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Regulators Expected to Allow Radiation for Spinach, Lettuce
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, health, humans, risks )

Linda
- 15 days ago - mercurynews.com
The step will protect consumers and growers, who have been battered by E. coli outbreaks in recent years. But are shoppers ready for irradiated vegetables?
Human Trial of AIDS Vaccine Canceled
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, research, disease, illness, humans, protection, prevention, treatment )

ME
- 49 days ago - nysun.com
A human test of the American government's experimental AIDS vaccine, similar to a failed Merck & Co. product, was canceled after a top scientist determined it was unlikely to give useful results. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and In
Not Enough Money Raised Trip to Jacksonville for a Bone Marrow Transplant.
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, death, Transplant Needed Funds Lacking, Child will die without your help, treatment )

Informati
- 71 days ago - srpressgazette.com
PLEASE HELP! CROSS POST: Tristan Gore, 12, is dying. The focus of my story was to be on the fundraising at Avalon Middle School to send Tristan to Jacksonville for a bone marrow transplant. Tristan's dad had lost his job and the money was going quickly.
Report Warns on Serious Mental Problems in Teens Using Pot
Health & Wellness  (tags: study, drugs, mental illness, depression. marijuana, teens, warning )

Mairead
- 117 days ago - efluxmedia.com
Marijuana is one of the world's most commonly used illegal drugs. There are approximately 300 million users worldwide and 28 million users in the United States alone. Marijuana comes from a plant called "Cannabis sativa." The chemical found in this pla
Better Care Eases Suffering of Kids With Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, cancer, health, healthcare, humans, illness, treatment )

Linda
- 136 days ago - reuters.com
"Our results suggest that increased focus on the palliative care needs of children with advanced cancer and their families creates an environment that fosters significantly improved end-of-life care, with parents reporting better preparedness
Hospital Incidence of One Disease Soars: Study
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, humans, illness, hospitals, infection )

Linda
- 136 days ago - reuters.com
Federal government figures show a steep spike in U.S. cases of a common but serious infection that gives hospital patients sometimes deadly diarrhea and blood poisoning.
Slowing Down the Pharmaceutical Plague
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, death, disease, drugs, health, medicine, prevention, protection )

Alf
- 136 days ago - newmediaexplorer.org
Jon Rappoport has an idea how to slow down this pharmaceutical plague. It won't be easy and it will require some no-nonsense direct involvement. But there is a chance it can be done. Here is what he says:
An Overview of How Stress Kills and How to Develop Your StresSkills
Health & Wellness  (tags: research, Stress Management, humans, health, Body-Mind-Spirit, AlternativeMed, disease, diet, exercise, environment, food, interesting, nutrition, protection )

Holly
- 136 days ago - naturalnews.com
A synopsis of recent research demonstrating how stress kills and the protective, preventative effects of adapting stress management skills.
US Life Expectancy Falls for Large Segment of Population
Health & Wellness  (tags: death, health, healthcare, humans, risks, study, women, warning, prevention, protection )

Linda
- 137 days ago - voanews.com
While life expectancy in the United States has risen steadily since the 1960s, a new study [published Tuesday] finds that in certain geographic areas of the country, life expectancy has stagnated, and even declined, especially among women
Some Good News on Food Prices - New York Times
Health & Wellness  (tags: food prices, Michael Pollan, Coca-Cola, high-fructose Corn syrup, local food, fruits, vegetables )

Nicole
- 139 days ago - nytimes.com
WHILE grocery shoppers agonize over paying 25 percent more for eggs and 17 percent more for milk, Michael Pollan, the author and de facto leader of the food intellectuals, happily dreams of small, expensive bottles of Coca-Cola. Along with some other crit
 
 
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