Krissy Williams, 15, had attempted suicide before, but never with pills. The teen was diagnosed with schizophrenia when she was 9. People with this chronic mental health condition perceive reality differently and often experience hallucinations and delusions. She learned to manage these symptoms with a variety of services offered at home and at school. But…
Landmark Publication on Vitamin C for COVID-19
Regardless of what the mainstream media wants you to think, many are starting to realize that vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and vitamin D both have an enormous amount of research showing they provide important immune function enhancements, and that your immune function is your frontline defense against all illness, including COVID-19. The following was reported…
Kidney Toxins Created by Meat Consumption
A diet rich in animal-sourced foods like meat, eggs, and cheese can contribute to heart disease, stroke, and death through a biochemical process that clogs arteries with plaque. Atherosclerosis is the formal term for plaque collecting on and hardening the arterial walls. Animal foods increase the production of an atherosclerosis-inducing substance called Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). With the…
Sunscreen Chemical May Play a Part in Breast Cancer
The common sunscreen ingredient benzophenone-3, also known as oxybenzone or BP-3, can play a role in the development of mammary gland tumors, according to new research in mice. “Our set of results suggest caution in using BP-3 and the need to dig deeper to understand what it can do in mammary glands and tumorigenesis,” says…
7 Biggest Parenting Errors That Harm Kids’ Mental Resilience, According to Therapist
It’s never too early for parents to foster mental resilience in their children. Yet there are so many common, easily avoidable parenting mistakes that can jeopardize the process. Kids with well-developed mental resilience stand a greater chance of feeling empowered to follow their dreams, and take failure on the chin, as they enter adulthood. So…
Vigorous Exercise Brings Additional Health Benefits
There are lifestyle choices you make each day that are foundational to your overall health and wellness. Exercise is one of those choices. Data from two recent studies showed even short bursts of exercise can affect your metabolism, and vigorous exercise could reduce your risk of all-cause mortality. Our ancestors naturally stayed fit as they…
Korean Superfood May Reduce Body Fat
Fermented foods such as kimchi may be one key to preventing obesity. A June 2020 study evaluated whether the Lactobacillus sakei bacteria derived from the Korean side dish can cause weight loss in obese individuals, with promising results. Obesity is one of the most visible public health problems around the world today, yet it also…
Senate Finance Committee Uncovers “Opaque Business Practice” That Caused Rising Insulin Cost
The Senate Finance Committee released a report on Jan. 14 detailing the “opaque” business dealings between drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that led to the higher cost of insulin for the past 15 years. The report (pdf) is a result of an almost two-year bipartisan investigation led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and…
A Natural Treatment for Antidepressant-Induced Sexual Side Effects
Years ago, I covered a head-to-head comparison of saffron versus Prozac for the treatment of depression and saffron seemed to work just as well as the drug. In the years since, five other studies have found that saffron beat out placebo or rivaled antidepressant medications. It may be the spice’s red pigment, crocin, since that alone beat out placebo as an…
Children’s Hospitals Are Partly to Blame as Superbugs Increasingly Attack Kids
A memory haunts Christina Fuhrman: the image of her toddler Pearl lying pale and listless in a hospital bed, tethered to an IV to keep her hydrated as she struggled against a superbug infection. “She survived by the grace of God,” Fuhrman said of her eldest child in this central Missouri city almost five years…
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