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Posted in Health Controversies, Research on Sep 30th, 2005
Fears of imminent boomer mass retirement overblown: demographer FootFriday, September 30, 2005TORONTO (CP) - Worries about an imminent mass retirement of the baby-boom generation are overdone, but most of the boomers are entering their peak investment years, says demographer David Foot.
He also told the Investment Funds Institute of Canada convention Thursday that governments are spending [...]
Posted in Food - Diet Health Advice, General, Health Conditions, Health Controversies on Sep 30th, 2005
California Passes Toughest School Nutritional Standards in U.S.I told you about a CDC report that showed how junk food so easily gets into the hands of your children thanks to vending machines parked conveniently at their schools. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar signed landmark legislation that will enforce the toughest nutritional guidelines for public schools in [...]
Posted in Advanced Medicine, Alternative Medicine, General, Health Conditions, Health Controversies, Health Treatments on Sep 30th, 2005
Any Doubts A Healthy Diet Lowers Your Cancer Risk?An interesting piece in today’s New York Times tackles the somewhat disputed role of diet — in most conventional medical circles — in the fight against cancer.Unfortunately, the article compares the opinions of medical health experts largely from the conventional side with those of patients who improved [...]
Posted in Conventional Medicine, Environmental Health, Food - Diet Health Advice, General, Health Conditions, Health Controversies, Research, Science on Sep 6th, 2005
MONSANTO “CONFIDENTIAL REPORT” REVEALS HEALTH PROBLEMS IN RATS FED GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN
By Geoffrey Lean
Environment Editor The Independent (London)
22 May 2005
Health fears over secret study into GM food Rats fed GM corn due for sale in Britain developed abnormalities in blood and kidneys.
Rats fed on a diet rich in genetically modified [...]
Posted in Conventional Medicine, Drug Warnings, General, Health Controversies, Health Treatments on Sep 6th, 2005
Antidepressants barely better than placebos
23 July 2005
From New Scientist.
IT’S time to ban antidepressants. They are [...]
