Women who work as cleaners or regularly use cleaning sprays or other cleaning products at home appear to experience a greater decline in lung function over time than women who do not clean, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Cleaning at Home […]
Cancer ‘Vaccine’ Eliminates Tumors In Mice
Injecting minute amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors in mice can eliminate all traces of cancer in the animals, including distant, untreated metastases, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The approach works for many different types of cancers, including those that arise spontaneously, the study […]
Curcumin Improves Memory And Mood
Lovers of Indian food, give yourselves a second helping: Daily consumption of a certain form of curcumin — the substance that gives Indian curry its bright color — improved memory and mood in people with mild, age-related memory loss, according to the results of a study conducted by UCLA researchers. The research, published online Jan. […]
Engineers Create Plants That Glow
Imagine that instead of switching on a lamp when it gets dark, you could read by the light of a glowing plant on your desk. MIT engineers have taken a critical first step toward making that vision a reality. By embedding specialized nanoparticles into the leaves of a watercress plant, they induced the plants to […]
Toddlers On Amphetamine: History Of Big Pharma And The Major Players Documentary
Toddlers on Amphetamine: History of Big Pharma and the Major Players documents the full history of allopathic medicine, the hidden history of what we call “big pharma,” and how the world generally came to be the way it is today. It examines the history of chemicals, poison in particular, disease, power, and psychopathy. This free […]
Fast Food Makes The Immune System More Aggressive In The Long Term
The immune system reacts similarly to a high fat and high calorie diet as to a bacterial infection. Unhealthy food seems to make the body’s defenses more aggressive in the long term. Even long after switching to a healthy diet, inflammation towards innate immune stimulation is more pronounced. These changes may be involved in the […]
Cancer Targeted With Reusable ‘Stinging Nettle’ Treatment
Cancer cells can be destroyed more effectively and selectively with a unique new reusable treatment, activated with a substance found in stinging nettles and ants — thanks to new research by the University of Warwick. Led by Professor Peter J. Sadler from Warwick’s Department of Chemistry, researchers have developed a new line of attack against […]
New Research Suggests Common Herbicides Are Linked To Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotics are losing their ability to kill bacteria. One of the main reasons for the rise in antibiotic resistance is the improper use of antibiotics, but our latest research shows that the ingredients in commonly-used weed killers like Round-up and Kamba can also cause bacteria to become less susceptible to antibiotics. Herbicides induce gene activity Already, about […]
Study Finds Trace Amounts Of Radiation In Migratory Salmon From Columbia River
Fukushima radiation continues to contaminate West Coast fish. In early December, a number of news agencies reported seaborne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear plant was detected in the Pacific Ocean along on the West Coast. The plant, which first leaked radiation into the Pacific in 2011 following a massive earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly […]
Trump Eats McDonald’s So He Doesn’t Get Poisoned
President Trump doesn’t just deliberately avoid using the White House’s gourmet kitchen for McDonald’s because he prefers fast food — he’s also paranoid about being poisoned, according to a new book. “[Trump] had a longtime fear of being poisoned, one reason why he liked to eat at McDonald’s — nobody knew he was coming and […]