Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is a strongly aromatic perennial herb, originally from the mountainous regions of the Balkan Peninsula but now spread throughout temperate climates worldwide. Feverfew has a multitude of small, daisy-like flowers with white petals around a yellow centre and is often confused with Chamomile. The leaves have been used in traditional medicine throughout history for various ailments including reducing fever and treating headaches, toothache, arthritic pain, digestive problems, insect bites, infertility, and problems with menstruation and with labor during childbirth.
Medicinal Uses of Feverfew
Feverfew is probably best known for its therapeutic effect on migraines. Studies done in Great Britain in the 1980's suggested that Feverfew taken daily as dried leaf capsules may reduce the incidence of attacks in patients who experience long-term migraine headaches.
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To TCM and other natural practitioners as well as many common every day Americans, it is becoming more and more evident that MDs are programmed to simply rob, kill and destroy. This may sound a bit harsh but this is not meant to take anything away from their amazing talents of surgery and traumatic injury repair. The paradox of such a life saving talent combined with the "lowest of the low" lifestyle of deadly drug pusher is almost impossible to fathom. With all their understanding of anatomy, what is so hard to understand about keeping the body healthy with only wholesome natural substances? In fact why would this not be their first and only form of treatment?
What is it about the hypnotizing power of Big Pharma's agenda that always wins over common sense? One seems compelled to say, "Come on Doc, one side of your brain knows so much better than this while the other side has fallen under the control of Big Pharma. Either you have no shame or you are as evil as the force that has you under control."
Let's take any common disorder....Say, high blood pressure. There is a host of herbal formulas and diets that can bring down blood pressure quite substantially, but if it is still only a few points more than 120/80 they say it is not good enough and you need to be on drugs! So many people swallow this nonsense and wind up getting hooked on deadly drugs. It should be a crime to even suggest it.
What is it about the hypnotizing power of Big Pharma's agenda that always wins over common sense? One seems compelled to say, "Come on Doc, one side of your brain knows so much better than this while the other side has fallen under the control of Big Pharma. Either you have no shame or you are as evil as the force that has you under control."
Let's take any common disorder....Say, high blood pressure. There is a host of herbal formulas and diets that can bring down blood pressure quite substantially, but if it is still only a few points more than 120/80 they say it is not good enough and you need to be on drugs! So many people swallow this nonsense and wind up getting hooked on deadly drugs. It should be a crime to even suggest it.
If you really want to give your baby a head start in life by improving their social standing and guaranteeing their happiness, start feeding them Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other sugary carbonated beverages at the earliest age possible. Even babies as young as a few months old will enjoy the many benefits of soda pop.
Sound bizarre? That's the message the Soda Pop Board of America promoted back in the 1950's. Here's the actual text from a full-page ad:
For a better start in life, Start COLA earlier! How soon is too soon?
Sound bizarre? That's the message the Soda Pop Board of America promoted back in the 1950's. Here's the actual text from a full-page ad:
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The U.S. Justice Department has announced that it is investigating pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson for paying kickbacks to pharmacy benefits manager Omnicare.
Pharmacy benefits managers are supposed to negotiate on behalf of health plans and their customers to secure lower prices from drug companies and pharmacies. Yet according to the Justice Department, Omnicare took millions of dollars in payments from companies such as giant Johnson & Johnson in exchange for promoting their drugs.
"Patients have a right to depend on the integrity of the medical advice they're getting," said assistant attorney general Tony West. "When kickbacks are involved, the medical judgment of the provider is corrupted."
Omnicare recently agreed to a $98 million settlement in the Justice Department lawsuit against it, while IVAX pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $14 million. According to prosecutors, IVAX paid Omnicare $8 million to recommend its generic drugs to nursing homes and their patients.
Pharmacy benefits managers are supposed to negotiate on behalf of health plans and their customers to secure lower prices from drug companies and pharmacies. Yet according to the Justice Department, Omnicare took millions of dollars in payments from companies such as giant Johnson & Johnson in exchange for promoting their drugs.
"Patients have a right to depend on the integrity of the medical advice they're getting," said assistant attorney general Tony West. "When kickbacks are involved, the medical judgment of the provider is corrupted."
Omnicare recently agreed to a $98 million settlement in the Justice Department lawsuit against it, while IVAX pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $14 million. According to prosecutors, IVAX paid Omnicare $8 million to recommend its generic drugs to nursing homes and their patients.
Atlanta, Gorgia - Long-term marathon training and racing might not be as good for the heart as some runners think, a new study suggests [1]. Researchers have shown that long-term marathon runners, those who have completed at least 25 marathons over the past 25 years, have increased coronary calcium and calcified plaque volume.
"The last thing we want to see come out of this study is a suggestion that marathons are bad for you and that runners shouldn't be running them," lead investigator Dr Jonathan Schwartz (University of Colorado, Denver) told heartwire. "Running is healthy and part of a healthy lifestyle, but the data suggest that long-term marathon running, with the training that goes into them, might lead to increased levels of calcification across the lifetime."
"The last thing we want to see come out of this study is a suggestion that marathons are bad for you and that runners shouldn't be running them," lead investigator Dr Jonathan Schwartz (University of Colorado, Denver) told heartwire. "Running is healthy and part of a healthy lifestyle, but the data suggest that long-term marathon running, with the training that goes into them, might lead to increased levels of calcification across the lifetime."
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Now, a team led by Terri A. Camesano and Yuanyuan Tao of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Massachusetts, has demonstrated that drinking cranberry juice can prevent Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and other UTI-causing bacteria from adhering to the urinary tract and forming biofilms in it.
The work was presented at the ACS national meeting in San Francisco during a Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry poster session on Monday evening.
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Already renowned as a heart-healthy food,
walnuts may have a new role in fighting
prostate cancer.
Already renowned as a heart-healthy food,
walnuts may have a new role in fighting
prostate cancer.
"Walnuts should be part of a prostate-healthy diet," said Paul Davis, Ph.D., who headed the study. He is with the University of California-Davis. "They should be part of a balanced diet that includes lots of fruits and vegetables."
More than 190,000 men in the United States will get a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2010, making it the most common non-skin cancer. It claims about 27,000 lives annually. Evidence suggests that diet is among the largest factors that influence a man's risk for developing prostate cancer. Studies suggest that tomatoes and pomegranate juice, for instance, may reduce the risk.
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Organisms live off of the decomposing epoxy
and polyurethane plastic paint used to seal
the hull of this ship.
Organisms live off of the decomposing epoxy
and polyurethane plastic paint used to seal
the hull of this ship.
"We were quite surprised to find that polycarbonate plastic biodegrades in the environment," said Katsuhiko Saido, Ph.D. He reported on the discovery at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, being held here.
Saido and Hideto Sato, Ph.D., and colleagues are with Nihon University, Chiba, Japan. "Polycarbonates are very hard plastics, so hard they are used to make screwdriver handles, shatter-proof eyeglass lenses, and other very durable products. This finding challenges the wide public belief that hard plastics remain unchanged in the environment for decades or centuries. Biodegradation, of course, releases BPA to the environment."
The team analyzed sand and seawater from more than 200 sites in 20 countries, mainly in Southeast Asia and North America. All contained what Saido described as a"significant" amount of BPA, ranging from 0.01 parts per million (ppm) to 50 ppm. They concluded that polycarbonates and epoxy resin coatings and paints were the main source.
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George Lakoff, an author and professor of cognitive science and linguistics at the University of California-Berkeley, says cognitive perceptions form a world view that prevents conservatives from believing in global warming.
George Lakoff, an author and professor of cognitive science and linguistics at the University of California-Berkeley, says cognitive perceptions form a world view that prevents conservatives from believing in global warming.
George Lakoff, a professor of cognitive science and linguistics at the University of California-Berkeley and author of the book The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics, says his scientific research shows that how one perceives the world depends on one's bodily experience and how one functions in the everyday world. Reason is shaped by the body, he says.
Lakoff told CNSNews.com that "metaphors" shape a person's understanding of the world, along with one's values and political beliefs -- including what they think about global warming.
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