Cancer Prevention
Pesticide in Soap, Toothpaste and Breast Milk – Is It Kid-Safe?: Triclosan Toxicity
Taken together, many studies now demonstrate that triclosan is certainly not the safe and healthy bacteria-fighting hand soap ingredient we once might have assumed. TRICLOSAN: TOXIC TO PEOPLE AND THE ...
Homemade Cleaning Solutions
When I was growing up, my mom had a spray bottle with the hand-written words “Vinegar & Water” on it. Whether it was a sticky spill, pet “problem” or cleaning ...
How Toxins Make You Fat: 4 Steps to Get Rid of Toxic Weight
Scientists recently uncovered a surprising and disturbing fact: environmental toxins make you fat and cause diabetes(1). Inside the body, these chemicals monkey with our ability to balance blood sugar and ...
Mysterious Link Connects Diabetes And Cancer
Most people wouldn't think diabetes and cancer have anything to do with each other. But a group of experts from the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association thinks ...
Teen Girls’ Body Burden of Hormone-Altering Cosmetics Chemicals
Laboratory tests reveal adolescent girls across America are contaminated with chemicals commonly used in cosmetics and body care products. Environmental Working Group (EWG) detected 16 chemicals from 4 chemical families ...
Myths on cosmetics safety
Probably the most shocking myth... Myth – The government prohibits dangerous chemicals in personal care products, and companies wouldn’t risk using them. Fact – Cosmetics companies may use any ingredient ...
New car smell is toxic: Best and worst cars revealed
A US-based consumer health researcher and product watchdog says the famous ‘new car smell’ is toxic, and has developed a list of the 10 most and least healthy vehicles based ...
If You Want to Fight Cancer, Turn Those Pink Ribbons Green
I'm going to make a confession. I never could stand those pink ribbons. I've never done a "Walk for the Cure" or bought daffodils for cancer victims or even picked ...
Dr. Andrew Weil’s 5 Holistic Health Secrets
Dr. Andrew Weil is credited with igniting America’s alternative health movement. He has spent a lifetime uncovering unique remedies and solutions not necessarily found in your pharmacy, your medicine cabinet, ...
Breastfeeding May Cut Breast Cancer Risk
Women with a family history of breast cancer who have ever breastfed reduce their risk of getting premenopausal breast cancer by nearly 60%, according to a new study. ''For women with a family history ...
Taking the Initiative: Early Warning Signs for Uterine Cancer
Many gynecologic cancers advance without warning, but the most common form of uterine cancer announces its presence quite clearly. “The good news about endometrial cancer is that it has a ...
‘Skin deep’ in more ways than one
Chemicals found in Common African American Hair Products such as straighteners/relaxers (perms), detanglers, colorants, shampoos and conditioners Estrogen and endocrine-disrupting chemicals or EDCs, compiled primarily from the booklet, “Techniques to ...