Medicinal Uses of Lemon Balm: Grow Your Own Medicine
by Elizabeth Renter May 17th, 2013 An easy to grow and wonderful smelling plant, lemon balm has many healing applications and medicinal uses. If you grow your own herbs and plants to use for cooking and healing, then lemon balm is one plant you must have in your growing herb garden. You can cook with [...]
WHO reports first patient-to-nurse spread of new SARS-like virus
By Kate Kelland LONDON | Wed May 15, 2013 (Reuters) – Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care – the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said. The new virus, known as [...]
Death toll rises to 36 in H7N9 outbreak
Lisa Schnirring * Staff Writer May 15, 2013 (CIDRAP News) – The first patient in China’s Hunan province with confirmed H7N9 influenza has died, lifting the outbreak’s fatality count to 36, according to official and media reports today. The patient is a 64-year-old woman who died yesterday morning at a hospital in Shaoyang, about 20 [...]
“Secret Weapon” in Carrots Reduces ‘Full Scale Tumor’ Risk by 1/3
by Elizabeth Renter May 16th, 2013 Carrots aren’t only good for your eyesight, and though beta-carotene is often thought of as the most beneficial compound within this root vegetable, carrots have another “secret weapon” that offers powerful anti-cancer benefits as well. Known as falcarinol, this secret weapon acts to protect carrots from fungal disease. It’s [...]
Compound in Grapes Found to Reverse Kidney Disease
by Elizabeth Renter May 16th, 2013 A high fat diet can lead to kidney disease; it’s true, the lipids can increase oxidative stress and depleted copper levels in the kidneys, having potentially lasting and debilitating effects. While reducing fat intake and eating a more balanced diet is the first step in prevention, researchers recently found [...]
Conventional Chicken Found to Contain Concerning Levels of Arsenic
by Mike Barrett May 14th, 2013 Did you know that thanks to excessive antibiotic use in livestock you are actually ingesting carcinogenic arsenic with your meat? A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health found that chickens raised with arsenic-based drugs end [...]
Two Radical “Brave Choices” to Prevent Cancer: Voluntary Mutilation or Clean Living
by: Daisy Luther May 14, 2013 Cancer. Just the mention of the word causes an immediate wave of fear through young and old, rich and poor, men and women. The disease is no respecter of persons. How far would you go to lower your risk of cancer? If you are one of a growing [...]
Saudi Arabia confirms four new cases of deadly SARS-like virus
RIYADH | Tue May 14, 2013 12:30am EDT (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has confirmed four new cases of the SARS-like novel coronavirus in its Eastern Province, state media reported late on Monday, citing the health ministry. The health ministry said one of the four new cases had been treated and the patient had been released [...]
Three more deaths from bird flu in China as toll reaches 35
Koh Gui Qing – 13 May 2013 THREE more people have died in China from the new strain of H7N9 bird flu virus, raising the death toll to 35 while the total number of infections rose to 130, state media said today. Without giving details of the deaths, Xinhua news agency said a new case [...]
Science Confirms Turmeric As Effective As 14 Drugs
Monday, May 13th 2013 Written By: Sayer Ji Turmeric is one the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today. Its medicinal properties and components (primarily curcumin) have been the subject of over 5600 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies. In fact, our five-year long research project on this sacred plant has revealed over 600 potential preventive [...]
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