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Top ways reishi mushrooms kill cancer cells

(NaturalNews) Reishi mushrooms have been valued in the East for thousands of years due to the benefits they can bring to human health. Low immunity levels can make people vulnerable, not only to things like viral or bacterial infections, but also to serious conditions like cancer…

Panera bans over 150 additives from its food

(NaturalNews) As more people are becoming aware of the foods they eat and demanding more high-quality, healthy ingredients, restaurant chains are taking note and following suit. Among them is Panera, the most recent food outlet to get on board the good health train.Panera announced…

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Idaho laws restricting abortions are unconstitutional: appeals court

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An Idaho law that prohibits abortions of fetuses twenty or more weeks after fertilization is unconstitutional, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday. The ruling, from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, also struck down an Idaho law which required that all second trimester abortions occur in a hospital. (Reporting by Dan Levine)

Hollande, Merkel call for rapid implementation of Minsk agreement

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to rapidly implement measures agreed under the Feb. 12 Minsk ceasefire, Hollande’s office said in a statement. Hollande said he and Merkel had spoken on the phone with Putin early on Friday afternoon and told him they want to see concrete results from four working groups that were set up on May 6 to

'Chaotic picture' as funding gap threatens WHO operations in Iraq

By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 3 million refugees and displaced Iraqis could be denied life-saving healthcare as the World Health Organization (WHO) scrambles to secure $60 million to fund their operations in the country to the end of the year. Without the money, healthcare providers in Iraq funded by the WHO and its partners could be forced to stop services — including primary healthcare, disease

Live anthrax found in U.S. military shipment to Australia: source

Live anthrax has been found in a 2008 sample sent to Australia from the same U.S. Army facility identified this week for more recent, mistaken shipments to nine U.S. states and an air base in South Korea, a U.S. defense official said on Friday. The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not know what kind of facility in Australia received the sample, which, like the others, was

When Paternalism Doesn't Work for Patients

“Does there have to be someone watching me?” Paula had asked the question as I was examining her. She was referring to the woman sitting in her hospital room, a “sitter.” Paula had been in the hospital for days with a skin infection that was not healing. Earlier that morning, her nurse noticed a few pills covered underneath Paula’s bed sheets….