In the early 1990’s there were several studies done that evaluated the effects of Lithium in drinking water in Texas. There are areas in Texas where lithium is not found naturally in drinking water and other areas where it exists in concentrations of 70-170 part per million. What these studies found was that in those …
You would be hard press to find anyone that would discount the benefits of eating organically. And it would seem logical that organic crops are better for the environment than the massed produced crops. But this might not be so. Norman Borlaug, the father of the “green revolution”, and winner of the Nobel peace prize …
To attract prospective employees after World War II, companies that couldn’t compete on wages (war era controls were still in effect) offered medical benefits. Today, more than 60 years later, roughly three-fifths of American have employer-subsidized, third-party health insurance. The problem with having a third party pay for our health insurance, however, is that there’s …
The FDA has issued a specific warning not to use quinine for leg cramps. Until recently, no quinine product was ever approved by FDA. They were on the market before FDA approval was required. Now that there is an approved product, Qualaquin, the FDA is forcing all the others off the market by June. This …
A little water clears us of our deeds! Study results published in Science suggest that hand washing “cleanses” the mind of unethical behavior, a result the researchers call the “Macbeth effect.” They asked 170 undergraduate students to focus on their conduct throughout the day. Those who remembered a misdeed were more likely to feel dirty …
If you have to choose between Victor Frankenstein or a safety-breaching donor service, you may be safer with the former. New Scientist reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shut down a firm that supplied body parts for surgery. According to FDA investigators, the firm harvested body parts and tissue from corpses in …
Well I hate to say this but women derive more benefits from intercourse than men do. Just look at this list. More regular menstrual cycles; more fertile menstrual cycles; lighter periods; better moods; better memories; better bladder control; fewer colds and flu; reduced stress; increased hormones of youth -DHEA, testosterone and estrogen. And probably the …
Our brain is the most complicated organ in our body. One look at these facts and it makes you wonder how much of a hand a supreme being had in its creation. – There are over 100 billion neurons, and a trillion supporting cells. – There are as many as 40,000 connections between cells – …
Current patent laws prohibit companies from patenting any substance that is naturally found on the earth or in our bodies. So by deduction all patented drugs since not found on this earth are extraterrestrials. I am of the belief that we have everything on this earth to treat disease. For example, numerous studies dating back …
Since we do not see it we often tend to forget the extent to which Xenobiotics are present in our environment. The following facts are sobering and make one wonder how much xenobiotics contribute to our ill-health: – 77,000 chemicals are being manufactured in North America – 3000 are added directly to our food supply …