BPA, the most famous carcinogenic plastic, is routinely used on “store and fast food receipts, airline tickets, ATM receipts and other thermal papers, [they] all use massive amounts of BPA on the surface of the paper as a print developer,” according to ScienceDaily’s discussion of
1. Over half a million people are homeless On any given night, there are over 600,000 homeless people in the US according to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Most people are either spending the night in homeless shelters or in
Nigeria, the west African industrial powerhouse with a population of 174 million, which fired 16,000 doctors as Ebola extended into its borders… is now completely free of Ebola. Yes, you read that correctly: Ebola has not been seen for over 2 “infection periods” of
About 250.000 have to be hospitalized annually in the U.S. because of the bacteria named “Clostridium difficile”, which cause the death for at least 14.000 of them. A hopeful new study revealed that a capsule with a single, unexpected ingredient may help fight off
The irony of much of the online “truth” movement is that many of them consider truth to be whatever they agree with. Whether this means relying on “mother’s intuition” or some unnamed source quoting unnamed studies carried out by unnamed scientists, is of miniscule
The “anti-Ebola vaccine” has moved from animal trials in the United Kingdom to direct application in Mali. Health experts at the World Health Organization have decided against the traditional human trials using a “double-blind” methodology, where both the doctor and the patient are unclear as
This image displays how infectious various diseases are: putting Ebola in the context of HIV, Hepatitis C, Mumps, and Measles using their “R0” score, which refers to the basic reproduction number of each contagion. This represents the average number of people who an infected individuals
More than 70% of Americans are in favor of medical marijuana, and this rate has been increasing every year. This trend is reinforced because there have been no deaths are caused by using marijuana, either medicinally or recreationally. Dr. Lester Grinspoon, a professor emeritus
Why does sexual abuse continue to happen so often in our society, so much that approximately 1/5 to 1/4 of all women experience rape or attempted rape? Well, that statistic might be a tiny bit misleading, so let’s break down what the CDC has
“Magic mushrooms” are simply mushrooms which contain the active ingredient psilocybin. The “magic” is its interaction with the receptors in your brain, and like other hallucinogens, it distances your experience of the moment from your preconceived notions of reality. When used therapeutically, hallucinogens can
