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Could This Be Why Tumors Backfire on Chemotherapy

Researchers probe why chemotherapy can sometimes have the opposite intended effect, making some cancer stronger and metastatic “In short, our study has identified a new link between chemotherapy and breast cancer metastasis…”  Some patients with breast cancer receive chemotherapy before the tumor is removed with surgery. This approach, called ‘neoadjuvant’ therapy, helps to reduce the […]
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Diet soda may be hurting your diet

Eunice Zhang, University of Michigan Artificial sweeteners are everywhere, but the jury is still out on whether these chemicals are harmless. Also called non-nutritive sweeteners, these can be synthetic – such as saccharin and aspartame – or naturally derived, such as steviol, which comes from the Stevia plant. To date, the U.S. Food and Drug […]
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New GMO Labeling Rule from USDA Would Do the Exact Opposite of Transparency Bioengineered

New GMO Labeling Rule from USDA Would Do the Exact Opposite of Transparency

By Andrea Germanos Critics pounce on new GMO labeling rule calling it a “disaster.” “It is obvious that this rule is intended to hide, not disclose, information about genetically modified foods.” Food safety advocates are expressing sharp disappointment with the final federal GMO labeling rule, released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). While industry-friendly Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue […]
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Too Busy? You Might Have Action Bias.

By Rosalinda Rosales The greeting starts out routine. You bump into a friend at the grocery store and they ask how you are. You find yourself thinking you aren’t that busy, at least, not enough to describe how you are. Things have settled down and work and family are status quo. Do you hesitate to say […]
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Happy Holidays from Natural Blaze

Happy Holidays from Natural Blaze

Seasons Greetings from Heather Callaghan, Editor Dear Natural Blazers! It’s been awhile since I’ve done some special reports or had a direct conversation with all of you. I just want you to know how much we care about you and appreciate your dedicated readership. Thanks for hanging out with us! It means so much to […]
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Kyrgyzstan to Switch to 100 Percent Organic Agriculture

Kyrgyzstan to Switch to 100 Percent Organic Agriculture

SPECIAL REPORT by  Heather Callaghan, Editor Kyrgyzstan Parliament just announced its 10-year plan to phase out all non-organic farming and switch to 100 percent organic agriculture. The country that relies heavily on its agriculture has put the final nail in the coffin of Big GMO. Dastanbek Djumabekov, the Chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh (Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament), […]
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Banned for Use in War, But OK for Our Crops

Apparently the Geneva Convention doesn’t protect against use in domestic agriculture. Action Alert! Researchers who recently examined studies sponsored by Dow Chemical and used by the EPA to approve chlorpyrifos, a type of insecticide, found inaccuracies in what the company reported to the agency. Worse, there is also evidence that EPA scientists pointed out these failings to agency […]
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Study shows magnesium optimizes vitamin D levels: high or low

Study shows magnesium optimizes vitamin D levels: high or low

Great news! Having optimum magnesium levels means you probably have optimum vitamin D levels. New research takes some of the confusion out of getting your vitamin D requirements. A randomized trial by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers indicates that magnesium optimizes vitamin D status, raising it in people with deficient levels and lowering it in people […]
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Johnson & Johnson Knew About Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades

Johnson & Johnson Knew About Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades

A Reuters investigation published Friday charges that Johnson & Johnson, a multi-billion dollar company known for its healthcare products, knew for decades that its iconic talcum baby powder “was sometimes tainted with carcinogenic asbestos,” but concealed the information from regulators and the public. Asbestos, “the name given to six minerals that occur naturally in the environment as bundles of fibers,” […]
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Schools Banning Parents from Lunchtime Visits

Schools Banning Parents from Lunchtime Visits

In his classic 1991 essay in The Wall Street Journal, New York State Teacher of the Year, John Taylor Gatto, declared: “Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by teaching disrespect for home and parents.” Gatto, who recently passed away, spent […]
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McDonald’s Commits to Reducing Antibiotic Use in its Global Beef Supply

McDonald’s, the world’s largest and most iconic burger restaurant chain, today announced it will address antibiotics use across its global beef supply chain by 2021. The new policy directs its global suppliers to reduce use of the drugs in beef produced for the company, with implementation beginning next year with pilot projects in 10 markets around the […]
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Glyphosate Discovered in School Breakfast Foods Across America

Glyphosate Discovered in School Breakfast Foods Across America

By Sustainable Pulse A new report by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) found high levels of the toxic weed killer glyphosate in over 70 percent of the oat-based breakfast foods commonly served in K-12 schools across the U.S.. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, the world’s most widely used herbicide, is applied on farms that […]
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