* People who use food stamps are almost always buying junk food that promotes disease. * These diseases raise health care costs for everyone. * Isn’t it irresponsible for people to eat in a way that creates higher costs for everyone else in society? * Not only are taxpayers paying for THEIR food, we’re also […]

Medicinal cannabis is used to treat a myriad of health problems. Unfortunately, in Colorado, marijuana is not allowed to be used to treat post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, which is fueling a group of veterans to file a lawsuit against the state. Although research has yielded conflicting results, some former members of the military […]

Communities in northern Japan are being ransacked by wild radioactive boar exposed to toxins from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant. In March 2011, an earthquake launched a tsunami off the coast of Japan, which destroyed three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima power plant. Since then, hundreds of tons of radioactive waste has been released […]

Apparently, Bill Nye is all for the possibly of charging climate change deniers as war criminals. Via Reason: Asked about environmental activist Robert Kennedy’s assertion that climate skeptics should be tried as war criminals, the TV personality mused, “We’ll see what happens.” We’ll see what happens? Really Bill Nye? Sounds borderline insane, doesn’t it? Here’s […]

Compared to toddlers who crave salty foods, children who mindlessly snack on cookies and cake may be more likely to wind up overweight, a U.S. study suggests. To study what’s known as ‘eating in the absence of hunger’, researchers tracked how many sweet and salty snacks children ate just after finishing a full meal. Children […]

Every Canadian from coast to coast will soon be able to ask for medical help in ending their life if they meet a certain set of criteria, says Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott, but her government is also committed to improving access to palliative care to ease suffering. Mike Filip has more: Source – http://globalnews.ca/news/2644051/expect-medically-assisted-dying-for-all-canadians-if-bill-becomes-law-jane-philpott/

As the American Southwest continues to suffer through a punishing drought, a number of area residents – especially U.S. farmers – are becoming increasingly frustrated by the fact that the government of Saudi Arabia is buying up large tracts of farmland, using precious water to grow food that is ultimately shipped back to the Arab […]

Last year Costco became the largest organic food retailer in the U.S., selling $6.1 billion worth of produce and about 83 million rotisserie chickens, according to The Seattle Times. Consumer demand for organic food is so high that the retailer can hardly keep up, which is why Costco is setting its sights on organic food […]

On NBC’s Today Show, Robert De Niro just broke his trance and started talking sense about vaccines. He refused to back down and knuckle under. It’s the leading edge of a new storm. De Niro wouldn’t accept the canned notion that vaccines are remarkably safe and effective and necessary. He expressed doubts. He linked vaccines […]

Kristine Moore has eaten Ruffles potato chips “every day of my life for the past 20 years,” she tells the Everett Herald. That may not seem like the healthiest lunch habit, but it’s one that she now says saved her life. On Feb. 28, the Marysville, Wash., woman felt a “sharp pain” when a ridge […]