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Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do, study finds
- Health & Healing, Featured
- September 5, 2023
NBC News: Some paper and bamboo straws contain so-called “forever chemicals” that could make them a less-than-ideal alternative to plastic, researchers have found.
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Screen-time warning: Toddlers given tablets, phones to play with can suffer lasting brain damage
- Featured, Home & Family
- September 5, 2023
“Sitting toddlers down in front of a screen all day can do lasting damage to their brains, a new study warns. Scientists in Singapore add that the harm to screen-watching infants persists into late childhood, even beyond the age of eight.
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Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds
- Health & Healing, Featured
- September 5, 2023
CNN: “A sugar replacement called erythritol – used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products – has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study.”
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New study warns of health risks from 5G microwave radiation
- Health & Healing, Featured
- September 5, 2023
“If 5G is not halted, we will probably see more people suffering from microwave syndrome, i.e. deprived sleep, headache, tinnitus, dizziness, fatigue, heart problems, as well as a range of chronic diseases among them, including more cancers and degenerative diseases.”
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Is the baby product recall process failing parents? Some experts say yes
- Home & Family, Featured
- September 5, 2023
“Every parent wants their baby to be safe, but once the market is flooded with an unsafe product, it’s hard to bring it back. They’re in thrift stores. They’re in daycares. They’re being handed down from sister to brother. They’re everywhere. The impetus should not be on brand-new parents. The impetus should be on the company to make sure that the product is safe in the first place.”
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Cannabis use in adolescent years may create reproductive complications in women, according to new study
- Health & Healing, Featured
- September 5, 2023
“In a new study, University of California, Irvine researchers found that exposure to the compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, a component of cannabis) at a young age could lead to depleted ovarian follicles and matured eggs in adulthood by nearly 50 percent.”
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U.S. food additives banned in Europe: Expert says what Americans eat is “almost certainly” making them sick
- Featured, Health & Healing
- September 5, 2023
CBS News: “Europe is famous for its bread. But there’s one ingredient conspicuously missing: Potassium bromate. It’s a suspected carcinogen that’s banned for human consumption in Europe, China and India, but not in the United States…It’s not just potassium bromate. A range of other chemicals and substances banned in Europe over health concerns are also permitted in the U.S., including Titanium dioxide (also known as E171); Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) (E443); Potassium bromate (E924); Azodicarbonamide (E927a) and Propylparaben (E217).”
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Why we must teach listening in schools
- Lifestyle & Relationships, Featured
- April 18, 2023
John Mac Ghlionn writes in The New York Post: “How about talking to each other? Not talking over each other or past each other, but actually engaging in meaningful dialogue – actually understanding each other. In other words, listening to each other.”
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New Pfizer data kills the case for universal child Covid vaccines
- Health & Healing, Featured
- March 16, 2022
For the younger kids, it dropped from 65% in the first two weeks to negative efficacy: -41% a month later. In other words, the vaccinated young kids were actually more likely to be infected than unvaccinated kids a month and a half after vaccination.
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Today’s elderly at greater risk of dementia, delirium from being prescribed too many unnecessary drugs
- Featured, Health & Healing
- March 16, 2022
“Taking six medications or more contributes to challenges with adherence, since more complicated medication regimens require more time and attention, and increase the potential for making mistakes and inadvertent misuse.”
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Americans Are Addicted to ‘Ultra-Processed’ Foods, and It’s Killing Us
- Featured, Health & Healing
- January 6, 2022
“Our food, in other words, is literally killing us. Food companies have tricked our brains into making us complicit, and our elected officials are complicit, too. What’s needed is a better understanding of exactly how processed foods make us sick and a public reckoning with Big Food’s role in the nation’s health crisis.”
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US in Great Danger of EMP Attack
- Environmental Well-Being, Featured
- January 6, 2022
“EMP is the ultimate cyber-weapon in the military doctrines and plans of Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran for a new way of warfare described as the greatest Revolution in Military Affairs in history. The EMP Commission has been warning about the existential EMP threat for nearly 20 years.”
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The Doctor’s Office Becomes an Assembly Line
- Health & Healing, Featured
- January 6, 2022
“Kathleen Blake, AMA’s vice president of healthcare quality, earlier this year cited studies showing that hospital acquisitions of private practices- which doubled from 2012 to 2018- have lead to ‘modestly worse patient experiences and no significant change in readmission or mortality rates.’ Flawed electronic health record systems in hospitals have resulted in deathly medical errors
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What Every Parent Should Know Before Introducing Their Young Child to Technology
- Featured, Home & Family
- April 21, 2021
You might want to think twice before handing your toddler your smartphone. Check out our Good for You Conversation with Dr. Gail Saltz on what you need to know about children, technology and how it impacts their development.
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Exposure to cleaning products in first three months of life increases risk of childhood asthma
- Headlines & Highlights, Featured
- February 19, 2020
“The risks of recurrent wheeze and asthma were notably higher in homes with frequent use of certain products, such as liquid or solid air fresheners, plug-in deodorizers, dusting sprays, antimicrobial hand sanitizers and oven cleaners. It may be important for people to consider removing scented spray cleaning products from their cleaning routine. We believe that the smell of a healthy home is no smell at all.”
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