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(SeattleTimes) – Airport body scanners raise radiation concerns

The experts said they fear that the scanners may expose the skin to high doses of X-rays that could increase the risk of cancer and other health problems, particularly among people with weak immune systems. Read More Here

(Time) – Foxconn Suicides: iPhone and iPad Factory Under Scrutiny – Read More Here

(NYTimes) – Congress Decides Herbal Supplements are Bad

Nearly all of the herbal dietary supplements tested in a Congressional investigation contained trace amounts of lead and other contaminants, and some supplement sellers made illegal claims that their products can cure cancer and other diseases, investigators found. Read More Here

(Ning) – FDA Warns of Bone Fracture with Heartburn Drugs

Federal health regulators are warning doctors and patients that popular heartburn drugs like Nexium and Prilosec may cause bone fractures when used for more than a year. Read More Here

(NYTimes) – British Medical Council Bars Doctor Who Linked Vaccine With Autism

A doctor whose research and public statements caused widespread alarm that a common childhood vaccine could cause autism was banned on Monday from practicing medicine in his native Britain for ethical lapses, including conducting invasive medical procedures on children that they did not need. Read More Here

(Rense) – Psych Drugs Killing US Military Vets In Their Sleep (Published in the Marine Corps Times)

Psychotropic Drug-Induced Sudden Deaths in Iraq War Veterans – Deadly Combination of Seroquel, Paxil and Klonopin Involved Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Support the Free Speech About Science Act and restore freedom of health speech – Mike Adams

The Alliance for Natural Health, a nonprofit organization committed to protecting access to natural and integrative medicine, has recently come up with a Congressional bill designed to stop government censorship of truthful, scientific health claims about natural foods and herbs, and restore free speech to natural health. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Green tea blocks lung cancer

Drinking at least a cup of green tea a day may significantly decrease a person’s risk of lung cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers from Shan Medical University in Taiwan. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Common herbicide used on U.S. crops castrates male frogs

The dangers associated with pesticide and herbicide use have been receiving increased attention in the media these days. Everything from their contamination of local water supplies to their residue on food has been making headlines. But a new study has found that one popular weed killer is actually causing a certain species of frog to turn from male to female. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Study reveals huge overdiagnosis of cancer causing unnecessary treatment and suffering

Just published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests the overdiagnosis of cancer is nothing less than a large and growing problem in the US. Study authors H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., and William Black, M.D., of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vermont, and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, conclude it’s time for this phenomenon to be faced head-on with the development of clinical and research strategies to quantify, recognize, and deal with cancer overdiagnosis. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Drug companies intentionally leave out required side effects information on drug ads

The FDA has sent warning letters to four pharmaceutical companies citing them for omitting and minimizing information about risks and exaggerating potential benefits in material promoting their drugs. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Doctor beats swine flu with vitamin D and elderberries

A former family practitioner in Canada says she cured herself of the H1N1 swine flu by taking supplements of vitamin D and elderberries. Read More Here

(May 26) – Video: Rob Jacobson Reports About Apple’s I-Pad Chinese Labor Suicide Scandal on Alex Jones Tv

Infowars video editor/camera man calls into report a story about a chinese worker who killed himself inside an Apple I-Pad work plant in china.