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Experts Still Baffled by Epidemic of NY Teens' Mysterious Tics -- What is Responsible?

In the small town of LeRoy, New York, 16 people suddenly have developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics. The cause is unknown. Doctors have diagnosed most of them with conversion disorder, arguing that stress is the root cause. But this does...

Filed under: Children's Health, Vaccines

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Flu Vaccines Negatively Impact Children

A number of parents whose children developed narcolepsy following swine flu vaccination say the children are now beginning to fall behind at school. The children developed the condition after vaccination with pandemrix in 2009 and 2010. Narcolepsy is...

Filed under: Children's Health, Vaccines

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The Toxic Truth About Sugar -- is it Really a Poison?

Dr. Robet Lustig, arguably the number one enemy of the sugar lobby, has published a well written article in the prestigious scientific journal Nature arguing that sugar is a poison. He believes that the negative health effects of sugar consumption can...

Filed under: Fructose/Sugar

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HFCS Can Play Havoc with Your Body's Metabolism

Fructose can activate taste cells found on your pancreas, a reaction that can increase your body’s secretion of insulin. This could be a concern for people prone to diabetes. Experiments showed that fructose activates the same proteins in pancreatic cells...

Filed under: Diabetes, Fructose/Sugar

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Do You Have ANY Idea How Absurd U.S. Farm Subsidies Are?

U.S. farmers have been subsidized in one form or another for more than 200 years. In 1862, the practice was expanded when congress passed the Homestead Act, known as the Morrill Act, which granted 160 acres of government land to those who wanted to begin...

Filed under: Food, Politics

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Why Are Officials Now Recommending HPV Vaccine for Boys?

If there were any doubt left that U.S. vaccine recommendations are excessive, officials are now promoting universal HPV vaccination for boys in order to prevent genital warts. The efficacy, safety and duration of the vaccine are all unknown, and the warts...

Filed under: Vaccines

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If You Are Going to Eat Sugar When is the Best Time to Eat It?

Researchers have found that if you are going to eat sugary foods, choosing to eat a small amount in the morning may help you lose weight. In the morning, your body's metabolism is at its most active and you are better able to work off the extra calories...

Filed under: Weight Management, Fructose/Sugar

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Top U.S. Official Claims More than 25% Spent on Healthcare is Total Waste

On his last day on the job, Dr. Donald M. Berwick, the U.S. government official who was in charge of Medicare and Medicaid, said that 20 to 30 percent of health spending is “waste” that provides no benefit whatsoever to patients. He also argued that some...

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Pork: Did Leviticus 11:7 Have It Right?

If popular meats were ranked by their healthiness, pork would be in last place. Pork consumption has a strong epidemiological association with cirrhosis of the liver -- in fact, it may be more strongly associated with cirrhosis than alcohol. There is...

Filed under: Cancer, Food

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Experts Now State Over 100,000 Women Have Needless Breast Cancer Surgery in U.S. Every Year

Almost half of women who undergo lumpectomies for breast cancer have second operations they may not need. The reason is that surgeons have been unable to agree on guidelines. Repeat surgery rates can vary from doctor to doctor by anywhere from zero to...

Filed under: Cancer, Women's Health

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