In its never-ending attempt to fabricate "mental disorders" out of every human activity, the psychiatric industry is now pushing the most ridiculous disease they've invented yet: Healthy eating disorder. This is no joke: If you focus on eating healthy foods,...

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is urging meat producers to limit the amount of antibiotics they give animals in response to public health concerns about the drugs. The FDA said the use of antibiotics in meat poses a...

Americans increasingly are treated to death, spending more time in hospitals in their final days, trying last-ditch treatments that often buy only weeks of time, and racking up bills that have made medical care a leading cause of bankruptcies. The...

While the news media slept and Congress collected its payoffs, the US was handed over lock, stock and barrel to the oil and gas industry during the Bush administration. The catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico (and soon to be...

PRESS RELEASE: EVEREST WOMEN'S SEVEN SUMMITS ECO-ACTION   In July 2010 a team of nine Nepali women will begin the first international leg of a tour that will see them climb seven of the highest peaks on each of the...

Packaged, processed foods lead to a new kind of packaging for sick Americans.     =SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW VIDEO=  ...

A Canadian-led study suggests about 90 per cent of the risk of having a stroke is preventable through lifestyle changes. In Friday's issue of the Lancet medical journal, the international study suggests high blood pressure and nine other risk factors...

More than 40,000 Britons are dying unnecessarily every year because of high levels of salt and fat in their diets, the Government's public health watchdog Nice has warned.   The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) says that...

Mobile Phone Use and the Risk for Malignant Brain Tumors: A Case-Control Study on Deceased Cases and Controls. Hardell L, Carlberg M, Hansson Mild K. Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden. Abstract We investigated the use of mobile or...

1er SEMINARIO SUBREGIONAL "VEGETARIANISMO & SALUD"Sabado 3 de julio de 2010 - 8 a 17hsSalón Asunción del Hotel Guaraní Esplendor(Oliva e/ Independencia Nacional)*Organiza*: Unión Vegetariana del Paraguay (UVPy) *Apoyan*: Asociación de Graduados en Nutrición (ASPAGRAN) - InternationalVegetarian Union (IVU) -...

Books like Diet For A New America, Skinny Bitch and the film Earthlings had a profound effect on Ellen's decision to avoid animal products. =Scroll down for video=    ...

Singapore's Health Minister, Mr KHAW Boon Wan, recently had heart surgery. Upon returning to work, he blogged about his new diet.Here's the relevant paragraph:Second: I have adopted a fully plant-based diet plan, avoiding all meat, not even fish or dairy...

When Bryant Terry first switched over to a plant-based diet at age 16, he was a bit of a pill. "Have you ever met a vegan who is self-righteous, sanctimonious, standing on a soapbox and screaming? I was that guy,"...

Within each of the animal-rescue stations set up along the Gulf Coast is a makeshift morgue for oiled and ill creatures that didn't make it. And behind the scenes, pathologists and laboratory staff are carefully cataloging each dead creature as...

By encouraging Americans to slash their salt intake, eat a plant-based diet, and increase physical activity, the newly proposed 2010 Dietary Guidelines take aim at the obesity epidemic. As it stands, two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and obesity...

According to a new study, girls who eat the most meat products during childhood may have an earlier occurrence of puberty, increasing their risks of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis. Researchers followed 3,298 girls in Bristol, England,...

Overweight and obesity's cause might be dead simple - eat more kilojoules then you burn up and you'll store the extra kilojoules as fat. But David Kessler, a former commissioner with the US Food and Drug Administration, argues that there's...

A class of drugs commonly used to treat heart problems has been linked with a "modestly" increased risk of cancer. Analysis of published data from all trials of angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) found one extra case of cancer for every 105...

We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It's true that we get too much radiation. But it's not from those sources -- it's from too many medical tests. Americans get the most medical radiation in...

LEAD IN CHILDREN'S FOODS (current investigation) On June 9, 2010 the Environmental Law Foundation filed Notices of Violation of California Proposition 65 Toxics Right to Know law, alleging the toxic chemical lead was found in a variety of children's and...