Internationaal nieuws 15-21 mei 2016

Cochrane Review - Fixed Dose combination of drugs versus single-drug formulations for treating pulmonary tuberculosis

A research team from Spain has prepared a Cochrane systematic review that explores the efficacy, safety, and adherence to fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) of drugs versus single-drug formulations to treat people who are newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).

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Bournemouth University Dementia Institute (BUDI) outlines how research is contributing to society

Bournemouth University’s Dementia Institute (BUDI) held a public meeting this week to showcase some of its best research and talk about how it was working to help people with dementia through a variety of initiatives.

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Ethiopia - JRC teams up with UNICEF to locate lifesaving groundwater

Many areas in Ethiopia are currently facing water-related emergencies due to El Niño-induced drought, which has left 5.8 million people across the country without access to safe water. The JRC has provided satellite images of the worst affected districts so that UNICEF can locate deep water and organise drilling of wells. Otherwise, the affected communities have to rely on expensive commercial trucks to haul in water as rains are too limited to compensate and maintain sufficient water in the shallow groundwater wells.

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You are what you eat - immune cells remember their first meal

Scientists at the University of Bristol have identified the trigger for immune cells' inflammatory response – a discovery that may pave the way for new treatments for many human diseases.

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World Federation of Neurology - ?Global spread of Zika “of utmost concern” say experts

World Federation of Neurology Working Group on Zika developing guidelines for diagnosing Zika-related neurological complications

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Biodiversity Conservation Policies in Tropical Forests Threaten the Livelihood of Indigenous Peoples

A new study of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) led by Dr Victoria Reyes-García recommends implementing biocultural conservation policies which take into account indigenous societies, their culture and the changes they are facing.

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Don’t feed the monkeys - why your generosity is harming their health

Tourists who feed wild monkeys in Morocco are risking the health of an endangered species by making them larger, more susceptible to disease, and more stressed, according to new research published in PLOS ONE today.

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Batfarm software will enable livestock farmers to assess the environmental impact of their farms

As from now, the livestock sector has a piece of innovative software enabling farmers to make an accurate environmental assessment of their farms. The computing tool known as Batfarm has been developed jointly by the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development NEIKER-Tecnalia, INTIA (Navarre), IRSTEA (France), TEAGASC (Ireland), the Higher Institute of Agronomy of Portugal, and Glasgow Caledonian University (Scotland).

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Could dams replace glaciers in the Alps?

Future summer water shortages, expected as a consequence of ongoing glacier retreat could be substantially mitigated by water management in reservoirs. This is the result of a study led by the JRC and the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. The team simulated the effect of climate change on glaciers across the European Alps and estimated that one quarter of the effect on seasonal water availability could be avoided when storing water in areas that become free of ice.

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What makes us buy electric cars?

Exemption from excise at the time of purchase is the instrument that has the most influence in persuading people to buy plug-in electric vehicles in Norway, the world’s leader in EV sales per capita. Free use of toll roads is also a factor – for every second electric car driver.

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A spherical brain mapping of MR images for the detection of Alzheimer's disease

In this article the researchers propose a new framework for diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease, namely Spherical Brain Mapping (SBM).

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Breaking down cancer cell defenses

The mistaken activation of certain cell-surface receptors contributes to a variety of human cancers. Knowing more about the activation process has led researchers to be able to induce greater vulnerability by cancer cells to an existing first-line treatment for cancers (mainly lung) driven by a receptor called EGFR.

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Tiny packages may pack powerful treatment for brain tumors

A study using nanotechnology to treat brain tumors got such good results, the researchers initially questioned themselves. But further testing showed the results held up.

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Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species

Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified, according to the results of a new study.

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Immune cells help reverse chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer

New research explains why ovarian cancer becomes resistant to chemotherapy. The findings suggesting the potential to harness immunotherapy as a future treatment option.

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Flawed data behind regulation of high-risk women's health devices

Some high-risk medical devices used in obstetrics and gynecology were approved by the FDA based on flawed data and were not effective in clinical trials, according to a recent study. The investigators assessed the regulation of women's health devices approved by the FDA in the last 15 years. The agency's approvals should be based on clinical studies more rigorous than currently required, both before and after the devices go to market, the authors said.

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Natural regeneration of tropical forests helps global climate mitigation and forest restoration

Climate scientists have long recognized the importance of forest conservation and forest regrowth in climate mitigation and carbon sequestration -- capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. But the detailed information required to make accurate estimates of this potential has remained elusive.

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Rural, low-income moms rely on nature activities for family health but don't always have access

Research shows that spending just 20 minutes in nature can promote health and well-being. Although the assumption may be that living in rural areas provides ample opportunities for recreation in nature, many rural, low-income mothers, who rely on outdoor activities to promote health and well-being for themselves and their families, face obstacles in accessing publicly available outdoor recreation resources.

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In obese prostate cancer patients, robotic surgery reduces risk of blood loss

In obese prostate cancer patients, robotic-assisted surgery to remove the prostate reduces the risk of blood loss and prolonged hospital stays, a Loyola Medicine study has found.

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Fukushima nuclear accident is 'wake-up call' for US to improve monitoring of spent fuel pools

The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident should serve as a wake-up call to nuclear plant operators and regulators on the critical importance of measuring, maintaining, and restoring cooling in spent fuel pools during severe accidents and terrorist attacks, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Temporary oilfield workers are major factor in increased water use in N. Dakota Bakken region

Increased water use in the rapidly growing oil industry in North Dakota's Bakken oil shale region, or play, is surprisingly due not only to oil well development but also to people, according to a recent study. Increased oil development in that region has attracted thousands of oilfield employees.

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Researchers solve the structure of the Zika virus helicase

A team led by researchers from Tianjin University has solved the structure of the Zika virus helicase, which is a key target for antiviral development. The research is published in Springer's journal Protein & Cell.

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'Canaries' of the ocean highlight threat to world's ecosystems

New study highlights the urgent need for action to save our coral reefs as 59 species of finfish 'disappear'.

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Too much sex causes genitals to change shape, beetle study shows

Sexual conflict between males and females can lead to changes in the shape of their genitals, according to research on burying beetles by scientists at the University of Exeter.

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Long term effects of cardiac regenerative therapies in a left ventricle

To increase our understanding of cardiac regenerative therapies, a team of researchers from MSU, Simula Research Laboratory and ETH Zurich have recently developed a computational model capable of simulating the long-term effects of these therapies.

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Understanding the mechanics of the urinary bladder

Dr. S. Roccabianca and Dr. T.R. Bush, researchers from Michigan State University compiled an extensive review of the key contributions to understanding the mechanics of the bladder ranging from work conducted in the 1970s through the present time with a focus on material testing and theoretical modeling. The review appears in a forthcoming issue of the journal TECHNOLOGY.

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Taking control of key protein stifles cancer spread in mice

In a new study in mice, researchers overcame a process by which cancer co-opts a fundamental protein into protecting it against the body's defenses.

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Probiotic bacteria could provide some protection against cadmium poisoning

Oral administration of certain probiotics reduced uptake of the heavy metal, cadmium, in the intestines of mice, and in a laboratory experiment using human intestinal cells. The research, which might ultimately be applied to improving public health in areas of heavy metal contamination, is published ahead of print May 20 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

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NIH study confirms benefits of intensive blood pressure management among seniors aged 75 and older

NIH-supported researchers are reporting additional details about a widely-publicized study that linked a systolic blood pressure target under 120 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury) with reduced cardiovascular disease and a lower risk of death. The new analysis singles out adults aged 75 and older and confirms that those with high blood pressure also benefit from the lower pressure target similar to the larger group studied in the earlier research: non-diabetic adults aged 50 and older.

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A global early warning system for infectious diseases

In the recent issue of EMBO reports, Barbara Han of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and John Drake of the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology call for the creation of a global early warning system for infectious diseases. Such a system would use computer models to tap into environmental, epidemiological and molecular data, gathering the intelligence needed to forecast where disease risk is high and what actions could prevent outbreaks or contain epidemics.

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Mechanism that reduces effect of cocaine on brain discovered

A type of brain cell known as microglia plays a key role in reducing the effects of cocaine in the brain, according to a major study by a team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal. The discovery, published in the journal Neuron, establishes for the first time that microglia can diminish the adverse changes to neural circuitry brought on by the chronic use of cocaine and has significant implications for developing an effective treatment for addiction.

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Children injured in motor vehicle crashes fare better at level I pediatric trauma centers

Children and adolescents injured in motor vehicle accidents have better outcomes when treated at a stand-alone Level I pediatric trauma center than at general adult trauma centers or adult trauma centers with added Level I pediatric qualifications, according to a new study to be published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery by researchers from Children's Minnesota.

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Trapping individual cell types in the mouse brain

A new approach for genetically identifying and manipulating mouse brain cell types.

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Lab cell study shows that HOXA5 protein acts as tumor suppressor in breast cancer

Many breast cancers are marked by a lack of HOXA5 protein, a gene product known to control cell differentiation and death, and lower levels of the protein correspond to poorer outcomes for patients. Now, results of a new study by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists suggests a powerful role for the protein in normal breast cells, acting as a tumor suppressor that halts abnormal cell growth.

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Brain scans of dementia patients with coprophagia showed neurodegeneration

Coprophagia, eating one's feces, is common in animals but rarely seen in humans. Mayo Clinic researchers reviewed the cases of a dozen adult patients diagnosed with coprophagia over the past 20 years and found that the behavior is associated with a wide range of neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly neurodegenerative dementias. The findings are published in the Journal of Neurology.

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Healthy intestinal flora keeps the mind sharp -- with some help from the immune system

When mice are treated with strong antibiotics, a special population of immune cells, the formation of new nerve cells in the hippocampus and certain memory functions are impaired. Probiotics and exercise reversed the negative effects. The findings may help when it comes to long-term use of antibiotics and the treatment of mental disorders.

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More light on cancer

The group of Russian and French researchers, with the participation of scientists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, has succeeded to synthesize nanoparticles of ultrapure silicon, which exhibited the property of efficient photoluminescence, i.e., secondary light emission after photoexcitation.

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Electronic device detects molecules linked to cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

A biosensor developed by researchers at the National Nanotechnology Laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, has been proven capable of detecting molecules associated with neurodegenerative diseases and some types of cancer. The device is a single-layer organic nanometer-scale transistor on a glass slide. It contains the reduced form of the peptide glutathione, which reacts in a specific way when it comes into contact with the enzyme glutathione S-transferase, linked to Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and breast cancer, among other diseases.

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Combining radiation with immunotherapy showing promise against melanoma

Combining radiation treatments with a new generation of immunotherapies is showing promise as a one-two-punch against melanoma, Loyola Medicine researchers report in the Journal of Radiation Oncology.

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Evolution and religion - New insight into instructor attitudes in Arizona

In a first-of-its kind study, scientists from ASU School of Life Sciences have found that a majority of professors teaching biology in Arizona universities do not believe that helping students accept the theory of evolution is an instructional goal. In fact, a majority of study participants say their only goal is to help students understand evolution.

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New research could personalize medicine for arthritis patients

Recently, a team of scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Davis, University of California, Merced and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals examined the whole-joint gene expression by RNA sequencing at one day, one, six and 12 weeks after injury. The team used a new, non-invasive tibial compression mouse model of PTOA, that mimics ACL rupture in humans from a single high-impact injury.

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High saturated-fat, low unsaturated-fat diet in adolescence tied to higher breast density

Adolescent girls whose diet is higher in saturated fats and lower in healthier unsaturated fats have higher breast density in early adulthood, which may potentially increase their risk for breast cancer later in life, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The research was published online today in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

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Penn Vet research suggests a way to identify animals at risk of blood clots

With new findings from a retrospective study, a team at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has found that a common diagnostic tool often used to identify patients at risk of bleeding may also be used to identify those predisposed to clot excessively.

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Excessive drinkers, high income households pay majority of state alcohol tax increases

People who drink too much and those with higher household incomes would pay more following an increase in state alcohol taxes than those who drink less and have lower household incomes, according to a new study led by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and published today in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, a publication of the CDC.

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Study finds alcohol interventions unsuccessful for fraternity and sorority members

A new study from the Miriam Hospital and the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies found that interventions targeting fraternity or sorority members at colleges around the country were unsuccessful in reducing alcohol consumption and related problems. The study recommends that more robust interventions be created for use with student members of Greek letter organizations. The paper was published today in Health Psychology.

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Zika virus protein could be vaccine target

A viral protein known as NS5 is a promising target for vaccines against Zika and related viruses, according NIH scientists and colleagues. Their study, published in Cell Host & Microbe, suggests that altering or removing the NS5 protein from Zika virus would allow the human body's own immune defenses to attack the virus. The study found that NS5 prevents Zika virus-infected human cells from signaling immune system cells to make interferon, a powerful antiviral protein.

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What the New York Times gets wrong about PTSD

In analyzing the articles the New York Times has written about post-traumatic stress disorder over the last 35 years, Drexel's Jonathan Purtle and his team found some troubling trends in the influential paper's coverage.

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Prediabetes - Fatty liver, visceral obesity, production and action of insulin modulate risk

Prediabetes is associated with increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dementia and cancer. However, the disease risk considerably varies among subjects. In The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology DZD scientists have now summarized information from the literature and have provided novel data indicating that in future the determination of the 4 major phenotypes fatty liver, visceral obesity and impaired production and action of insulin may help to improve prediction and prevention of cardiometabolic risk in prediabetes.

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Confidence in Iron Dome, coupled with resilience, can reduce PTSD symptoms

Bar-Ilan University researchers have found that belief in the success of the Iron Dome air defense system, coupled with a strong sense of resilience (an inner trait that results in positive adaptation to trauma), can reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Their study examined PTSD symptoms in Israeli civilians following Operation Protective Edge, the Israel-Gaza conflict in 2014.

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Bright light alters metabolism

Exposure to bright light alters your metabolism, reports a new study. Scientists found bright light exposure increased insulin resistance compared to dim light exposure in both the morning and the evening. In the evening, bright light also caused higher peak glucose (blood sugar) levels. Over time, excess blood glucose can result in increased body fat, weight gain and a higher risk for diabetes.

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The Risks and Dangers of Antibiotics

I see patients on a daily basis who have been affected by antibiotic drugs.

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The effect of Non- ionizing electromagnetic field with a frequency of 50 Hz in Rat ovary
According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that EMF has harmful effects on the ovarian follicles.

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Comprehensive personal RF-EMF exposure map and its potential use in epidemiological studies.

In recent years, numerous epidemiological studies, which deal with the potential effects of mobile phone antennas on health, have almost exclusively focused on their distance to mobile phone base stations.

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Memory loss risk assessment for the students nearby high-voltage power lines-a case study.

With increasing sources of alternating current electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in everyday life, their possible harmful effects on human health are a main area of concern in many countries.

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Are You in Pain and Getting the Help You Need? The Opiate Addiction Dilemma That Obama Truly Grasps

And if our other politicians dont follow Obamas lead, theyre unlikely to make strides in solving Americas addiction problem.

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Why Some People Enjoy Anal Sex—And Others Really Don't

The backdoor is not always open.

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Lakota Leaders Win the Battle Against 'Liquid Genocide'

The successful fight to block the invasion of alcohol.

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The Ongoing GOP Congressional Witch-Hunt Against Palestine's Human Rights Supporters

Republicans like Peter King are inviting neoconservatives to Congress to smear Muslim civil rights activists as secret terror conspirators.

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CDC Confirms 279 Pregnant Women in U.S. Are Infected With Zika Virus as Congress Fails to Allocate Enough Funding (Video)

The number of pregnant women contracting Zika is mounting. When will Congress act?

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A New National Progressive Movement Is Emerging in the Shadows of the Sanders Campaign

As Sanders fights for a California primary season finale, activists look ahead.

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Marijuana Crusaders Are Taking Their Legalization Protest to Obama's Front Porch

Marijuana activists are set to protest pot prohibition at the White House Friday. They want Obama to deschedule it, but that's just for starters.

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Does Sex Count as Exercise?

Sex has benefits some reports have compared to those of exercise. So can sex really count as a workout?

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Brazil Zika virus confirmed in Africa

The Zika virus strain responsible for the outbreaks in Brazil has been detected in Africa for the first time, the World Health Organization says.

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More mental health patients sent miles

Nearly 5,500 mental health patients in England had to travel out of their area last year because of a lack of hospital beds, new figures show.

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Clumsy teenage boys 'can blame brain'

Scientists have come up with an explanation for why some teenage boys go through a clumsy phase during a growth spurt.

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Cigarette pack changes upheld by court

Plain packaging rules for tobacco will be introduced on Friday after a legal challenge against the new law was dismissed by the High Court.

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Global antibiotics 'revolution' needed

Superbugs will kill someone every three seconds by 2050 unless the world acts now, a report says.

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Instant aspirin advice for minor stroke

People should consider taking aspirin immediately after mini or minor stroke to prevent or limit the harm caused by further strokes, researchers say.

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Colon cancers 'more deadly on right'

Colon cancers are more deadly if they appear on the right side of the colon, a study suggests.

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Jamie's push for a global food revolution

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has long been known for his campaign to improve children's access to healthier food.

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My brother was let down badly

My brother's brain injury was ignored because of dementia.

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Techitis - Constantly Using Smartphones Causing Widespread Health Problems

Our relationships with our smartphones - for some, it’s attachment, for others, it’s addiction.

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Medical cannabis for military veterans passes Congress, heads to Obama’s desk

Both the House and Senate approved measures Thursday to block the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) from enforcing its rule that prohibits its doctors from even discussing the treatment. Veterans are celebrating the development since they know how medical cannabis offers a natural and less addictive alternative to mainstream prescription drugs, especially painkillers. Marijuana can treat conditions like PTSD, anxiety, insomnia, and chronic pain.

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Monsanto Threatens Argentina Over Recent Food Inspection Decision

In yet one more example of how Monsanto will stop at nothing to achieve total domination of the food supply, the major agricultural corporation is now attempting to use its toxic product as leverage against the Argentinian government. After a dispute between Monsanto and Argentina regarding the inspection of genetically modified soybeans, Monsanto has now announced that it intends to suspend future soybean technologies in Argentina. Monsanto’s move will leave many Argentine farmers who used the company’s biotech products without the new Xtend technology scheduled to be deployed in Argentina allegedly aimed at increasing soy yields as well as controlling glyphosate-resistant, broad-leaf weeds, another problem created by Monsanto itself. The dispute centered around the fact that Monsanto was demanding that private exporting companies act as inspectors to ensure that agricultural products trademarked to the company (although even this is disputed by farmers) were not being sold. The Argentine government ruled that only the government had the authority to act as a food inspector.

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The Shift To A Cashless Society Is Snowballing

Love it or hate it, cash is playing an increasingly less important role in society. In some ways this is great news for consumers. The rise of mobile and electronic payments means faster, convenient, and more efficient purchases in most instances. New technologies are being built and improved to facilitate these transactions, and improving security is also a priority for many payment providers. However, as Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins explains, there is also a darker side in the shift to a cashless society. Governments and central banks have a different rationale behind the elimination of cash transactions, and as a result, the so-called “war on cash” is on.

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NSA Participated In the Worst Abuses of the Iraq War

In the first months of the Iraq War, SIDtoday [an internal NSA newsletter] articles bragged about the NSA’s part in the run-up to the invasion and reflected the Bush administration’s confidence that Saddam Hussein had hidden weapons of mass destruction. At the United Nations, readers were told, “timely SIGINT [signals intelligence – i.e. spying on electronic and related communications, which is what NSA does] played a critical role” in winning adoption of resolutions related to Iraq, including by providing “insights into the nuances of internal divisions among the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.”

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Genetically modified salmon approved for sale as food in Canada

The first genetically modified food animal has been approved for sale in Canada. At a news conference in Ottawa on Thursday, Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced AquaBounty’s genetically modified salmon has been approved for sale as food in Canada. AquaBounty said it will be at least a year before the salmon will be available in stores.

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A Worldwide Epidemic – The Misuse of Anti-Depressant Medications

Not all people who have letters after their names are actually "gods" or even people who have any special powers to know things about us more than we can learn about ourselves, about our own bodies, and our own minds. Blindly following what someone says we need to be doing for our own health (mental or physical) and well-being just because they have a white jacket on (so to speak) is usually not in our best interests. Full Article →

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Under the Influence - The National Research Council and GMOs

The National Research Councils ties to the biotech industry and other corporations create conflicts of interest and raise questions about the independence of their work.

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Potentially Hazardous Nanoparticles Found in Powdered Baby Formula

Nanoparticles linked to potential health hazards were found in popular powdered baby formula products, according to a first-of-its-kind report released today.

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Hydropower’s next act - becoming a less-controversial renewable

Controversy over dams abounds. But hydropower experts see the potential for hydro to carve out an energy niche where power production and habitat protection coexist.

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As the UN tightens the net around illegal fishing, now is the time to act

Illegal fishing robs the world’s oceans of 26m tons of seafood annually.

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Monsanto weedkiller faces recall from Europe's shops after EU fail to agree deal

Leading Monsanto, Dow and Syngenta products could be withdrawn from shops by July after committee fails to agree on whether glyphosate poses a health risk to humans.

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Humans damaging the environment faster than it can recover, UN finds

Radical action is needed to combat increasing rate of environmental damage to water sources, land, biodiversity and marine life, report shows.

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UK farmers to cut antibiotic use to combat drug resistance

Taskforce will work with farming leaders and government to replace and reduce antibiotic use for livestock.

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The death and birth of the American dam.

The Reventazón and Klamath dams seem to be telling opposite stories about hydropower’s place in the world.

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5 big takeaways from the most thorough review of GMOs yet.

It's hard to make many sweeping, definitive statements about GM crops because there isn't any one single "GM crop."

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Zika can't stop the Rio Olympics.

With the lighting of the torch set to take place in less than three months, a handful of medical experts are calling for the games to be postponed or moved, citing the risk of globalizing a Zika epidemic that's been mostly limited to the Americas.

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Your clothes could make you sick.

Some doctors are now warning that what you're wearing could be dangerous to your health - especially your children.

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This new test will tell you how your office is affecting your health.

The Fitwel rating, from the CDC, measures things like access to public transportation and how easy it is for employees to take the stairs—and then suggests how to make your office healthier.

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Toxic lead levels at Portland daycare leads to cease and desist for Bullseye Glass.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued a cease and desist order Thursday against Bullseye Glass Co. in Portland.

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PCB discovery hits Exide pollution cleanup with new delay.

Polychlorinated biphenyls have been found in some samples of sediment dredged from the Mill River as part of the latest cleanup of the former Exide Battery property on the Post Road.

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Taking a Stand Against Those Who Pollute Drinking Water

Keeping water clean and safe enough to drink is a tough job, especially when there are forces that sabotage this vital public health goal.

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Study - Farm Fertilizers, Manure Are Leading Source of Air Pollution

Large-scale industrial agriculture in the United States and much of the world releases more air pollution than all other emissions sources combined, much of it forming fine particles that are “a huge source of disease and death,” a team of scientists at Columbia University report in a startling new study.

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Boost in Corn Ethanol is Wrong Choice for Clean Air and Land Use

The Obama Administration’s proposal to increase the mandate for dirty corn ethanol in gasoline will make air pollution worse and push farmers to grow corn for fuel instead of food, EWG said.

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Milestone in solar cell efficiency by University of New South Wales engineers

Australian engineers have edged closer to the theoretical limits of sunlight-to-electricity conversion by photovoltaic cells with a device that sets a new world efficiency record. A new solar cell configuration developed by engineers at the University of New South Wales has pushed sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiency to 34.5 per cent -- establishing a new world record for unfocused sunlight and nudging closer to the theoretical limits for such a device.

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No, "science" has not confirmed that GMOs are safe to eat

A biotechnologist says the media are misrepresenting the National Academy of Sciences report when it comes to GMO food safety.

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Nazi-founded Bayer chemical company wants to buy Satan-inspired Monsanto for $42 billion... it's a perfect match made in chemical Hell

(NaturalNews) The Nazi-created Bayer company -- whose former chairperson Fritz ter Meer served a prison sentence for committing crimes against humanity -- wants to buy Monsanto for $42 billion, reports Bloomberg (link below). The acquisition, if approved, would place Monsatan under...

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Glyphosate testing in Portugal detects highest levels ever recorded in people with no professional exposure

(NaturalNews) Worldwide, glyphosate contamination is rampant. Around 650,000 tons of the chemical, the primary ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, were applied globally in 2011. Unsurprisingly, the widely used weed killer is in our water supplies, soil and conventionally grown crops...

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LIFE AFTER DEATH - Consciousness survives after physical organs stop functioning; study proves the mind does not die with the body

(NaturalNews) What happens to us after we die remains largely unknown; however, a growing body of research suggests that awareness may continue beyond clinical death, a medical term that no longer carries a black and white definition.Prior to the 1950s, "clinical death" meant...

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Hospital patients are being vaccinated against their will! Nurse blows the whistle on criminal vaccinations being forced on innocent patients

(NaturalNews) Nearly two years ago, CDC senior scientist Dr. William Thompson admitted publicly that he and colleagues omitted vital information from a 2004 report which indicated that African-American males who received the MMR vaccine before reaching three years old were more at...

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Monsanto now facing wave of chemical negligence lawsuits over glyphosate (Roundup) and cancer deaths

(NaturalNews) Teri McCall, the widow of a prominent farmer from Cambria, California, has just filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Monsanto Co. Anthony Jackson 'Jack' McCall, 69, died December 26, of terminal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, after using Roundup weed killer on his 20-acre...

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Worse than Zika? Farming chemicals tied to developmental delays and decreased head circumference in newborns

(NaturalNews) It is no secret that organophosphorous pesticides (OP) can have dangerous effects, but a new study out of China shows just how deeply their reach extends. The researchers looked into how prenatal and postnatal OP exposure affected birth outcomes and neurodevelopment...

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Menopause solutions - Reshaping your life without toxic medications

(NaturalNews) Menopause is a natural part of life for women, but it can also be a very challenging one. In 1998, an estimated 477 million women in the world had gone through menopause. That number is projected to rise to 1.1 billion by the year 2025.Oftentimes, this stage brings...

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DEA finally approves marijuana to be studied for veterans suffering from PTSD

(NaturalNews) In a long overdue move, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has finally granted approval for clinical trials researching the therapeutic value of marijuana on veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The DEA's decision will potentially...

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People who regularly enjoy fast food are also indulging in 40 percent higher levels of toxins that can cause autism, asthma

(NaturalNews) If you're someone who enjoys (over)indulging in fast food and pizza, there is more harming you than just the fare. According to new research, people who eat a lot of fast food are being exposed to 40 percent higher levels of potentially harmful chemicals, the Daily Mail...

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Top ten OXYMORONS of the American Food Industry

What a shame that more than 90 percent of all conventional foods cause obesity, cancer, diabetes, dementia, arthritis, inflammation, fibromyalgia, brittle bones, strokes, lowered IQ and heart disease. One of the courses available...

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The power of natural oxytocin and why cuddling can boost your immune system

(NaturalNews) Did you know that there's a direct physiological response that leads from hugs and cuddling to better health? The link is the hormone oxytocin, also known as the "attachment hormone," the "trust hormone" or even the "mama bear hormone."Physiologically, oxytocin is...

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Alcohol is drastically amplifying depression among Americans when combined with already dangerous antidepressants

(NaturalNews) We've all read warning labels about combining alcohol with various medications, but the mixing of booze and antidepressants is particularly dangerous, and can exacerbate the symptoms of the disease, while increasing the side effects of these already dangerous drugs.At...

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Environmentalists being brutally murdered across Honduras as they fight for Indigenous people's rights... Industry employees attack activists with MACHETES

(NaturalNews) People attending an international gathering to honor the life of indigenous leader Berta Caceres, were brutally attacked by people allegedly affiliated with the dam company, DESA. Caceres spent much of her life leading the resistance against a hydroelectric mega-project...

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Parents of departing FDA head were eugenicists... Big Pharma's chemical depopulation agenda rolls on under the false label of 'medicine'

(NaturalNews) According to the website of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency is "responsible for protecting the public health," but it's becoming increasingly obvious that its real agenda – at least in recent years – has been precisely the opposite.Margaret...

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Allergy medication and sleeping pills found to shrink the brain and accelerate dementia

(NaturalNews) A class of drugs that includes dozens of common over-the-counter and prescription medications, has been linked to an increased risk of the development of dementia .Based on the results of two recent studies exploring anticholinergic drugs and their effects on the...

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Vegetables treated with irrigated wastewater worsen human exposure to prescription drugs

(NaturalNews) As water shortages increase globally, reusing water for agriculture and household purposes is on the rise too. A recent study by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah Medical Center, discovered that consuming food...

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Prickly pear farmer demonstrates how to grow food without noxious pesticides

(NaturalNews) Scale insects known as cochineals are a major problem for prickly pears in Mexico, and are commonly treated with noxious pesticides. Contrary to popular belief, however, chemical pesticides that are just as damaging to human health as they are to insects aren't necessary...

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Low Salt Diets Not Beneficial: Global Study Finds

A large worldwide study has found that, contrary to popular thought, low-salt diets may not be beneficial and may actually increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death compared to average salt consumption.

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Less Decline Than Expected in Rate of Brain, Spine Defects After Folic Acid Fortification Program

Rates of neural tube birth defects were already dropping before folic acid food fortification began in the late 1990s, but the decline has since slowed, according to a large new study.

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Three Take-Aways from the NAS Study on GMOs

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) on GE crops and technology was met with cheers from the biotech industry, but little meaningful scrutiny by the mainstream media.

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Prosperous Mexican Farms Suck Up Water, Leaving Villages High and Dry

SAN ANTONIO DE LOURDES, Mexico — In the dappled shade of mesquite trees by the side of a pale yellow schoolhouse, the children finished a song and waited for the priest’s blessing.

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Bayer’s Mega Monsanto Deal Faces Mega Backlash in Germany

Bayer AG’s proposed mega deal to buy Monsanto Co. is likely to create a mega public relations challenge for the German company at home.

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European Commission Fails to Push Through Glyphosate Re-Approval

A decision on whether or not to re-approve the controversial toxic substance glyphosate for use in Europe was postponed Thursday for the second time, following disagreement among representatives of EU governments, as the Great Glyphosate Rebellion continues.

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GM Farming is Creating Superweeds and Resistant Bugs
Superweeds and toxin resistant pests have been created by GM farming, according to a landmark study.New research from the American National Academies of Science reveals that many promises for the controversial technology have not been fulfilled.Significantly, the experts concluded that the emergence of mutated weeds and pests created by GM farming is 'a major agricultural problem'.

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Is the EPA Being Pressured on Atrazine? New Findings of Environmental Concerns about Syngentas Crop Chemical Removed from EPA Site

The Environmental Protection Agency released a very troubling preliminary risk assessment that the routine use of the chemical atrazine is likely harming animals and our ecosystems.

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Infamous for Keeping Clients Secret, Berman Admits to Advising Monsanto on GMOs

In June 2014, Richard Berman, the infamous president of corporate public relations firm Berman and Company, pitched a room full of energy company executives on his team’s work in fighting an anti-fracking initiative in Colorado. Noting that critics often want to know the names of the donors behind his campaigns, Berman said he runs all his work “through nonprofit organizations that are insulated from having to disclose donors,” allowing “total anonymity” for his clients.

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Introduction to SEKEM

SEKEM is a producer, processor and marketer of organic products. It has also established schools, kindergartens, training centres and other social and cultural institutions.

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UN Glyphosate Report - Irrelevant for Europe and Modern Science

Conflicts of interest have already plagued the newly released glyphosate risk assessment by the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), as the Guardian reported on Wednesday, however, the total irrelevance of the report to modern science and to Europe has now also come into focus.

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Medical Errors - The Third Leading Cause of Death

History tells us it can take decades before a medical truth becomes accepted as fact, and recent headlines are a perfect example of this. Sixteen years ago, I read an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that stunned me. I was shocked JAMA published it. Although the article did not explicitly state it, the data was very clear.

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Labels on Genetically Engineered Food Coming Soon

On July 1, a law that requires labels on genetically engineered food takes effect in Vermont, but even before then, consumers across the U.S. will start seeing the words “produced with genetic engineering” or “partially produced with genetic engineering” on cans of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup, bags of M&Ms, and a large number of other packaged foods.

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New Evidence About the Dangers of Monsanto’s Roundup

JOHN SANDERS WORKED in the orange and grapefruit groves in Redlands, California, for more than 30 years.

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Loneliness hurts - Senior health about more than disease

Grandma's cholesterol is OK, but maybe the doctor should be asking about her social life, too.

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Why Torture Doesn’t Work

As abhorrent as torture might be, it seldom lacks defenders, who argue that it is necessary to obtain information that can save lives. But there is no evidence that this is true; on the contrary, torture undermines the very goals it is supposed to achieve.

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Wrist-band device for alcohol monitoring wins U.S. prize

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A San Francisco-based company has won a U.S. government-sponsored competition with an alcohol monitoring devices that can be worn on the wrist, the latest milestone in the development of wearable technologies that monitor and diagnose medical conditions.

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Which Cooking Oils Are the Healthiest?

If you’re confused about which cooking oil to use, you’re not...

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12 Awesome Ways to Use Avocados

Avocados are nutritional powerhouses that you can use for much more than...

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5 Facts You Should Know About Pesticides on Fruits and Vegetables

A healthy diet begins with lots of fruits and vegetables, but some of your family’s favorites may...

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How Changing Livestock Feed Can Mitigate Climate Change

It’s no secret that livestock production is a resource-intensive and significantly contributes to...

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‘The Beast Continues to Burn Out of Control’

The fire that the locals call “the beast” is back with a vengeance. Thousands of tar sands workers are...

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This Oregon County Said ‘No’ to Nestle and Won in a ‘Landslide Victory’

"This is really a resounding victory for everyone who cares about protecting not only our water...

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Scientists Confirm Fears About East Antarctica’s Biggest Glacier

The Totten Glacier in East Antarctica could cross the point of no return within...

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Salmon sickness detected in farmed Canadian fish

Researchers led by a Canadian government scientist have diagnosed potential heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in farmed salmon from British Columbia province, the Canadian fisheries ministry announced Friday.

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Researchers develop nutrient-rich purple potato

Purple potatoes might not be the first thing that comes to mind when trying to increase vitamin, mineral and antioxidant intake. However, a group of researchers from Colorado State University have recently developed potato varieties that satisfy these nutritional needs and could act as a preventive measure to several diseases.

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Researchers find that Earth may be home to one trillion species

Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified, according to the results of a new study.

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Tiny packages may pack powerful treatment for brain tumors

Great discoveries do come in small packages. Few know that better than Ann-Marie Broome, Ph.D., who feels nanotechnology holds the future of medicine with its ability to deliver powerful drugs in tiny, designer packages.

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Electricity from seawater - New method efficiently produces hydrogen peroxide for fuel cells

(Phys.org)—Scientists have used sunlight to turn seawater (H2O) into hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which can then be used in fuel cells to generate electricity. It is the first photocatalytic method of H2O2 production that achieves a high enough efficiency so that the H2O2 can be used in a fuel cell.

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Why Doctors Without Borders Is Skipping The World Humanitarian Summit

The group pulled out this month, citing concerns that nations won't have to follow through on commitments made at the summit. We spoke with Executive Director Jason Cone.

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An 'Added Sugar' Label Is On The Way For Packaged Food

The Food and Drug Administration has brushed aside industry objections and will require food labels to disclose how much sugar has been added to packaged food.

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Lawmakers Reach A Deal To Expand Regulation Of Toxic Chemicals

If it passes, the compromise bill would be the first update to the Toxic Substances Control Act in more than four decades. Supporters say it gives the EPA more power to ensure chemical safety.

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The Parent-Blaming Trap -- Again

Last week I wrote about an alarming report out of Britain that fully a third of children coming into the education system have issues with speech, socialization and toileting.

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Hep C The New Silent Epidemic

It was the third yearly investigation I had published and to my knowledge, the first time anyone had ever described Autism as a “Silent Epidemic.”

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VaXxed The Movie Facts

As you share information about vaccine safety and the connection to autism, your friends and family will likely recite what they have heard over and over in the media, "but, THAT doctor's study was "debunked." Here is a bolus dose...

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Women better off waiting than being induced if their waters break early, Lancet study finds

A new study has challenged conventional thinking about when to induce babies.

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B Cells Found To Contribute To Sepsis

B cells, better known for producing antibodies, have now been found to also play an important role in the inflammatory response against bacterial toxins during sepsis.

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Enzyme ‘Snitches’ On Cancer Cells To The Immune System

By cutting DNA in the nucleus of a cancer cell, the enzyme MUS81 reveals their location to immune cells, triggering an attack.

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14 Healthy Reasons to Eat Kiwi

People are attracted to kiwi because of its brilliant green color and exotic taste. But, the real uniqueness of kiwi comes from its health benefits. Read the kiwi’s fourteen health benefits, interesting facts and how to use this amazing powerfood. 14 Health Benefits of Kiwi 1. Helps Your Digestion with Enzymes Raw kiwi contains actinidain, […]

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Want to Reduce Pain? Learn to Relax Your Brain

Think of pain as being your “harm alarm,” a signal designed to get your attention, to motivate you to escape whatever is causing it. After all, pain—potential harm—could mean injury or even death. In this way, pain serves a useful purpose because its function is to keep you safe and alive. This all works quite […]

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The Herb that Shows Promise against Heart Disease

Few people give their heart and vascular system much consideration until something goes wrong. But the circulatory system, which comprises the heart, lungs, arteries and veins, keeps hormones, nutrients, oxygen and other gases flowing throughout the body. Essentially, it is the delivery system for the body, without which we could not live. However, with our […]

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5 Plant-Based Remedies To Soothe Aching Joints

Nearly everyone experiences joint pain at some point in their lifetime, often caused by an injury (like a sprain) or a medical condition (like arthritis). According to WebMD, one-third of adults who participated in a national survey reported suffering from joint pain over the last 30 days, with knee pain being the leading complaint followed by shoulders and hips. […]

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Chemical vs. Physical - Which Sunscreen Should You Use?

Navigating the sun protection aisle at the drugstore seems to become a more daunting task every year. And it’s also more important than ever that you get adequate sun protection—according to the Skin Cancer Foundation, skin cancers are now more prevalent than ever, afflicting one in five Americans. And about 90 percent of the time, […]

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Get rid of sugar cravings with these inexpensive tips

Sugar cravings can destroy your diet and make losing weight an annoying challenge.

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Using light to lose weight

Is it possible to manipulate light to stay healthier? That's the suggestion from a new study from Northwestern University researchers. Bright light in the morning and evening could lead to problems including blood sugar spikes and insulin resistance that leads to weight gain.

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Is Your Dieting Killing Your Dog? “Paws Off,” Says the FDA

The FDA warns that your dieting attempts could be killing your dog if you do not take these special precautions.

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Heart attacks could be caused by too LITTLE salt new study shows

Scientists from McMaster University claim eating less than 3g of salt each day increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and death compared to average intake, regardless of a person's blood pressure.

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Edith Cowan University says turmeric 'blocks rogue proteins that trigger Alzheimer's disease'

Scientists at the Edith Cowan University in Australia found curcumin, a chemical in the spice, blocks the formation of amyloid plaques, which are the most common hallmark of the disease.

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Back pain sufferers should forget pills, ditch flat shoes and switch their pillow

London-based physiotherapist Laura Harman gives her top seven tips for getting rid of back pain, including which exercises to do to activate your core.

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Is your child scared of needles? It's YOUR fault

More than half of children have the phobia. Now, Toronto scientists have found it is down to how frightened their parents are - in other words, whether they 'share their pain'.

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High blood pressure in your 30s 'is a danger sign' for dementia

More than 150,000 people in the UK suffer from vascular dementia, which causes memory, speech and concentration problems. It is caused by diseased blood vessels reducing supplies to brain.

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Half of women ashamed to talk to doctors about the menopause

More than two in five women said in a survey that symptoms of the menopause had been worse than they had expected. Yet half had not consulted a doctor.

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People in their sixties work out up to eight times a month

Baby boomers are the most regular gym users in the country, according to a new study. The sixty-somethings typically work out in the gym seven or eight times a month.

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Binge eating burgers and junk food as a teen 'increases breast cancer risk'

Scientists at the University of Maryland found a diet rich in saturated fats and low in unsaturated fats is linked to higher breast density, a known risk factor for breast cancer.

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Why ARE some people immune to HIV?

Around 0.5 per cent of people infected with HIV will not go on to develop the disease, and are known as 'HIV controllers' due to the ability of their immune systems to mount a strong response against the infection.

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How US families have lost appetite for red meat, fatty dairy and potatoes

Milk, red meat and potatoes were once staples of the American diet. But since 1970, all three vanished from family kitchens, replaced with chicken, vegetables and two per cent milk.

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Brits now drink 50% more than in the early 1960s

Scientists have claimed that alcohol-related health and social problems were not just down to addicts, but also middle-class and older drinkers who enjoy a regular tipple in their own homes.

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The Arctic Circle Just Had Its Earliest Snowmelt Ever

Three hundred miles above of the Arctic Circle is America’s northern most snow observatory, typically the last place in the nation to see its snow melt. As of today, its snow has melted, setting a new (and terrible) record.Read more...

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We’re Turning the Oceans Into Floating Pig Farms – All For One Unnecessary Reason

Awareness of the type of facilities where animals are raised is increasing, as more consumers actively seek out labels like "pasture-raised" and "cage-free" thinking they are in some way superior. But in the case of fish, things are a little less clear.

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DailyMail.com sets fire to common ingredients with terrifying results

Did you know there is a recipe for disaster in your kitchen cupboard? Corn starch, flour and sugar can all catch on fire and DailyMail.com threw each one a flame to test how dangerous they really are.

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Could a blood test reveal your AGE?

Artificial intelligence software developed by researchers in Baltimore can predict a person's age with 84 per cent accuracy. They trained the system using 60,000 blood samples.

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Trees go to SLEEP at night too!

Researchers in Austria and Hungary used lasers to measure tree movements and found their branches dropped by up to four inches during the night before rising again in the morning.

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Fossils reveal human farmers migrated BACK to Africa from Europe 3,000 years ago

Geneticists, including scientists at the University of Uppsala, have found the first DNA evidence supporting theories that Stone Age farmers migrated back from Europe 3,000 years ago.

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The Fracking Process Is Now The Leading Cause Of Earthquakes In Texas

A new study documents just how much the fracking process is contributing to earthquakes in Texas.

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For The Last Time - Chemtrails Are Not A Conspiracy Theory
When I was a little boy, I used to wonder what those beautiful streaks in the sky were. Why would some of them dissipate immediately, and others stayed in the sky all day?

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Climate Changed
We at Climate Changed! are sick and tired with the doom and gloom of geoengineering and chemtrails, and watching the ever declining state of our society. Together, we are making a stand against the subversive weather manipulation tactics of our combined governments. We are doing this by educating the masses on how to combat weather warfare with low-cost, build at home solutions.

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Could hepatitis C treatments help prevent virus transmission?

An international team of researchers has shed light on the potential impact of new drugs for hepatitis C virus (HCV).

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Children with brain tumors undergoing radiation therapy helped by play-based preparation

New research from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital shows support interventions by child life specialists decrease sedation use and costs associated with cranial radiation therapy.

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Altered Brain Connectivity May Explain Cognitive Impairment in Pediatric Leukemia Survivors

The neurotoxic effects of chemotherapeutic drugs on the developing brains of young patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may impair their cognitive functioning by disrupting the formation of neural networks that connect brain regions and transfer information. A study showing reduced connectome organization in the brains of ALL survivors is published in Brain Connectivity, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Brain Connectivity website until June 18, 2016.

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THADA – new findings on the role of the mother in type 2 diabetes

Research from Lund University in Sweden can explain why type 2 diabetes is inherited to a greater extent from an individual’s mother. The heredity of a previously known risk gene, THADA, has proven to be dominant if it comes from the mother, whereas it has little or no effect on the child’s risk of disease if it originates from the father. “Our research contributes to increased knowledge about the role of the mother and father in the heredity of type 2 diabetes”, says Rashmi Prasad.

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Experts urge more research to discover how many babies die from antibiotic resistance

No one knows how many newborns are dying each year due to antibiotic resistant infections, because of a lack of funding to research the issue fully, Professor Mike Sharland from St George’s, University London said.

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Portable ultrasound brings help for heart failure patients

Specially trained nurses are able to dispense medication for heart patients more precisely using a pocket-sized ultrasound device.

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Addition of microbial xylanase to diets containing rice bran increases energy value for pigs

Research at the University of Illinois is finding ways to make rice bran, an abundant co-product of the production of white rice for human consumption, more efficient as a feed ingredient for pigs.

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Retreat of the ice followed by millennia of methane release

Methane was seeping from the seafloor for thousands of years following the retreat of the Barents Sea ice sheet, shows a groundbreaking new study in Nature Communications. Scientists have calculated that the present day ice sheets keep vast amounts of climate gas methane in check. Ice sheets are heavy and cold, providing pressure and temperatures that contain methane in form of ice-like substance called gas hydrate. If the ice sheets retreat the weight of the ice will be lifted from the ocean floor, the gas hydrates will be destabilised and the methane will be released.

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Enhanced hippocampal-cortical coupling improves memory

For the first time, scientists in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CNRS/INSERM/Collège de France) have produced direct evidence that the long-term storage of memories involves a dialogue between two brain structures, the hippocampus and cortex, during sleep; by enhancing this dialogue, they succeeded in triggering the consolidation of memories that would otherwise have been forgotten. This work is published in Nature Neuroscience on 16 May 2016.

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How depression and antidepressant drugs work

New research demonstrates the effectiveness of ketamine to treat depression in a mouse model of the disease. The brings together two hypotheses: 1) that depression results from deficits in GABA signaling and 2) that depression results from deficits in glutamate signaling. It shows that the depression-like behavior in the research mice results from the reduction of both GABA and glutamate, and importantly, that both can be restored with a single dose of ketamine.

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Fish can adapt some to warmer ocean waters, but not necessarily to extreme heat

A three-decade-old open air laboratory, where warm water from a nuclear power station is pumped into an enclosed basin in the Baltic Sea off the Swedish coast, gives researchers an unparalleled chance to study how warmer waters and higher temperature extremes affect fish. While fish were able to adjust their metabolic rates to cope with the heat, they had less of a cushion with respect to extreme temperatures.

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Rhythm of 'detox' and feeding genes in fruitflies and mice coordinated by neuropeptide

A 24-hour rhythm of cellular detoxification in flies and mammals is coordinated by a neuropeptide that also drives feeding in both organisms. Many detoxification genes are expressed with a circadian rhythm in the mouse liver and in the fruitfly equivalent called the fat body. This work could eventually have implications for chronotherapy -- the study of the timing of when best to take medications.

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Scientists discover the evolutionary link between protein structure and function

A new University of Illinois study demonstrates the evolution of protein structure and function over 3.8 billion years. Snippets of genetic code, consistent across organisms and time, direct proteins to create 'loops,' or active sites that give proteins their function. The link between structure and function in proteins can be thought of as a network. Demonstrating evolution in this small-scale network may help others understand how other networks, such as the internet, change over time.

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Research suggests new contributor to heart disease

Medical professionals have long known that the buildup of plaque in arteries can cause them to narrow and harden, potentially leading to a whole host of health problems -- including heart attack, heart disease and stroke. While high blood pressure and artery stiffness are often associated with plaque buildup, new research from engineers at Washington University in St. Louis shows they are not the direct causes. Their findings suggest a new culprit: elastic fibers in the arterial wall.

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Panda poop study provides insights into microbiome, reproductive troubles

A stomachache can put a real damper on your love life -- especially if you're a giant panda. One minute it's breeding season and you're happily dining on fresh bamboo leaves, the next you're left clutching your stomach while your gastrointestinal lining passes through your system. This is exactly what seems to happen to captive giant pandas, and the researchers behind a new study are beginning to suspect it may play a role in their struggles to reproduce.

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OU team develops new antibiotic to fight MRSA

A University of Oklahoma team of chemists has developed a new antibiotic formulation to fight the sometimes deadly staph infection caused by methicillin-resistant S. aureus or MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant infectious bacteria. The new drug to treat MRSA combines traditional Food and Drug Administration-approved antibiotics, such as methicillin, with the polymer BPEI.

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How to calm an anxious mind

Anxiety disorders and related problems such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are among the most common mental health conditions. At least one in four Canadians will have an anxiety disorder in their lifetime.

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Colours of autism spectrum described by CanChild researchers

Children with autism have a wide range of ability to talk with other people, but it has been difficult to group children by their specific skills. Now researchers at the CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research at McMaster University have developed an autism classification system that defines levels of social communications ability among those with autism spectrum disorder.

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Transsexual people are frequently victims of aggression and discrimination

The process of gender reassignment in transsexual individuals is complex. A new study analyses the characteristics of this collective as well as the psychological adjustment they must undergo during the process. Of the sample studied, 81.75% suffered from some type of physical aggression during their lifetime, 31.16% perceived discrimination in the workplace and 22.84% attempted suicide at least once.

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Conventional radiation therapy may not protect healthy brain cells

A new study shows that repeated radiation therapy used to target tumors in the brain may not be as safe to healthy brain cells as previously assumed. The findings, which appear in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, show that the treatment also kills important support cells in the brain and may cause as much, if not more damage, than single dose radiation therapy.

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Altered brain connectivity may explain cognitive impairment in pediatric leukemia survivors

The neurotoxic effects of chemotherapeutic drugs on the developing brains of young patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may impair their cognitive functioning by disrupting the formation of neural networks that connect brain regions and transfer information. A study showing reduced connectome organization in the brains of ALL survivors is published in Brain Connectivity.

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3-D-bioprinted placenta could lead to new treatments for preeclampsia

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication involving the placenta that can be serious -- even fatal -- for the mother or fetus. The only effective treatment option is premature delivery. Now for the first time, scientists have bioprinted a 3-D model of placenta tissue that mimics the organ's complex structure. The model, reported in the journal ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, could lead to a better understanding of preeclampsia and the development of new treatments.

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New study evaluates nicotine's relationship to body weight and food intake

A study published today in Nicotine & Tobacco Research demonstrates in a carefully controlled series of studies that the self-administration of nicotine by rats suppresses body weight gain independent of food intake.

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Hot tubs and swimming pools are not as clean as you may think

Whether water is hot in a tub or cold in a pool, it can bring immediate relief from stress or summer heat. But hot tubs and swimming pools are not always as clean as you might think, even when disinfected. In a new study in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, scientists have found that the more these facilities are used, the more potentially harmful compounds they contain.

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No junk-food diet - Even in cities, bees find flowers and avoid processed sugars

New research from North Carolina State University finds that bees in urban areas stick to a flower-nectar diet, steering clear of processed sugars found in soda and other junk food.

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High blood pressure linked to vascular dementia

High blood pressure could significantly raise the risk of developing the second most common form of dementia, according to a new study from The George Institute for Global Health.The medical records of more than four million people were analysed with researchers finding heightened blood pressure was associated with a 62 per cent higher risk of vascular dementia between the ages of 30-50.

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Kids who text and watch TV simultaneously likely to underperform at school

The more time teenagers spend splitting their attention between various devices such as their phones, video games or TV, the lower their test scores in math and English tend to be. More time spent multitasking between different types of media is also associated with greater impulsivity and a poorer working memory in adolescents, says Amy S. Finn of the University of Toronto in a study published in Springer's journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

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Syphilis infections on the rise in Europe

New data released in ECDC's Annual Epidemiological report show that since 2010, the overall syphilis rates have been going up across Europe, particularly among men. In 2014, the reported syphilis numbers were six times higher in men than in women. Almost two-thirds (63%) of the syphilis cases reported with information on transmission category were recorded in men who have sex with men (MSM).

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New drug combination shows promise for resistant leukaemia

Patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) can look forward to the development of new therapies following the discovery by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers of a new way to kill cells that are dangerously multiplying.A process known as apoptosis (programmed cell death) - which is a natural and necessary response to keep the proliferation of human cells in check - is interrupted in cancers, including AML, leading to unchecked cell growth.

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Hard water linked to risk of eczema in infants

High levels of water hardness in the home may be linked to the development of eczema early in life, according to a new study led by King's College London.

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Researchers develop new way to decode large amounts of biological data

In recent years, the amount of genomic data available to scientists has exploded. This trove of genetic information has created a problem: how can scientists quickly analyze all of this data. Now, researchers have developed an innovative computing technique that is both faster and more accurate than current methods.

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Staying a step ahead of cancer

Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have designed a potential cancer therapy that uses a unique strategy to block mTOR, a molecule that helps drive the growth of many tumors. In animal experiments, the drug reduces the size of tumors that are resistant to earlier-generation mTOR inhibitors.

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Carnegie Mellon develops bio-mimicry method for preparing and labeling stem cells

Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed a new method for preparing mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that not only leads to the production of more native stem cells, but also labels them with a FDA approved iron-oxide nanoparticle (Ferumoxytol). The technology could allow researchers to track the cells in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during preclinical and clinical trials. The findings are published by Scientific Reports.

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USF scientists discover Antarctic sponge extract can help kill MRSA

USF scientists have isolated an extract from a sponge found in Antarctica, known as Dendrilla membranosa, and tested it on MRSA biofilm. The extract, a new chemical which the research team has named 'darwinolide,' is a natural product chemical found in laboratory tests to eliminate more than 98 percent of MRSA cells. The highly resistant MRSA infection, formerly particularly problematic in places such as hospitals and nursing homes, is now found in commonly used places.

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Digital health intervention does not lower heart attack risk

In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Sonia S. Anand, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.C., of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues examined whether a digital health intervention using email and text messages designed to change diet and physical activity would improve heart attack risk among a South Asian population.

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Yale study - How antibodies access neurons to fight infection

New Haven, Conn. -- Yale scientists have solved a puzzle of the immune system -- how antibodies enter the nervous system to control viral infections. Their finding may have implications for the prevention and treatment of a range of conditions, including herpes and Guillain-Barre syndrome, which has been linked to the Zika virus.

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ADHD in young adulthood examined in JAMA Psychiatry studies

Two new studies and an editorial published online by JAMA Psychiatry examine attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in young adulthood. The articles are summarized below.

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Sexual transmission involved in tail end of Ebola epidemic

Some of the final cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone were transmitted via unconventional routes, such as semen and breastmilk, according to the largest analysis to date of the tail-end of the epidemic.

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ADHD may emerge after childhood for some people, according to new study

While it is well established that childhood ADHD may continue into adulthood, new research by King's College London suggests that for some people the disorder does not emerge until after childhood.

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Two-pronged attack on chemotherapy-resistant leukemia cells

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common type of childhood cancer in Switzerland. Despite intensive chemotherapy, one fifth of the patients suffer a relapse, which usually goes hand in hand with a poor prognosis. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the Children's Hospital Zurich have now found a way to kill off resistant leukemia cells - via necroptosis.

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Less decline than expected in brain, spine defects after folic acid fortification program

There is less decline than expected in the rate of brain and spine defects after a folic acid fortification program, a Stanford study finds.

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How viruses infect bacteria
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Using state-of-the-art tools, EPFL scientists have described a million-atom 'tail' that bacteriophages use to breach bacterial surfaces. The breakthrough has major implications for science and medicine, as bacteriophages are widely used in research.

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Some antibiotics may worsen complications in transplant patients

Some broad-spectrum antibiotics that disrupt the gut microbiome may raise the risk of complications from stem cell transplantation, according to a new study evaluating data from more than 850 transplant patients, as well as from mice.

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Common antimicrobial agent rapidly disrupts gut bacteria

A new study suggests that triclosan, an antimicrobial and antifungal agent found in many consumer products ranging from hand soaps to toys and even toothpaste, can rapidly disrupt bacterial communities found in the gut. Although the health implications are not certain, dysfunction of the gut microbiome has been associated with human disease, including diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and malnutrition.

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How your brain learns to ride the subway -- and why AI developers care

In machine learning, a programmer might develop an AI that can calculate all possible consequences of a single action. Humans, however, don't have the same raw computational power; we have to efficiently create and execute a plan. We mentally invent different 'layers' to organize our actions and then think about the higher levels rather than individual steps, according to a Neuron study from members of Google DeepMind and the University of Oxford publishing May 18.

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Antimicrobial in common toothpaste doesn't impact gut, oral microbiome

Personal hygiene products such as soaps and toothpastes that contain the antibiotic triclosan do not have a major influence on microbial communities or endocrine function, according to a small, randomized trial. The study findings were published online this week in mSphere, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome associated with higher mortality, more severe illness

Patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) develop more severe critical illness and have higher mortality than patients with non-MERS severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), according to investigators involved with the largest study of critically ill patients with MERS. The study was presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

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Early introduction of allergenic foods reduces risk of food sensitization

Children who had a diet that included cow's milk products, egg and peanut before age one were less likely to develop sensitization to the corresponding foods, according to new research presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference. Early introduction of eggs appeared to be especially beneficial, as it decreased the risk of sensitization to any of the three tested foods.

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Novel gene therapy shows potential for lung repair in asthma

A new study has demonstrated a way to deliver a nanoparticle-based gene therapy, in order to repair lungs damaged by chronic allergic asthma and to reduce inflammation that causes asthma attacks. The potential therapy, tested in mice, may hold promise for asthma patients whose disease is not controlled by the most commonly used treatments. The study was presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

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Hydroxyurea improves lung function in children with sickle cell disease

For the first time, researchers were able to demonstrate that children diagnosed with sickle cell disease showed improvement in lung function after treatment with hydroxyurea, a treatment that is underused despite its demonstrated benefits. The study was presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

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Ocean acidification puts NW Dungeness crab at risk

Ocean acidification expected to accompany climate change may slow development and reduce survival of the larval stages of Dungeness crab, a key component of the Northwest marine ecosystem and the largest fishery by revenue on the West Coast, a new study has found.

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Simple screening test can predict heart failure severity

It is now recognized that sarcopenia, defined as the loss of muscle mass and strength, is related to heart failure. Recent research from Kumamoto University, Japan has shown that heart failure severity could be diagnosed by using a simple sarcopenia screening test that assesses age, grip strength and calf circumference.

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Cisplatin may cause more permanent hearing loss in people with Cockayne syndrome

'Our studies of a mouse model of Cockayne syndrome are the first to point to the importance of ongoing DNA repair in protecting the sensitive sensory hair cells of the inner ear from such environmental stress,' the senior author said. 'We show that the same mutations, causing Cockayne syndrome in humans, make the sensory hair cells of mice hypersensitive to DNA damage caused by cisplatin chemotherapy.'

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Racial and ethnic differences found in psychiatric diagnoses and treatment, according to researchers

Non-Hispanic blacks are almost twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, but they're significantly less likely to receive medication for treatment, according to researchers.

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Sleep disorders underreported, commonly untreated among cerebral palsy patients

A recent study by Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare sheds light on population of people who are affected by obstructive sleep apnea: children who have cerebral palsy (CP). The recently published study found that children who have CP -- especially when the condition is severe or combined with epilepsy -- are more likely to suffer from obstructive sleep apnea. It also found that children with CP are more likely to be accurately diagnosed with a sleep disorder if routinely screened with a questionnaire.

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Melatonin reduces blood pressure and tunes up disrupted circadian rhythms in the elderly

Increased blood pressure and reduced robustness of circadian rhythms are frequently reported in elderly subjects. The present study was aimed to investigate whether such changes can be reversed by daily melatonin ingestion.

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Unsafe at any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, from DDT to BPA

by Jonathan Latham, PhD Piecemeal, and at long last, chemical manufacturers have begun removing the endocrine-disrupting plastic bisphenol-A (BPA) from products they sell. Sunoco no longer sells BPA for products that might be used by children under three. France has a national ban on BPA food packaging. The EU has banned ...

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The Sharing Economy Will Screw Us All—and It's Retirement We Have to Be Really Worried About

More like a share-the-crumbs economy. As more of us fight for the scraps, Social Security is more important than ever.

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Science or Snake Oil - Can a Detox Actually Cleanse Your Liver?

Can the liver be cleansed?

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48 Million Americans Suffer From Food Insecurity—Here's What Needs to Happen

Despite increased food production in the U.S., there is still a lack of healthy, affordable food in low-income communities and communities of color.

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Zika virus may reach Europe this summer

The Zika virus could spread to Europe this summer, although the likelihood of an outbreak is low to moderate according to the World Health Organization.

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Magic mushrooms 'promising' in depression

A hallucinogenic chemical in magic mushrooms shows promise for people with untreatable depression, a tiny study suggests.

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Boston Police Dept. uses controversial social media spy tool made by CIA-linked firm

According to publicly available budget records, the Boston Police Department contracts with a social media monitoring company that received start-up funding from the CIA’s venture capital arm In-Q-Tel. The company, Geofeedia Inc., sells its software to police departments nationwide, as well as to media companies. The organization LittleSis, which documents connections between powerful companies and government actors, has published documents from the Austin, Oakland, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Clara, and Philadelphia police departments revealing contracts with the company.

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Police and Prison Guard Groups Fight Marijuana Legalization in California

Roughly half of the money raised to oppose a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in California is coming from police and prison guard groups, terrified that they might lose the revenue streams to which they have become so deeply addicted. Drug war money has become a notable source of funding for law enforcement interests. Huge government grants and asset-seizure windfalls benefit police departments, while the constant supply of prisoners keeps the prison business booming. Opposition to the marijuana legalization initiative, slated to go before voters in November, has been organized by John Lovell, a longtime Sacramento lobbyist for police chiefs and prison guard supervisors. Lovell’s Coalition for Responsible Drug Policies, a committee he created to defeat the pot initiative, raised $60,000 during the first three months of the year, according to a disclosure filed earlier this month.

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117 Million Stolen LinkedIn Emails and Passwords are Up for Sale

A hacker known as “Peace” is selling what is reportedly account information from 117 million LinkedIn users, reports Business Insider. The stolen data includes emails, passwords, and so on.

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Solar surveillance - Airship designed for stratospheric snooping enters development stage

A French weapons manufacturer is developing a stratospheric airship, dubbed the Stratobus, that could act as a high-altitude eye in the sky for government agencies around the world.

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Group of Farmers Files Lawsuit Against Monsanto Claiming Roundup Gave Them All Cancer

A group of Nebraska farmers diagnosed with cancer is suing Monsanto, maker of agricultural chemicals and GMO seed. The farmers allege that glyphosate, the popular Monsanto herbicide, caused them to develop cancer and that the company intentionally misled the public about the dangers of the world’s most widely used herbicide.

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'It didn't turn me into a dead-brained person' Marijuana research not reaching Canada's toking teens

With an end to marijuana prohibition in sight, researchers say we still have plenty to learn about the drug's potential health effects — and that's especially true for Canada's many toking teenagers.

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Lyme disease increase alarms Canada's top doctor

An increase in Lyme disease cases is a concern for Canada's chief public health officer.

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Yo ho ho and a bottle of poisoned rum? Deaths of British sailors still a mystery

A team of researchers led by an anthropologist at Lakehead University, in Thunder Bay, Ont., is shedding new light on what caused the deaths of sailors buried at a British Naval Hospital cemetery in Antigua in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

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In Honor of Fear and Pain

Our use of antidepressants has turned single-episode struggles that recovered 85% of the time within one year, never to recur, into chronic and debilitating disorders that hold patients hostage in their own arrested development. But, If you are in the hole of pain, here’s what I have to say to you. It’s what I say to my patients, and what I tell myself in times of struggle. Full Article →

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Mental Health in Black and White

When I looked through my mountains of medical records, I saw that the providers who listed my race as black applied diagnoses like major depressive disorder and PTSD. The providers who saw me as white preferred diagnoses of panic disorder and borderline personality disorder. Of course, my experiences are just anecdotal. But if racial bias due to subjective experiences of practitioners can play such a large role in mental health diagnostics, how is this even considered a scientific discipline? Full Article →

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UN/WHO Panel in Conflict of Interest Row over Glyphosate Cancer Risk

Chairman of UN’s joint meeting on pesticide residues co-runs scientific institute which received donation from Monsanto, which uses glyphosate A UN panel that on Tuesday ruled that glyphosate was probably not carcinogenic to humans has now become embroiled in a bitter row about potential conflicts of interests.

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Vermont To Delay Citizen Right To Sue Over GMO Labels

Consumers will not be allowed to sue over companies’ failure to label GMO foods until next summer, Vermont legislators decided.

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Take Action to Oppose the Senate’s Killing of Organic Animal Welfare Regulations

Don’t Let Congress Undermine the Integrity of the Organic Rulemaking Process When the organic industry’s most aggressive watchdog, The Cornucopia Institute, and the corporate lobby group, the Organic Trade Association (OTA), both agree on an issue we hope members of the organic community will take note.

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As Big Candy Ditches GMOs, Sugar Beet Farmers Hit A Sour Patch

Sugar, you might think, is just sugar, no matter where it comes from. But not anymore.

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‘I had to wear Pampers’ - The Cruel Reality the People Who Bring You Cheap Chicken Allegedly Endure

While concerns about food safety and animal welfare dominate discussions about the perils of the modern food system, theres a downside that many might find just as troubling.

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How Pakistan is leading efforts to stop deforestation

Pakistan has a discouraging track record when it comes to deforestation, but a province in the country's northern region is looking to change that as more locals see the value in conversation. 

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How Portugal went 107 hours on only renewable energy (+video)

Proving its leadership in renewable energy, Portugal powered all of its electricity with only renewable energy for four days.

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Hydropower’s next act - becoming a less-controversial renewable

Controversy over dams abounds. But hydropower experts see the potential for hydro to carve out an energy niche where power production and habitat protection coexist.

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Study finds 400m meals' worth of edible food wasted each year

Report by Wrap says 18% of 270,000 tonnes of edible food waste was redistributed to charities for food banks.

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Are GMO crops safe? Focus on the plant, not the process, scientists say.

No "substantiated" evidence exists that genetically engineered crops have caused health problems in humans or damaged the environment, but sweeping generalizations about GE crops are misguided an elite panel of scientists concluded.

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Malibu schools PCB trial may have national implications.

A lawsuit accuses the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District of violating federal law by failing to remove PCB-laden caulk from three schools.

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Japan's coal-fired plants 'to cause thousands of early deaths.'

Plans by Japan to build dozens of coal-fired power stations will cause at least 10,000 premature deaths, according to a study.

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Advocates - Maryland omitted key pollution measure in air-quality report.

The report touted Maryland’s progress in meeting federal guidelines for air pollutants such as nitrous oxide and ground-level ozone.

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Mediterranean diet lowers risk of hip fractures

Eating Mediterranean diet may lower risk of hip fractures in postmenopausal women.

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NAS report notes broad reasons for GMO labelling

Report recommends premarket safety assessment for new gene editing techniques and admits GM doesn’t increase yields.

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What does the JMPR’s verdict on glyphosate really mean?

Verdict does not contradict IARC conclusion that glyphosate is a probable carcinogen – and is fatally undermined by conflicts of interest with industry.

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Do you feel the disturbance in The Force? There's nothing wrong with you, it just means you're TUNED IN

(NaturalNews) I've heard from many people that they feel a great sense of uncertainty about what's ahead for our world, our nation and even our own families. Many are frightened by what they see as a vast chasm of uncertainty... others feel a sense of helplessness from being "trapped...

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Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Hershey and Kellogg all funneled millions into criminal money laundering operation to defeat GMO labeling

(NaturalNews) The state of Washington will seek millions in damages from a major Washington, D.C., grocery lobbyist that represents major food brands, for alleged money laundering and other charges.As reported by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson...

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These nontoxic remedies kill fleas and ticks without harming your pet

(NaturalNews) The old saying "April showers bring May flowers" has never been more true, particularly in the Texas Hill Country, which has received its fair share of rainfall accompanied by hot and humid temperatures. Unfortunately, wildflowers aren't the only ones flourishing, as...

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Is it the FLUORIDE? Today's humans are so dumbed down, they can't solve sixth grade word problems based on simple addition

(NaturalNews) Judging from what one runs across on the internet, it's easy to believe that something must be dumbing down the populace, as a recent Daily Mail piece humorously illustrated.The Mail published a Tweet from a mother which involved a math question given to year 2 students...

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Grape polyphenols help counter negative effects of high fat diet

(NaturalNews) Grape polyphenols may help protect the body from the effects of a diet high in fat, according to two studies conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry."These two studies suggest...

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Antibiotic resistance is causing numerous scientists to turn to natural, holistic immunity as a better option

(NaturalNews) With antibiotic resistance on the rise, health experts are increasingly expressing alarm about the future of medicine. One potential path is suggested by a recent study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, in which researchers from Lund University...

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Why American healthcare would be better off without the Food and Drug Administration
(NaturalNews) The Food and Drug Administration's stated purpose is to protect public health, but it seems that every day it makes yet another move that actually works against us. Even if you are willing to concede that the FDA was established with good intentions, nobody who has been...

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Infants fed rice have twice as high urinary arsenic concentrations than infants fed no rice

(NaturalNews) Rice cereal is one of the most widely consumed solid foods among infants, primarily because it has a mushy texture and is easy to digest. Nevertheless, parents may want to be careful about how much rice they feed their children. A recent study, published online by JAMA...

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Doctors admit on video that they know NOTHING about vaccines

(NaturalNews) Most people like to think that doctors are unquestionable experts in their fields, and that their years of education give them a broad and solid base of knowledge about all aspects of health and medicine. It turns out, however, that medical schools are failing them and...

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After banning it over cancer concerns, Colombia now dropping glyphosate on cocaine fields... because it effectively ruins crops

(NaturalNews) Colombian officials know exactly where to find chemical weapons when they need them. Glyphosate, the popular plant-killing chemical found in Roundup, has been used by the Colombian government and supported by the U.S. as a means to combat the cultivation of coca. Luis...

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FBI detains man caught dumping poison on food in the grocery store... Ironically most produce is already doused with an array of toxic chemicals

(NaturalNews) Earlier this month, the FBI arrested a man for spraying mouse poison on food in multiple Michigan grocery stores, as reported by The Epoch Times. The man is now in custody, after admitting to spraying a dangerous mixture on open food bars at supermarkets – a mixture...

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Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership should be rejected at all costs

(NaturalNews) In a recent major foreign policy speech, leading GOP presidential contender Donald Trump decried globalization, and essentially described it as a series of bad deals that have harmed U.S. growth and limited (or eliminated outright) jobs and opportunities for Americans...

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The runner's high - Is pot good for long distance running?

(NaturalNews) Running and smoking pot might sound like two mutually exclusive activities, but marijuana use among runners has increased over the years. Several athletes claim that eating marijuana edibles beforehand actually enhances the running experience, calling into question whether...

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The transgender programming of children is child abuse, warns the American College of Pediatricians... chemical castration, genital mutilation and mental illness run amok…

(NaturalNews) So this guy walks into an OB/GYN clinic and demands a gynecological exam. The doctor, a woman, takes one look at him and says, "That won't work. You're a man." The man, however, "self identifies" as a woman and blasts the doctor for being a bigot. "I self identify as...

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Dandelion root extract found to kill leukemia cells, prostate cancer cells and chemo-resistant melanoma

(NaturalNews) They might not be welcome in your yard, but it turns out that dandelions have tremendous potential when it comes to helping people who are suffering from cancer.Chemo-resistant melanoma is now the most common type of cancer affecting Americans aged 25 to 29. The...

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Foreign meat is pumped with so many steroids that you can fail a drug test just by eating it

(NaturalNews) According to a recent report by CBS New York, NFL player Duane Brown managed to have a suspension overturned by proving that he had eaten contaminated meat while in Mexico. Brown still had his receipts from various eateries in the country, and these were provided as...

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Mumps stupidity - After vaccines fail to stop mumps outbreaks, brain dead journalists call for a THIRD round of injections... Soon it will be a fourth!

(NaturalNews) If you keep an eye on the news, you've probably heard that there have been several mumps outbreaks at Harvard and other Boston colleges – but Health Impact News suggests that the mainstream media isn't actually telling the whole story. Harvard University Health...

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High blood pressure? Drinking cherry juice is 'as good as medication,' study claims

(NaturalNews) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three U.S. adults suffers from high blood pressure – that's around 70 million people. Only one half of those suffering with high blood pressure actually have their condition under control, and...

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How Efficient Can Solar Cells Be? UNSW Nudges Closer to Physical Limits

Australian engineers edge closer to the theoretical limits of sunlight-to-electricity conversion of photovoltaic cells with a device that delivers a new world efficiency record.

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Bright Light Alters Metabolism

Exposure to bright light alters your metabolism, reports a new study. Scientists found bright light exposure increased insulin resistance compared to dim light exposure in both the morning and the evening. In the evening, bright light also caused higher peak glucose (blood sugar) levels. Over time, excess blood glucose can result in increased body fat, weight gain and a higher risk for diabetes.

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Research Suggests New Contributor to Heart Disease

Medical professionals have long known that the buildup of plaque in arteries can cause them to narrow and harden, potentially leading to a whole host of health problems -- including heart attack, heart disease and stroke. While high blood pressure and artery stiffness are often associated with plaque buildup, new research from engineers at Washington University in St.

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City of Second Chance Soils

Once the world's largest steel working mill, Steelworkers Park in Chicago has become the proving grounds for rehabilitating unforgiving slag with biosolids and dredged sediments.

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NAS Report Shows GM Crops Clearly Not the Answer to World Hunger'

A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report “Genetically Engineered Crops Experiences and Prospects” released today recommends pre-market safety assessments of GMOs, and it cites consumers’ social and economic choices as issues that policymakers should consider when debating mandatory labeling for GMOs.

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China Agriculture Ministry - No Approval for Monsantos RR2 Xtend GMO Soybeans

According to a statement last week by Beijing Food Safety Volunteers the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed to them that Monsanto’s RR2 Xtend GMO soybeans have not been approved for import, despite the company’s claims earlier in 2016.

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Unsafe at Any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, from DDT to BPA

A new study of genetically modified crop technology by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a mix of observations about the controversial crops, and takes U.S. regulators to task for an ongoing lack of transparency that is fueling distrust by consumers and calls for mandatory labeling of GMO foods.

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Many Prescribed Antibiotics Can Cause Damage

Despite warnings that we’re quickly approaching a post-antibiotics era in which bacterial infections once easily cured by the drugs become resistant and life threatening, doctors are still prescribing too many antibiotics.

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Big Agriculture Pushes for Exemption from FOIA Requests

Rick Friday is a veteran political cartoonist for Farm News, an Iowa newspaper. That is, he was their political cartoonist up until earlier this month. After drawing more than 1,000 cartoons over his 21-year career, he was fired from the newspaper after one of its advertisers complained.

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Fluoride in Your Tap Water

Following the recent water crisis in Flint, it's no wonder that the U.S. public has begun to question exactly how safe our drinking water actually is. What was once taken for granted — the idea of safe, pure, drinkable water for everyone — is now in serious question.

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PepsiCo Quietly Begins GMO Labeling on Some Products

The most recent company to voluntarily add GMO labeling to its packaging is PepsiCo. According to new reports, the Frito-Lay parent company has begun labeling certain products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from both the Pepsi and Frito-Lay lines, ostensibly before Vermont’s mandatory GMO labeling law goes into effect in July.

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UV Light Provides Multitude of Benefits

If there's one thing we require to thrive it is sensible exposure to the sun. Sure, sunlight is needed for growing food, but you also need direct sun exposure to thrive, just like plants.

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West Coast Cities Sue Monsanto to Pay for Chemical Cleanup (West Coast Cities Sue Monsanto to Pay for Chemical Cleanup)

Portland, Oregon’s Willamette is no wilderness river. But on a spring day, downstream of downtown, wildness peeks through. Thick forest rises beyond a tank farm on the west bank. A sea lion thrashes to the surface, wrestling a salmon. And as Travis Williams, executive director of the nonprofit Willamette Riverkeeper, steers our canoe under a train bridge — dodging debris tossed by jackhammering workers — ospreys wing into view.

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The Politics of Fertilizer and the Exxons of Agriculture

It goes without saying that oil and coal companies should not have a seat at the policy table for decisions on climate change. Their profits depend on business-as-usual and they'll do everything in their power to undermine meaningful action.

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Glyphosate and GMOs – the EU Lobby Firm That Works Both Sides of the Room

In Brussels, hundreds of lobby consultants make a (rather generous) living by running lobby campaigns on behalf of anyone who pays them. The borders between communication and PR strategies, law expertise and traditional lobbying are blurred. Demonstrating the problematic symbiosis between corporate interests and the EU institutions in Brussels, the same lobbying consultancies often get hired by both, bringing serious risks of conflicts of interest. A case in point: Germany-based lobby consultancy Genius and its work for the Glyphosate Task Force.

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International Monsanto Tribunal Frequently Asked Questions

We believe that only through civic action will we be able to achieve compensation for Monsanto’s actions.

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Family activity should be child's play

Without the support of parents, kids are unlikely to make physical activity part of their daily lives

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Almost half of heart attacks are silent; they're still risky

Almost half of all heart attacks cause no obvious symptoms, yet they can still be life-threatening, according to research on more than 9,000 middle-aged men and women

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Novel nicotine inhaler doubles smoking quit rates

A study by researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington shows that smokers who used a nicotine inhaler were twice as likely to quit smoking as smokers using a placebo inhaler.

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Stop toxic trade deals

Help us keep up the pressure to stop TTIP and CETA, trade deals that threaten democracy, public services and the environment.

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Milk Alternatives That Will Make You Want to Ditch Dairy

Conventional wisdom says dairy is good for you, but animal-derived milk does have...

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Al Gore’s Groundbreaking Film … 10 Years Later

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking film that prompted millions to start...

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Academies of Science Finds GMOs ‘Safe,’ But ‘More Research Needed’

In light of public polarization of opinion of GE foods, this report tries to...

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Will Vegans Save the World?

The environment and climate would benefit substantially if more people...

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Climate change, runaway development worsen Houston floods

With clay soil and tabletop-flat terrain, Houston has endured flooding for generations. Its 1,700 miles of man-made channels struggle to dispatch storm runoff to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Norway opens new Arctic zones to oil exploration

Norway awarded Arctic drilling licenses to 13 oil companies Wednesday, including in a hitherto unexplored part of the Barents Sea, provoking condemnation from environmental groups.

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Autism Can Be An Asset In The Workplace, Employers And Workers Find

Roughly 40 percent of young adults with autism spectrum disorder aren't finding jobs. But some employers are now recruiting adults on the spectrum as an untapped talent pool of focused workers.

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Rape And Facebook Make Tense Headlines In South Africa This Spring

Students have posted the names of accused rapists on Facebook. And a judge sparks a furor with Facebook messages that seem to say rape is part of black culture.

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Rising Sea Levels Made This Republican Mayor A Climate Change Believer

Already, neighborhoods flood more often in Coral Gables, Fla., and water has seeped up from beneath low-lying buildings and yards. Mayor James Cason wants his city prepared for the economic fallout.

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UK Guardian Suggests We Accept Corruption

The UK Guardian says it's time to accept corruption It seems that the UK Guardian has their own Emily Willingham (Forbes).

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John Rappoport - New Vaccines Will Permanently Alter Human DNA

From the "what could possibly go wrong?" files, John Rappoport brings us the following....

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Six Lethal Sins of CDC - A Toxic Legacy of Lies

A Toxic Legacy of Lies If you think the Washington establishment has upset most Americans this election year read the following indictment on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....

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Jillian Skinner defends health department over handling of legionnaires' outbreak

Health Minister says she found out about a legionnaires' death on TV news.

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What's a melanoma? And how can I spot one?

We're a sunburnt country full of pale people, so it's important to try and keep out of the sun and regularly check your skin for anything unusual.

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Obesity On The Rise In Indonesia

Indonesia is experiencing both under- and over-nutrition at the same time, prompting researchers to call for a public health policy overhaul.

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Lettuce Grown Under LED Lights Have Lower Nitrates

To grow lettuce with more antioxidants and less nitrates, simply expose to continuous red-blue and green LED light for 24 hours.

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How Insulin Resistance Leads to Diabetes

Both prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is now accepted to be closely associated with the accumulation of fat within our muscle cells. This fat toxicity inside of our muscles is a major factor in the cause of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, as it interferes with the […]

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Why Is it So Hard For Us to Get Enough Sleep?

Small changes, beginning with dispelling the collective delusion that less sleep equals more productivity, can lead to big life shifts and make for a complete sleep revolution

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Lyme Disease and Your Pets - What’s True and What’s Not

Ticks! Just the thought of them makes me shudder. These creepy members of the arachnid family are tiny — except when they’re bloated with blood — but mighty when it comes to spreading bacterial parasites that cause disease. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and tularemia are among the diseases that can be caused by […]

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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
A healthy and diverse gut bacteria is important for health. However, an overgrowth of this bacteria in the small intestine – known as SIBO – can cause serious problems. This article takes a detailed look at SIBO and which dietary changes are scientifically shown to help. What is SIBO? Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a digestive disorder characterized by excessive […]

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How To Make Friends With Stress

A caveman out on a hunt or a soldier on the front line needs the stress response in his body in order to have the energy to fight; the anticipation of the life-or-death experience puts his entire physiology into a state of red alert. So from a positive perspective, stress enables us to meet challenges […]

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What Do You Do When Instead of Encouragement and Inspiration for Weight Loss You Receive a Negative Comment

People who try different hacks and diets for weight loss, look for encouragement and inspiration from friends. But what if instead of encouragement and inspiration you get a negative comment, despite what you do helps you to lose weight?

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Why these women drink an experimental drink while pregnant?

About 1800 women, in Auckland, Singapore and England, have decided to partake in a study with a use of a drink meant to be consumed pre-pregnancy and during pregnancy.

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13 Peppermint Oil Uses to Reduce Pain, Give you Energy, Relieve Allergies, and More

Peppermint oil is a fantastic essential oil to begin using right away. There is a plethora of uses for it, and you will be shocked at how many ways it can help you. There is basically no reason not to try peppermint oil because it is 100% natural and has no side effects. The more you can use natural home remedies the more your body will thank you in the long run.

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Grapefruit - A Superfood weight loss aid

Grapefruit is considered a fat burning superfood that aids in weight loss. Here is how it aids weight loss.

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Why DON’T healthcare workers wash their hands? Medics' 'resistance to change and a culture of mediocrity in hospitals' puts millions at risk of infection each year

Professor Sanjay Saint from Michigan University said two million people contract hospital infections every year, with 100,000 of dying. Yet still, 40 per cent of medics refuse to comply with hand washing guides.

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People who go abroad have higher vitamin D protecting them from cancer

A University of Edinburgh study people over 60 years of age who took regular foreign holidays fared best. - as did farmers, who spent the most time in the sun.

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Shift work DOES mess with your mind but damage can be reversed

Swedish scientists found shift workers needed more time to complete a test that screens for cognitive impairment, including difficulty remembering, learning and concentrating and decision making.

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Ebola 'passed on by breastfeeding', adding weight to fears virus can lurk in survivors

Scientists at the Wellcome Trust and Cambridge University identified cases where the deadly virus was passed from mother to child via breast milk, and a survivor who passed the virus sexually a month after recovering.

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Being busy gives you a sharper mind and better memory

Packing more into the day increases the opportunity to learn new things, stimulating and challenging the brain, claim University of Texas researchers.

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Exposing unborn baby to common chemical 'may raise risk of obesity'

Seven-year-olds exposed to higher concentrations of BPA in the womb had more fat tissue, say Columbia University researchers. Programming of the child’s metabolism may be to blame.

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Are GERMS to blame for type 1 diabetes?

Findings from a Cardifff University study show how killer T-cells, a type of white blood cell that normally protect against germs, are activated to destroy the cells that produce insulin.

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Revealed, the 'hidden killers' that could send you to an early grave

Chicago University experts found factors such as broken bones, loneliness, sense of smell and sleep affect whether someone will live a long and healthy life just as much as medical conditions.

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The key to easing migraines, wear SUNGLASSES

A Harvard study has revealed pure green light significantly reduces the light sensitivity, that is a frequent symptom of migraine headaches, paving the way for special sunglasses to block all but a band of green light.

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Antibiotics got rid of her chest infection - but Jane says they destroyed her health

'Within four days of taking the first tablet, every joint, muscle and bone in my body felt like they were on fire,' recalls Jane, who lives in Romford, Essex.

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Number of teenagers being treated for alcohol poisoning is rising

Alcohol poisoning among girls is driving up the numbers of teenagers treated for a harmful substance, research suggests. Experts found a 27 per cent rise in treatments for poison.

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Green tea's antioxidant properties have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects

In a month-long study, women given a green tea supplement, equivalent to a glass of the tea a day, had less acne than a placebo group.

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Pill that takes good bacteria to the gut could help relieve pain of IBS

The pill is heat-activated - it's coated in hypromellose, a material that dissolves when it reaches the relatively warmer fluid in the intestine.

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Freezing their lungs can help ex-smokers breathe more easily in ME AND MY OPERATION

Jayne Hewitt, 49, from London, was the first person in the UK to undergo it, as she tells ADRIAN MONTI.

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Want to keep your brain in gear? Switch off your satnav

While such technology is undoubtedly wonderful, what worries me is that we have all become too dependent on it.

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Why you mustn't shy away from the hardest conversation of your life

Death, for most people, is a rumour - something that happens to others, far away. But it is, of course, the last thing you will 'do' or which will happen to you.

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Physical activity is 'magic bullet' for pandemics of obesity and heart disease

Professors at Florida Atlantic University note a brisk, 20-minute walk each day burns around 700 calories over the course of a week and results in a 30 to 40 per cent lower risk of heart disease.

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Could POLIO help cure cancer? Therapy harnessing the virus 'destroys brain tumors'

Experts at Duke University found a genetically modified version of the polio virus infects cancer cells, removing their protective shield, that hides them from the immune system, allowing the body to kill it off.

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Spring is in the Air – Oh No, Wait … It’s Pollution Caused by Cow Poop

According to the study's findings, farms are the number one source of fine-particulate air pollution in the U.S., Europe, Russia, and China.

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Why Chefs Across America are Being Urged to Ditch Meat and Get Creative With Plant-Based Protein

The Culinary Institute of America wants chefs to rethink the way they look at meat.

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How the Tourism Industry Exploits Wild Animals for Profit and What You Can Do to Stop This!

As an investigator, I’m trained to act a cover persona, a tourist in this instance. And so I’ve had to view these shows with some level of "enthusiasm," as the rest of the tourists were, to blend in.

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If The Oceans Could Speak, This Is What They Would Say…

The oceans are crying out for help, and we've got to CrushPlastic to save them!

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Feeling connected to social groups gives people a mood boost

Researchers from Nottingham Trent University focused on how connected people felt to certain groups, measuring the impact this had on their happiness and life satisfaction (stock image).

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Feeding oregano herb to cows can reduce greenhouse gases in their farts and burps

Oregano is being fed to cattle by researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark in the hope that it will reduce the methane they produce. Methane is 23 times more harmful to the atmosphere than CO2.

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Huge DNA study tracks how the British have changed since the Romans were in charge

Researchers at Stanford University in California, have been able to track subtle changes in genes (illustrated) over just a few thousand years, and link them to physical traits across the population.

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Female sexuality is 'more fluid' than male claims new study

Evolutionary psychologist Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa proposes that sexual fluidity arose in women as a mechanism for reducing conflict and tension among co-wives in polygyamous marriages.

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Scientists say they suffer 'ethical amnesia' when remembering past digressions

A recent study in the United States found that people commonly exhibit a phenomenon known as ‘unethical amnesia’ when recalling memories that they are not proud of, making them less vivid.

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Complex organisms emerged on Earth a billion years earlier than previously believed

Geologists at the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources have found distinct shapes found in mudstone deposits in China may be the remains of early eukaryotic life.

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How dogs can navigate home by using magnetic fields to help them navigate

Dr Jacqueline Boyd, a lecturer in animal science at Nottingham Trent University, has explained just how dogs like Pero (pictured) can navigate long distances in an article for The Conversation.

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One in ten people admit they look at their phone during sex

US-based researchers designed a two-week experimental study to investigate the extent to which phones intrude on people's lives, and found one in ten people check their phone during sex.

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Feeling stressed? Do some gardening!

Researchers at University College London (UCL) said we should all consider spending a bit more time getting dirty to relieve stress (stock image shown).

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Expert reveals the science behind what makes us itch

You can feel pain inside your stomach, but it never itches. It is one of the differences between pain and itching that scientists from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore are trying to understand.

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We spend more time on Netflix than with friends, exercising or reading — combined

If you spend more time watching Netfilx than you do with your friends – you’re not alone. Statistics reveal fans spend twice as much watching Netflix than with friends and 6 times more than exercising.

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Hayley Lepps - Number of Scottish adults with asthma on the rise

According to charity Asthma UK, in Scotland 368,000 people are currently receiving treatment for the disease.

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Florida Proposes Tripling Amount Of Benzene That Can Be Polluted Into State Waters

Under the revised standards, allowable amounts of the carcinogen benzene would increase three-fold.

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Colorado Legalizes Rain Barrels

The state legalized recreational use of marijuana before a commonplace water conservation tool.

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Health Advocates Worry About The Rapidly Increasing Cost Of ‘Opioid Overdose Antidote’

Some versions of naloxone are 17 times more expensive than they were two years ago.

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Laptops in class do more harm than good for smart students, study suggests

The smartest students' scores were more harmed by using a laptop or tablet than their counterparts who were not using technology.

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Converting cells to burn fat, not store it

Researchers have uncovered a new molecular pathway for stimulating the body to burn fat – a discovery that could help fight obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

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Family Rejection May More Than Triple Suicide Attempt Risk by Transgender Individuals

Family rejection increases the risk of two critical health outcomes that are common among transgender individuals-suicide attempts and substance misuse-according to a new study published in LGBT Health, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com/).

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Physicians Are More Likely to Use Hospice and Intensive Care at End of Life

New research suggests that US physicians are more likely to use hospice and intensive or critical care units in the last months of life than non-physicians. Hospitalization rates were similar.

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Designing dementia friendly care homes

As the population ages and demography changes, the UK is facing an unprecedented challenge of how to care for and support its older people. Under the supervision of Associate Professor Jan Wiener, one of BU’s PhD students, Mary O’Malley, has been exploring how people with dementia learn to navigate unfamiliar environments and what consequences this could have for dementia care home building guidelines.

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Technique improves the efficacy of fuel cells

Fuel cells, which generate electricity from chemical reactions without harmful emissions, have the potential to power everything from cars to portable electronics, and could be cleaner and more efficient than combustion engines.

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Cooling cows efficiently with water spray - Behavioral, physiological, and production responses to sprinklers at the feed bunk

Using low-flow cooling systems can reduce water use without compromising animal welfare, say experts in the Journal of Dairy Science®

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Can Fluids from Fracking Escape into Groundwater?

A new study looks at how fluids related to hydraulic fracturing-or "fracking"-can escape into aquifers via nearby leaky abandoned wells.

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Green buildings - is the market ready to pay more for them?

Certifications for sustainable construction materials and buildings are amply available. But to what extent is the market ready to invest in them?

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Technique improves the efficacy of fuel cells

Solid oxide fuel cells, which rely on low- cost ceramic materials, are among the most efficient and promising type of fuel cell. Now, researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have found a way to harness the quantum behavior of these fuel cells to make them even more efficient and robust. In doing so, they've observed a new type of phase transition in an oxide material.

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Regular exercise at any age might stave off Alzheimer's

Research from the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences was able to demonstrate a positive correlation between fitness and blood flow to areas of the brain where the hallmark tangles and plaques of Alzheimer's disease pathology are usually first detected, indicating a possibility that regular exercise could stave off AD symptoms.

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Did the Medieval warm period welcome Vikings to Greenland?

For many years, scientists have pondered if the Vikings' diaspora to Greenland was made easier by the warmer temperatures of the Medieval Warm Period. Climate data extracted from shells had indicated that this warm period extended to Greenland, but new research looking at glacial movements and using isotope data from terminal moraines suggests this may not necessarily be so.

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ASHG opposes revised EEOC regulations weakening genetic privacy

The American Society of Human Genetics opposes the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) newly revised Regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). 'These revisions will significantly weaken the patient privacy protections in the ADA and GINA,' said Derek T. Scholes, Ph.D., ASHG Director of Science Policy.

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Improving natural killer cancer therapy
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a potential way to 'tune up' the immune system's ability to kill cancer cells.In a PNAS paper, they describe their discovery in mice of a tolerance mechanism that restrains the activity of natural killer (NK) cells, and a potential way to overcome it.

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HIV vaccine design should adapt as HIV virus mutates

Researchers from UAB, Emory and Microsoft demonstrate that HIV has evolved to be pre-adapted to the immune response, worsening clinical outcomes in newly infected patients.

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Children with and without multiple sclerosis have differences in gut bacteria

In a recent study, children with multiple sclerosis had differences in the abundance of specific gut bacteria than children without the disease. Certain types of bacteria were either more or less abundant in children with multiple sclerosis. In particular, there was an association between multiple sclerosis and an increase in gut bacteria that have been linked to inflammation and a decrease in gut bacteria that are considered anti-inflammatory.

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Antipsychotic drugs are linked with an increased risk of heart attacks

A review of nine observational studies found evidence supporting an increased risk of heart attacks in patients taking antipsychotic drugs. The review expands previous knowledge by demonstrating an increased and more pronounced risk in short-term users of these medications.

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Why is female sexuality more flexible than male sexuality?

A new evolutionary theory argues that women may have been evolutionarily designed to be sexually fluid -- changing their sexual desires and identities from lesbian, to bisexual, to heterosexual and back again -- in order to allow them to have sex with their co-wives in polygamous marriages, therefore reducing conflict and tension inherent in such marriages while at the same time successfully reproducing with their husbands in heterosexual unions.

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Farms have become a major air-pollution source

A new study says that emissions from farms outweigh all other human sources of fine-particulate air pollution in much of the United States, Europe, Russia and China. The culprit: fumes from nitrogen-rich fertilizers and animal waste that combine in the air with industrial emissions to form solid particles -- a huge source of disease and death. The good news: if industrial emissions decline in coming decades, as most projections say, fine-particle pollution will go down even if fertilizer use doubles as expected.

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NIH-funded study reveals how differences in male and female brains emerge

Nematode worms may not be from Mars or Venus, but they do have sex-specific circuits in their brains that cause the males and females to act differently. According to new research published in Nature, scientists have determined how these sexually dimorphic (occurring in either males or females) connections arise in the worm nervous system. The research was funded by the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

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Coal shipping threat to Great Barrier Reef

Australian researchers have raised fresh concerns that a major shipping disaster could harm the Great Barrier Reef, with new research revealing coal dust in seawater can kill corals and slow down the growth rate of seagrasses and fish.

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Second gene modifies effect of mutation in a dog model of ALS

Canine Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) is a neurodegenerative disease in dogs with similarities to ALS in humans. Scientists at Uppsala University, SciLifeLab and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Missouri, have discovered a modifier gene that affects the risk of developing DM in Pembroke Welsh Corgis (PWC). The study is published in PNAS this week.

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E. coli 'anchors' provide novel way to hijack superbugs

Australian scientists may have found a way to stop deadly bacteria from infecting patients. The discovery could lead to a whole new way of treating antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs.' The researchers have uncovered what may be an Achilles heel on the bacteria cell membrane that could act as a potential novel drug target.

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Russian researchers developed an ecological method for cleaning lakes from oil

The technology, developed by TSU, best suited for lakes with thick sediments: stony, clay or sandy bottom. This method allows cleaning both sediments and water and there are no any restrictions on the depth of the pond.

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Clues to ancient giant asteroid found in Australia

Scientists have found evidence of a huge asteroid that struck the Earth early in its life with an impact larger than anything humans have experienced.Tiny glass beads called spherules, found in north-western Australia were formed from vaporized material from the asteroid impact, 3.46 billion years ago.

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Physical activity is 'magic bullet' for pandemics of obesity and cardiovascular disease

The statistics on regular physical activity in the United States are bleak; only about 20 percent of Americans (23 percent of men and 18 percent of women) engage in recommended levels of regular physical activity and about 64 percent never do any physical activity. In Europe, the statistics are not much better with only 33 percent who engage in physical activity with some regularity, while 42 percent never do any physical activity.

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What foods can help fight the risk of chronic inflammation?

A new study by the University of Liverpool's Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease has identified food stuffs that can help prevent chronic inflammation that contributes to many leading causes of death.

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COPD symptoms common among smokers, even when undiagnosed

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that smokers, who wouldn't typically be diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are still showing symptoms consistent with the diagnosis.

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Ocean bacteria are programmed to alter climate gases

SAR11, the most abundant plankton in the world's oceans, are pumping out massive amounts of two sulfur gases that play important roles in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Polluted dust can impact ocean life thousands of miles away, study says

As climatologists closely monitor the impact of human activity on the world's oceans, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found yet another worrying trend impacting the health of the Pacific Ocean.

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Immunization with bacteria promotes stress resilience, coping behaviors in mice

Injections of the soil bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae (M. vaccae NCTC 11659) promote stress resilience and improve coping behaviors in mice, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Physical activity associated with lower risk for many cancers

Higher levels of leisure-time physical activity were associated with lower risks for 13 types of cancers, according to a new study published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Attending religious services associated with lower risk of death in women

Frequently attending religious services was associated with a lower risk of death for women from all causes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, according to a new study published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

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New stem cell pathway indicates route to much higher yields in maize, staple crops

Biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have made an important discovery that helps explain how plants regulate the proliferation of their stem cells. The discovery has near-term implications for increasing the yield of maize and many other staple crops, perhaps by as much as 50 percent.

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Tiny ocean organism has big role in climate regulation

Scientists have discovered that a tiny, yet plentiful, ocean organism is playing an important role in the regulation of the Earth's climate.

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Frequent religious service attendance linked with decreased mortality risk among women

Women who attended religious services more than once per week were more than 30 percent less likely to die during a 16-year-follow-up than women who never attended, according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Frequent attendees also had significantly lower risk both from cardiovascular- and cancer-related mortality.

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Pollution resulting from burning fossil fuels reaches the open ocean via the atmosphere

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are pollutants which come from burning fossil fuels, fires, oil spillages, and other anthropogenic and natural sources. They are transported from continental land masses to the open ocean via the atmosphere. Scientists from the Malaspina expedition, led by the Spanish National Research Institute, have highlighted the importance of knowing about the dynamics of these contaminants in order to understand their effects on both oceanic ecosystems and the global carbon cycle.

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Mom's voice activates many different regions in children's brains, Stanford study shows

A far wider swath of brain areas is activated when children hear their mothers than when they hear other voices, and this brain response predicts a child's social communication ability, a new study finds.

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New cancer immunotherapy approach combines tumor fighting power with fewer side effects

Basic research into the dual nature of certain immune system cells has set the stage for a new approach to cancer immunotherapy that avoids some of the shortcomings associated with other methods, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report in a new study.

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Redefining health and well-being in America's aging population

Chronological age itself plays almost no role in accounting for differences in older people's health and well-being, according to a new, large-scale study by a multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Chicago.

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Canada's plans to legalize marijuana contravene UN's international conventions

The Canadian government's plan to legalize marijuana contravenes its current legal obligations to the United Nation's international drug-control conventions, states a commentary in CMAJ.

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Metals released by burning fuel oil may damage children's developing lungs

A new study investigating the health impact of the chemical components of air pollution is reporting that two metals, nickel and vanadium (Ni and V), may be damaging to the developing lungs of children. The results were presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

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Lowering target blood pressure would save lives and money

A study from Columbia University Medical Center found that lowering blood pressure goals for people with cardiovascular risk factors could save tens of thousands of lives annually and reduce costs.

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Study finds non-narcotic nerve block controls children's pain, shortens hospital stays

A Mayo Clinic study has found an effective way to control pain following minimally invasive surgery to correct a congenital condition called pectus excavatum. Children are sent home with catheters that infuse a non-narcotic nerve-blocking drug called a paravertebral blockade. Use of the blocks shortens hospital stays and reduces opioid use after surgery.

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Exposure to 50Hz-sinusoidal electromagnetic field induces DNA damage-independent autophagy.

As electromagnetic field (EMF) is commonly encountered within our daily lives, the biological effects of EMF are of great concern.

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Whoops? CIA Watchdog 'Mistakenly' Destroys Its Sole Copy of Senate Torture Report

Following a long battle to release the probe, some worry that the report could vanish altogether.

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Charles Koch's Disturbing High School Economics Project Teaches 'Sacrificing Lives for Profits'

Is Koch Industries behind your university or grade schools economics curriculum?

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How America Can Avoid a Zika Virus Crisis

America can avoid a Zika virus crisis with a few simple changes in reproductive health care policies and individual choices.

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Researchers Discover a Scary Side-Effect of One of America's Most Popular Painkillers

If genuine concern for other people is really putting a damper on your day, Johnson & Johnson has a solution for you.

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Sleep Deprivation Leaves No Physical Scars, But It's Torture—How California Prisons Are Dehumanizing Inmates

In this episode of Rattling the Bars,TRNN producer Eddie Conway examines the institutional practice of sleep deprivation in California state prisons.

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'Deep concern' over cancer drug funding

Fifteen cancer charities say they are "deeply concerned" about new plans for approving innovative cancer medicines for the NHS in England.

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Holistic Doctor Found Dead After Missing For Weeks

It brings me no joy to break the news of yet another doctor, found dead.

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Lyme disease patients hope conference fixes 'woefully inadequate' healthcare

Canadians living with Lyme disease say they hope a national conference in Ottawa helps fix the many issues they see with the way Canada diagnoses and treats the disease.

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Do We Really Need Mental Health Professionals?

Professionals across the Western world, from a range of disciplines, earn their livings by offering services to reduce the misery and suffering of the people who seek their help.

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Are Psychiatrists Playing God?

Psychiatrists have a long and terrible history of destroying people in the name of curing them.

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Daughter of a Psychiatrist

Here I was, 15 years old and already in a long-term treatment facility.

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Consciousness Revealed – Revolutionary Implications for Psychiatry

The billions of dollars of research into fictitious brain diseases, which traces apparently faulty genes or neurotransmitters, is a fruitless enterprise looking in all the wrong places.

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West Coast cities sue Monsanto to pay for chemical cleanup.

Cities take a new tack to fight pollutants: targeting companies who make them.

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Queensland's mangrove ecosystem dying in secret.

There have been large scale diebacks of mangrove trees in the Gulf of Carpentaria for months and scientist have only just noticed as they are in the most remote areas of Queensland.

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Chile to examine possible link between salmon industry, red tide.

A team of scientists will determine if salmon producers dumping tons of dead fish into the Pacific contributed to a massive "red tide" that is wreaking havoc among fishermen in southern Chile, the government said on Friday.

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Pennsylvania puts its lagging cleanup on a 'pollution diet.'

Pennsylvania is making up for lost time on its commitments to clean up the nation's largest estuary.

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Britain accused of undermining tougher EU limits on killer air pollution.

The British government has been accused of trying to secretly undermine new EU air pollution targets in favour of big business, as leaked papers reveal that Tory MEPs were told to support a “get-out clause” in proposed laws.

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Tattoos have gone mainstream, but they still carry risks.

In an update for consumers posted this month, the Food and Drug Administration says it has received increasing reports of infections, allergic reactions and other adverse reactions linked to tattoos.

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Defective ‘breast cancer’ genes aren’t just dangerous for women. They’re also linked to aggressive cancer in men.

Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have long-established links to breast and ovarian cancer in women.

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How solar brought Muslims and Jews together in one West Bank village.

One nonprofit looks beyond politics to bring contentious groups together in the West Bank.

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Children living in agricultural areas are developing leukemia, brain tumors and other childhood cancers at an accelerated rate

(NaturalNews) Health problems in children have risen significantly in recent years, and the cause is primarily environmental.

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Taking Tylenol can dull your ability to care about others, research reveals

(NaturalNews) Tylenol doesn't just dull your perception of physical pain, it also dulls your ability to relate to the physical and emotional pain of others.

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Investigation - Yellow dye in clothing, maps and napkins contain cancer-causing PCBs

(NaturalNews) They're called polychlorinated biphenyls, and the Environmental Protection Agency banned them about 35 years ago.

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Organic marijuana labeling fails to pass in Colorado... Should clean weed qualify as 'organic?'

(NaturalNews) As people everywhere become more concerned about what they are putting into their bodies, the demand for organic products is rising dramatically.

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The miraculous nutrition of breast milk shown to improve brain development in premature babies

(NaturalNews) Brain growth and development, among many other crucial processes, are completed during the final months and weeks of pregnancy.

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Environmental groups sue EPA, demand it stop using fracking wastewater on farmland

(NaturalNews) Several environmental groups have joined forces to file a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to try to put a stop to the practice of using wastewater from fracking on farmland.Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, entails injecting large amounts...

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Quinine, the most popular and effective natural remedy for malaria

(NaturalNews) You probably won't hear the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the pharmaceutical industry, or the mainstream media mention this.

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Yoga shown to be an effective way to take control of your asthma

(NaturalNews) The overwhelming number of health benefits associated with the practice of yoga is widely documented and has been proven by a great many studies.

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Deadly superbugs are evolving across U.S. hospitals... Chemical medicine has NO answers (but natural medicine does!)

(NaturalNews) Superbugs are slowly taking over our world. Unless we take action, common infections could turn into unstoppable killers.

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Facebook's deliberate censorship of alternative news is nothing compared to Wikipedia's censorship of alternative medicine

(NaturalNews) The old maxim "There is no such thing as a free lunch" has taken on a whole new level of meaning in the internet age, particularly when applied to so-called "free" services like Facebook and Wikipedia.

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New Cancer Immunotherapy Approach Combines Tumor Fighting Power with Fewer Side Effects, Study Shows

Basic research into the dual nature of certain immune system cells has set the stage for a new approach to cancer immunotherapy that avoids some of the shortcomings associated with other methods, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report in a new study.

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Protecting Sea Turtles, Juvenile Sea Stars, Wildfires to Increase in Alaska, and more in the Environment News Source

Protecting Sea Turtles, Juvenile Sea Stars, Wildfires to Increase in Alaska, and more in the Environment News Source.

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Ocean Bacteria Are Programmed to Alter Climate Gases

SAR11, the most abundant plankton in the world's oceans, are pumping out massive amounts of two sulfur gases that play important roles in the Earth's atmosphere, researchers announced today in the journal Nature Microbiology.

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Metals Released by Burning Fuel Oil May Damage Children's Developing Lungs

A new study investigating the health impact of the chemical components of air pollution is reporting that two metals, nickel and vanadium (Ni and V), may be damaging to the developing lungs of children.

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High-Intensity Interval Training Workout Benefits

Are you still struggling to fit exercise into your regimen?

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Urine Dehydration - Are You Peeing Too Much?

Your body requires water to work well. In fact, up to 60 percent of your entire body is made of water, 83 percent of your lungs is water and 73 percent of your brain and heart are composed of water.

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We Need Regenerative Farming Not Geoengineering

Geoengineering has been back in the news recently after the US National Research Council endorsed a proposal to envelop the planet in a layer of sulphate aerosols to reduce solar radiation and cool the atmosphere.

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Pepsi, Frito-Lay Quietly Adding GMO Ingredient Labels to Some Foods

Whether or not you agree with mandatory labeling for foods containing genetically modified or genetically engineered ingredients, the Vermont law requiring this information on food sold in that state will go into effect on the first of July.

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Breastfeeding Saves Lives but Cant Compete with Agressive Marketing

UNITED NATIONS - Despite its many lifesaving benefits breastfeeding still struggles to compete with the marketing used by the multi-billion dollar baby formula industry, according to a new report published this week.

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Lyme disease cases rising in Canada, climate change cited as a probable factor

An Ottawa conference on Lyme disease has been told the tick-borne illness is on the rise in Canada and global warming is likely partly responsible.

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Nebraska Farmers Sue Monsanto Alleging Roundup Gave Them Cancer

Four Nebraskan agricultural workers have filed a lawsuit against Monsanto alleging that

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8 Health Benefits of Coconut Water

Coconut water has become a very trendy beverage. It is tasty, refreshing and ...

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Trojan horses for hospital bugs

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that is frequently found on the human skin and in the nose where it usually behaves inconspicuously.

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Pollution resulting from burning fossil fuels reaches the open ocean via the atmosphere

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are pollutants which come from burning fossil fuels, fires, oil spillages, and other anthropogenic and natural sources.

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Reviving Memory With An Electrical Current

While still experimental, deep brain stimulation with implanted electrodes is being tested as a way to ease dementia in patients with Alzheimer's and other neurological conditions.

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Above All, Autism, When It Comes to the Microbiome and the Immune System

Autism is a complex spectrum of disorders that share three classic features - impaired communication, poor social engagement and repetitive behaviors....

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White House Acknowledges Microbiome Brain Gut Connection in Disease

Have we "hygiened" ourselves into abject chronic illness? Has our quest to eradicate bacteria and viruses backfired?

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Smoking rates are falling but older people are smoking as much as ever, NSW Health data finds

Rusted-on older smokers are resisting stubbing out their cigarettes, as younger generations drive a dramatic drop in smoking rates, NSW Health data reveals.

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Antidepressants not as effective as previously thought, say doctors

Australian doctors are being urged to scale back their prolific prescription of antidepressants as more research suggests the drugs have been oversold.

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Melatonin Suppresses Activity Of Brain Tumor Stem-Like Cells

The ‘sleep hormone’ melatonin directly targets stem-like cells of glioblastomas by altering their biology and inhibiting their ability to multiply.

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DIY Natural Pre-Poo Spray

Ok, so the reality is, everyone's poo stinks, but the bathroom doesn't have to be destroyed and inhabitable for an hour either by poo stink or the toxic or harsh smell of most post poo deodorant sprays.

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What Happens to Your Body When You Quit Dairy?

According to the USDA, the average American consumes 36 pounds of cheese, 200 pounds of milk and cream, and 24 pounds of ice cream or frozen dairy products annually.

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Vitamin C - Everything You Need to Know

Just around Christmas in 2008, JetBlue gave out free packets of Airborne (the immunity supplement du jour at the time) to weary travelers.

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The Key to Getting Plenty of Iron in Your Vegan Diet

Most seasoned vegans know all about the importance of supplementing their diets with B12, but we may overlook the deficiency that the World Health Organization considers “the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world.”

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A Brief History of Sex-Positivity

Do you, or does someone you know, identify as “sex-positive?”

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The Simple Secret To Losing Weight and Keeping It off with Right Nutrition

Every day I hear someone ask me, “How can I lose weight quickly?”

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Revealed, the 'hidden killers' that could send you to an early grave
Chicago University experts found factors such as broken bones, loneliness, sense of smell and sleep affect whether someone will live a long and healthy life just as much as medical conditions.

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Expert reveals how to prevent slumping at your desk from damaging your spine

Sitting at a desk all day can wreak havoc when it comes to posture.

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Exercise not diet IS the key to weight loss
Professors at Florida Atlantic University note a brisk, 20-minute walk each day burns around 700 calories over the course of a week and results in a 30 to 40 per cent lower risk of heart disease.

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Our Solar System Could Remain Habitable Long After Earth Is Destroyed

In a few billion years, the oceans will boil away and the atmosphere will burn up as our sun expands into a red giant.

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This Shocking Image Shows us the True Environmental Cost of Factory Farms

The massive waste lagoons produced by factory farms pose a serious threat to the environment.

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Children's brains light up at their mother's voice
The sound of a mother’s voice (illustrated by a stock picture) causes children’s brains to light up with activity, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine in California have found.

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Feeling stressed? Do some gardening!

Researchers at University College London (UCL) said we should all consider spending a bit more time getting dirty to relieve stress (stock image shown).

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Air pollution starving the oceans of oxygen
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found air pollution from East Asia has been majorly contributing to the falling oxygen levels in the Pacific Ocean for decades.

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World's largest FLOATING windfarm is coming to Scotland: Turbines will be placed in deep water to harness strongest winds

A total of five floating 6MW turbines will be tethered to the bottom of the seabed 16 miles (25km) off the coast of Peterhead in deeper water than any other development around the coast of the UK.

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The bugs that COOL the planet - Tiny bacteria could be the Earth's greatest defence against climate change

Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that a group of ocean bacteria (pictured) called Pelagibacterale form a feedback loop that helps to keep the planet cool.

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Should we avoid eating fat? The research is confusing

Researchers disagree on which, if any, fats are good for us. What should we believe?

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The Impact of Individual Anthropogenic Emissions Sectors on the Global Burden of Human Mortality due to Ambient Air Pollution
The contributions of emissions sectors to ambient air pollution-related mortality differ among regions, suggesting region-specific air pollution control strategies. Global sector-specific actions targeting Land Transportation (ozone) and Residential & Commercial (PM2.5) would particularly benefit human health.

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Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter and Self-Reported Hypertension
Long-term exposure to particulate matter was associated with small increases in risk of incident hypertension, especially among younger women and the obese.

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Urinary Concentrations of Bisphenol A and Phthalate Metabolites Measured during Pregnancy and Risk of Preeclampsia
Urinary concentrations of BPA and several phthalate metabolites were significantly associated with increased risk of preeclampsia. If validated, these results indicate an environmental contribution of endocrine disrupting chemicals to preeclampsia and poise a modifiable means to reduce the mortality and morbidity associated with this condition.

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Advancing Exposure Science through Chemical Data Curation and Integration in the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database
Curation and integration of exposure data within CTD provides researchers with new opportunities to correlate exposures with human health outcomes, identify underlying potential molecular mechanisms, and improve understanding about the exposome.

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Assessing the Association between Thermotolerant Coliforms in Drinking Water and Diarrhea
Our analysis of individual-level data shows increased risk of diarrhea with increasing levels of TTC in drinking water.

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Temporal Trends of Secondhand Smoke Exposure
During the period from 2001 to 2010, the overall SHS exposure in nonsmoking workers has declined with substantial decline in food preparation/service and blue-collar workers. Although disparities persist in SHS exposure, the gap among occupations has narrowed.

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Depression, Mental Distress and Domestic Conflict among Louisiana Women Exposed to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the WaTCH Study
This large population-based study of women in southern coastal Louisiana, a particularly disaster-prone area of the country, revealed high rates of poor mental health outcomes. Reported exposure to the DHOS was a significant predictor of these outcomes, suggesting avenues for future disaster mitigation through the provision of mental health services.

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Fructose alters brain chemistry
Consuming sugary foods and beverages may alter many genes in the brain, setting the stage for several diseases, including Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s, depression, bipolar disorder, heart disease and ADHD, among others.

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Global nuclear lobby escalating spin, in mainstream and in social media
With the continuing worldwide success of renewable energy, the nuclear lobby’s in a bit of a tizz – doing their best to win hearts and minds with some slick articles in mainstream media, touting nuclear as cure for climate change, spruiking small nukes, and downplaying radiation effects of Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Fukushima Five Years After - Health Researchers Turn Blind Eye to Casualties
Last month made five years since the nuclear plant at Fukushima, Japan suffered meltdowns. The release of highly toxic radiation from the reactors was enormous, on the level of the Chernobyl disaster a generation earlier.

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Biologist Dr. Timothy Mousseau on the decline of organisms in Chernobyl and Fukushima 2016

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At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
The largest nuclear disaster in history occurred 30 years ago at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what was then the Soviet Union.

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The Thorium Nuclear Dream – a critical assessment
There is quite some – sometimes tiresome – rhetoric of thorium enthusiasts. Let’s call them thor-bores. Their arguments have little merit but they refuse to go away.

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Radioactive material from Fukushima plant coming back to Japan in the Pacific
Prof. Aoyama from Institute of Environmental Radioactivity of Fukushima University reported that the radioactive material discharged from Fukushima plant circulated in the Pacific to come back to Japan offshore.

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Children Suffer Nuclear Impact Worldwide
Maggie Gundersen, Chiho Kaneko and Caroline Phillips of Fairewinds Energy Education discuss the nuclear risk concerns for children not only near the nuclear disaster sites of Fukushima-Dai-ichiin Japan and Chernobyl in Ukraine, formerly the Soviet Union, but globally where areas near all nuclear power plants are contaminated with radiation. Since mothers in Japan especially bear the responsibility to protect children, they experience greater hardships in an environment where just expressing one’s concern about radiation is seen as a treasonous act. Even 30 years later, the Belarus government recognizes the merits of relocating children away from radiation contaminated areas but the children of Japan are socially forced to stay put in highly contaminated areas.

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Koch brothers and power utilities connive to stop solar power
The Koch Brothers’ Dirty War on Solar Power All over the country, the Kochs and utilities have been blocking solar initiatives — but nowhere more so than in Florida.

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Genetic damage in children of nuclear test veterans
A total 562 Royal New Zealand Navy sailors served the British Nuclear Weapons Testing Programme in the Pacific in the 1950s. Nine times they were exposed to damaging levels of radiation.

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Lessons Not Learned From Fukushima
Fukushima independent journalist Hiroka Aihara talks about the failure to learn the lessons of Fukushima in the recent Kyushu earthquake in Japan. She also discusses how the government and the mass corporate media have refused to seriously cover the dangers of another Fukushima. Using the recently passed secrecy laws the government has repressed and silenced journalists. The Abe government has also said that everything has returned to "normality" and the Fukushima crisis is over.

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Young woman from Fukushima speaks out (part 1)
This interview was filmed on February 12, 2016, in Fukushima Prefecture. The young woman was 15 at the time of the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, and we are releasing this interview with her permission. She is one of the 166 Fukushima residents aged 18 or younger at the time of the nuclear disaster who has been diagnosed with or suspected of having thyroid cancer (as of February 2016).

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Uranium industry finally acknowledging its dire situation
Indicative of the uranium industry’s worldwide malaise, mining giant Cameco recently announced the suspension of production at Rabbit Lake and reduced production at McArthur River/Key Lake in Canada.

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Pro-nuclear trolls & disinformation
A few links to some articles dealing about about pro-nuclear trolls and their disinformation techniques.

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Big doubts about Bill Gates’ enthusiastic claims for nuclear power
Nuclear Power - Part of the Alternative Energy ‘Solution’?

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German pensioner claims to have found ‘Nazi nuclear bombs’
Using radar and 3D he claims he can prove two are atom bombs.

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