Cultures Around the World Show Us How Life Purpose Fuels Longevity Natural Society We know instinctively that meaning and purpose are necessary in order to live a fulfilling life, with those of us in a career we love often held in high regard. But regardless of how passionate you may be about your…
Mistletoe Extract Beats Chemotherapy Against Colon Cancer Cells GreenMedInfo Aside from Christmas kissing lore, mistletoe has a long history of medicinal applications among ancient cultures. Some modern scientists are exploring its use as a treatment for colon cancer. The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe at Christmas can be traced back to ancient…
 Fear Is The Sickness Written By: Kelly Brogan, M.D. This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2017 Have we gotten it all wrong? When we can move beyond fear into curiosity, we find that illness is the body’s wisdom playing out in its own highly designed and incredibly personal way. The labels. Depression. Pertussis. Breast Cancer. Hashimoto’s. These…
Coconut Oil Fights Deadly Yeast Infections, Research Suggests  GreenMedInfo A common food oil has been found to have potent antifungal properties that could literally save lives. The coconut palm is perhaps the world’s most widely distributed and versatile food-medicine, and has been prized and even revered by indigenous cultures for a wide range of health…
Zero Hedge 30 million Americans who woke perfectly healthy yesterday morning are now suddenly in need of expensive hypertension treatments after the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology decided to lower the definition of “high blood pressure” to 130/80 from the previous trigger of 140/90. According to Reuters, the change means that nearly…
The Scarlet Zero: MACRA Completes Government Takeover of Medicine by Kris S. Held, M.D. When Medicare and Medicaid were created, the government promised not to interfere in the practice of medicine in any way. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Act into law on July 30, 1965, ironically in Independence, MO. It read:Â Nothing in…
GreenMedInfo At first glance, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) appears to be a far-fetched procedure devised as a slapstick plot for a sit-com series. However, this innovative technique may revolutionize the future of medical treatments for a host of maladies including autoimmune and allergic diseases as well as autism spectrum disorder. The Demise of the Microbe-Fearing Paradigm…
Shungite By Stephen Heuer WHERE SHUNGITE IS FOUND: The only place shungite is found is in a deposit in Zazhoginskoye, near Lake Onega in a region called Shung in the Republic of Karelia. Karelia is north west of Russia and east of Finland. Lake Onega is one of the largest lakes in Europe….
Illness is not a matter of chance Christopher Vasey Importance of the environment inside the body Ever since he started wandering the earth, man has faced disease, and for just as long he has tried to do something about it. Nowadays we equate health with youthfulness, with being attractive, with fitness and success, and…
The Surprising Link Between Gum Disease and Cancer Dr. Oz Show Brushing and flossing, the universal mantra of dental professionals, is an essential habit for maintaining oral health. However, according to a growing body of scientific research, it may now become a prescription for saving your life. For years, a link between gum disease…
Holistic Medicine: A Life Without Fear Originally published on kellybroganmd.com. There is a radically different way to think about health. You may have heard about it, but are you clear on what it truly means, and the transformations it can yield in your mind, body and spirit? You can fight or you can trust….
This Chemotherapy Drug May Help Breast Cancer SPREAD Sometimes it’s the medicine that makes you sick Natural Society An anticancer drug known as paclitaxel may actually cause breast cancer to spread to the lungs, according to the rather horrifying results of a recent study. Earlier in 2017, a study revealed that chemotherapy may cause cellular…
The Vaccine Reaction In discussions about the pros and cons of certain vaccines, inevitably the question comes up… “Well, surely you don’t have any problem with the tetanus vaccine?†Usually, the question is followed up with a second question… “I mean, if you stepped on a nail, you’d definitely want to get a tetanus shot,…
17 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Castor Oil Well Being Secrets What is Castor Oil? Castor oil is derived from the seeds of the Ricinus communis plants which grow wild in wastelands across tropical regions. Records show that a long time ago the plant was referred to as the “Palma Christe†because the shape of the plant’s leaves was said…
Why are Americans So Sick? The Vaccine Reaction In the early 1900s, infectious diseases were the leading cause of death in the United States. Tuberculosis, pneumonia and diarrheal disease caused 30 percent of the deaths. However, by the end of the twentieth century, death from chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and stroke replaced…
Your Real Age May Be Older or Younger Than Your Years Prevent Disease Age is a peculiar concept. We tend to think of it as the number of birthdays we have celebrated — our chronological age. But this is just one indicator of the passage of time. We also have a biological age, a…
Negative Thoughts Harm Your Health By Damaging DNA MAY 19, 2017 by APRIL McCARTHY Prevent Disease Lose your temper on the road? Frustrated with colleagues at work? You may be cutting your life short, warns molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn–who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2009–and health psychologist Elissa Epel, who studies stress…
Aging Is Officially A Disease GreenMedInfo The search for eternal life isn’t new, but how far we’ve come from the Holy Grail, the Fountain of Youth and the hidden valley of Shangri-La, is truly a sign of the times. Today, the crossroads meet between the natural tendency to find an easy way out,…
Are Pets the New Probiotic? NY Times Scientists are paying increasing attention to the “indoor microbiome,†the billions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that we share our homes and offices with. But not all those micro-organisms are bad for us, experts note. And exposure to a rich array of indoor germs may actually be salutary,…
A Failing Chemotherapy Paradigm Looks To Flaxseed For Help GreenMedInfo When conventional cancer medicine fails to produce positive outcomes, a humble little seed comes to the rescue. A new study published in the International Journal of Oncology illustrates an important shift occurring in medical research today, namely, a growing recognition that conventional treatments like…