Today in the United States, all states require that children be vaccinated for certain diseases before school entry (the required immunizations vary by state). A variety of exemptions are allowed,...

Earwax can be gooey and gross, and it is not the most scintillating of conversational topics. We all have it, but who wants to talk about it? We do! So...

  By Dr. Mercola The Internet has benefited you with vast access to information that was formerly difficult to come by. However, open access has also generated reduced quality control,...

The corn rootworm does its damage as a larva – the immature stage of the insect.  After mating in the late summer, adult corn rootworms lay their eggs in the soil,...

Like most people, scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C and that it was a major problem aboard ships out to sea for a good length of time...

By Andrea Germanos When I came out and saw my loss, I mean you literally just cry. The record cold that gripped much of the Midwest this winter added insult...

There is one prerequisite to studying Nature 101. You don’t learn from nature. You learn in nature. You don’t learn about nature. You experience nature. You’re not separate from nature....

One minute, you're innocently going about your day—the next, you're in the clutches of desire. Your object of lust: a chocolate cupcake with buttercream icing. Next thing you know, you're...

  While it’s normal – and indeed essential to health – to have large populations of bacteria living in our colon, it’s not normal to have such large populations living further upstream in the small intestine....

Approximately 70% of our body’s mass is made of water and according to a number of doctors, drinking a total of eight glasses of water a day fulfils the necessary requirement of this...