It used to be common knowledge in consciousness circles that a person needed to be grounded both energetically and physically. People would talk about what foods helped them feel the most grounded, how spending time in nature helped them ground their meditative experiences ...
It's known to pop up as a persistent weed in gardens, on lawns and even in driveway cracks. But plantain is one of the most medicinally powerful "nuisance" plants that you probably aren't taking advantage of for your health, perhaps to your own detriment.Those bushy green leaves ...
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced August 31 that they plan to ban kratom in the United States as of September 30, 2016 causing panic and outrage to the thousands who use the leaves as medicine. Kratom is a plant native to Thailand and closely related to the coffee plant...
A provocative campaign launched in New York calls for justice for animals, saying they feel emotions just like humans do.Rising above 1500 Times Square and the Jacob Javits Center in New York City stands the most ambitious animal justice campaign ever launched in New York. “Be ...
However, to kill germs effectively, you need to spend at least 20 seconds scrubbing, about the time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice through, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Many people buy soaps containing antimicrobial chemicals like triclosan...
No matter how much doctors push the treatment, chemotherapy might not be the best option in the fight against cancer, as a new study shows up to 50 percent of patients are killed by the drugs — not the disease, itself.Researchers from Public Health England and Cancer Research U...
According to two Merck scientists who filed a False Claims Act complaint in 2010 — a complaint which has just now been unsealed — vaccine manufacturer Merck knowingly falsified its mumps vaccine test data, spiked blood samples with animal antibodies, sold a vaccine that actua...
Walking is associated with a greater than 50 percent reduction in cardiovascular death in people over the age of 65, says a new study. "Our study provides further evidence that older adults who are physically active have a lower risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and death fr...
The tooth pain can be really frustrating and painful, especially if a nerve is damaged, but other reasons can be present too. Teeth infections, gum issues, plaque, dental decay, injuries, cracked teeth, bad crowns and fillings, leaking of the fillings/crowns, loss of a tooth, tem...
Are you a health nut? Why not? What’s stopping you? Do you think that it’s illegal to cure diseases with food, or is that just what you read in JAMA — The Journal of the American Medical Association? Maybe you saw some label that the FDA slapped on an organic product which ...
Could a tea made from plants that grow in the Amazon rainforest be an effective treatment or cure for cancer? Ayahuasca tea is an entheogenic or psychotropic (mind altering) beverage typically made from the Banisteriopsis cap vine, often in combination with other plants.It is a t...
By Donald M. Topping, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai'i; President, Drug Policy Forum of Hawai'i; Website: drugsense.org/dpfhi) / From the Bulletin of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, MAPS - Volume 8 Number 3 Autumn 1998 - pp. 22-26 After ...