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Incredibly, many people today don't know how serious a vitamin B12 deficiency can be, assuming they've even heard about the ailment--i.e., "hypocobalaminemia." Well, not only should you know that it's a serious condition but that, more importantly, it's a lot more common than some people may think.People who suffer from hypocobalaminemia can succumb to a number of different symptoms, at first mild...
6/6/2017 7:00:00 AM
By now most people are familiar with or have at least heard about the Zika virus. In fact, this latest "pandemic" drama involving a hitherto-obscure virus sounds like something the world went through not too long ago. Does the word "Ebola" come to mind?It turns out that these pathogens have a lot in common. Both Ebola and the Zika virus came from the jungles of Africa; both originated, supposedly,...
4/5/2017 4:00:00 AM
You will find that the mainstream media, academia, the food industry and government health agencies proudly and eagerly defend food irradiation. For some reason, they seem to only be able to notice the many benefits they claim food irradiation imparts.While it's true that food irradiation may impart some minor benefits, the reality is that the downside of these so-called "benefits" clearly presents...
3/29/2017 7:00:00 AM
We have all grown up being pelleted with health "facts"--i.e., assertions or discoveries that had been solidly proven to be truthful, according to the latest research. Some people have blamed the Internet for the deluge of health information that has been unleashed but, clearly, we were overwhelmed with such information (thanks mostly to popular magazines and tabloids) even before its advent.Let's...
3/27/2017 9:00:00 PM
It's no secret that conventional medicine professionals downplay the importance of nutrition in the development of diseases. It's not that doctors don't admit that vitamin/mineral deficiencies can lead to medical issues but, rather, that they downplay and underestimate not only the prevalence thereof but the seriousness of the problem. In fact, you can say that conventional medicine has almost abandoned...
3/8/2017 8:00:00 AM
In general the things that most people acquire over time can be categorized as either a necessity or a "luxury." As the names imply, a "necessity" is something that you either need to survive or can only do without at great pain, discomfort or inconvenience; a "luxury," on the other hand, is something that you can easily live without or, rather, the sort of thing that you may want or need but simply...
2/18/2017 8:00:00 AM
There are very good reasons why private industry, universities, science clubs and government agencies eagerly downplay the dangers of and adamantly defend the use of technology regularly and rampantly oozing ionizing radiation. On the seemingly positive side, this technology creates thousands of jobs and brings in billions of dollars in profit. In the area of medical imaging, the technology also saves...
2/15/2017 8:00:00 AM
Not too long ago, people didn't know that ionizing radiation was a very harmful thing. Because of that ignorance, many people got sick or died. In spite of the fact that ionizing radiation has helped humanity in a number of (albeit questionable) ways, the fact remains that it has also been responsible for much harm and destruction. In fact, some experts have predicted that ionizing radiation may ultimately...
2/11/2017 8:00:00 AM
We expect medical personnel--i.e., doctors, PAs, nurses, etc.--to play an integral part when it comes to identifying and thereby possibly preventing epidemics. The scary truth is that people all over the world get sick with all kinds of potentially deadly communicable diseases every year. Epidemics develop when such diseases are allowed to run rampant and out of control within a vulnerable population.The...
1/19/2017 8:00:00 AM
Once upon a time the paparazzi found a man who dressed in a red furry suit and went around giving both chits and adults presents on Christmas. Now, very little is known about this man except that he originally worked for the Coca Cola Company but, after disagreements over fringe benefits, he started a solo career as an entertainer at private, adults-only parties.Then he went to work for the Pepsi Cola...
11/9/2016 5:00:00 AM
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