Category: Medicine
The Benefits of Adding Wheat Germ to Your Diet
Wheat germ is the wheat plant’s embryo, which means it is also its most nutritious part, providing all the elements needed for the new plant to develop. The other two components of the kernel are the fibrous outer shell called… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Videos
High Raw Diet: The Definition and the Benefits
Raw foods are a popular diet choice for people who are conscious about their health as well as their environment. If you’ve been considering this vegan approach but aren’t quite ready to go 100% raw, you might want to try… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Videos
Artemisia The New Cancer Herb
Artemisia Annua, the Herb of the Year for 2014, also called wormwood, has been used for centuries in China. It was a lost herbal therapy until rediscovered in ancient manuscripts in 1970’s. It has and still is used for treatment… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Science, Science & Tech
Astaxanthin – The God Carotenoid
There are over 600 known carotenoids. They are vastly different in their structure and health benefits but they have been grossly under researched. One fact remains though, “People consuming diets rich in carotenoids from natural foods are healthier and… 0 Shares | | Posted in Environment, Fitness, Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine
Herbalist: Careers in this Field are Blooming
Have you ever thought you’d love to have the wisdom of the sages of old that knew what plants were good for what ailments? I’ve been searching for a way to take an in depth course in Herbs. There is… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Gardening, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Medicine, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Science, Science & Tech
Pharmacies Sell Your Info to Big Pharma for Big $$
Charles Ornstein of ProPublica.org reports: Need another reminder of how much drugmakers spend to discover what doctors are prescribing? Look no further than new documents from the leading keeper of such data. IMS Health Holdings Inc. says it pulled in… 0 Shares | | Posted in News, Pharmaceuticals
Study: Vitamin E might slow Alzheimer’s
A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that a daily dose of vitamin E might slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The patients participating in the study received a “pharmacological” or increased… 0 Shares | | Posted in Mental Health, Nutritional Medicine
Are Prescription Drugs Destroying Your Brain?
Prescription drugs cause over 100,000 deaths per year and cause another 1.5 million people to experience side effects so severe they must be hospitalized. Shockingly, adverse drug reactions are now the fourth leading cause of death in the US. (1)… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Medicine, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals
Four Antipsychotic Medications Still Prescribed Even Though Found to be Ineffective and Dangerous
A new study from researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Stanford University and the University of Iowa funded by the National Institute of Mental Health recently tested four of the anti-psychotic medications commonly prescribed to… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Medicine, Mental Health, News, Pharmaceuticals
