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We Don't Want Bovine Growth Hormone in Our Milk ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: bovine growth hormone, milk, nutrition, prevention )

Nancy
- 520 days ago - forcechange.com
Currently, the United States is the only developed nation that continues to permit the use of rBGH in milk production. By the year 2000, rBGH had been banned from most other developed countries.
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"Just Say No" to Pharmaceuticals
Health & Wellness  (tags: warning, humans, risks, safety, drugs, abuse, death, illness, prevention, protection, ethics, women, children, health, medicine, news, research, science, society )

Anne
- 1872 days ago - wearechangeaz.com
Gwen Olsen enjoyed a successful, fast-paced career as a pharmaceutical sales rep working for such healthcare giants as Johnson & Johnson, until several experiences began awakening her to the dangers lurking in every American medicine cabinet.
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Asthma for Profit?
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, children, drugs, ethics, family, government, healthcare, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, news, prevention, research, risks, safety, treatment, warning )

Sheldon
- 539 days ago - care2.com
... "My son was admitted into the care of Lehigh of Lehigh Valley Hospital on 11/1/11 for a severe asthma attack and was set to be release on 11/8/11 because he had a really good recovery. On November 7th, the night before his release I disagreed" ...
161 comments
South African Anti-Rape Condom
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, aids, women, rape, prevention, deterant, hiv )

Lauren
- 2228 days ago - blackvoicesblogs.com
RapeX is a female condom that damages a rapist's penis after penetration with sharp microscopic barbs that hook into the skin.
75 comments
Tell the EPA to Keep Factory Farm Waste Out of Our Water ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, family, factory farms, water, research, prevention )

Nancy
- 526 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Tell the EPA, before the December 20th comment deadline, that the public deserves the right to know basic information about the pollution risks posed by giant factory farms
63 comments
Tell Disney: Get the Lead Out of Disneyland! ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: Disney, lead, prevention, family )

Nancy
- 578 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
For nine months, Disney has known about dozens of lead-tainted brass and stained glass items at Disneyland, yet the company has failed to act to protect children!
48 comments
It Shouldn't Hurt to Be a Child
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, children, health, prevention )


- 2225 days ago - blog.myspace.com
Here are some videos concerning child abuse. * Just a warning, some of this videos are graphic.
44 comments
Florida Medicaid To Review Antipsychotics & ADHD
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, drugs, government, healthcare, news, medicine, prevention, risks, study, treatment, warning, safety )

Sheldon
- 1933 days ago - pharmalot.com
The move comes amid growing scrutiny. The taxpayer bill for these meds jumped from $9 million seven years ago to nearly $30 million in 2006. Florida Medicaid records reportedly show the number of children - some just months old - who were prescribed ...
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Tooth Decay to Be a Thing of the Past? Enzyme Responsible for Dental Plaque Sticking to Teeth Deciphered
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, family, health, healthcare, humans, news, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, study, women )

Hans
- 898 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The Groningen professors Bauke Dijkstra and Lubbert Dijkhuizen have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the glucansucrase enzyme that is responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth. This knowledge will stimulate the identification of
42 comments
Put the Fat Cats on a Diet: Stop Buying Tainted Food From Billion Dollar Corporations
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, health, prevention, environment, ecosystems, water )

Nancy
- 530 days ago - organicconsumers.org
As the first official Declaration of Occupy Wall Street explained on September 29: "They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization."
38 comments
Pool Drain Pulls Small Intestine Out Of Young Girl
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, safety, prevention )

Jakki
- 2147 days ago - wcco.com
(WCCO) Minneapolis A 6-year-old Edina, Minn. girl has been hospitalized after a horrific accident at a swimming pool. Abigail Taylor was severely injured Friday when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club.
39 comments
Tribes Finally Getting Money for Health Center
Health & Wellness  (tags: Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, Medical, culture, society, ethics, news, politics, rights, safety, obama, healthcare, ethics, GoodNews, government, safety, prevention, protection, news, illness, healthcare, health, family )

Kat
- 1513 days ago - nativetimes.com
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) - The Three Affiliated Tribes were promised a new health clinic decades ago in return for land lost to the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River. They're finally getting it. A spending bill signed by President Barack Obama includes...
21 comments
WOMEN'S HEALTH NEWS: Light Drinking Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: women's health, health, healthcare, women, prevention, diet, study, protection, risks, safety )

Cal
- 567 days ago - latimes.com
Drinking as few as three to six glasses of wine a week may increase a woman's risk of breast cancer by 15%, Harvard researchers say.
36 comments
9 Delicious Reasons to Eat Dark Chocolate
Health & Wellness  (tags: antioxidants, flavonoids, heart, cholesterol, aging, health, prevention )

Nancy
- 498 days ago - everydayhealth.com
How sweet it is! The holidays may be over, but you can still indulge your sweet tooth from time to time guilt-free. I'm in!!!
54 comments
   

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