News: Fukushima
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has raised the tsunami projectile height, saying it would take a 26-meter wave to damage the facility and cause radioactive leakage, local...
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Its Circadian Clock and Disease: Your Liver
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the Indiana University School of Medicine have revealed a putative role for the circadian clock in the liver in the development of...
Toxicity Concern: Renews Roundup ‘Weedkiller’
Used in yards, farms and parks throughout the world, Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have found that one of Roundup’s inert ingredients can kill...
Study: Pesticides Are Creating Smaller Worker Bees
Bumblebees could be shrinking because of exposure to a widely-used pesticide, a study suggests. Experts fear smaller bees will be less effective at foraging for nectar and carrying out their...
Cannabis Oil: Woman Shrinks Inoperable Mass, Heals Thyroid Disease
The medical use of marijuana is limited because different strains of the plant contain different amounts of various compounds, which makes effects hard to predict. Medical researchers have isolated substances...
Part 2 Of The Medical Research Gone Wrong
Imagine a 1950s horror movie monster-a creeping, gelatinous, gluey tangle of gunk that strangles everything around it. That's what amyloid plaques are like when they form in body tissues. These...
GMO Labeling: Sewage Treatment On Farms
Showhost Brad Jordan interviewed Heather Callaghan about the practice of sewage treating industrial farmland and how that affected Whole Foods Market when a consumer blew the whistle on the health...
GMO-Free Is Not Equal To ‘Natural’
Organic food has become very popular. But navigating the maze of organic food labels, benefits, and claims can be confusing. Is organic food really healthier? Is it more nutritious? What...
Improve Symptoms Of Autism: Broccoli-Sprout Compound
A compound extracted from broccoli sprouts may improve some social and behavioral problems that affect people with autism, a new study suggests. The study was short-term and small, including just...
Mental Well Being: The Brain-Gut Connection
As Olympians go for the gold in Vancouver, even the steeliest are likely to experience that familiar feeling of “butterflies” in the stomach. Underlying this sensation is an often-overlooked network...