By Heather Callaghan, Editor The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association has just asserted that a delayed U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ban on the kratom plant would stifle scientific understanding of the herb’s active chemical components and documented pharmacologic properties – if it goes through. The…
By Marco Torres Estrogen treatment after menopause increases the risk of new kidney damage, according to a study by Tulane University School of Medicine researchers published in the American Journal of Physiology–Renal Physiology. Estrogen seems to protect against high blood pressure, one cause of kidney…
By Amanda Froelich Energy Transfer Partners released a statement making it clear that the Obama administration’s decision will in no way halt the DAPL’s construction. Sunday afternoon, hundreds of thousands of “water protectors” celebrated around the world – and specifically at the Standing Rock protest…
By Dr. Mark Sircus For years, I have wanted to include something from Chinese Medicine into my protocol, something universal and not needing a Chinese herbalist to prescribe it. Finally, I have found the perfect answer. Lingzhi mushrooms has literally hundreds of unique bio-active compounds…
By Rosanne Lindsay There are three courts in the land: the court of justice (Judicial branch of government), the court of public opinion (i.e., news media), and the Vaccine Court. The first two courts are public. The third is private. Because the Vaccine Court is hidden…
By Ariana Marisol This little-known, anti-aging superfood can help prevent cancer, lower bad cholesterol, support the immune system, and much more! Chaga, otherwise knowns as Inontus Obliquuus, is a wild mushroom that grows on birch trees in extremely cold regions. Chaga can be found in the…
By Whitney Webb A team of high school students have created an inexpensive version of the drug Daraprim, which Martin Shkreli made infamous by increasing its cost by over 5,000% Martin Shkreli quickly became one of the most hated men in the world almost overnight,…
Veterans are already arriving at camp. #NoDAPL pic.twitter.com/oMdxsKxaVT — Ruth Hopkins (@RuthHHopkins) December 1, 2016 By Nika Knight “I signed up to serve my country and my people.” As tensions grow in North Dakota, with multiple eviction orders facing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their…
By Justin Gardner In June 2015 we reported on the re-emerging field of using psychedelics to treat mental illness, with psilocybin, in particular, showing great promise for chronic anxiety and depression. Western medicine began realizing its potential in the 1940s, but medical research was stamped…
By Amanda Froelich This inspiring activist taught himself to knit in four days, and within a few weeks, had created 55 caps to donate to premature babies. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but 86-year-old Ed Moseley would disagree. In fact,…
By Daily Superfood Love I’m always on the hunt for new foods that might not be something you eat every day (or even consider buying). Expanding food knowledge, developing new recipes, and boosting nutritional intake are all great motivations…but they also have to be delicious!…
By Karen Foster Intestinal bacteria play a key role in causing and preventing many diseases. Consequently, giving personalised gut health advice will be routine medical practice in five years, predicts the researcher behind the new start-up Map My Gut and big gut data projects British…
By Anna Hunt An international team of scientists has published a study that claims that a fundamental relationship exists between mercury and autism. The research results show that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had significantly higher levels of mercury when compared with healthy control…
By Cassius Kamarampi (Era of Wisdom) In 2010, Hayley Willar was one of the first young girls to receive the HPV vaccine Gardasil. She was very physically active, a competitive figure skater for most of her life. Within a couple weeks of receiving Gardasil, she started…
By Christina Sarich The results of the first ever study comparing the health of vaccinated children vs. unvaccinated children is out, and they are already causing controversy. For many – hundreds of thousands of families that have already been injured by vaccines – the results won’t…
By Ryan Banister Have you taken your multivitamin today? Well, you might want to reconsider that decision. A number of studies have shown that not only is synthetic vitamin supplementation unnecessary but it may also be a potentially harmful habit altogether. Synthetic supplements do not…
By Andy Coghlan Don’t go to bed angry. Now there’s evidence for this proverb: it’s harder to suppress bad memories if you sleep on them. The discovery could reveal new ways to treat people who suffer from conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder, and reinforces an…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor This year I went to Farm Aid and found out more about the plight shared by most family farmers. I even visited the Under Contract booth. Corporations are ravaging the land, crops and seed supply – they are running the vestige…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Meet the living wall – a new site for sore eyes that is raising questions of both “why?” and “why didn’t we do this sooner?” Lest we think that living walls are only the realized fantasies of eco-fascists or corporate green-washers – let’s…
By Gary G. Kohls, MD, special guest to Natural Blaze “Tell a Lot of the Truth, but Never Tell the Whole Truth.” Propaganda: “a message designed to persuade its intended audience to think and behave in a certain manner. Thus advertising is commercial propaganda. Or…
