Is India on its way to becoming an entirely organic nation? Just over two years ago, in September 2014, the Indian Government launched their revolutionary Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (National Agriculture Development Program) as a way to...
In recent weeks, two new landmarks were crossed in the ongoing, inexorable spread of radioactive material from the 2011 Fukushima disaster toward North America’s west coast. In November, researchers from the Fukushima InFORM project detected the...
No, the DEA hasn't made CBD oil illegal... yet ‘People need to understand that there are federal laws that the DEA cannot bypass,’ a hemp industry professional tells MintPress News. An administrative change by the Drug Enforcement Administration...
Over the last several years local governments have been using food and safety concerns along with zoning codes to penalize those who are trying to help the less fortunate. Just last month, 4,000 pounds of leftover barbecue from the World Series of...
By WellnessMama - This is a recipe I’ve been experimenting with for a long time and it has taken several botched batches to get it right (of chocolate… oh darn). I finally feel like it is blog ready, and I’ll be serving this at our annual “Jingle...
Immunotherapy drugs are considered the latest and greatest breakthrough in conventional cancer treatment. Chimeric antigen receptor technology (CAR-T) has raised a great deal of hope, and an equal measure of concern. CAR-T involves...
Nuts and their many varieties are a wonderful commodity from nature, providing delicious versatility and crunchy nutrition to an amazing array of dishes. Not much was needed to increase their selling points, but try cracking these statistics: In a...
Elderberry is my favorite winter season go-to for patients of all ages, especially children as it tastes great. Elderberry supports immune function with an affinity for the respiratory tract and is rich with Vitamin C and packed with flavonoids. ...
Research Reviewer: Alan Gaby, M.D. Author: Goncalves AL, et al Reference: Randomised clinical trial comparing melatonin 3 mg, amitriptyline 25 mg and placebo for migraine prevention. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2016;87:1127-1132. Design:...
I’ve written some nasty, awful, and downright mean blog posts about doctors… And deleted them the next day. You’ll never read them. They came from a place of hurt and pain. They weren’t’ going to serve anyone when written from that place. They were...
Peppermint Cheesecake Dip Servings: 4-5 Prep Time: 5 min Cook Time: 5 min Difficulty: Easy Ingredients: 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened ½ cup powdered sugar or powdered xylitol 4–5 drops Peppermint essential oil 8 oz container Cool Whip 1...
Lady Gaga swears by them and so does our editor - but is sweating it out - and searing off up to 700 calories in a session - actually healthy? She’s been making headlines over the last few weeks but Lady Gaga’s views on love and relationships – or...
Addiction and compulsive behavior can ruin lives but they can be overcome, explains Marysia Kratimenos... To most people the word “addict” conjures up images of a down and out, lying semi-conscious in rat infested squalor, surrounded by filthy...
Washington is the first U.S. state to file a lawsuit against Monsanto. The suit is for damages related to the company's production of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Monsanto was the only U.S. company to produce the toxic industrial chemicals...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is coming after the centuries’ old natural medicine system known as homeopathy that confers healing without side effects. In a notice filed in November 2016, the FTC stated that in order for homeopathic...