(NaturalNews) Hypothyroidism is diagnosed when a dysfunctional thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone for the body to function properly. Conventional medical doctors and naturopaths are discovering the lab tests for thyroid function are highly inaccurate and hypothyroidism…
(NaturalNews) Professor Frank Fenner says humanity is finished. It’s already too late to save ourselves from the suicidal future we’ve created where the ecosystem can no longer support human life. “We’re going to become extinct,” the scientist says. “Whatever we do now is too late…
(NaturalNews) Throughout history, there have been plenty of examples of quack medicine that after being accepted and institutionalized for a time was later exposed as a fraud. A perfect example of this is the heinous practice of bloodletting, one of the longest running traditions…
(NaturalNews) Welcome to America, where freedoms exist… so long as they fall under the accusations and demands set forth by the government. Question it, and you’re treated like a criminal.Summerville, Oregon, ranchers Ava Denton and Ross Painter know all too well about this…
(NaturalNews) Most Americans are probably not familiar with the industry term astroturfing – the practice of hiding or masking the sponsors of a particular message, be it in public relations, political or in advertising – to give the appearance that it is supported by…
(NaturalNews) While most people who drink diet soda probably know it isn’t the healthiest choice, they still may be under the mistaken impression that it will keep their weight down. Scientific studies emphasize this is not true.This was made clear in a recent study published…
(NaturalNews) A new study indicates that avocados, which are often hailed for various health benefits including packing plenty of vitamins and being good for skin, could also play a role in helping fight a rare form of leukemia.As reported by the UK’s Independent, Professor Paul…
(NaturalNews) Censored and heavily redacted emails[PDF] from U.S. government scientists and officials reveal that there were major concerns among American policymakers shortly after the devastating Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in March 2011 that there would be…
(NaturalNews) Carrageenan is a “natural” food additive derived from red seaweed and processed with a chemical to neutralize its acidity. Introduced to the food industry in the 1930s, carrageenan is a popular ingredient added to foods as a thickening agent to improve the texture and…
(NaturalNews) Passionate about health and the great outdoors, Coloradans are insistent on producing more food locally, a move that would greatly reduce carbon footprints, provide more transparency and supply communities with fresh produce year-round.While commercial food production…
For the first time since they’ve polled people on the Affordable Care Act, more Americans like Obamacare than dislike it, according to a CBS/New York Times poll. And an overwhelming majority of citizens like the tax subsidies. Most feel the law works but could be improved with changes. The change they want is different from what opponents…
A young mother in Texas who holds down two jobs but doesn’t have health insurance is in the fight of her life—doing battle with not just the necrotizing fasciitis that has already claimed the vision in her left eye but also with her $100,000 medical bill.
Imagine being on a plane and being told the jet is out of fuel, and you have to now prepare for a crash. Now imagine what’s going on in your head.
(Reuters) – A Kansas judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a law that would ban a common second trimester abortion procedure from taking effect next week, the Topeka Capital Journal newspaper reported.
U.S. House Speaker Boehner said on Wednesday Republicans have made no decision whether to attempt another repeal of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law using budget reconciliation procedures that are aimed at easing passage. Boehner, speaking to reporters after the Supreme Court upheld the nationwide availability of tax subsidies crucial to the Affordable Care Act’s implementation, said there may be other efforts to make healthcare changes. “Listen, Obamacare is fundamentally broken,”
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – Eli Lilly has won a patent case in the Court of Appeal in London over its blockbuster Alimta lung cancer drug, boosting prospects for future sales and dealing a blow to generic challenger Actavis, now renamed Allergan. Alimta generated worldwide sales of $2.79 billion for Lilly last year, making the medicine its biggest-selling product. The verdict, which reverses a 2014 decision by the English
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge on Thursday blocked the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on an abortion procedure that opponents refer to as “dismemberment abortion.”
By Aamir Saeed ISLAMABAD (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sabir Majeed, 59, had been fasting for Ramadan amid Karachi’s 45-degree Celsius heat wave when he became dehydrated and fainted Monday afternoon. It was already packed with heatstroke patients and when a doctor came to see him after 30 to 40 minutes, he was pronounced dead,” said his wailing wife Shabana Majeed, a resident of Karachi’s Orangi Town, a largely poor district.
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Barack Obama a major victory on Thursday by upholding tax subsidies crucial to his signature healthcare law, with Chief Justice John Roberts saying Congress clearly intended for them to be available in all 50 states. The court ruled on a 6-3 vote that the 2010 Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, did not restrict the subsidies to
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans wanted the Supreme Court to side with the government on whether the federal government could continue subsidizing insurance premiums in all 50 states under President Barack Obama’s health care law, according to polls conducted before the justices’ ruling Thursday.
