Household chemicals cause cancer, birth defects, wide range of health issues, WHO study admits

(NaturalNews) A new landmark study by the World Health Organization says a host of common, everyday household chemicals pose severe health problems including cancer, asthma, reduced fertility and even birth defects.

According to the study, WHO identified a number of "synthetic chemicals" which the UN agency said had "serious implications" for health, even going so far as to suggest that so-called "gender-bending" compounds found in PVC flooring, kids' toys and even credit cards should be banned in order to protect future generations, recent reports detailing the findings said.

The study said more research was likely needed to flesh out the links between endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which are found in a number of household chemicals, and "specific diseases and disorders."

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Study Finds More Vaccines Equate to Increased Hospitalization and Death

According to a groundbreaking new study, there’s a definitive positive correlation between the number of vaccine doses administered and the percentage of hospitalizations and infant deaths. The hospitalization rate increased linearly from 11.0 percent for 2 doses to 23.5 percent for 8 doses. The mortality rate for 1-4 vaccine doses was 3.6 percent. At 5-8 vaccine doses, the mortality rate rose to 5.5 percent

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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria from GE Experiments Found in Chinese Waterways

The first-ever study^{4, 5} to address GE crop-related pollution of waterways discovered that Chinese rivers are contaminated with antibiotic-resistant genes from genetic engineering experiments, which (again) may have unforeseen repercussions for human health. According to the authors:⁶

“Antibiotic resistance poses a significant challenge to human health and its rate continues to rise globally. While antibiotic-selectable synthetic plasmid vectors have proved invaluable tools of genetic engineering, this class of artificial recombinant DNA sequences with high expression of antibiotic resistance genes presents an unknown risk beyond the laboratory setting.

Contamination of environmental microbes with synthetic plasmid vector-sourced antibiotic resistance genes may represent a yet unrecognized source of antibiotic resistance.

In this study, PCR and real-time quantitative PCR were used to investigate the synthetic plasmid vector-originated ampicillin resistance gene, β-lactam antibiotic (blá), in microbes from six Chinese rivers with significant human interactions. Various levels of blá were detected in all six rivers... The resistance spectrum of transformants from the Pearl and Haihe rivers, in particular, had expanded to the third- and fourth-generation of cephalosporin drugs, while that of other transformants mainly involved first- and second-generation cephalosporins.

This study not only reveals environmental contamination of synthetic plasmid vector-sourced blá drug resistance genes in Chinese rivers, but also suggests that synthetic plasmid vectors may represent a source of antibiotic resistance in humans.”

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Father of U.S. slavery was a black man

February has been officially designated, recognized by many and even celebrated by some as Black History Month or National African-American History Month. While it is acknowledged in some other countries (most notably Canada and the U.K.), it is primarily devoted to the achievements of African-Americans in the U.S. It will, henceforth, include the historical fact that Barack Hussein Obama became the first African-American president of the United States.
However, early American history also reveals another dramatic first involving a black American.

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The Dramatic Benefits of Minimally Invasive Dentistry

• Unnecessary drilling and filling your teeth with toxic materials can have far-reaching, long-term health ramifications. Newer alternative types of dentistry, such as minimally invasive dentistry and biomimetic dentistry offer dramatically safer and more effective solutions
• Biomimetic dentistry offers excellent alternatives to large fillings and crowns, such as inlays, onlays and crowns made by CEREC® material. These are permanent restorations that do not need to be replaced with time like regular resin fillings and metal or porcelain crowns
• Ozone can be used in combination with air abrasion. Ozone kills bacteria and safely changes the chemistry of the tooth and allows it to remineralize
• Everyday dental hygiene tips include brushing without toothpaste, or using baking soda or a toothpaste containing calcium sodium phosphosilicate (an effective mineralizer, far superior to fluoride); and applying ozonated oil to your gums and between your teeth (a very effective plaque remover)
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Bacteriophage therapy, the amazing cure for MRSA being ignored by mainstream medicine

(NaturalNews) It has been used as an effective treatment against bacterial infections for nearly 100 years, but the medical-industrial complex today refuses to recognize it as a valid form of medicine. And yet bacteriophage therapy, also known as phage therapy, has been shown time and time again to cure methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and various other antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which increasingly plague hospitals and healthcare facilities around the world and have no officially-recognized cure.

If you have never heard of phage therapy, it is probably because the American medical system largely abandoned it back in the 1950s and 1960s when antibiotic drugs arrived on the scene. Even though bacteriophages, which are basically viruses that infect and replicate within harmful bacteria in order to destroy them, work better than antibiotics and typically do not cause bacteria to morph and mutate, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been largely uncooperative in approving them for general use in humans.

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Benefits of Yoga—What the Research Says About its Use for Common Health Problems

• Recent research shows people with atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) can benefit from yoga.
• Three months of regular yoga sessions resulted in a 50 percent reduction of reported incidents of heart quivering. Average heart rate also fell from 67 beats per minute to 61-62 beats per minute post-yoga. Participants also reported less anxiety and depression.
• A review of more than 100 studies looking at the effect of yoga on mental health found evidence that yoga has a positive effect on mild depression, sleep problems, schizophrenia and ADHD.
• A study published last year discovered that yoga has a beneficial impact on leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in regulating energy intake and energy expenditure.
• Expert yoga practitioners had 36 percent higher leptin levels compared to novices, leading researchers to speculate that regular yoga practice may benefit your health by altering leptin production.
• Ideally, you’ll want a comprehensive fitness program that includes aerobic, anaerobic, and resistance training as well, in addition to flexibility- and core-building exercises like yoga
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