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From Riviera Tan to Regulatory Limbo: How Sunscreen Became Big Pharma’s Favorite Cream

Updated 11:56 AM EDT, Wed June 17, 2026

We humans have not always been afraid of the sun. For much of history, exposure to glorious sunlight was simply part of daily life. Farmers, sailors, laborers, and children spent hours outdoors under the open sky, unknowingly nourished by the sun. Nobody warned us on a screen that the sun was dangerous, and nobody tracked…Continue reading From Riviera Tan to Regulatory Limbo: How Sunscreen Became Big Pharma’s Favorite Cream

Nature’s Reset: Light, Sound, & Mushrooms Challenge Alzheimer’s Inevitability

Updated 12:57 PM EDT, Mon June 15, 2026

Watching a loved one suffer from Alzheimer’s disease is a fate so heartbreaking that it is impossible to adequately express. For decades, the standard method of care has been to oversee cognitive decline while bracing for the inevitable. The disease is widely regarded as a one-way door, and the drugs to slow it down are…Continue reading Nature’s Reset: Light, Sound, & Mushrooms Challenge Alzheimer’s Inevitability

Built on Your Dime: The Special District Scheme Sweeping the Nation

Updated 12:38 PM EDT, Thu June 11, 2026

You toured the home. You loved it. You bought it. The neighborhood looked pristine, the sales agent was friendly, and nothing about the closing table suggested what was coming next. Then the first property tax bill arrived. Buried inside was a charge that had nothing to do with schools, county services, police, or fire protection.…Continue reading Built on Your Dime: The Special District Scheme Sweeping the Nation

WATCH LIVE Oregon Rally to Oppose HB3063

Updated 11:12 AM EDT, Tue April 23, 2019

WSU study finds Roundup increases chances of health issues in future generations

PULMMAN, Wash. — A team of Washington State University researchers determined that the commonly used pesticide Roundup increases chances of health issues such as prostate disease, kidney disease and birth defects in the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of those exposed to the pesticide READ FULL ARTICLE HERE KREM.COMhttps://www.krem.com/article/news/investigations/wsu-study-finds-roundup-increases-chances-of-health-issues-in-future-generations/293-412b3f3b-4357-4c18-ac07-def10b91bc4c

Updated 6:49 AM EDT, Tue April 23, 2019

Consumer Alert: Tylenol’s Empathy Killing Properties Confirmed in 2nd Study

When will we learn? Synthetic, patented chemicals have profound unintended, adverse health effects which take decades to be recognize, long after exposed populations have suffered profoundly. The risks of these pharmaceuticals are sometimes several orders of magnitude higher than their natural alternatives. Over-the-counter painkillers have become classical examples of this, with so-called “low-dose” aspirin no longer considered safe enough to…Continue reading Consumer Alert: Tylenol’s Empathy Killing Properties Confirmed in 2nd Study

Updated 10:23 AM EDT, Mon April 22, 2019

‘Doctors Became Overworked Robots’: Physician Burnout Jumps Dramatically In 3-Year Study

“According to researchers at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, physician burnout increased from 45.5% to 54.4% between 2011 and 2014. The researchers say doctors aren’t more depressed or exhausted by their home life, but rather at their jobs.” Drs. Andrew G. Alexander and Kenneth A. Ballou isolated three factors for physician burnout,…Continue reading ‘Doctors Became Overworked Robots’: Physician Burnout Jumps Dramatically In 3-Year Study

Updated 9:05 AM EDT, Mon April 22, 2019

City of Ocala to address ethical, health concerns of adding fluoride to water supply

“…Sean Lanier, the city’s director of engineering and water resources, worries the city could be overdoing it and also hopes the council will consider the ethical question of forcing fluoride on their residents. Whitehead’s email, which Dr. Johnny Johnson, president of the American Fluoridation Society, forwarded to a number of area officials on Monday, also…Continue reading City of Ocala to address ethical, health concerns of adding fluoride to water supply

Updated 7:00 AM EDT, Mon April 22, 2019

Notes from the Field: Concerned M.D. in Colorado Writes of Her Experience

NOTES FROM THE FIELD – by a concerned M.D. in Colorado, who attended the recent hearing and was shocked by what she saw and heard. This was my first time attending a legislative committee hearing and boy did I pick a doozy. The bill being heard was Colorado HB 1312, which essentially plans to treat vaccine…Continue reading Notes from the Field: Concerned M.D. in Colorado Writes of Her Experience

Updated 6:53 AM EDT, Mon April 22, 2019