Category: Science

Writer’s Inappropriate Jab At Steve Jobs’ Alternative Medicine Use 0

Writer’s Inappropriate Jab At Steve Jobs’ Alternative Medicine Use

The headline that attracted my attention on Yahoo News was “Did Alternative Medicine Kill Steve Jobs? Well with that type of title you expect some sort of adverse reaction from an alternative treatment or a direct action resulting in Steve Jobs death. The article contains none of that. The article, seemingly aggregated from LiveScience.com which seems to have gotten it from their sister site MyHealthNewsDaily.com and written by a Rachael Rettner, repeatedly questions the use of alternative medicine and Jobs’ use of the approach. After Steve Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2003, he allegedly...

Dr. Oz vs. FDA Over Arsenic In Apple Juice 2

Dr. Oz vs. FDA Over Arsenic In Apple Juice

Dr. Oz, heart surgeon and talk show host, went on his tv show recently and warned consumers about the arsenic levels in the Apple Juice we drink and give to our kids. He had several off the counter brands of apple juice sent to a lab in New Jersey and tested for their arsenic content. The report he got back indicated that the apple juice had a much higher than safe amount of arsenic in the juice. The makers of the juices and the FDA weren’t too happy about this and called foul. The FDA fired off letters to the...

How China Is Dominating America In Clean Tech 0

How China Is Dominating America In Clean Tech

Say what you will about China, and there is a lot to say, but today in clean tech innovation it is owning America. Why is this significant? Well because America is America or at least was. America used to be the standard of innovation, used to be the trailblazer in everything across the board. That image of America still has traction in the world which is why people still flock to America for education even though we’ve fallen to “average” in the world rankings. The fact is we used to be the top creators and innovators in the world. After...

Honey Treats Coughs Better Than Drugs 0

Honey Treats Coughs Better Than Drugs

A new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine shows what your grandparents or great grandparents already knew, that honey helps to soothe coughs and does it better than drugs. The use of honey as medicine goes further back than the ancient Egyptians who used honey for all sorts of purposes. Aside from its nutritive and cough benefits it tastes much better too. Now we just have to stop knowingly killing the bees with pesticides so that they can be there for us. People have become more concerned with the effects of toxic chemical drug combinations that...