65s is of any more use than opening the windows and washing hands, a new study from the Cochrane Collaboration claims, according to a report in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.
The institute has concluded from the studies that there is no clear evidence to suggest that the flu jab offers any more protection than cheaper, hygiene-based methods such as hand-washing.
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Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Hengest
It’s being called the largest research fraud in medical history. Dr. Scott Reuben, a former member of Pfizer’s speakers’ bureau, has agreed to plead guilty to faking dozens of research studies that were published in medical journals.
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Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Hengest
A national campaign to vaccinate girls aged 12 to 18 has been criticised over fears it may encourage promiscuity and raise pregnancy rates, and uptake has been low among girls aged 16 to 18.
Now, the £22,500 pilot scheme gives young women Love2shop vouchers if they have three injections. No parental consent is needed.
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Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Hengest
A substance used to make chewing gum could soon be declared toxic by the federal government after an international agency found that it might cause cancer in lab rats.
On May 17, the government will publish a list of 17 substances that may be labeled as toxic in a draft report on risk assessment. Acetic acid ethenyl ester, or vinyl acetate — commonly used as a base in some chewing gums — could be on that list, Health Canada said Monday.
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Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Hengest
To hear the vaccine pushers say it, all the recent outbreaks of mumps and measles are caused by too few people seeking out vaccinations. It’s all those “non-vaccinated people” who are a danger to society, they say, because they can spread disease.
Reality tells a different story, however: It is the vaccinated people who are causing these outbreaks and spreading disease!
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Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Hengest
Rhonda Renata is in no doubt about what caused the death of her daughter Jasmine.
The 18-year-old died last September 22 at her family home in Upper Hutt, apparently in her sleep.
It was six months since she had received the last of the three injections of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil.
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