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Aspartame Can Mess Up Your Body and Brain

Dr. John Briffa
Epoch Times
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:44 UTC
The artificial sweetener aspartame is a food ingredient that is perhaps the most controversial of all: Its manufacturers and official bodies claim it's safe, but a stack of anecdotal evidence and a fair degree of science says it's not.

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Comment: Read also: Does Aspartame Cause Human Brain Cancer? (Hint: Yes!)

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4 get cancer from teen's donated organs


Associated Press
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:42 UTC
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Alex Koehne had a love for life, and always wanted to help people.

So when his parents were told that their 15-year-old son was dying of bacterial meningitis, the couple didn't hesitate in donating his organs to desperately ill transplant recipients.
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Video: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol


Mercola.com
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:10 UTC
Dr. Ron Rosedale talks about common cholesterol myths, and exposes the deceptions and misconceptions that most people have been told.

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Boy, 6, treated for alcoholism


The Sun
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:39 UTC
UK - A child was admitted to hospital with a drink problem - at the age of just six.

The youngster, who has not been identified, was one of nearly 175 underage drinkers treated at Hull Royal Infirmary last year for drink-related illnesses.

The six-year-old joins a host of other young boozers who were treated for problems including acute alcohol excess, acute alcohol intoxication, alcohol withdrawal and alcoholism by the hospital.
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Scientists take drugs to boost brain power


Agence France-Presse
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:05 UTC
Twenty percent of scientists admit to using performance-enhancing prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, according to a survey released Wednesday by Nature, Britain's top science journal.

The overwhelming majority of these med-taking brainiacs said they indulged in order to "improve concentration," and 60 percent said they did so on a daily or weekly basis.
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Mumps Outbreak Blamed On Failure Of Vaccination

Linda A. Johnson
Associated Press
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:27 UTC
Most of the college students who got the mumps in a big outbreak in 2006 had received the recommended two vaccine shots, according to a study that raises questions about whether a new vaccine or another booster shot is needed. The outbreak was the biggest in the U.S. since shortly before states began requiring a second shot for youngsters in 1990.
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Under the weather? Try over the counter

Ellen Schroeder Mackey
Denver Post
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:35 UTC
The headaches were back.

Forty-seven-year-old Pat Hagge, an insurance safety director from Fort Collins, thought he had found and eliminated the cause of his migraines several years ago by cutting caffeine out of his diet.
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25 Shocking Facts About the Pharmaceutical Industry

Laura Milligan
Nursing Online Education Database
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:11 UTC
Researching and snagging an adequate, wallet-friendly health care plan is tough these days, despite its high-profile presence in political debates. A large part of the controversy over expensive health costs stems from criticism of high-priced medications marketed by powerful pharmaceutical companies. From Medicare fraud to CEOs worth billions of dollars, big drug companies are accused of putting profits above patients, spinning false PR campaigns and more. We've uncovered 25 of the most shocking facts about the pharmaceutical industry in this list.
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Deeper Look At Drugs In Our Tap Water

Cathy Sherman
NaturalNews.com
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:00 UTC
Picture this: Three guys go into a bar. The batender asks, "What'll you have?" "A beer", says the first guy. Second one says, "Whiskey" and turning to the third guy asks, "what about you?" "Oh me, I really need a good strong kick, one with lots of punch to it... Yep, I think this day calls for a big one on tap! Hey bartender, how about some of your tap water!"
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Rise in institutionalized children linked to'Madonna-style' adoption


University of Liverpool
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:28 UTC
Psychologists at the University of Liverpool say that 'Madonna-style' inter-country adoptions are causing a rise in the number of children in orphanages.

Researchers found that EU countries with the highest rates of children living in institutions also had high proportions of international adoptions. This did not reduce the number of children in institutional care but attributed to an increase. The study highlights that in countries such as France and Spain, people are choosing to adopt healthy, white children from abroad rather than children in their own country who are mainly from ethnic minorities.

This process has been labelled the 'Madonna-effect', so-called after the singer's high-profile adoption of a young boy from Zambia in 2006. Statistics show that the media attention surrounding this case contributed to an increase in the number of international adoptions, but at the expense of local orphans.
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